It’s been 5 years since MEGADETH released any new music. Fans have extremely patient and excited for the next studio album.
In a new interview with U.K.’s TotalRock Radio, MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson hinted at the possibility of the new album getting delayed further due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
He said:
“We’re working on album number sixteen, and just finishing it up now. We’ve got a big year of touring lined up — festivals in Europe; the big ‘The Metal Tour Of The Year’ [with LAMB OF GOD] is rescheduled for July and August this year; Rock In Rio in Brazil in September. And it’s all confirmed, but it depends on what — COVID has a say in this matter, unfortunately. So there’s this undecided third factor spinning over there with the pandemic that we’re just all doing the best we can to play around that.”
He continued:
“And the same with the MEGADETH release schedule, being able to put things out. We’re gonna wanna be able to get on the road and promote it. It doesn’t make sense to drop a brand new record in the middle of a pandemic and not be able to support that. And so if that means we have to push things back a little bit so that it can be the most effective to tour it and support it, then I’m sure those are decisions that are being made… Quite honestly, those are decisions that get updated pretty much weekly inside the MEGADETH camp.”
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I think Megadeth has it backwards. It’s their job to tell Covid what’s up not their job to wait and see what Covid dictates to them. If ANYONE on earth can turn the tables on this nonsense it should be Megadeth. 99.2% survival rate in people over 75 and even higher if you’re younger. It’s time we stop fearing the god damned sniffles isn’t it?
Come on Dave, do your job and start calling people out like Fauci instead of sitting at home wearing a god damned mask when you’re home alone.
I agree COMPLETELY!! Wearing a mask in your own house when you are there alone …. Really ?? Damn Dave!!