Megadeth bassist David Ellefson has some exciting news about the band's new album.
In an interview with Full Metal Jackie , Ellefson revealed, “It’s interesting. Dystopia , I think, really redefined the band. I think we found the sweet spot, the center of the band again. And a lot of that was helped by Chris Adler from Lamb Of God , who played drums on the album. Of course, we had a new guitarist, with Kiko Loureiro in the band, and they really helped bring a different perspective, I think, to me and Dave [Mustaine] and just to the organization while we were putting that record together. That pattern of thinking now continues with this new record, again with Kiko and now with our new drummer, Dirk Verbeuren . Having a slightly younger perspective, perhaps, of them growing up as Megadeth fans probably at a point in their lives…”
“It’s an intense record,” Ellefson stated. “And I think there’s a sense of fun in some of the songs as well, in a way that some of the things I think you’d probably hear back, like, maybe, Countdown To Extinction – records that were obviously very serious thematically and have the impact you’d expect from a Megadeth lyrical theme, but also some cool and fun stuff… And I think that came from the spirit of the four of us being in a room putting this album together.”
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