Teemu Mäntysaari Reveals Megadeth Plans to Be Done with Next Album in 2025
Seems like everyone’s eyeing a new album in 2025, as legendary thrash metal outfit and the Dave Mustaine show known as Megadeth are working on their follow up to The Sick, The Dying… And the Dead.
News of the band’s plans came about during guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari’s interview on John The Metal Mailman (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). When asked what the band’s plans were for new music or if there’d been any conversation about what’s next, Mäntysaari said the band’s still in the preliminary phases.
“Yeah, that’s actually the plan. Right now everybody’s gathering their own riff ideas, and then, at some point, we’re gonna put them together and probably record in Nashville. And the plan is to get the next album done next year.”
As it sounds, it’s very likely we won’t hear any new Megadeth music for a while still. Ever since the last album, some major changes have occurred within the band. Key among them was the removal of bassist David Ellefson, whose bass parts on the album were re-recorded by Testament four-stringer Stever DiGirogio. The other major change is actually the reason why Mäntysaari is even in the band, as guitarist Kiko Loureiro bowed out of Megadeth for familial reasons.
To Mäntysaari’s credit, he said he’s already been thinking about writing new music with Megadeth for a while now.
“I’ve got a bunch of stuff. What I do is I just pick up the guitar, I usually improvise and come up with ideas, then I record it on my phone, just the video. And I leave it there maybe for a week or two so I forget it. I wanna forget it, and then when I look back at it, then that maybe inspires me to look at the riff from a different perspective and maybe I get another idea from that. And then I record it down on my computer, laid out with the click track and do double-tracked guitars, and then save it in the folder of ideas. And what we’ve been talking about is that Dave [Mustaine, Megadeth leader] often wants to work in this riff-based idea, not necessarily that everybody brings full songs, but you bring riffs and then we listen to them together and then we pick things that might go together well. And then that’s how the songs start to actually form.”
So there you have it. Just gotta wait a few more months for a new Megadeth album. While you’re waiting for that, you can still catch them live during the ‘Destroy All Enemies’ U.S. tour. You can find the full list of dates with links to pick up your tickets below.
MEGADETH “Destroy All Enemies U.S. Tour 2024” Dates
with support from Mudvayne and All That Remains
AUG 12 – Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre [Tickets]
AUG 13 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater [Tickets]
AUG 15 – Los Angeles, CA – YouTube Theater [Tickets]
AUG 16 – Las Vegas, NV – Bakkt Theatre at Planet Hollywood [Tickets]
AUG 17 – Salt Lake City, UT – Maverick Arena* [Tickets]
AUG 20 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory [Tickets]
AUG 21 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater [Tickets]
AUG 23 – Macon, GA – Atrium Health Macon Amphitheater* [Tickets]
AUG 24 – West Palm Beach, FL – IThink Financial Amphitheatre [Tickets]
SEP 3 – Tinley Park, IL – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tickets]
SEP 5 – Huntington, WV – Marshall Health Network Arena* [Tickets]
SEP 6 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion [Tickets]
SEP 7 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek [Tickets]
SEP 9 – Reading, PA – Santander Arena* [Tickets]
SEP 10 – Albany, NY – MVP Arena* [Tickets]
SEP 11 – Boston, MA – Leader Bank [Tickets]
SEP 13 – Bethel, MY – Bethel Woods Center For The Arts [Tickets]
SEP 14 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater [Tickets]
SEP 15 – Richmond, VA – Virginia Credit Union Live!* [Tickets]
SEP 17 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center [Tickets]
SEP 18 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE [Tickets]
SEP 20 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center [Tickets]
SEP 21 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre [Tickets]
SEP 22 – Cleveland, OH – Temple Live [Tickets]
SEP 24 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory [Tickets]
SEP 26 – St Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre STL [Tickets]
SEP 27 – Southaven, MS – Bankplus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove* [Tickets]
SEP 28 – Nashville, TN – Nashville Municipal Auditorium [Tickets]
*non-Live Nation Dates
