Megadeth is saying farewell. After 16 albums, the band’s frontman, Dave Mustaine, introduced on Thursday (Aug. 14) that their subsequent venture will probably be their final, with a goodbye tour to help it. The information got here within the type of a video posted to the band’s YouTube web page and social media accounts, that includes Mustaine’s alter ego, Vic Rattlehead breaking the information.
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“For over 4 a long time, I’ve been chained in silence, however the finish calls for my voice,” Vic begins whereas seated behind a desk. “It’s confirmed: The following Megadeth studio album would be the final. Forty years of steel, cast in metal, ending in fireplace. And when the brand new 12 months rises, the worldwide farewell tour. You’ve heard the warning. Now put together your self, Cyber Military. Keep loud, keep tuned, and meet me on the frontlines.”
In a press launch, Mustaine thanked followers for his or her dedication and love whereas celebrating the band’s influence on rock n’ roll. “There’s so many musicians which have come to the tip of their profession, whether or not unintended or intentional,” Mustaine mentioned. “Most of them don’t get to exit on their very own phrases on high, and that’s the place I’m at in my life proper now. I’ve traveled the world and have made hundreds of thousands upon hundreds of thousands of followers and the toughest a part of all of that is saying goodbye to them.”
He continued. “We will’t wait so that you can hear this album and see us on tour. If there was ever an ideal time for us to place out a brand new album, it’s now. If there was ever an ideal time to tour the world, it’s now. That is additionally an ideal time for us to inform you that it’s our final studio album. We’ve made a variety of associates through the years and I hope to see all of you on our international farewell tour. Don’t be mad, don’t be unhappy, be blissful for us all, come have fun with me these subsequent few years. We’ve got completed one thing collectively that’s actually great and can in all probability by no means occur once more. We began a musical type, we began a revolution, we modified the guitar world and the way it’s performed, and we modified the world. The bands I performed in have influenced the world. I really like you all for it. Thanks for all the things.”
The follow-up to 2022’s The Sick, the Dying… and the Useless! will probably be launched by way of Mustaine’s Tradecraft imprint on Frontiers Label Group’s new BLKIIBLK label, and doesn’t but have a launch date, however is anticipated subsequent 12 months.
Followers can register for early entry to unique info and presents surrounding the forthcoming closing album on Megadeth’s web site. In accordance with the location, pre-orders begin on Sept. 25. The preliminary run of farewell tour dates may also be introduced later this 12 months.
Try a social media clip beneath that includes Vic Rattlehead breaking the information:
