Megadeth’s landmark second album Peace Sells … But Who’s Buying? included an iconic track that’s gone down in Megadeth (and metal) history, Black Friday.
Now, in honor of Record Store Day’s Black Friday 2015, Megadeth has released a special 12” vinyl single for The Threat is Real from the upcoming new album Dystopia (out January 22, 2016). Only a limited amount of copies were pressed in the U.S., and the b-side is another brand new recording – Megadeth’s version of FEAR’s punk classic Foreign Policy, which will be unavailable on any other format until its official release on Dystopia. The 12” is available at all participating physical and online retailers while The Threat Is Real is available digitally.
Featuring 11 brand new tracks, Dystopia will be released on both CD and LP, as well as digitally through all online partners on January 22 on Universal Music Enterprises / Tradecraft / T-Boy Records. Fatal Illusion was the first track released from the album and garnered major praise from press. Rolling Stone says, “heavy, creepy guitar… before kicking into jazz bass and a galloping thrash riff that harks back to the group’s early days.”
With musical architect and band visionary Dave Mustaine at the helm, Dystopia was recorded in Nashville, TN, and mixed by Josh Wilbur (Lamb of God, Gojira, Avenged Sevenfold).
The rest of the Meagadeth lineup is comprised of David “Junior” Ellefson on bass, new member Kiko Loureiro (formerly of Angra) on guitar, and drummer Chris Adler, who took time away from Lamb of God to record Dystopia. The result marks a true return to form, adding new blood and injecting a new burst of creative energy into the new album.
Megadeth burst onto the scene thirty years ago, virtually inventing a genre with their debut album Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good! (recently recognized by VH1 as the Greatest Thrash Metal Debut Album of All Time) sold more than 38 million albums worldwide, earning numerous accolades including 11 Grammy nominations, scoring five consecutive platinum albums—including 1992’s two-million-selling Countdown to Extinction.
——————————————————————————————————————————————
Never miss a story! Get your free Noise11.com daily music news email alert. Subscribe to the Noise11 Music Newsletter here
Listen to the Noise11 Music News channel now at iHeartRadio
Follow Noise11.com on Facebook and Twitter
NOISE11 UPDATES are now in Apple News
more from vvnmusic.com
