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Megadeth Launches a New Website For Their New Album “The Sick, The Dying And The Dead”

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Megadeth has launched a dedicated website for the band’s upcoming album, The Sick, The Dying And The Dead, due out later in 2022. We are due to get a new title track/ lead single, full album details, and possibly a video all later this week on June 23rd. The new album features drummer Dirk Verburen and bassist Steve Digiorgio (Testament, Sadus, Death), with the latter replacing previously recorded and deleted tracks by bassist David Ellefson who was fired from the band in early 2021. James LoMenzo has been named the permanent Megadeth bassist going forward. The new album features a cover of Dead Kennedys’ “Police Truck” and Sammy Hagar’s “This Planet’s On Fire”, with vocals from Hagar. The new website has the following message:  

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Steve Digiorgio (Testament, Death, Sadus) Played Bass on The New Megadeth Record

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Steve Digiorgio (Testament, Sadus, Death) is the bass player on the new Megadeth album. Long suspected and unconfirmed until today, Dave Mustaine  credited Digiorgio for the  bass work new Megadeth album, The Sick, The Dying, And The Dead, due on July 8, 2022 in a new interview today. The album features a cover of Dead Kennedys’ “Police Truck” and Sammy Hagar’s “This Planet’s On Fire”, with vocals from Hagar. Mustaine shared this new  leader shared the news of DiGiorgio’s involvement, replacing the previously deleted bass tracks of former bassist David Ellefson in an interview with Jose Mangin of SiriusXM Liquid Metal, while discussing the upcoming leg 2 of the  “Metal Tour of The Year” with Lamb of God, Trivium, and In Flames  as well as the upcoming Megaddeth cover of “Take No Prisoners” Mustaine did with LoG, debuting on April 1st.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Spirits of Fire – Embrace The Unknown

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While Embrace The Unknown (Frontiers srl) sees Spirits of Fire continue down the path of classic metal emulation last seen on their 2019 debut, its presentation sees more polish this time around. The production job courtesy of Aldo Lonobile, is considerably cleaner than before, giving the performances much better clarity. Guitarist Chris Caffery continues to lead the charge with an array of Savatage-inspired acrobatics while bass legend Steve DiGiorgio and drummer Mark Zonder make for a hard-hitting rhythm section without getting too flashy.

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