Megadeth: Dave Mustaine’s track-by-track guide to The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!

It’s been a wild ride for Dave Mustaine over the last six-and-a-bit years. In that gap between ripping 15th studio album Dystopia and brand-new 16th offering The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! – the longest between-records break of his career – the legendary Megadeth frontman has survived a throat cancer scare and the global pandemic, he’s weathered the messy departure of founding bassist Dave Ellefson, and he’s aged (dis)gracefully into his 60s. Rather than pumping the brakes or allowing shades of grey to creep into his sound like so many peers, however, Big Dave seems hungrier than ever.  “Obviously that long break wasn’t intended,” he sighs, backstage tonight at Raleigh, NC’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park, joining us for a track-by-track breakdown. ​“I was pro...

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