Dave Mustaine, front man for San Francisco thrash  metal legends, Megadeth; commented recently about the bands new album, which is tentatively due out in September on Roadrunner Records. Says Mustaine, "This week has been fantastic! (Producer) Andy Sneap is back at the helm in Vic's Garage (Megadeth's recording studio in San Marcos, California) and it is such a natural thing to see Andy here with me, that I am thinking of trying to find him an American supermodel that will marry him and spend the rest of their lives in San Diego making records for me and making whoppee for Android!

"Seriously, though, I love working with Andy. I have had some greats over the years, and Andy is one of them. We have been making some serious soulful and aggressive vocal performances.

"Now, let me tell you about (Megadeth guitarist) Chris Broderick's soloing!

"This guy is like Tony Montana. I have never ever heard a guitar player this good. Sorry, Marty (Friedman, ex-Megadeth guitarist), I try to keep you in the fans' memory, but they are going to have a hard time once they hear Chris. I mean, we all worked hard to get Chris to where he is right now, but nothing that I could have done, and I mean very little, if not zero was contributed by me. Chris is a genius, a virtuoso, a master, and I am the proudest I have ever been in my musical life right now.

"Even Justis (Dave's son) said, 'He stomps Marty Friedman, dad.' What a blessing to have such a cool son!!!

"I have to get going. I have a crazy day today again. I need to finish the song I was singing yesterday called 'This Day We Fight'. This was influenced by the 'Lord of the Rings'. I am also in the middle of finishing up a lyric this morning called tentatively, 'How The Movie Ends'. Well see if the title sticks by the time the disc is finished."

The band is also currently in talks to play some shows with Slayer later in the year; though no other details have been released.