Dave Mustaine has confirmed to Guitar World that Megadeth is at work on the follow-up to 2016’s Dystopia album. It will be the first with drummer Dirk Verbueren, and the second with guitarist Kiko Loureiro.

Mustaine commented:

“We have been for a few weeks now. All the bandmembers are at home writing stuff and putting it in the same spot, keeping all the riffs centralized in one place. And anybody can access anybody’s stuff. And then once we’re done, I’ll start assembling everything.”

Asked if that means we will see new Megadeth music in 2019: “Absolutely. For sure. A whole new record, I would say the chances are probably 95 percent. And at least one new song, I’d say it’s 100 percent. No question.”