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TBA is the fifteenth studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth. It is not expected to be produced by Johnny K, who produced the band's two previous albums. The album will be the first by the band since 2004's The System has Failed not to feature longtime drummer Shawn Drover.

Background, writing and recording
In June 2013, Megadeth released its fourteenth studio album, Super Collider, to mixed critical reaction. In the months following the album's release, frontman and guitarist Dave Mustaine revealed that he and the rest of the band had already begun to discuss a follow-up, an urgency somewhat influenced by the then-recent death of Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman, which had reportedly given Mustaine a sense of mortality. In late 2014, several hardships struck the band. On October 4, 2014, Mustaine's Alzheimer's-afflicted mother-in-law went missing from a campground. Her remains were discovered on November 26. Additionally, in November, 2014, drummer Shawn Drover and guitarist Chris Broderick announced their resignations from the band. Several months later, the pair would emerge in a new band, Act of Defiance. Despite the departures, bassist David Ellefson announced that the band was still intent on starting work on the album in early 2015. Ellefson additionally suggested that the album would "help determine" the Broderick and Drover's replacements.

Over the course of 2014, the band had announced its intentions to start pre–production on the album. The band had been working on new material since December 2013, and in January 2014, Mustaine revealed that many riffs had already been written for the record. In May 2014, prior to his departure, Drover revealed that he and Mustaine had entered the studio and began tracking some demo ideas. The band originally planned to record in August 2014 and release the album in 2015. Instead, plans were only made to demo new material that October and start recording in January 2015.

Mustaine elaborated that, due to a reduced tour schedule for summer 2014, the band had more time to focus on songwriting. In February 2015, Ellefson revealed that the album was "pretty much written". The band started recording the album in April 2015 at Lattitude South Studios in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee. Mustaine has suggested that instead of rehiring Johnny K, who produced both Thirteen (2011) and Super Collider (2013), the band might opt for a new producer. Mustaine has since mentioned a possibility of reuniting with producer Max Norman, who had mixed Rust in Peace (1990) and produced Countdown to Extinction (1992) and Youthanasia (1994), although Norman's degree of involvement, if any, has yet to be clarified.

During March 2015, several rock music news websites speculated that Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler will perform drums on the album, At the end of the month, the band confirmed that Adler would be performing drums on the album. It was also announced that month that Brazilian guitarist Kiko Loureiro joined the band.

Songs
Mustaine has elaborated on possible lyrical themes, revealing that he had been reading about world history and "crazy science stuff". Ellefson has stated that the band intends to take a different musical approach for the album. Mustaine subsequently implied that the album would be stylistically different from its predecessor, and indicated that the album would not feature radio–oriented songs.

In July 2014, Mustaine announced that he was editing a demo for a new track titled "Why We Lie to You". He has described the track as "kind of like if Jack Bauer was in a band, what he would sing about," and compared the song's structure with that of "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due".

In May 2015, the band posted several videos clips on PledgeMusic featuring snippets of new songs, titled "The Emperor' and "Conquer... or Die"

Release and reception
In spite of the departures of Broderick and Drover, Ellefson stated that the band intended to release the album later in 2015.

In January 2015, the album, yet to be titled at the time, was listed by Loudwire as one of the "30 Most Anticipated Rock + Metal Albums of 2015", alongside expected albums by bands like Iron Maiden, Slayer and Tool. It was suggested that the departures of Broderick and Drover, as well as the lack of details about possible replacements fueled anticipation on the part of fans and critics.

Track listing

 * Potential song titles
 * "Why We Lie to You"
 * "The Emperor"
 * "Conquer... or Die"
 * "Rapid Fire"

Personnel

 * Megadeth
 * Dave Mustaine – lead vocals, lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars
 * David Ellefson – bass guitar and backing vocals
 * Kiko Loureiro - guitars


 * Additional musicians
 * Chris Adler - drums