MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson is featured in a new interview with Goldmine Magazine. An excerpt is available below

GM: Does your songwriting still match with Dave (Mustaine) nowadays?

Ellefson: "We’ll tell, I guess, as we move forward. Sometimes I pick up a bass but right now I’m in performance mode when I pick the instrument up. The other day I was at my house and some ideas fell out. I was in Megadeth but not around Megadeth, so a certain kind of thing came out and it made me go 'Wow, this would probably work well on a future Megadeth record.'"

GM: Are you still interested in the same subjects? I mean, are you a fellow Christian?

Ellefson: "I am."

GM: Oh, okay, so you can still relate to each other as songwriters.

Ellefson: "Absolutely. And you know it’s funny with Megadeth, because even years ago Dave would draw from scripture to come up with ideas and they would be very inspirational. It’s interesting. The whole Book of Isaiah, you could write an entire Iron Maiden album out of that, you know. It’s definitely a good source for inspiration. The history books are just ripe soil for writing metal records."

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Megadeth recently finished filming a video for the song 'The Right To Go Insane' in South El Monte, California. The follow-up to the band's latest video for 'Head Crusher', this one takes a darker turn according to bassist David Ellefson.

Explains Ellefson, the video "has a very twisted and demented storyline. It was much different than what I thought it would be. It has no band footage at all. It's a very twisted and intriguing story."

Listen to 'The Right To Go Insane' below. This song comes off the thrash legends' 2009 Grammy-nominated album Endgame, which was recorded at Vic's Garage - the band's own studio - with producer Andy Sneap.