MEGADETH's David Ellefson and Shawn Drover have checked in from the band's photo shoot for their new album at their personal studio Vic's Garage in San Marcos, CA. Check out the clip below:

Mainman Dave Mustaine recently confirmed via Twitter that the band has once again enlisted artist John Lorenzi to create the artwork for their forthcoming album, due this fall via Roadrunner Records. Lorenzi created the artwork on Megadeth's United Abominations (2007) and Endgame (2009), as well as the band's 2007 box set Warchest.

Megadeth are putting the finishing touches to their 13th album at Vic's Garage with Johnny K, who has worked with the likes of DISTURBED, 3 DOORS DOWN and FINGER ELEVEN.

When asked about the new material, Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine told BraveWords.com: "I’ve never set out to do a record and wanted it to be like, ‘it needs to be fast’ or ‘it needs to be faster than the last record’ or ‘it can’t be fast. It needs to be slow and heavy’ or ‘you’ve never done a concept record – what the hell is wrong with you? Why not do that?’ For me, music is music. It’s like when you put seeds into the ground. You never really know what’s going to break the surface. I still love the serendipity of making a song and not knowing what’s going to happen. You know Shawn Drover, a fellow countryman of yours and amazing drummer who is mind-blowingly good, just left today. We just finished the last track.”

Read the entire interview here.

A snippet of the new Megadeth song, 'Never Dead', is featured in the trailer below for the new NeverDead fantasy action game: