In a new interview with Grammy.com, MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine discusses the band's new studio album, Super Collider, and the camaraderie of the Gigantour festival. An excerpt follows:

Q: I spoke with Jason Newsted (NEWSTED, ex-METALLICA, VOIVOD) recently and I know he is excited for the Gigantour tour and being able to reconnect.

A: "There's really a cool new relationship between the two of us and I saw that he said something about us playing a song together and I thought, 'Wow, that's pretty interesting. It's doable and I think it would be fun'. I'm not ruling anything in or out because I still gotta talk with David Ellefson about it; I want to make sure that Dave and Jason talk and figure out how they're gonna do it if we play together. One thing that's important is to not copy other people. So it would be cool to do something really different with Jason, instead of doing the same thing people expect, [like playing] old songs. I think there's a lot of potential with all of the bands. The talent is there. Of course Jason and I go back the farthest so I'm really looking forward to reconnecting with him."

Q: Newsted has so much energy and enthusiasm right now. How does being out on the road with people like that reinvigorate you?

A: "That's kind of the spirit of Gigantour, to give [an] opportunity to other bands that need a break. Jason certainly doesn't need a break … but the other thing is there's a camaraderie about Gigantour. It's not a huge corporate thing. I'm not really concerned about the size of the buildings or anything like that as much as I am about what the music makes as a statement, and this is by far the most aggressive lineup on Gigantour that we've ever had."

Read the full interview at this location.

Megadeth will release their new album, Super Collider, this week via Tradecraft/UME. The album track, 'Forget To Remember', can be streamed now below:

Super Collider was recorded at the band's Vic's Garage Studio in San Marcos, California and mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound in New York. The album will be available as a limited edition CD with 3-D cover and bonus tracks, regular CD, regular LP, limited LP plus 7" vinyl and digital download.

Super Collider features the following 11 songs:

'Kingmaker'

'Super Collider'

'Burn!'

'Built For War'

'Off The Edge'

'Dance In The Rain'

'Beginning Of Sorrow'

'The Blackest Crow'

'Forget To Remember'

'Don't Turn Your Back…'

'Cold Sweat'

The title track, 'Kingmaker', and 'The Blackest Crow' can be heard below:

'Super Collider':

'Kingmaker':

Listen to 'The Blackest Crow' at this location.

To read BraveWords.com scribe Mark Gromen's review of Super Collider, click here.