MydenRocks recently caught up with MEGADETH frontman/founder Dave Mustaine to discuss the band's new album, United Abominations. The following is a brief excerpt from the interview:

MydenRocks: I love the intensity on the new CD. Did that intensity come out natural or did you gear your writing to high intensity material?

Dave Mustaine: "I didn't go into making this record with any pre-conceived notions. I was just so disillusioned with the record business after what happened with Capitol and Sanctuary Records. After going over to Sanctuary, I thought 'Hey, this is different. These guys undersand. They're metal people. My God, they manage IRON MAIDEN.' It ended up being more of the same difficulties I had with Capitol. Both labels had difficulties with the songs and issues with the songs that really couldn't be solved. Going over to Roadrunner when we went in to do this record... so far it's been...there's been some ups and downs. I think alot of that translated into the intensity on the record. There was stuff that was going on in my personal life that even transcended the difficulties from working with a corporation. When you're trying to do something like create art, the nature of art is very un-corporate. Do you follow me? I'm not necessarily anti-corporate. When you're trying to pitch a song to a corporate entity, it's kind of like trying to explain an orgasm to a virgin. Both sides have different points of view. You can't really get an artist to think like a corporation, but it's automatically thought that you will think like a corporation by default. So some of the energy on the record is there because there was seemingly the same syndrome that has been the same with me the whole time I've been a recording artist. There's also a refreshment there that really excited me and fortunately for me all of the beuracratic stuff is out of the way. The art side is starting to show through. I'm really excited about what the future holds for me with the label and what my gift has been given to me about being able to play guitar and sing."

MydenRocks: Did the music and vocals come easy for you this time around? It seems like you've recaptured that classic Mustaine delivery.

Dave Mustaine: "The music was super fun to do because I just figured 'Ok Dave. You by far have alot more gas in the tank that you need to let people know about. So it's time to get it on!' I really wanted to challenge myself. There's going to be some songs that are going to be hard for me to play live and sing. Hopefully, no one will ever want to hear any of those songs live! (laughing) 'Sleepwalker' was a little hard, in the beginning, to figure out because it was one of those polyrhythm kind of things over the down beats, upbeats, and vocals. With the cadence and the vocal lines, you want to growl a little bit and lure something out here and there. You know what I mean? That's just part of my style. I don't have a speach impediment. I just really get into character when I sing. Some people, when you try and do that, it comes really natural. Some people have to get it into their memory to pull it off. Some songs, I can do it one way and some songs I do it the latter way I described. As it turns out, 'Sleepwalker' is a breeze now. But, 6 months later I'm still having trouble with 'Washington Is Next!'"

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