MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine has revealed the tracklisting for the band's forthcoming CD, due out later this year through Sanctuary Records. The as-yet-untitled CD will contain the following tracks: 'Blackmail The Universe', 'Shadow Of Death', 'My Kingdom', 'Of Mice And Men', 'Truth Be Told', 'The Scorpion', 'Kick The Chair', 'Something That I’m Not', 'Tears In A Vial', 'Die Dead Enough', 'Back In The Day'.

Meanwhile, Mustaine had the following to say in the band's official forum:

"Droogies! Well, the day has come and I am packing it in. Yesterday was the last day in the studio, I finished the last solo and the last sentence of the last song, and the week before all of the remixes were done, so it is time now to prepare all of the goofy administrative stuff that goes into an album. I was listening down to all of the songs until after 11:30 PM last night when I finally told Jeff Balding that I had to go. I had a meeting to be at at 7:00 AM this morning, but as you can see I didn't make it because I got really ill again. The songs to me are fantastic. There is a lot going on, there are amazing solos by both Polie and myself, loads of double bass, fast parts, slow parts, beautiful singing, Mustaine snarls, yelling, gang vocals, voice-overs, special effects, and layers of intricate sounds in the background that Jeff and I are deciding on what will help the song and what will not. For example, last night we were working for almost half an hour on whether or not to put the sound of a jail cell door clanging shut (kinda like in 'Captive Honour') in a song called 'Kick The Chair'. We ended up muting it for now, but it was a tough decision because there is a lot going on right there already (you'll see soon). This incredible amount of layering, I believe, will be 100% acceptable and expected when I start on my solo work, but for the Megadeth music that we have all grown to love and enjoy, I have to be cautious. Don't want to get slagged here at my own boards now, do I?

"I am excited as hell to know that I am going to see the old guard today. Jeff Young (guitar) got in last night, and Chuck Beehler (drums) and Nick Menza (drums) come in today. I have told them all that I am not going to be there, because I wanted to surprise them, and pop in to see the looks on their faces after they hear what we all did to make them shine! I also just want to see them and tell them thanks and that I love them and I wouldn't be where I am today without what they did with me. Jimmy DeGrasso couldn't make it because his precious daughter is having a birthday today and I fully understand his decision — it was the right thing to do. So he will be participating in writing, as will Marty because of his priorities in his new life. Junior is going to be filmed in the immediate future as is Chris Poland. Kelly Lemieux and Lee Ving are going to have something to say, hopefully, in print too for the MD.45 project, and there are two bonus tracks and three tiny segments that were to have been used as segues on the original release but were not."