Megadeth’s upcoming album release postponed to summer 2022

US thrash metal legends Megadeth were due to release their new album “The Sick, The Dying And The Dead” in spring 2022 but now, according to an interview with Forbes, the release of the album has been postponed to summer 2022.

Mustaine was asked in the interview if the band will celebrate their upcoming album with The Metal Tour Of The Year tour starting in April along with Trivium, Lamb Of God and In Flames, but Mustaine says that logistical problems with printing physical copies of the album will force the release to the summer.

He said the following on the subject:

”No. This is wrapping up the remainder of last year, but I know that our actual official record release date had gotten moved back again with all of the distribution stuff, and all of these issues with getting product from one place to the next with record plants making vinyl. We’re not reliant on vinyl so much but just the whole process has been delayed, so it’s just gotten moved back again. We’re going to be doing, I believe at the time I’m not sure, but I believe at the time when the record comes out this summer we’ll be on a tour that we’re going to be announcing, but I can’t really get into that right now because I don’t know for sure the dates.”

Megadeth’s previous album “Dystopia” was released in 2016.