Megadeth Unleash New Single ‘Soldier On’

Megadeth has unleashed their new tune “Soldier On,” the 3rd solitary from their approaching album The Ill … the Dying … and the Useless!.

The strong keep track of launches at entire-force from the opening take note, propelled by emphatic drums and soaring guitar riffs. Frontman Dave Mustaine invokes images of war in the song’s lyrics, singing on the chorus:

“Of all the battles gained and lost / The lives and treasures that it charges / I know I have acquired to soldier on / Watching mankind destroy by itself / Wander straight into the mouth of hell / I know I have bought to soldier on.”

Hear to “Soldier On” below.

This is the 3rd monitor released from The Ill … the Dying … and the Lifeless! adhering to “We’ll Be Back” and “Night Stalkers.” The album, which marks initially LP because 2016’s Dystopia, arrives Sept. 2.

“For the initially time in a extended time, almost everything that we desired on this history is suitable in its position,” Mustaine declared when the album was announced in June. “I just can’t wait for the general public to get hold of this!”

The Ill … the Dying … and the Lifeless! was recorded at Mustaine’s property studio in Nashville. It is the very first new tunes considering that Megadeth’s longtime bassist David Ellefson was dismissed in 2021 next a cybersex scandal. In his spot, Steve DiGiorgio performed bass on the new album, while James LoMenzo will carry on to provide as the band’s official bass participant on tour.

“With every thing that had taken spot in excess of the previous, 10, 20 a long time with my relationship with our previous bass participant, it just grew to become time to … it is so not comfortable for me to speak about,” Mustaine previously explained to Rolling Stone. “It was challenging on me allowing him go. And I’m happier now than I have at any time been.”

Megadeth is established to strike the road with 5 Finger Dying Punch starting on Aug. 19 in Ridgefield, Clean., and working by Oct. 1 in Noblesville, Ind.