Source: Blabbermouth.net
A new 15-second video clip of an as-yet-unidentified drummer — believed to be Chris Adler(LAMB OF GOD) — laying down tracks for MEGADETH‘s new album can be seen below.
A photo that was taken on March 19 of MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine and Adlerhaving a discussion at what appeared to be a fast-food restaurant or a coffee shop was posted on Twitter by former MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE drummer Bob Bryar.
As BLABBERMOUTH.NET exclusively reported on March 14, MEGADETH is rumored to have hired Adler and Brazilian guitarist Kiko Loureiro (ANGRA) to play on the band’s new CD.
If true, Adler‘s involvement with MEGADETH would apparently be limited to studio work only, and he would not be expected to join the band on the road to promote the effort, which is currently being recorded in Nashville, Tennessee.
MEGADETH was still finalizing the recording lineup for its new album earlier in the month, with Mustaine tweeting on March 10 that he was “excited to be auditioning one of my final picks for my new guitarist today.”
The band has yet to officially announce replacements for drummer Shawn Drover and guitarist Chris Broderick, who quit the group last year.
Speculation has been rife over the last three months as to whether fans could expect a reunion of MEGADETH‘s classic late 1980s and early 1990s lineup featuring Nick Menza on drums and Marty Friedman on guitar.
Both Menza and Friedman indicated in recent interviews and online postings that they weren’t opposed to rejoining MEGADETH, with Menza saying: “I’m open to whatever could possibly happen. That’s up to Dave [Mustaine.” Friedman, who was also part of the band’s“Rust In Peace” lineup, said in January that he “would not be against considering” a possible return to the band as the replacement for Broderick, but cautioned that fans shouldn’t “get [their] hopes up either.”