In the clip below, shared by D’Addario and Co., Megadeth guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari gives an inside look into his expansive influences, preferred gear, touring, being recruited by Megadeth, guitar strings, the new Megadeth album, and more.
Teemu: “I was recruited on short notice (in 2023). It all happened kind of fast. At first it was unclear if I was going to be needed or if I was more going to be on standby. I learned the setlist but it wasn’t 100% sure if I was going to be playing with the band or not. It was only a week before the first tour when I got the visa in my hand and it was 100% that I was going to be there. It was pretty unbelievable, surreal. By that time, when the first show happened, everything had been moving along so fast that I didn’t really have time to sit back and think about what was going on. I just tried to concentrate on learning the catalogue as well as I could.”
Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine recently issued an update on the band’s next studio album. The new record will be the band’s follow up to 2022’s The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!
Says Mustaine: “We are almost 90 days into the making of the 17th Megadeth album, currently titled, “Album 17.” That was a difficult choice, doh!
“So, I started working on new Megadeth album with [producer] Chris Rakestraw from Dystopia and our most recent album, The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! Teemu came out to join me right after New Years Eve, and James and Dirk will be here in February.
“We are off to a good start.. A trivia tidbit: I seem to remember that ‘Holy Wars’ and ‘Symphony Of Destruction’ were some of the last songs written on their perspective albums…”
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Teemu: “I was recruited on short notice (in 2023). It all happened kind of fast. At first it was unclear if I was going to be needed or if I was more going to be on standby. I learned the setlist but it wasn’t 100% sure if I was going to be playing with the band or not. It was only a week before the first tour when I got the visa in my hand and it was 100% that I was going to be there. It was pretty unbelievable, surreal. By that time, when the first show happened, everything had been moving along so fast that I didn’t really have time to sit back and think about what was going on. I just tried to concentrate on learning the catalogue as well as I could.”
Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine recently issued an update on the band’s next studio album. The new record will be the band’s follow up to 2022’s The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!
Says Mustaine: “We are almost 90 days into the making of the 17th Megadeth album, currently titled, “Album 17.” That was a difficult choice, doh!
“So, I started working on new Megadeth album with [producer] Chris Rakestraw from Dystopia and our most recent album, The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! Teemu came out to join me right after New Years Eve, and James and Dirk will be here in February.
“We are off to a good start.. A trivia tidbit: I seem to remember that ‘Holy Wars’ and ‘Symphony Of Destruction’ were some of the last songs written on their perspective albums…”
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