The MEINL Cymbals YouTube channel has uploaded a three-minute video of MEGADETH drummer Dirk Verbeuren providing a rundown of his MEINL setup. Test it out under.

Late final month, MEINL uploaded drum-cam video of Dirk taking part in the title observe of MEGADETH‘s newest album, “The Sick, The Dying… And The Useless!”

Final December, Verbeuren spoke to That Metallic Interview in regards to the songwriting course of for “The Sick, The Dying… And The Useless!”, which arrived in September by way of UMe. He stated: “There was plenty of freedom. [Dave Mustaine, MEGADETH leader] invited Kiko [Loureiro, MEGADETH guitarist] and myself from the get-go to contribute our personal concepts and our interpretations, and that is what we did.

“The way in which we work and the way in which Dave tends to work is that he has this large vault of riffs, guitar riffs that go all the way in which again to the early years, to the ’80s. And that is all sitting in a folder and arranged. And so we began by him selecting out a bunch of riffs and dealing with these. And because the course of went on, these began turning into songs and we’d possibly add some riffs or change some riffs or possibly go fishing for some extra or write new ones — no matter felt proper on the time. So I additionally contributed some music myself, and so did Kiko; Kiko co-wrote fairly a number of of the songs on the album. So it was a really collaborative course of. So far as the drums went, identical factor. After all there have been sure elements the place Dave most popular one concept over the thought, and he could be, like, ‘Play it extra like this,’ or, ‘I favor that beat over this beat.’ However for probably the most half I just about bought to do what I needed to do and the way I felt it. As a result of I feel, at this level, having been within the band for over six years, I’ve bought a fairly good really feel of what MEGADETH drums are purported to sound like, and it looks as if Dave feels the identical manner.”

Dirk went on to say that he did not need to deviate too removed from the drumming fashion that characterised MEGADETH‘s traditional albums. “It is an essential factor, as a result of I am additionally a MEGADETH fan,” he defined. “I used to be for a few years once I was youthful. So I do know what it is prefer to be a fan and going and watching your band or listening to a brand new album by your band that you simply like and also you count on it to be inside sure parameters. So, having grown up listening to [previous MEGADETH drummers] Gar Samuelson and Chuck Behler and Nick Menza, after all, I needed to have form of that vibe. So that is what I aimed for. In the long run, it is gonna sound like me as effectively, as a result of I can not change that. And I additionally put a few of my very own flavors in there, after all. However I did wanna be very conscious of the legacy of MEGADETH historical past and respect that and stick with it that custom.”

“The Sick, The Dying… And The Useless!” offered 48,000 equal album items within the U.S. in its first week of launch to land at place No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart. It marked MEGADETH‘s eighth high 10-charting album. Of “The Sick, The Dying… And The Useless!”‘s 48,000 items earned for the week, album gross sales comprised 45,000, SEA items comprised 3,000 and TEA items comprised a negligible sum.

MEGADETH‘s earlier high 10 entries on the Billboard 200 have been “Countdown to Extinction” (No. 2, 1992),“Youthanasia” (No. 4, 1994),“Cryptic Writings” (No. 10, 1997),“United Abominations” (No. 8, 2007),“Endgame” (No. 9, 2009),“Tremendous Collider” (No. 6, 2013) and “Dystopia” (No. 3, 2016).