Yesterday Megadeth dropped their new album Dystopia, a concept that carries throughout the anti-establishment tracks that send the message, “Doom is coming.” They released a virtual reality music video for “Dystopia,” in which a skeleton gets caught in a high speed car chase among gratuitous blood spurts and masked gunmen.
The story is a continuation of the thrash metal band’s video, “The Threat is Real,” where a violent post-apocalypse is at hand. As their 15th studio album, Dystopia comes with a total of five virtual reality videos. The 13 tracks all have an ominous theme with titles such as “Fatal Illusion,” “Post-American World,” “Bullet to the Brain” and “Poisonous Shadows.”
Megadeth’s frontman, Dave Mustaine, who produced Dystopia with Chris Rakestraw, explained the message to Mashable: “ You see all these movies like Armageddon, Independence Day, 12 Monkeys, Planet of the Apes and stuff, and there’s always a moral at the end of the story: If you stand up for what’s right, you won’t have to give in to a dystopian world.”
Find the full album here.
Track Listing:
1. The Threat Is Real
2. Dystopia
3. Fatal Illusion
4. Death from Within
5. Bullet to the Brain
6. Post American World
7. Poisonous Shadows
8. Look Who’s Talking
9. Conquer or Die
10. Lying in State
11. The Emperor
12. Last Dying Wish
13. Foreign Policy
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