Mustaine malitere ọrụ na MD.45, a n'akụkụ oru ngo na-agụ egwú Lee Ving nke Egwu. The duo goro drummer Jimmy DeGrasso, onye na-egwuri na Alice Cooper na South American Monsters nke Rock tour tupu afọ ahụ. Marty Friedman wuru a studio na ya ọhụrụ n'ụlọ Phoenix na dechara ya nke anọ solo album, wepụtara na April 1996. Na September 1996, Megadeth gara London na-arụ ọrụ na songs maka ọzọ album.
Bud Prager