In a new interview with Jorge Botas of Portugal's Metal Global, MEGADETH bassist James LoMenzo spoke about the band's final album, simply titled "Megadeth".

Asked what his reaction was when he heard that Dave Mustaine wanted to record the METALLICA title track, "Ride The Lightning", for "Megadeth", LoMenzo said: "I was delighted.

I was surprised.

My eyebrows went up, but I was kind of delighted that he was gonna even go there..." LoMenzo discussed how the band's decision to make their final album came about during the songwriting process.

"It wasn't until we were, like, halfway, two-thirds through that Dave had this meeting with us and said, 'You know, guys, this is kind of where we're at right now...' So we'll go out there, record some stuff, and he'll start writing and putting stuff up and testing..." Regarding his personal songwriting contributions to "Megadeth", LoMenzo explained: "In my case, I do what I've done for most of my career as a bass player.

Bass players are weird people...

We love to really service the music to make it as good as it can be." The final album debuted at the top of the U.S.

album chart after earning 73,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending January 29.

The bulk of that sum was driven by pure album sales, totaling 69,000.

The follow-up to "The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!" was released via Mustaine's Tradecraft imprint on Frontiers Label Group's new BLKIIBLK label.