 On October 27 , Mustaine revealed that the band was planning to enter the studio to begin tracking the album in the first week of November 2012 , before leaving the studio for the American leg of the Countdown to Extinction 20th anniversary tour . However , drummer Shawn Drover later suggested that recording for the album wouldn 't begin until early 2013 , and also suggested that the album would possibly be released in the summer of that year , rather than Mustaine 's initial projection of a late @-@ spring release . Drover said the band was in the process of composing material and determining what riffs to use on the record . On December 24 , 2012 , Mustaine announced that three new songs were " tracked and almost done " . Mustaine later announced via the Vic Rattlehead Twitter page that he had chosen a title and cover art for the new album , though neither was revealed at that time . As with Thirteen , work on the album was done at " Vic 's Garage " , the band 's own studio in San Marcos , California . 
