MEGADETH have set "The System Has Failed" as the title of their new album, tentatively due on September 14 through Sanctuary Records.

"The System Has Failed" was recorded at Phase Four studios in Tempe, Arizona and is set to feature cover artwork by Ed Repka. Joining mainman Dave Mustaine on the recording are drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and bassist Jimmy Sloas. Additional lead guitar tracks were laid down by former MEGADETH guitarist Chris Poland.

"The System Has Failed" track listing:

01. Blackmail The Universe
02. Shadow Of Death
03. My Kingdom
04. Of Mice And Men
05. Truth Be Told
06. The Scorpion
07. Kick The Chair
08. Something That I'm Not
09. Tears In A Vial
10. Die Dead Enough
11. Back In The Day

The upcoming CD will be preceded by reissues by all seven of MEGADETH's studio albums recorded during the group's tenure with Capitol Records. Mustaine remixed, remastered and restored each album, all of which will feature previously unreleased tracks as well as demos and alternate mixes, and newly penned liner notes.

Regarding the upcoming reissues, Mustaine told Billboard magazine, "You know, it wasn't really hard when I first opened up the very first drive to roll up my sleeves and think, 'This is gonna be great.' But as the project rolled on and the difficulties started to accumulate, I began to get a little nervous. When I got to stuff like [the 'Rust in Peace' track] 'Take No Prisoners', and it was 2 o'clock in the morning and we find out that the vocal track is gone, I was pretty freaked out."

"The System Has Failed" will be MEGADETH's first since the announcement that Mustaine was disbanding the group following a serious accident in early 2002. At the time, it was unknown if severe nerve damage in his left arm would leave him able to perform again.

"I think that it has come full circle back to the aggressive, political cynical lyrics and aggressive guitar riffing that I am famous (or infamous) for," a now-healed Mustaine told Billboard. "I feel something very similar to when I first started out when I hear this new record."

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