"I think when things happen like the throat cancer, or my neck being fused, or the saturnine palsy in my arm, most people would stop." Dave Mustaine on why Megadeth's final show might still be "three to five years" away

Dave Mustaine smirking at the camera.

Dave Mustaine has discussed Megadeth's impending final chapter as the thrash metal legends gear up for the release of their last ever studio album and accompanying world tour.

In August, Mustaine confirmed that Megadeth will retire after the album cycle for their seventeenth, self-titled record, which lands in January, stating: