As the top of Megadeth looms ever nearer, Dave Mustaine is getting existential. Whereas the guitarist has put pen to paper prior to now, with 2020’s Rust In Peace autobiography reflecting on the band’s iconic 1990 album of the identical identify, his new biography is a much more private. Launched right now, In My Darkest Hour tells the story of how a most cancers survivor, household man and legendary thrashman “saved himself” when the stress was on.

To unfold the phrase of his new memoir, Mustaine can be embarking on a 3 metropolis US e-book tour. The primary cease on launch day might be additional particular, with a New York fan Q&A the place Mustaine might be discussing In My Darkest Hour, including additional depth to the discharge and answering viewers questions. After, he’ll earlier than stopping by Boston on 9 September and Manassas on 10 September for meet and greet occasions.

Whereas the Virginian meet and greet in Manassas is already bought out, New York’s launch occasion and Boston’s occasion each nonetheless have some spots left. Every ticket buy additionally features a signed copy of the e-book. Every of the three occasions has additionally been deliberate to align with Megadeth’s slot on Iron Maiden‘s Run For Your Lives World Tour, so there’s no want to fret about lacking the present.

As for the memoir itself, In My Darkest Hour is about to be, unsurprisingly, fairly darkish. When the e-book was first introduced, Mustaine revealed that it explores the “harrowing” expertise that adopted his stage three throat most cancers prognosis in June 2019. “Considered one of most harrowing experiences of my grownup life has been my seven-year journey by most cancers therapy and onward into remission,” he wrote on the Megadeth web site.

“This story is significantly extra than simply go to the physician, get identified, get therapy and hopefully I reside fortunately ever after,” he continued. “This was a journey of me saving myself, staying alive, maintaining my household collectively, and persevering with to make music by all of it.”

The memoir is about to discover Mustaine’s expertise balancing chemotherapy and studio periods, all main as much as the band’s 2022 report, the Sick, The Dying…and the Useless! Because the press launch explains, it additionally explores how Mustaine confronted “his personal mortality” all through this era, which “introduced him nearer to his household, taught him the right way to ask for assist, strengthened his religion, and challenged the vulnerability of his artwork”.

As for Megadeth, the band are persevering with to take pleasure in their remaining victory lap earlier than calling it a day. After incomes a Billboard #1 report with their final ever album, the self-titled Megadeth, the band’s international farewell tour is about to run till at the least 2027.

In My Darkest Hour is out now. For information on Megadeth’s remaining tour, head to the band’s web site.