Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: I muri i te haerenga nui o te ao ki te tautoko i te Youthanasia, ka mutu te wa o Megadeth i te mutunga o te tau 1995. I tiimata a Mustaine ki te mahi i runga i te MD.45, he kaupapa taha me te kaiwaiata a Lee Ving of Fear. I utua e te tokorua te kaiwaiata a Jimmy DeGrasso, i purei tahi me Alice Cooper i te haerenga Monsters of Rock o Amerika ki te Tonga i tera tau. I hangaia e Marty Friedman he whare whakairo i roto i tona kaainga hou i Phoenix, a ka oti tana pukaemi takitahi tuawha, i tukuna i te Paenga-whawha 1996. I te marama o Hepetema 1996, ka haere a Megadeth ki Rānana ki te mahi i nga waiata mo te pukaemi e whai ake nei. Ko te songwriting i āta tirohia e te kaiwhakahaere hou Bud Prager, i whai wāhi whakaaro puoro, me te lyrics; maha lyrics me taitara waiata i hurihia i runga i tona tono. Mo te awe o Prager, ka tuhituhi a Mustaine i muri mai: "I whakaaro ahau tera pea ka taea e tenei taangata [Prager] te awhina i ahau ki te tiki i taua rekoata kore-kore i tino hiahia ahau". Ko te pukaemi, i tuhia i Nashville, ko te mahi tahi tuatahi a Megadeth me te kaiwhakanao whenua pop a Dann Huff, i tutaki ki a Mustaine i te 1990.I tukuna a Cryptic Writings i te Pipiri 1997. Ko te pukaemi i eke ki te tekau o nga Billboard 200, a i te mutunga ka whakamanahia te koura i te United States. Ko tana kotahi tuatahi, "Trust", ka noho ko te waiata o Megadeth i runga ake i te Mainstream Rock Tracks i te tau rima, a i whakaingoatia mo te Whakaaturanga Metal Pai rawa atu i nga Tohu Grammy 1998. Ahakoa i uru katoa nga takitahi e wha mai i te pukaemi ki te 20 o runga i te papaanga Mainstream Rock Tracks a Billboard, he rereketanga te urupare a te panui ki te pukaemi. I whakaatuhia te pukaemi i nga momo waiata i whakaahuatia e te Los Angeles Times hei "whakataurite whakaongaonga" i waenga i nga taonga tawhito me nga waiata whakamatautau. I te patai mo te kohinga o te pukaemi, i kii a Mustaine kua wehea nga Tuhinga Cryptic ki nga tuatoru. Ko tetahi waahanga i hangai ki nga taonga tere ake, kaha ake, ko tetahi atu ko te "puoro-radio-rite ki te Youthanasia", a ko te tuatoru whakamutunga he pai ake te waiata.I muri i te neke atu i te kotahi tau mai i te konohete whakamutunga a te roopu, ka hoki mai a Megadeth hei mahi ora i te Pipiri 1997, ka tiimata te haerenga o te ao me nga Misfits me te haerenga ki te United States me te Life of Agony me te Coal...  Pātai: He kaiwhakahaere hou a Megadeth ko wai tōna ingoa?
Ko Bud Prager