Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Pashure porwendo rwenyika rwakawanda rwokutsigira Youthanasia, Megadeth yakatora nguva mukupera kwa1995. Mustaine akatanga kushanda pa MD.45, chirongwa cheparutivi nemuimbi Lee Ving weKutya. Vaviri vacho vakashandira dhiramu Jimmy DeGrasso, uyo akanga aridza naAlice Cooper kuSouth American Monsters of Rock tour kutanga kwegore iroro. Marty Friedman akavaka studio mumusha wake mutsva muPhoenix uye akapedza dambarefu rake rechina roga roga, rakabudiswa muna April 1996. Muna September 1996, Megadeth akaenda kuLondon kunoshanda panziyo dzealbum inotevera. Kunyora nziyo kwakatarisirwa zvikuru nemaneja mutsva Bud Prager, uyo akapa mazano emimhanzi uye mazwi; mazwi mazhinji nemazita enziyo akachinjwa pachikumbiro chake. Pamusoro pesimba raPrager, Mustaine gare gare akanyora, kuti: "Ndakafunga kuti zvichida uyu mukomana [Prager] aigona kundibetsera kuwana chinyorwa chisingabatiki icho chakanakisisa chandaida zvikuru". Iyo album, yakanyorwa muNashville, yaive Megadeth yekubatana kwekutanga nemugadziri wenyika pop Dann Huff, uyo akasangana naMustaine muna 1990.Cryptic Writings yakaburitswa munaJune 1997. Iyo album yakasvika panhamba gumi paBillboard 200, uye yakazopedzisira yapihwa goridhe muUnited States. Its kutungamirira chete, "Trust", akava Megadeth kuti soro chati rwiyo pamusoro Mainstream Rock Tracks panguva nhamba shanu, uye akanga nominated nokuda Best Metal Performance panguva 1998 Grammy Awards. Kunyange zvazvo vose vana singles kubva Album akapinda pamusoro 20 musi Billboard kwakaita Mainstream Rock Tracks chati, wokudhinda mhinduro kuti Album akanga yakavhenganiswa. Iyo album yakaratidza nziyo dzakasiyana-siyana idzo Los Angeles Times yakatsanangura se "kuenzanisa kunonakidza" pakati pezvinhu zvekare uye nziyo dzekuedza. Paakabvunzwa pamusoro eclecticism ari Album wacho, Mustaine akati Cryptic Writings rakakamurwa muzvikamu zvitatu. Chimwe chikamu chakanga chakavakirwa pane zvinokurumidza, zvinhu zvinotyisa, chimwe chaiva "mimhanzi inonzwika yeredhiyo yakafanana neYouthanasia", uye chechitatu chekupedzisira chaive nemutinhimira. Mushure memakore anopfuura gore kubva pakonzati yekupedzisira yeboka, Megadeth yakadzoka sechiito chehupenyu munaJune 1997, kutanga rwendo rwenyika neMisfits uye rwendo muUnited States neHupenyu hweMarwadzo uye Coal...  Mubvunzo: Megadeth yakanga ine maneja mutsva ainzi ani?
Bud Prager