High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Risk is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal band Megadeth. Released on August 31, 1999, it is the band`s final studio album released by Capitol Records. The first Megadeth album since 1990 to feature a band lineup change, Risk marks the studio debut of drummer Jimmy DeGrasso with the band. Risk is the final Megadeth release to feature long time Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman, who announced his departure from the group in March 2000.