Megadeth continues to reveal the tracklist for their upcoming farewell album through social media , with videos that reveal the names of the tracks, including "Tipping Point ," released as the first single.
According to the website Metal Injection , Megadeth may release a cover of Metallica's classic "Ride The Lightning. The site investigated several clues that fueled these suspicions.
In June, Dave Mustaine gave an interview to Stjernepose , [via Loudwire ] giving some details about the new album: “We have 13 new songs for the new album… One of the songs is a cover, but I wrote it, so it’s like a cover, kind of my song. And there are two more extra songs for when the album has been out for a while, just to keep everyone excited.”
Based on this, Metal Injection deduced that Mustaine may have re-recorded a track from his former band MD.45 – even though he almost never mentions anything about the group – or a Megadeth song, since he remixed their albums so extensively that they can be considered re-recordings. The third hypothesis – and the most likely – is that Mustaine re-recorded a Metallica song, since the Megadeth frontman “always felt he didn’t receive the recognition he deserved for his work in Metallica and also stated that he feels Metallica is profiting from his music”.
Furthermore, in the video posted by the band, showing part of the song lyrics, the website suggests that one of the partially revealed words appears to say "Lightning".
Megadeth announces the end.
Megadeth announced their new album alongside their Farewell Tour . The album, still without a defined name, is scheduled for release on January 23, 2026, by Tradecraft , vocalist Dave Mustaine's label, in partnership with BLKIIBLK , a new label from the Frontiers Label Group .
The global farewell tour will begin in 2026. Dave Mustaine also announced the release of a new memoir, the details of which will be revealed in the coming months.
The production company Mercury Concerts has confirmed a Megadeth show in Brazil, a single performance in São Paulo on May 2nd at Espaço Unimed.
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