The band’s “final album” drops in January 2026
Megadeth reveals the full track listing for their self-titled final album that’s due out January 23, 2026, via Dave Mustaine’s Tradecraft imprint in partnership with Frontiers Label Group’s new BLKIIBLK label. The album includes “Tipping Point,” the previously released first single, and a very special bonus track: a reimagined version of “Ride The Lightning,” which Mustaine co-wrote with Metallica’s James Hetfield, Cliff Burton, and Lars Ulrich and was the title track from the group’s 1984 album.
“As I come full circle on the career of a lifetime, the decision to include ‘Ride The Lightning,’ a song I co-wrote with James, Lars, and Cliff, was to pay my respects to where my career first started,” Mustaine says.
Megadeth released the album’s first single and video for “Tipping Point” in early October. The sonically explosive and lyrically unflinching song launches with a thunderous guitar solo before Mustaine’s iconic voice hauntingly kicks in. In the desolate but hopeful accompanying video, directed by Leonardo Liberti, Mustaine is locked up in a prison being tortured severely, while the band performs in the same lock-up. In the end, Mustaine perseveres through evil and walks away into a new day.
Earlier this year, Mustaine revealed in a social post directly shared with his worldwide fanbase and Cyber Army that the forthcoming album will mark the final studio album from Megadeth, which has sold over 50 million records worldwide and received a Grammy Award with 12 additional nominations.
He shared the announcement of the album and tour via his alter ego, Vic Rattlehead.
In addition, look for the initial run of farewell tour dates to be announced later this year. Also set for next year is a new memoir from Mustaine, details of which will be revealed in the coming months.
- Tipping Point
- I Don’t Care
- Hey, God?!
- Let There Be Shred
- Puppet Parade
- Another Bad Day
- Made To Kill
- Obey The Call
- I Am War
- The Last Note
- Ride The Lightning (Bonus Track)
