MEGADETH Released MEGADETH Today
23 January 2026
Artwork new and final album
Californian thrash metalheads MEGADETH are one of those musical institutions that
have been around for ages. In their case, since 1983, and they’re ready now to finish
their impressive career with their Final Eponymous LP, released today.
Dave Mustaine (co-founder, frontman and primary songwriter): “There’s so many
musicians that have come to the end of their career, whether accidental or intentional.
Most of them don’t get to go out on their own terms on top, and that’s where I’m at in my
life right now. I have traveled the world and have made millions upon millions of fans and
the hardest part of all of this is saying goodbye to them.”
We’ve made a lot of friends over the years and I hope to see all of you on our global farewell tour. Don’t be mad, don’t be sad, be happy for us all, come celebrate with me these next few years. We have done something together that’s truly wonderful and will probably never happen again. We started a musical style, we started a revolution, we changed the guitar world and how it’s played, and we changed the world. The bands I played in have influenced the world.
I love you all for it. Thank you for everything.”
The Guardian (British newspaper): “Conspiracy theories and combustible fingers on thrash metallers’ curtain call. Dave Mustaine has rarely needed much prompting to pick at the subject of being ousted from Metallica over the intervening 40-plus years. If nothing else, bringing it up one last time is very on brand, as is the rest of Megadeth, good and bad.”
TUTV: First things first, I’m not a trash metal fan. On the other hand when I hear it,
like with this one, I always wonder how many fingers the guitarists have. 15? 20? The resonance of their nuclear speed riffs sound at times mindbogglingly inhuman. Anyway, respect for a pioneering group of the genre, that entertained millions of fans for 40 years.
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