Legendary metal titans, Megadeth, have released their new single and music video, “Let There Be Shred”, from their upcoming self-titled album. Check out the video below and stream the single here.
The track is a rapid-fire manifesto with jaw-dropping riffs and “a tsunami of sound,” to quote a lyric from the song. Directed by Keith Leman, the video features Dave Mustaine participating in a mixed martial arts battle alongside live performance footage that highlights the track’s fretboard ferocity.
“When Megadeth started we said we would be fast and furious…we said so on the flyers we handed out,” Dave Mustaine says. “This song is fast and furious. Know it! It has a very hooky chorus that draws you in and you can’t help but play air guitar and headbang to this one.
“It’s the second video from the new record that we made with Keith [Leman], who also directed ‘I Don’t Care.’ It was a blast to make and it’s a tribute to my first Sensei, Benny ‘The Jet’ Urquidez and my Professor, Reggie Almieda. Everyone on the set was really stoked to see each of us do our stunts. In the end, we got the balance of shredding and ass kicking just right!”
Megadeth – Dave Mustaine, Teemu Mäntysaari, James LoMenzo and Dirk Verbeuren – will release their self-titled, final album on January 23 via Mustaine’s Tradecraft imprint in partnership with Frontiers Label Group’s new BLKIIBLK label. Pre-order here.
Tracklisting:
“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)
“I Don’t Care”
“Tipping Point” video:
Megadeth and Trafalgar Releasing recently revealed the trailer for Megadeth: Behind The Mask, a cinematic legacy event that will debut on screens worldwide Thursday, January 22. Watch below.
Tickets are now on sale for the film that will screen in over 1,000 cinemas across 35+ countries on the eve of the release of the band’s final studio album out January 23. To get tickets, and for more information and to sign up for updates, fans can visit megadethfilm.com.
In Megadeth: Behind The Mask, Dave Mustaine pulls back the curtain on 40 years of Megadeth, sharing untold stories of the band’s past and the creative fire that drives them. Interwoven throughout, audiences will get to experience the world premiere of Megadeth’s new self-titled album in full, brought to life with a 40-year retrospective career-spanning interview and Mustaine’s own track-by-track reflections about the band’s final studio album. This one night only listening event will provide a first-listen to this landmark project. Megadeth: Behind The Mask is an immersive celebration of one of the most influential bands in metal history, capturing their legacy while heralding a powerful new chapter.
Megadeth are offering fans a chance to own a limited stage-played guitar. A message from the band follows:
“Hey Megadeth fans! 🤘 Dave will be breaking out his Kramer Vanguard on the 2026 Canada Tour – and you can lock in your own. Pre-order your guitar now for on-site pickup at the show and get access to a Meet & Greet with Dave where you can get it signed. Ebony or Silver finishes available at select dates. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. Don’t miss your chance!”
Learn more, and place your order, here.
Step inside Megadeth’s most exclusive, all-day immersive celebration. Hosted a short distance outside of Nashville in La Vergne, TN on Saturday, January 17, 2026, this one-day event lets you get closer to the band, the music, the stories, and the legacy than ever before. This is a once-in-a-lifetime, ultra-limited experience.
Event Details:
Date: Saturday, January 17, 2026
Location: La Vergne, TN
Time: 12pm–10pm (estimated time)
The all-access day includes:
– Listen to the new album early
– Megadeth Acoustic Performance
– Megadeth Master Class
– Q&A with the band
– Guitar Talk with Dave and Gibson’s CEO, César Gueikian
– Photo Op with the Band
– Catered Dinner, Megadeth Beer & House of Mustaine Wine
– Immersive Photo Op Experiences
– Autographed album-art poster
– Exclusive Merch & more
You must be 18 years of age or older to attend. Learn more and get tickets here.
Megadeth is heading north in 2026! The band returns to Canada for a powerful run of dates, bringing their signature intensity and a set built for diehard fans. Anthrax and Exodus will support. For tickets and meet & greets, head here.
Canada 2026 tour dates:
February
15 – Victoria, BC – Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
17 – Abbotsford, BC – Rogers Forum
18 – Kelowna, BC – Prospera Place
20 – Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome
21 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place
24 – Saskatoon, SK – SaskTel Centre
25 – Winnipeg, MB – Canada Life Centre
28 – London, ON – Canada Life Place
March
1 – Ottawa, ON – Canadian Tire Centre
3 – Halifax, NS – Scotiabank Centre
4 – Moncton, NB – Avenir Centre
6 – Québec City, QC – Videotron Centre
Megadeth will be special guests on the 2026 North American dates of Iron Maiden’s Run For Your Lives World Tour. See dates below:
Run For Your Lives tour dates:
August
29 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena *
30 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena *
September
3 – Montréal, QC – Parc Jean-Drapeau *^
5 – Harrison, NJ – Sports Illustrated Stadium *^
9 – Boston, MA – TD Garden *
11 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live *
12 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion *
15 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium *
17 – Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life Festival
19 – Shakopee, MN – Mystic Lake Amphitheater *
22 – Chicago, IL – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre *
25 – Los Angeles, CA – BMO Stadium *^
26 – Los Angeles, CA – BMO Stadium *^
29 – San Antonio, TX – Alamodome *^
October
2 – Mexico City, Mexico – Estadio GNP Seguros (support TBA)
* Megadeth
^ Anthrax
About Megadeth:
Megadeth are always and forever the point of no return for metal. It would be nearly impossible to conceive where heavy music and culture would’ve gone without the band founded, fronted, and fueled by vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer Dave Mustaine. The blast radius of their impact has only magnified since 1983. Thus far, they have sold 50 million records worldwide, received a Grammy® Award (with 12 additional nominations), generated billions of streams, notched seven Top 10 entries on the Billboard 200, and enthralled millions of diehard fans in arenas and stadiums across the globe. Their catalog spans indisputable classics such as the platinum Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying? (cited at #8 on Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time”), the platinum Rust In Peace, and double-platinum Countdown To Extinction, which captured #2 on the Billboard 200. Meanwhile, Dystopia notched a Top 3 debut and earned a Grammy® Award in the category of “Best Metal Performance” with its title track. They only upped the ferocity with The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! in 2022. It saw them return to #3, receive a “Best Metal Performance” Grammy® Award nomination for “We’ll Be Back,” and incite rave reviews. Their influence can be felt practically everywhere—whether it be Post Malone proudly sporting a tattoo of “So Far, So Good… So What!,” Homer Simpson’s iPod displaying their moniker during an episode, or Showtime’s smash hit series Billions and Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey utilizing Megadeth in plot points. The band have delivered simultaneously relevant and timeless records in five decades now, setting the pace for the thrash renaissance of the eighties, tearing through the MTV years of the nineties with swagger and style, maintaining their stride in the post-Y2K 2000s, elevating to canonical heights in the social media and streaming era of the 2010s, and unassumingly harnessing the uncertainty and unease of the Post-Pandemic world into their boldest, biggest, and best work yet.
Along the way, Megadeth extended their influence even further. During 2016, the band entered the spirits world with their very first signature beer À Tout Le Monde followed by Saison 13 in 2019. The brand asserted itself as a player in the beverage space and impressively moved over 15 million pints. Joining forces with Keystone in 2025, they ignite the next phase of Megadeth Beer on the biggest global platform yet.
Beyond his role as a music icon, Dave founded the visionary wine brand House Of Mustaine which uniquely blends music, culture, and fine winemaking. The brand launched with the 2013 Symphony Interrupted Cabernet Sauvignon which was inspired by Megadeth’s groundbreaking collaboration with the San Diego Symphony.
(Band photo by Ross Halfin; Canada Tour Artwork by Blake Armstrong)
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