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Bittersweet that this is the final Megadeth album. Since the new album dropped, this was the first song that I had to listen – their cover of Ride the Lightning. This track freaking rips and great to see Mustaine give this respectful treatment it deserves https://t.co/YzTBZtSZC2
— VG (@tw00mph) January 23, 2026
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megadeth’s ride the lightning cover pic.twitter.com/r3AcRbE8NH
— don amnesia (@jN3mz) January 23, 2026
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This new, and final Megadeth album is fucking crazy. Dave’s version of Ride the Lightning is tremendous, man. 🤘
— tom (@wastedartist) January 23, 2026
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30 years in and megadeth is still ruling the world 🤘
a rebellious message in the fiery “i dont care”
“let there be shred”, perhaps a nod to fellow big 4 member pantera’s “the art of shredding”?
mustaine shows his elite song writing in the final track, “ride the lightning” pic.twitter.com/3YNVknQqgp
— charles (@GillanEnjoyer) January 23, 2026
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The vocals suck
The songwriting sucks
The solos suck (like actually, especially for Megadeth)
The cover of Ride the Lightning sounds like a fanmade AI vocal coverMEGADETH IS BACK WE GOT A 3/10 ON OUR HANDS https://t.co/XxEJ0Rsl4f
— MystSL (@mystsl) January 23, 2026
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WOW! I did not think I’d like hearing Dave Mustaine redo Ride the Lightning (a song he wrote) but the clarity and his singing is so clear on the mix, it’s like hearing this song for the first time. Going on my playlist. So long Megadeth. Link below.👇 pic.twitter.com/k2EqrcO8Gz
— Chad Townsend 🇺🇸 (@ChadTHX1138) January 23, 2026
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Speaking of Megadeth and Metallica, see how we ranked every “Big 4” thrash album below.
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Every album by Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax get ranked worst to best.
Contributions by Philip Trapp, Ed Rivadavia, Jordan Blum, Ayron Rutan and Joe DiVita.
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“You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take,” NHL Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzy once famously said. Unfortunately for Megadeth, they took a huge shot and still missed by a wide margin with 2013’s Super Collider.
It would signal the end for drummer Shawn Drover and guitarist Chris Broderick, not that they had much of a say when it came to the writing anyway. For Mustaine and Ellefson, however, the attempt at a more rock-leaning record is applaudable in theory — they brilliantly pulled this off on Youthanasia and perhaps it was a chance to make good on some other intentions laid out in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s.
Whatever the case, this platter of music is just not good by any measure. It did put Mustaine and co. in position to roar back with a more return-to-roots effort that materialized in 2016’s Dystopia, which is great for the career narrative arc in the long run. There’s a positive! —JD
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