The countdown to the release of Megadeth’s final studio album continues with “I Don’t Care,” their latest single and video out today (November 14). The uncompromising metal titans teamed with director Keith J Leman for the video, which mashes scenes of skate culture with dynamic band performance footage. Watch the below
Megadeth leader Dave Mustaine says about the anthemic “I Don’t Care”: “How many times have you wanted to say this to someone? I know you want to! Deep down inside, if we had the balls, we would tell more people, ‘I don’t care’ more often.”
Musically, Mustaine explains, “Part of the main riff in this track had been floating around in my head since we did TSTD&TD, so I was pumped to start recording ‘I Don’t Care’ for this LP. I really love the guitar nuances in the track. There is the main rhythm riff, next, a very deliberate down-picking part, next, the octave chords with jump picking on octave notes (while still down-picking!). And the soloing and back and forth between me and Teemu [Mäntysaari] is magnificent!!”
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Megadeth — Mustaine, Teemu Mäntysaari (Lead, rhythm, and acoustic guitars), James LoMenzo (Bass guitar), and Dirk Verbeuren (Drums) — will release their forthcoming self-titled album in 2026. The record will also include 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.
The new single follows “Tipping Point,” the album’s first single. The sonically explosive and lyrically unflinching song kicks off with a thunderous guitar solo before Dave’s iconic voice hauntingly kicks in. In the desolate but hopeful accompanying video, directed by Leonardo Liberti, Dave is locked up in a prison being tortured in extreme fashion, while the band performs in the same lock-up. In the end, he perseveres over evil and walks away into a new day.
“We all have different ‘tipping points’ and they may vary from day to day,” says Mustaine. “I think we’re all being pushed to the edge right now, and it’s easy to lean into that feeling. But it’s important not to let things get you down.”
