As anticipation continues to build for Megadeth’s final studio album—out January 23, 2026, via Mustaine’s Tradecraft imprint in partnership with Frontiers Label Group’s new BLKIIBLK label— the metal titans have released the latest single and video for “Let There Be Shred!”.
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 Mustaine participating in a mixed martial arts battle alongside live performance footage that highlights the track’s fretboard ferocity. Watch the video below.
“When Megadeth started, we said we would be fast and furious…we said so on the flyers we handed out,” 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!”
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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.”
