Dave Mustaine has seemingly recorded a Metallica cover for Megadeth‘s final album – find out more below.
Back in August, Megadeth announced their self-titled final album that’s due for release sometime in 2026 – can pre-order it here. Apart from the metal icons confirming that they will be retiring after releasing the record, they’ve also confirmed that they’ll be heading on a global farewell tour next year.
Since announcing the album, Megadeth have released one single; ‘Tipping Point’. It is just the first of 13 tracks that will make up the album. The Mustaine-fronted band have slowly been rolling out the album’s tracklist since announcing the album. To date, 10 titles including ‘Tipping Point’ have been revealed.
Back in June, Mustaine hinted at the new album in an interview with Norwegian radio station Stjernepose, saying per Loudwire: “We have 13 new songs for the new album… One of the songs is a cover song but I actually wrote it, so it’s kind of like a cover, kind of like my song.”
Since then, fans have been trying to decipher what the cover Mustaine alluded to might be and now finally think they’ve cracked the code. In a post shared on social media recently, Megadeth unveiled two new song titles to feature on the album, but eagle-eyed fans have pointed out that faintly unveiled letterings from unrevealed tracks seem to suggest Megadeth are covering Metallica’s ‘Ride The Lightning’.
There’s no return you’ve crossed the line. Two more tracks revealed tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/7yQ9GkuGSJ
— Megadeth (@Megadeth) October 28, 2025
While Mustaine was kicked out of Metallica in 1983 before they released their debut album ‘Kill ‘Em All’ and his recordings were re-recorded by Kirk Hammett, Mustaine is credited with writing four songs on the album, and is also credited with writing two tracks on Metallica’s sophomore album: ‘Ride The Lightning’ and ‘The Call of Ktulu’.
While Mustaine and Megadeth have shared a rocky relationship since his firing, he’s since made up with them, and apart from Megadeth joining the Big Four of Thrash Metal performances with Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax in 2010, Mustaine also joined Metallica for their 30th anniversary concert the following year.
Back in May, Mustaine accused Metallica of stealing the ‘Enter Sandman’ riff from crossover thrash group Excel’s 1989 track ‘Tapping Into The Emotional Void’.
