Dave Mustaine has shocked the metallic world by revealing that Megadeth are set to name it a day. The thrash metallic icon confirmed the information earlier at the moment in an official assertion, the place he explains that the band’s upcoming studio album, due out in 2026, will likely be their final, with a world farewell tour to comply with.
“There’s so many musicians which have come to the top of their profession, whether or not unintended or intentional,” the frontman explains. “Most of them do not get to exit on their very own phrases on prime, and that is the place I am at in my life proper now. I’ve traveled the world and have made hundreds of thousands upon hundreds of thousands of followers and the toughest a part of all of that is saying goodbye to them.
“We will not wait so that you can hear this album and see us on tour,” he provides. “If there was ever an ideal time for us to place out a brand new album, it is now. If there was ever an ideal time to tour the world, it is now. That is additionally an ideal time for us to let you know that it is our final studio album. We have made a number of pals over time and I hope to see all of you on our world farewell tour.
“Do not be mad, do not be unhappy, be completely happy for us all, come rejoice with me these subsequent few years,” Mustaine concludes. “We’ve carried out one thing collectively that is really fantastic and can in all probability by no means occur once more. We began a musical fashion, we began a revolution, we modified the guitar world and the way it’s performed, and we modified the world. The bands I performed in have influenced the world. I like you all for it. Thanks for the whole lot.”
Megadeth’s ultimate studio album will land in 2026 by way of Mustaine’s personal Tradecraft imprint, in partnership with Frontiers Label Group’s newly launched BLKIIBLK label.
Shaped by Dave Mustaine in 1983 following his unceremonious dismissal from Metallica, Megadeth would go on to turn into a key power within the burgeoning thrash metallic motion and one of the vital influential metallic bands of all time.
They’ve launched sixteen studio albums, the latest of which, The Sick, the Dying… and the Lifeless!, was launched in 2022.
