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Megadeth by Megadeth, album cover
Album

Megadeth

by Megadeth
Released23 January 2026
LabelWard Records
Popularity64.0
heavy metalthrash metalmetalspeed metal
Wikipedia ↗MusicBrainz ↗Apple Music ↗Deezer ↗Podcast cover

Megadeth's self-titled seventeenth studio album, sometimes called the White Album, arrived on 23 January 2026 on Ward Records. It is billed as the thrash pioneers' final record, and it came out alongside their farewell tour. Dave Mustaine produced it with Chris Rakestraw, and it was announced in August 2025.

It is the only Megadeth album to feature guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari, and it brings bassist James LoMenzo back for the first time since Endgame in 2009. Four singles preceded or accompanied it: "Tipping Point", "I Don't Care", "Let There Be Shred" and "Puppet Parade". Critics were mixed to positive, but it did something no earlier Megadeth record had managed, reaching number one on the Billboard 200 with 73,000 units. For anyone who has followed the band since the 1980s, it is a fitting full stop to the story.

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Megadeth: tracklist, credits and charts

12 tracks · 52:45

Tracklist

  1. 1Tipping PointClement, Mäntysaari, Mustaine4:29
  2. 2I Don’t CareDave Mustaine3:10
  3. 3Hey, God?!Teemu Mäntysaari and Dave Mustaine3:29
  4. 4Let There Be ShredMäntysaari, Mustaine, Verbeuren3:58
  5. 5Puppet ParadeMäntysaari, Mustaine, Rakestraw, Verbeuren4:41
  6. 6Another Bad DayTeemu Mäntysaari and Dave Mustaine3:37
  7. 7Made to KillLoMenzo, Mäntysaari, Mustaine, Verbeuren4:01
  8. 8Obey the CallMäntysaari, Mustaine, Rakestraw, Verbeuren4:20
  9. 9I Am WarLoMenzo, Mäntysaari, Mustaine3:46
  10. 10The Last NoteTeemu Mäntysaari and Dave Mustaine5:31
  11. 11Ride the LightningBurton, Hetfield, Mustaine, Ulrich6:11
  12. 12The Last Note (instrumental)Teemu Mäntysaari and Dave Mustaine5:31
Produced by
Teemu Mäntysaari, Dave Mustaine, Chris Rakestraw
Recorded at
NOZ Entertainment (Nashville), One on One Recording (North Hollywood), Hydeaway Studios (Los Angeles), Sterling Sound (Edgewater, NJ)
Recorded
2024–2025
Mixed by
Matt Hyde
Mixed at
Hydeaway Studio
Engineered by
Teemu Mäntysaari, Dave Mustaine, Chris Rakestraw, Steve Fisher, Mathias Sorum
Label
Ward Records
Length
52:45

Line-up

  • James LoMenzo · electric bass guitar
  • Teemu Mäntysaari · guitar
  • Dave Mustaine · guitar, vocals
  • Dirk Verbeuren · drums (drum set)

Singles

  • “Tipping Point” · 3 October 2025
  • “I Don't Care” · 14 November 2025
  • “Let There Be Shred” · 19 December 2025
  • “Puppet Parade” · 19 January 2026

Peak chart positions

ChartPeak
US Billboard 200 · 20261
UK Albums Chart · 20263
Australian Albums (ARIA) · 20261
Austrian Albums · 20261
Belgian Albums (Wallonia) · 20261
French Rock & Metal Albums (SNEP) · 20261
German Rock & Metal Albums (Offizielle Top 100) · 20261
Japanese Rock Albums (Oricon) · 20261
Poland 2 · 20261
Swedish Hard Rock Albums (Sverigetopplistan) · 20261
All 40 charts
Swiss Albums · 20261
UK Rock & Metal Albums · 20261
US Independent Albums · 20261
US Top Rock & Alternative Albums (Billboard) · 20261
Belgian Albums (Flanders) · 20262
Finnish Albums · 20262
Irish Independent Albums (IRMA) · 20262
Norwegian Rock Albums (IFPI Norge) · 20262
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) · 20262
UK Independent Albums · 20262
German Albums · 20263
Japanese Download Albums (Billboard Japan) · 20263
Scottish Albums · 20263
Canadian Albums (Billboard) · 20264
Dutch Albums · 20264
Spanish Albums · 20264
Croatian International Albums (HDU) · 20265
Italian Albums (FIMI) · 20265
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) · 20265
French Albums · 20266
Ireland 3 · 20268
Hungarian Albums · 202610
Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 202611
Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon) · 202611
Japanese Top Albums Sales (Billboard Japan) · 202611
Norwegian Albums (IFPI Norge) · 202618
Czech Albums · 202629
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) · 202629
Portuguese Albums (AFP) · 202634
Slovak Albums · 202652

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64.0
Popularity (0–100, vs the whole vault)
1.6k
ListenBrainz listeners
462k
Wikipedia views, last 12 months
9.2k
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Releases and pressings

How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
SourceDateNote
MusicBrainz23 January 2026
Wikipedia infobox23 January 2026
Wikidata23 January 2026
Deezer23 January 2026
Apple Music23 January 2026
US release23 January 2026earliest US date
UK / Europe release23 January 2026earliest UK or European date
11 editions
DateCountryLabelBarcodeKind
23 January 2026JPWard Records4571614702865original
23 January 2026USBlkIIBlk Records8024391153079original
23 January 2026JPWard Records4571614702834original
23 January 2026USFrontiers Music Srl8024391152874original
23 January 2026JPWard Records4571614702858original
23 January 2026USBlkIIBlk Records8024391152867original
23 January 2026XWBlkIIBlk Recordsoriginal
23 January 2026XWFrontiers Music Srl199538837193original
23 January 2026JPWard Records4571614702841original
23 January 2026XEBlkIIBlk Records8024391153222original
23 January 2026XWBlkIIBlk Records199538795301original
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