00:00Megadeth release official cover of Metallica's Ride the Lightning in Wild Full
00:05Circle moment. In a move that feels both deeply poetic and slightly unhinged,
00:10Megadeth have officially released their own cover of Metallica's Ride the Lightning.
00:15A song that frontman Dave Mustaine co-wrote back in the early 80s before his very
00:20infamous exit from Metallica. The cover appears as a bonus track on Megadeth's
00:24fresh
00:25minted self-titled final album, which dropped yesterday, and it's very much a
00:30closing-the-circle moment for one of metal's most influential and complicated, careers.
00:35Speaking about the decision, Mustaine said the inclusion of Ride the Lightning was about paying
00:40respect to where it all began. As I come full circle on the career of a lifetime, the
00:45decision to include Ride the Lightning, a song I co-wrote with James, Lars, and Cliff, was to pay
00:50my respects to where my career first started. And yep, Megadeth have put their own
00:55stamp on it. According to Mustaine, the band sped it up slightly, tweaked the solo,
01:00and brought his unmistakable vocal snarl to the mix. You might hear some differences with the
01:05tempo. And of course, I sing different from James, he added. It was about
01:10completing the circle and about showing what James and I, as guitar players, did to change the world.
01:15The result keeps the iconic riffage intact, but injects that sharp-edged
01:20Megadeth urgency. A reminder that while Metallica took one path, Mustaine carved
01:25out an entirely different one. The timing couldn't be more symbolic, either.
01:30Last year, Megadeth confirmed that the new record would be their final studio album.
01:35And that a global farewell tour would follow, marking the end of a more than 40-year run
01:40that helped define thrash metal as we know it. Since forming in 1983,
01:45Megadeth have sold over 50 million records, won a Grammy, and unleashed genre-defined
01:50winning classics like Peace Sells. But who's buying? Rust in Peace and Countdown
01:55to extinction. A farewell tour is set to kick off overseas later this year.
02:00With Mustaine previously urging fans to celebrate rather than mourn. Don't be mad.
02:05Don't be sad. Be happy for us all. Come celebrate with me these next few years.
02:10Aussie dates have been announced just yet. But if this really is the last ride, you'd have
02:15to think a final trip down under is inevitable.
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