{"id":193769,"date":"2025-12-19T21:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/193769\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T21:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:58:08","slug":"megadeths-let-there-be-shred-is-a-nostalgic-thrash-ripper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/193769\/","title":{"rendered":"Megadeth’s “Let There Be Shred” is a Nostalgic Thrash Ripper"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fuck. Yes. This is what I was hoping this track would be \u2014 just a pure, unadulterated thrash metal anthem from Megadeth<\/a>. Riffs for days, soaring solos, and the kind of energy that makes you want to get off your ass and start up a circle pit.<\/p>\n

I know I\u2019ve been hella critical of Megadeth\u2019s singles as of late. The first single \u201cTipping Point\u201d was pretty cool despite the lyrics, but \u201cI Don\u2019t Care\u201d felt like a cringe-worthy teenager\u2019s first draft at a punk song. \u201cLet There Be Shred\u201d though? Hell yes, man.<\/p>\n

The best part comes about two minutes into the track. It\u2019s just a chuggy breakdown riff part that flows into one a blistering solo from Teemu M\u00e4ntysaari, followed naturally by an equally killer solo from Dave Mustaine himself. The whole damn thing just kick ass, man. Oh and the music video is just fun.<\/p>\n

This sort of whiplash from their singles worries me though. I really want Megadeth\u2019s self-titled and final album to be one massive exclamation point to what will ultimately end up being a legendary career. Were there bumps along the road? Absolutely, but at the end of the day, Dave Mustaine and company (all 50,000 of the band\u2019s current and past members) put together a body of work that cements them in the annals of music history. Metallica be damned.<\/p>\n

Megadeth\u2019s self-titled, farewell LP is set to release January 23 of 2026 via BLKIIBLK, but you can\u00a0preorder your copy today<\/a>. <\/p>\n

As for their farewell tour, the band will be around for a couple more years<\/a>, but that doesn\u2019t mean you shouldn\u2019t see them as soon as possible. If they\u2019re coming to a venue near you, you owe it to yourself to catch Mustaine and co. one (or more than one) last time before they\u2019re through. The dates that have been announced so far have been listed below. <\/p>\n

Megadeth Farewell Tour Dates<\/p>\n

1\/17 La Vergne, TN Let There Be Shred: Immersive Listening Event
2\/15 Victoria, BC Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
2\/17 Abbotsford, BC Rogers Forum
2\/18 Kelowna, BC Prospera Place
2\/20 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
2\/21 Edmonton, AB Rogers Place
2\/24 Saskatoon, SK SaskTel Centre
2\/25 Winnipeg, MB Canada Life Centre
2\/28 London, ON Canada Life Place
3\/1 Ottawa, ON Canadian Tire Centre
3\/3 Halifax, NS Scotiabank Centre
3\/4 Moncton, NB Avenir Centre
3\/6 Qu\u00e9bec City, QC Videotron Centre
4\/23 Lima, Peru Costa 21
4\/26 Bogot\u00e1, Colombia Movistar Arena
4\/27 Bogot\u00e1, Colombia Movistar Arena
4\/30 Buenos Aires, Argentina TBD
5\/10 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Ciudad de Mexico
5\/11 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Ciudad de Mexico
5\/13 Guadalajara, Mexico Arena Guadalajara
5\/2 S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil Espaco Unimed
5\/4 Santiago, Chile Movistar Arena
5\/5 Santiago, Chile Movistar Arena
5\/8 Monterrey, Mexico Arena Monterrey
6\/10 Hradec Kr\u00e1lov\u00e9, Czechia Rock For People \u2013 Park 360
6\/11 Luxembourg, LUX Rockhal
6\/14 Ferrara, Italy Ferrara Summer Festival \u2013 Piazza Ariostea
6\/15 Zurich, SWI Halle 622
6\/16 Vienna, AUT Gasometer
6\/2 Hanover, Germany Heinz von Heiden Arena
6\/23 Istanbul, TUR K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck\u00c7iftlik Park
6\/26 Helsinki, Finland Suvilahti \u2013 TUSKA
6\/28 Almaty, KAZ Spartak Stadium
6\/7 Gelsenkirchen, GER Amphitheater
8\/29 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena
8\/30 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena
9\/11 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
9\/12 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
9\/15 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium
9\/19 Shakopee, MN Mystic Lake Amphitheater
9\/22 Tinley Park, IL Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
9\/25 Los Angeles, CA BMO Stadium
9\/26 Los Angeles, CA BMO Stadium
9\/29 San Antonio, TX Alamodome
9\/3 Montr\u00e9al, QC Parc Jean Drapeau
9\/5 Harrison, NJ Sports Illustrated Stadium
9\/6 Harrison, NJ Sports Illustrated Stadium
9\/9 Boston, MA TD Garden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fuck. Yes. This is what I was hoping this track would be \u2014 just a pure, unadulterated thrash…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":{"0":"post-193769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}