{"id":254052,"date":"2026-01-23T19:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/254052\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T19:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:00:07","slug":"fans-react-to-megadeth-cover-of-metallicas-ride-the-lightning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/254052\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans React to Megadeth Cover of Metallica’s ‘Ride the Lightning’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that Megadeth<\/a>‘s self-titled final album is out, let’s look at how fans are reacting to the band’s new version of Metallica<\/a>‘s “Ride the Lightning.”<\/a><\/p>\n

Dave Mustaine<\/a> teased\u00a0that Megadeth’s 17th studio album would include a “cover song”<\/a> before the band even confirmed that the album would be their last<\/a>. Months later, they shared bits of the record’s track list<\/a> over the span of a few days until it was revealed that “Ride the Lightning,” which Mustaine co-wrote, is the closing song.<\/p>\n

“That was the beginning of my songwriting career… So doing ‘Ride the Lightning,’ it was kind of completing the circle and I think it’s cool in so much as it’s paying my respects to the band that I first went to the dance with,” Mustaine told Loudwire Nights<\/a>\u00a0of his decision to reimagine the track.<\/p>\n

“I’ve always had a tremendous respect for James [Hetfield’s<\/a>] guitar playing and Lars [Ulrich’s<\/a>] songwriting is really quite unorthodox and beautiful at the same time.”<\/p>\n

Keep reading to see what fans are saying about Megadeth’s new rendition of “Ride the Lightning.”<\/p>\n

What Are Fans Saying About Megadeth’s Cover of ‘Ride the Lightning’ on Reddit?<\/p>\n

Below are some thoughts fans have shared (in italics) about Megadeth’s version of “Ride the Lightning” on the Megadeth Reddit page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I literally just finished listening to that song. I really liked it as a cover it sounds like Megadeth from the early years. If I didn\u2019t know the original song existed I\u2019d be like, ‘Holy shit that was amazing but as much as I liked it, if I ask someone to play ‘Ride the Lightning’ and they put this version on I\u2019d look at them like the black snake moan meme,” a fan wrote on this particular thread<\/a>.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:\u00a0What Dave Mustaine Thinks Would ‘Make Everything Right’ With Former Metallica Bandmates<\/a><\/p>\n

Another person acknowledged that others feel disappointed with the new version<\/a> but made an argument as to why it’s “metal history.”<\/p>\n

“This one seemed like an honest tribute. They kept the opening harmonies, which were written by Cliff [Burton] and Lars and the solos are pretty faithful to what Kirk [Hammett] did, not to mention Mustaine let Teemu [Mantysaari] take care of a good part of the leads here,” they elaborated.<\/p>\n

“[Mustaine] said in an interview that everything was good and this was a full circle moment. I believe it now that I`ve heard it. This is metal history.”<\/p>\n

Another fan wrote a thread dedicated to the track and shared a negative take<\/a> on it.<\/p>\n

“The vocals do not work and it just sounds like any band could\u2019ve covered it,” they wrote.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m most upset that it\u2019s a note for note cover. Why cover a song at this point in your career if you don\u2019t inject your own sound into it?” someone else commented.<\/p>\n

What Are Fans Saying About Megadeth’s Cover of ‘Ride the Lightning’ on X?<\/p>\n

There’s a similarly mixed bag of reactions from fans on X (formerly Twitter), which you can see pasted below.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Megadeth and Metallica, see how we ranked every “Big 4” thrash album below.<\/p>\n

Every Thrash Metal ‘Big 4’ Album Ranked <\/p>\n

Every album by Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax get ranked worst to best.<\/p>\n

Contributions by Philip Trapp, Ed Rivadavia, Jordan Blum, Ayron Rutan and Joe DiVita.<\/p>\n

Gallery Credit: Loudwire Staff<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Now that Megadeth‘s self-titled final album is out, let’s look at how fans are reacting to the band’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,134982,6158,409,43,134983],"class_list":{"0":"post-254052","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-link-in-bio","12":"tag-metal","13":"tag-music","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-reactions-tributes"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254052","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=254052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}