Megadeth have released their new version of Ride The Lightning

Megadeth have released their new version of Ride The Lightning.

The track appears as a bonus song on the thrash titans’ self-titled album, which is out in full today (January 23). Previously speaking to Kerrang! about tackling the Metallica classic – which was of course written back in the day by Dave Mustaine alongside James Hetfield, Cliff Burton and Lars Ulrich – the frontman explained, “If you’re going to do a cover song. You’ve got to do it at least as good, if not better.”

Of the finished thing, Dave said, “When it was done, we played it for a couple of people, and a lot of people we know are fans of that band and that song, so they knew what they were listening to, A vs. B, and the consensus has been pretty much the same – that we did a fitting homage. I think we did it at least as good – it’s a little faster.”

Check it out below:

In Kerrang!’s 3/5 review, we said that, “Megadeth (the album) is the perfect encapsulation of how Megadeth (the band) have lived: bold, frequently brilliant but occasionally flawed. And, despite The Last Note’s insistence there’ll be ‘a quiet end to it all’, they’re going out very fucking loudly, indeed.”

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