[Cover photo credit to Ross Halfin]

Megadeth have revealed their new single and video for “I Don’t Care”, leading up to their final self-titled studio album arriving on January 23, 2026. Several vinyl variants are currently available for pre-order. The band teamed up with director Keith J. Leman for the video, which mashes scenes of skate culture with band performance footage.

Megadeth’s leader Dave Mustaine says about “I Don’t Care”:

How many times have you wanted to say this to someone? I know you want to! Deep down inside, if we had the balls, we would tell more people, ‘I don’t care’ more often.

Mustaine adds about the music on the track:

Part of the main riff in this track had been floating around in my head since we did TSTD&TD, so I was pumped to start recording ‘I Don’t Care’ for this LP. I really love the guitar nuances in the track. There is the main rhythm riff, next, a very deliberate down-picking part, next, the octave chords with jump picking on octave notes (while still down-picking!). And the soloing and back and forth between me and Teemu [Mäntysaari] is magnificent!!

The new single follows “Tipping Point,” the album’s first single and a special bonus track, the reimagined version of “Ride The Lightning,” which Mustaine co-wrote with Metallica’s James Hetfield, Cliff Burton, and Lars Ulrich, and was the title track from the group’s 1984 album.