[Cover photo credit to Ross Halfin]

Thrash Metal band Megadeth’s final studio album arrives this week on January 23, 2026, and they have shared the final single “Puppet Parade”. The album will arrive via Dave Mustaine’s Tradecraft imprint in partnership with Frontiers Label Group’s new BLKIIBLK label.

Dave Mustaine:

‘Puppet Parade’ is about somebody’s mundane life and how they go through life with everyday being the same as the day before. It is about a person who has a dead-end job, a dead-end relationship, a dead-end life. Many of us are going through this monotony, even right now. I wanted to share ‘Puppet Parade’ to try and illustrate how we often show people what we want them to see, instead of how we really feel.

Up next, Megadeth will kick off their farewell tour in North America with a cross-country headlining tour of Canada launching February 15 in Victoria, BC and include stops in Calgary, Winnipeg, and Ottawa before wrapping March 6 in Quebec City, QC.

Earlier this year, Dave Mustaine revealed in a social post shared with his fanbase and Cyber Army that the forthcoming album will mark the final studio album from Megadeth who’ve sold over 50 million records worldwide and received a Grammy Award, with 12 additional nominations. He shared the announcement of the album and tour via his alter ego Vic Rattlehead.