The World Needs a Hero is the ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Megadeth, released in 2001. It was marked as a return to Megadeth's thrash metal roots, after the commercial rock style of their previous release (Risk). However, it still retained a bit of the commercial feel from previous albums, as Mustaine claims the album was like "a ship lost at sea trying to return to its course". This is also the last album to feature David Elle...
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The World Needs a Hero is the ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Megadeth, released in 2001. It was marked as a return to Megadeth's thrash metal roots, after the commercial rock style of their previous release (Risk). However, it still retained a bit of the commercial feel from previous albums, as Mustaine claims the album was like "a ship lost at sea trying to return to its course". This is also the last album to feature David Ellefson as bassist.
"Return to Hangar" is a sequel to the song "Hangar 18", which was found on the Rust in Peace album.
Mustaine also dedicated the song "When" to all the nay-sayers on Megadeth's internet message board who spoke ill of him and the band after their recent attempts at commercial success (or, a "big fuck you to all the wishy-washy fans out there".) The main riff and structure of "When" is reminiscent of "Am I Evil?" by Diamond Head, which Mustaine has said was intentional, as an homage to Diamond Head and the New Wave Of British...
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