Megadeth - The World Needs a Hero

The lineup is different. The record company is new. But vitriol-tongued Dave Mustaine remains Megadeth's constant. While more commercial and mature than such unbridled early releases as So Far, So Good . . . So What!, this follow-up to the poorly received Risk finds Megadeth mostly back to their metallic roots. Mustaine continues to alternately mine politics and self-reflection to good effect, and his solos still shred. The taut, hooky "Moto Psycho" is polished, millennial thrash, and though the rest of the material on this 12-song collection isn't as instantly memorable, it's certainly ambitious. Mustaine's biting vocal and the muscular musicianship of the powerful title track and the pained love-lost ode "1,000 Times Goodbye" hit the mark, as does the epic, string-laden ballad "Promises," though Mustaine's patented vocal seems out of place, as does the classical guitar on "Recipe for Hate . . . Warhorse." That said, old-school fans will worship the likes of "Moto Psycho" and the classic and brutal "Dread and the Fugitive Mind" and "Return to Hangar." --Katherine Turman Amazon.com

A Solid, Underrated Album

Okay, first thing's first...Don't go into this album with outrageous expectations. This is not Megadeth at their mightiest, but it is still a good collection of songs from a solid lineup.

Even with the black cloud of two past members (Friedman and Menza) hanging over their heads, Pitrelli and DeGrasso are still able to step up and deliver. Pitrelli in particular compliments Mustaine quite nicely, even though he doesn't have that exotic sound Friedman employed so often.

There are a few slightly boring tracks (Losing My Senses, When, Moto Psycho) but there are also some really good tracks that more than make up for it (1000 Times Goodbye, Burning Bridges, Recipe For Hate, Dread and the Fugitive Mind).

So, is The World Needs A Hero as good as Rust In Peace or Peace Sells? No, but its far from bad. Check it out after you get the classics. October 9, 2008

Megacrap

Ok this might not be as bad as Risk but it's still pretty bad. The only song I liked on here was Disconnect and thats the first song so the album starts off ok then just gets progressively worse from there. I won't go through a track by track review but the bad songs on here are just painfuly embarasing. 1000 Times Goodbye is a break up song with some girl's voice over the song breaking up with Dave. That's pretty high schoolish to me to put this on a legendary metal bands album. Promises is even worse which is a horrible ballad. I mean come on why does Megadeth have to do ballads anyway. I couldn't sit through this whole album it was just too painful. I read where this was a return to form for Megadeth. A comeback if you will but this is really almost as bad as Risk which was probably all in all a sell out album. Megadeth's first 5 albums were great then they put out a slew of really bad albums. This album is not even worth owning. The newest one, United Abominations, is the real comeback album for me since I thought that album was excellent. The System Has Failed I still have yet to hear but I believe it's way better then this. I really don't see how Dave can get much worse. September 3, 2008

album terbaik

Metallica kurang aktif dalam pengeluaran album, bayang dalam 10 tahun 3 album saja 90 - 00. sebagai pegantinya dengarlah megadeth yang mengembalikan sound classic metallica!!! June 16, 2008

great comback

not a classic like rust in peace or peace sells, but a strong metal album from one of the top metal bands of all time. June 8, 2008

Almost Back To Form

This album is far better than the turd Risk. It features a return to thrash for the most part. The playing is alot more technical like in past Deth albums. Return to Hanger goes back to the glory days of R.I.P., and brings us this fine sequel to Hanger 18. This album is the most of all Megadeth albums to be influenced by Diamond Head. If don't know about Diamond Head, they were a British invasion band of new wave heavy metal from the late 70's-early 80's that helped pave the way for thrash metal. The tracks Dissconnect takes parts from Diamond Heads Sucking My Love, When takes riffs from Am I Evil. This is a good solid release from Megadeth! May 17, 2008

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