The World Needs a Hero

Let me tell you something: if you were told this was Megadeth's comeback after Risk's -not so big- failure (I kind of liked it), you were lied to your face. This was nothing but a desperate attempt to regain fans' trust after their major commercial disaster. Believe me: Megadeth's old school sound in this album is nowhere in sight. This could be just me putting my expectations too high (I was told it was a good album, and it may be), but you can be sure that there is no reason for you to think that "Megadeth has gone back to the roots".

Now, for those looking for thrashy elements on the album, you won't find any; tempo is too slow, guitars aren't as distorted as they should be, and the only strong feeling you get after listening to it is the burning desire of throwing it away and killing the son of a bitch that recommended it to you. WARNING: you may be misled by some of the riffs and drumming at the beginning of some songs like Disconnect or Recipe for Hate, in which you might find some Set the World Afire "leftovers" during the solo, but the overall impression is that thrash has been long forgotten by the band.

Moreover, most songs in the record are too pretentious and boring (they aren't as fast and angry as they should be), and some others like 1000 Times Goodbye or Promises are deliberately meant to make you want to kill yourself. But the worst part is having to listen to Megadeth's "The Unforgiven II", Return to Hangar (seriously guys, what were you thinking?), which is the biggest joke of all, so you could easily say there's not one serious track on the entire thing.

But don't worry: Megadeth will never go back to their original sound; we know that for sure. So from now on, try to keep your expectations low, so you don't go through the same disappointment I went through.