The band returned to the studio in October to finish its next album, The World Needs a Hero, which was near completion when Megadeth joined the Maximum Rock tour six months earlier.
Grupa se u listopadu vratila u studio kako bi dovršila svoj sljedeći album, The World Needs a Hero, koji je skoro bio dovršen u vrijeme kad se Megadeth šest mjeseci ranije pridružio turneji Maximum Rock.