The guitar riffs and the upbeat nature of this entire song are fantastic. The album's cover reminds me of Megadeth's early covers and is my favorite album cover in their entire catalog. The music is definitely a major improvement over the last few Megadeth records and represents a return to form for the band. This resulted in a record that was easily Megadeth's most thrash heavy record since Rust in Peace. Mustaine stated that recording the album had been "liberating", due to having more control over the record than he had had since the first two Megadeth records. As a result, this is the lone album that has Mustaine as the sole member of Megadeth. Mustaine contacted bassist and founding member David Ellefson about resuming bass guitar duties for the band, but Ellefson claimed that Mustaine was not financially willing to pick up "where it was when broke up" and did not return to Megadeth. Originally intended to be a solo album by Mustaine, The System Has Failed was re-branded with the Megadeth name as a result of contractual obligations owed to Mustaine's publishing company.
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