"We'll Be Back" is a song by American

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band

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. The song was released as the lead single from their sixteenth studio album, '' The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!'', on June 23, 2022. The song is the first single the band has released since 2016, with " Post American World". On November 15, 2022, "We'll Be Back" was announced as a nominee for

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for the

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Music and lyrics

"We'll Be Back" is about a soldier's tale of bravery, personal sacrifice, and their will to survive.

Performances

It was the first song from the album to be played live.

Music video

A music video was made for the song, the first of the three music videos leading up to the release of the album chronicling the origins of the band's mascot

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. The music video depicts close-quarter military gun battles. The band said about the music video: “Witness “''We’ll Be Back:'' ''Chapter I''” — an epic, action-packed short film chronicling the origins of

. Created by

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, produced by Rafael Pensado, and directed by Leo Liberti, “''We’ll Be Back: Chapter I''” is a soldier’s tale of bravery, personal sacrifice, and the will to survive. It is the first installment of a trilogy of videos to be released in conjunction with the release of our new album ‘The Sick, The Dying… and The Dead!'” This is the first music video to feature

James LoMenzo James LoMenzo (born January 13, 1959) is an American heavy metal bass guitarist. He was a member of the band White Lion, performing with them from 1984 to 1991. He was later the bassist for Black Label Society, Slash's Snakepit, and Megadeth. ...

as bassist since "

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" from the 2009 album

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. LoMenzo returned as Megadeth's bassist in 2021 initially as touring replacement for

David Ellefson David Warren Ellefson (born November 12, 1964) is an American musician, best known for his long tenure as the bassist for thrash metal band Megadeth. Ellefson initially became an accomplished bassist and honed his songwriting skills while leadin ...

, who was fired in May of that year, and was announced as new bassist the following year.

Personnel

– lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar *

Kiko Loureiro Pedro Henrique "Kiko" Loureiro (born 16 June 1972) is a Brazilian guitarist. He has been a member of several heavy metal bands, including Angra and Megadeth. Career Loureiro began studying music and playing acoustic guitar at age 11. He studie ...

– lead guitar, backing vocals *

Dirk Verbeuren Dirk Verbeuren (born 8 January 1975) is a Belgian musician and the current drummer of American thrash metal band Megadeth, amongst other projects. He previously was a member of the Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork. Verbeuren recorded ...

– drums Additional musicians *

Steve Di Giorgio Steve Di Giorgio (born November 7, 1967) is an American bass guitarist. He is known for working with numerous heavy metal bands such as Sadus (of whom he was one of the co-founders), Death (metal band), Death, Testament (band), Testament, Megade ...

– bass *

Eric Darken Eric A. Darken is an American percussionist, composer, and programmer. Biography Drawing inspiration from his grandfather, a band leader. Darken began playing drums at age 12, and played timpani and mallets in high school. Darken attended ...

– percussion on tracks *

Roger Lima Rogério Lima Manganelli (born October 31, 1973), commonly known as Roger Lima, is an American musician, best known as the bassist and co-lead vocalist of the ska-punk band Less Than Jake. He also performs as the lead singer and rhythm guitar ...

– keyboards and effects Production * Dave Mustaine – co-production, engineering, art concept * Chris Rakestraw – co-production, engineering * Lowell Reynolds – assistant engineering * Maddie Harmon – assistant engineering * Rick West – drum technician * Josh Wilbur – mixing *

Ted Jensen Ted Jensen (born September 19, 1954) is an American mastering engineer, known for having mastered many recordings, including the Eagles' ''Hotel California'', Green Day's '' American Idiot'' and Norah Jones' ''Come Away with Me''. Biography Ted ...

– mastering

References

External links

"We'll Be Back: Chapter I" music video
{{Megadeth Megadeth songs 2022 songs 2022 singles Songs written by Kiko Loureiro Songs written by Dave Mustaine Universal Music Group singles