Download Festival 2015: 11 Heavy Tracks Muse Need To Play

7. Hysteria

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dm_5qWWDV8

Not so long ago (in 2011 to be precise), HYsteria's bassline was voted the greatest of all time. That might be a level of praise too far for fans (especially considering some of the close contenders it beat into lesser positions on the poll), but there's no doubting that it's easily one of their catchier tunes.

There really needs to be some balance in the set between the beefed up tracks Muse have promised and their mainstream material. There's a good possibility that they won't be playing to a universally convinced crowd (who might turn up for completism, as some claimed to for Linkin Park last year), and appeasing them with catchier hooks will work wonders.

It helps that Hysteria is also pretty heavy to start with and could easily lend itself to an injection of muscle too.

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