Anthrax's Worship Music Update

I can see I'm painting myself into a corner here, so I'll leave that be and move on.

sorry for derailing the discussion, please continue with the previously scheduled Anthrax thread already in progress...

High praise from Eddie Trunk (http://eddietrunk.com/index.cfm/pk/view/cd/NAA/cdid/429673/pid/401816):

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12-Jul-11 Anthrax Worship Music review
7/12/11: Been a while since I did a post in this space just to comment on a single album, but to be honest as great as some stuff has been lately, few albums have been the total package to inspire me to sit at the computer and bang out some thoughts. After almost a decade of waiting the new Anthrax album arrived in my mail the other day. It has not left my CD player since. It is maybe the best album of the bands career, and so far, easily the best metal album of the year. I know the year is far from over but I honestly don't see this being topped. All the dysfunction with the lineup and insanity in getting this album out could have made it a disaster, but it is anything but. It is classic sounding Anthrax in every sense of the word, sounding heavy, melodic at times, just brilliant top to bottom. The playing is unreal. Scott spitting out chugging riffs everywhere, Charlie proving why he is one of the best on the planet on almost every song, Frankie just rock solid locked in and weaving around the notes with an unreal attack, and Rob Caggiano's leads being maybe the best he has ever recorded with the band. Perfect in every sense. Then there is the return of Joey Belladonna as singer on an Anthrax album in almost 20 years. Welcome back Joe! He sounds amazing! Anthrax was really my gateway band into the world of thrash largely because they had a singer on Spreading that fused melody into the heaviness. To me it was always one the bands many secret weapons and it is great to have him back. Just classic in every way! I can't single out tracks that much because they are all that great, seriously. Although I will say the one that just floored me on first listen was "In The End". EPIC! Great chorus, Sabbath like riffs, plenty of room for Joey to belt it out, a true journey of 7 minutes of metal brilliance. "I'm Alive" has a great hook as well. "Earth On Hell" and "The Devil You Know" just pure master thrash, "Crawl" is also amazing and sounds closest to something that would have been from the Bush era. Can't say enough about the Joey factor on this album. The snarl in his voice, going up for the high notes, then the lower key he sings the versus in "Crawl" on. Just awesome! Also the production is amazing! Mixed perfectly, not overcompressed, you hear everything the way you should and the drums just kill. Listen I know what some of you guys are saying; "oh, they are Eddie's buddies, so he's pumping it up for them". In truth yes, I grew up in this business with these guys and they are all close friends for decades, but that has nothing to do with the words I have written here. I write this as a metal fan plain and simple. A fan thrilled to have new Anthrax music finally that is mind blowing and might be the best album in their impressive history. It's out 9/13 and as soon as I can share more on radio than the single I will. Charlie and Scott will also be feature guests on the new season of TMS. Get ready for Worship Music, buy it, crank it. If you have any love of metal I'm sure you will find it as stunning as I do.

Sounds promising. How did Eddie Trunk get started anyway? He's clearly not a writer.

Shawn D. wrote:

Sounds promising. How did Eddie Trunk get started anyway? He's clearly not a writer.

Well, you know the Eddie Trunk knows all things metal and hard rock, so if Eddie says it, it must be true!!!!


NOT!!!!!! What a douche bag! LOL!!!!

album artwork. is that eddie on the top right?

I don't know about the cover, to me it has too much in common with We've Come For You All.

I know the pentagram is supposed to be two "A"'s...but it looks like 2 Starfleet badges laying on top of each other.

Tur-Thalion wrote:

I don't know about the cover, to me it has too much in common with We've Come For You All.

My first thought as well

Tur-Thalion wrote:

I don't know about the cover, to me it has too much in common with We've Come For You All.

Yeah, not to impressed with the cover. But imo Anthrax have had mostly bad covers since Among The Living. Lots of great music though.

Temple of Blood wrote:

Thrash is built from the same blocks as METALLICA and SLAYER.

Yet, Slayer and Metallica sounds quite different. If you compare Ride The Lighning and Reign in Blood f.ex.

Tur-Thalion wrote:

I don't know about the cover, to me it has too much in common with We've Come For You All.

i saw the same similarities with WCFYA, but that doesn't make it altogether bad. it's almost like a nod to the Bush era material which doesn't deserve to be swept under the rug.

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

album artwork. is that eddie on the top right?

Looks like Eddie to me!!!!

Shawn D. wrote:

Sounds promising. How did Eddie Trunk get started anyway? He's clearly not a writer.

Eddie started out as a gofer at WDHA-FM in New Jersey back in the '80s and parlayed that into a gig at the office of MegaForce Records.

I don't care about the artwork, I can't wait to hear it! I notice they went back to the old Anthrax logo.

mc666 wrote:

Tur-Thalion wrote:

I don't know about the cover, to me it has too much in common with We've Come For You All.

i saw the same similarities with WCFYA, but that doesn't make it altogether bad. it's almost like a nod to the Bush era material which doesn't deserve to be swept under the rug.

I agree! The Bush era material is underrated IMO.

I think that fake cover that someone put out on April Fools looks better than this cover. But whatever, I more concerned about the music.

Alex Ross is a hack.

Just purchased fistful of metal. Boy, it's good!

I like the cover.

It definately reminiscent of WCFYA, but it's still pretty cool. I wonder if this was the original design for the Dan Nelson version or if they scapped the whole thing and started from scratch?

Metal Misfit wrote:

Alex Ross is a hack.

You take that back!!

who is Alex Ross?

A fine artist that does realistic-looking comic book art. He did the cover art for those last 2 Anthrax albums too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Ross

Google some of his work.

Thanks! His stuff looks pretty cool.

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Looks like Eddie to me!!!!

Yea, I'd agree wit that. They shoulda slipped Vic Rattlehead in there too for a laff.

The skull with the buldging eyeballs right above the words "Worship Music" looks vaugely familair to me as well. I feel like I've see that one before elsewhere.

Alex Ross is amazing. Check out the trade paperback for "Kingdom Come".