Buying Anthrax Music

Well let's start with one of the greatest heavy metal bands of all time, the almighty Anthrax. With them crunchy riffs and hard fast beats no wonder they are where they are now. Though great as it seems, every band has it's weak spots, and it's good spots, so this article is going to show them for you.

Take Among The Living, their greatest ever effort. It had the widely successes: I Am The Law, Among The Living, Caught In A Mosh, Indians and other awesome pieces of music. The guitars were spot on, went well with the drums and bass, vocals were great, so voerall, a pretty good effort.

Spreading The Disease was their second full length release. As with A.T.L it featured the well known "Madhouse" and the crowd favourite "A.I.R". It was a good effort, but didn't have all the magic of A.T.L.

Volume 8: The Threat Is Real was released in 1998. Old school thrash sort of became quiet in the mid-90's and this was a different style for Anthrax, but a very good one. It wasn't as popluar as the above two, but it was well recieved by the fans.

The Greater Of Two Evils was a classic remake of old school favourites, and this time the fans voted for the tracks on the bands homepage Anthrax.com and forgotten one's for eg. Deathrider, Panic, and Be All, End All. These sound much better updated and with different vocals. So, thumbs up once again.

We've Come For You All and Music Of Mass Destruction are both in same rank. With W.C.Y.F.A it was not as great as the 1998 release Vol.8. Some might have ohter views, but most pople think this. Safe Home and Taking The Muisc Back were good to release as singles, and the rest of the LP was of high quality. The Live album M.O.M.D is basically the greatest hits played live, the sound quality is fine, and the DVD is even better.

The follow up album to A.T.L, State Of Euphoria is a good effort, but doesn't have many strong points. Album opener Be All, End All gives you a good impression so far, but follow up track, Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind let's you down a little. Antisocial, an international track features on this LP. The rest of the album is a bit poor so this is probably for album collectors.

The EP's Im The Man and Armed And Dangerous are pretty equal in many ways. Like, there's a few good melodys for eg. Im The Man itself is pretty melodic, and on A.A.D Raise Hell and Sex Pistols Cover God Save The Queen. I wouldn't personally buy this.

Attack Of The Killer B's was satisfactory, but as a b'sides album it wasn't as great as a proper studio album. Rap collaboration with Public Enemy "Bring The Noise" was huge, so that brought the album some credit, as well as Im The Man. Album completists would probably the best reason to buy this.

Persistence Of Time is worse than S.o.t. Time and Keep It In The Family are the only highlights of the album, so a pretty disappointing effort.

Next up is The Sound Of White Noise. It is the first album featuring John Bush's hard vocals, which are totally different to Joey Belladonna's. Ballad Black Lodge is impressing, along with Potter's Field and 1000 Points Of Hate. It wasn't as good as it should've been.

Fistful Of Metal, their debut album. Neil Turbin's vocals don't match the songs, so it sounds a bit shoddie. Metal Thrashing Mad is probably one of the only tracks that survived concert setlists, with the occassional Panic. This is practically a forgotten classic album, but the line-up wasn't sorted, so you can understand.

Live: The Island Years was pointless in my view. It had no need of releasing, unless you had never seen them live on TV or heard them. The vocals aren't as good as studio (which you find with over half performing bands) but puffing and panting is occassional. At times the music is to fast, for eg. N.F.L. If you really want to buy this, then you can, but i wouldn't.

Stomp 442. Poor. Terrible. Bad. The riffs and beats aren't rhythmic, the verses and choruses and that catchy, but Fueled still remains in the live setlist. If you are a completist, buy it, if not, it's not worth the bother.

I haven't heard the Penikufesin E.P so i can't really judge this.

I hope you enjoyed this, and this will come of use to some of you, I hope!

Comments

[GoodCharloteSux]

gj 1st, i was actually wondering alot about this band

[Mute]

Good info. Its a real shame Anthrax is so underrated where I come from. Don't hear too much about em.

[luisenrique]

anthrax sucks

[punkrockdude2]

luisenrique:
anthrax sucks

i agree

[hypocrisy]

^^that's nice if you hate anthrax. i feel bad for you kid, since you listen to shit like blink and good charlotte. whats even worse is, that you think it's actually punk.

[im not mental]

i agree

oooh, i'm so scared of the simple plan fan! help me! save me from the simple plan fan!

dumbass.

[EarthAD]

isnt this freakin supposed to be in the forums? seeing as it is rather opinionated.

hypocrisy:
^^that's nice if you hate anthrax. i feel bad for you kid, since you listen to shit like blink and good charlotte. whats even worse is, that you think it's actually punk.

fuk you, asshole. I listen to metal, but i just dont like anthrax. Dosent make me a blink 182 fag. i just dont like anthrax.


oh wait a minute, the guys name is Punkrockdude, so im guessing he does like blink 182 and simple plan. . Punk rock is gay.

[aliceinnirvana]

Hey I love punk rock and Anthrax.

[hypocrisy]

earthAD, chill out. my post wasnt derected at you anyway.

[hypocrisy]

by the way, i'm pretty sure this does belong in the forums. don't know why it's here.

[Matty Ramone]

I love POT it was a great record its what got me into Anthrax

[Matty Ramone]

what about "STATE OF EUPHORIA" with the classics Anit Social, Make me Laugh and who cares wins.

[NightFallsSoon]

state of euphoria is mentioned in there.

[Deth2Emo]

Anthrax is fukn awesome and hella underrated. One of the better thrash albums. Thrash metal is one of the best kinds of metal/music in my opinion. if i didnt underline opinion i would probably get sum ignorant fuk tell me how emo,screamo, or sum other gay genre is better.

[Mullet28]

i only started listening to anthrax a short while ago. i own we've come for you all. and i tink that safe home is a phenomenal track but the acoustic version of it was better in my opinion. i tink it had a little more feeling. but still superb band!!!

[ctb]

since you listen to shit like blink

i agree, they are shite

[Eddy Vanhalen]

wow this is a mosh pit of insults

[Sexo's Taco]

stomp 442 is actually a pretty good album with the song nothing its just a matter of opinion really as always

[f1v3m4g1cs]

anthrax rules

[BMAN12688]

some spelling issues, but informative. nice job

[Diceman42]

With them crunchy riffs and hard fast beats no wonder they are where they are now.

...Where?

Last time I heard they were unsigned, their last album was lacklustre, and no one really cares about them. (that's true with a lotta great oldies, but you get my point.)

[weebabyml]

Why did you bother writing an article about anthrax albums when you dont seem to like much of their music? Anthrax are a great band and vastly underrated as are many of their albums (though i agree that state of euphoria is a bit dodgy).

[METALLILAN]

not liking a band doesnt mean ya have to hate em. just say u dun like them and leave it. whining about hating band "x" aint getting ya no where.

[Contraband]

What kind of idiots just assume that if you hate a band such as Anthrax, you like Simple Plan or Good Charlotte? Quit your yappin'....why don't I just say that on the bottom of the page just below the comment box it says "POST A COMMENT", so if your comment is Anthrax, then let it be. Who are we to judge? So WHAT if you like Simple Plan, I'm not saying they're good, but you can't blame someone for their opinions.

[Contraband]

I meant if your comment is Anthrax sucks. What is up with this? No edit? Meh.

[ZuluWarrior182]

his biography said he liked those bands
but i hate metal i just thought u guys should lay off the one who was defending his band

[Michal W.]

Anthrax isnt underrated, thats just another word for they suck. n blink doesn't suck, why do u think they're rich? and if u look on any tab website ull see that blink always has the most tabs, untimate guitar almost has 1000 tabs from blink.

[WeR138]

I have yet to hear an anthrax song that i like. Oh and blink 182 doesnt suck...they are very talented musicians...that choose to play shitty music. Just dont understand why a lot of people like them....its very strange...like popcorn~

[MrLucky77713]

Rich doesn't equal out to great. It just means oversold. They're pretty catchy, but not deserving of their place in the spotlight... but very few pop sensations are. They're a good pop-punk unit, don't get me wrong, but not as good as some might have you believe.

[Deth2Emo]

blink 182 has so many tabs because there songs r so simple to make.

[Xerothunder]

This is a terrible column... put it in the forums.

[dewthedew2323]

Anthrax is an awesome band...ive listened to them alot...and blink doesnt even compare...blink is a few power chords and sum catchy riffs but thats all and Anthrax is real...you cant diss anthrax and push for blink 182 period. Anthrax rocks

[Bogbrush]

XEROFUNDER:FUCK YOU

[Shambles]

Being from the UK im hearing all the fantastic new music we have, i have to make the comment that metal is well and truly dead (from my perspective). Agree with me or not, it simply doesnt reflect the peoples attitude anymore; Listen to some Libertines, classified now as 'Garage punk', they are a simply fantastic combination of catchy riffs, distorted sound and decent singing and lyrics. And they have some excellent acoustic tracks also, for variation. The Liertines, Babyshambles, Razorlight, Franz Ferdinand, The Kaiser Chiefs even; they are taking metal's place, yet a more sociable in rock. (Just because it's mainstream doesn't mean it's bad!).

[Elvendar]

This would be a better article if it weren't so opinionated. I happen to think Fistful of Metal is one of the best debut albums from a Metal band EVER, and it's pretty high on the list of Anthrax albums. Of course, people are going to think differently, but you could've written a buying guide without being so biased towards particular albums, and highlighted lineup changes, price, and rarity.

And if you think Anthrax sucks, then I sincerely urge you to rethink your musical evaluations, as they most likely suck.

[Ktulu Master]

I hate all that kaiser cheifs stuff, i admit that its catchy but i just hate it it just seems to be a poem or somthing with hideosly cacofonic (sp?) music in the background, i mean it just dosnt give me a decent feeling for the song, like depressing songs about drugs and suff with riffs in major? wtf is that all about? but if you like it who am i to judge
Thank god for Dragonforce

[DucksideG]

Kaiser chiefs rock ^^

[rattlehead999]

this aricle would be a lot better if it was written in chronological order. and i think that perseistence of time is a very good album, including having my second favorute anthrax song, belly of the beast. other wise a pretty good review, especially if youve never herd anthrax

[grimreaper65]

Anyone else have any Anthrax vinyl?

[cyclobs]

dunno i haven't heard any of their music but thats only cuz i'm more into punk rock n a tiny bit of metal....GODSMACK ROCKS!!!! lol had to do that anyway i'm outer here

[sneauxman]

no offense, but the only cool guy in anthrax is scott ian

[Shredy_Mc_shred]

Shambles wrote:

Being from the UK im hearing all the fantastic new music we have, i have to make the comment that metal is well and truly dead (from my perspective). Agree with me or not, it simply doesnt reflect the peoples attitude anymore; Listen to some Libertines, classified now as 'Garage punk', they are a simply fantastic combination of catchy riffs, distorted sound and decent singing and lyrics. And they have some excellent acoustic tracks also, for variation. The Liertines, Babyshambles, Razorlight, Franz Ferdinand, The Kaiser Chiefs even; they are taking metal's place, yet a more sociable in rock. (Just because it's mainstream doesn't mean it's bad!).

Razorlight, the kaiser chiefs and Franz ferdinad are all crap Anthrax are ten times bettre than all of them