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Post by skrabsta on Dec 18, 2007 21:32:29 GMT 10
make or break time 'thrax! damn right - although, i have a good feeling about htis , dont know why though. I had a bad feeling when they announced the whole reunion thing I had a bad feeling and look what happened. The new guy has a good voice, Rob is back on guitar and charlie and scott are syaing the new material is sort of where WCFYA left off. |
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Post by Beetle on Dec 18, 2007 21:39:56 GMT 10
make or break time 'thrax! damn right - although, i have a good feeling about htis , dont know why though. I had a bad feeling when they announced the whole reunion thing I had a bad feeling and look what happened. The new guy has a good voice, Rob is back on guitar and charlie and scott are syaing the new material is sort of where WCFYA left off. they havent done anything different for years. Bush held the key and now I think they'll just fall off the face of the earth. |
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Post by skrabsta on Dec 18, 2007 21:42:41 GMT 10
damn right - although, i have a good feeling about htis , dont know why though. I had a bad feeling when they announced the whole reunion thing I had a bad feeling and look what happened. The new guy has a good voice, Rob is back on guitar and charlie and scott are syaing the new material is sort of where WCFYA left off. they havent done anything different for years. Bush held the key and now I think they'll just fall off the face of the earth. I hope that doesnt happen. |
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Post by Sands Of Time on Dec 19, 2007 11:27:21 GMT 10
An excerpt from an interview with Dan Nelson On wanting to honor ANTHRAX's legacy, but also stay true to himself: "I like to think I have my own voice, but a lot of people are saying I'm very similar to (former singer) John Bush. Which is a HUGE compliment since John Bush is a metal god. And people keep asking: Are you going to fill John Bush's shoes? Let me make one thing clear: No way. John Bush is the man. I'm looking to do a re-start with ANTHRAX the same way John did when he took (Joey Belladonna's) place." I have faith in Anthrax, i would rather Bush but this guy is gonna be better than poodle haired Belladonna. Bring it on!  |
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Post by skrabsta on Dec 19, 2007 12:07:16 GMT 10
An excerpt from an interview with Dan Nelson On wanting to honor ANTHRAX's legacy, but also stay true to himself: "I like to think I have my own voice, but a lot of people are saying I'm very similar to (former singer) John Bush. Which is a HUGE compliment since John Bush is a metal god. And people keep asking: Are you going to fill John Bush's shoes? Let me make one thing clear: No way. John Bush is the man. I'm looking to do a re-start with ANTHRAX the same way John did when he took (Joey Belladonna's) place." I have faith in Anthrax, i would rather Bush but this guy is gonna be better than poodle haired Belladonna.Bring it on! My thoughts exactly. Anthrax Oz tour in 08 hopefully ! |
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Post by downunder on Dec 20, 2007 23:52:23 GMT 10
Joey Belladonna is Anthrax
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Post by skrabsta on Dec 21, 2007 16:57:28 GMT 10
Joey Belladonna is Anthrax Belladonna is a shithouse singer both on record and live. Best thing Anthrax ever did was firing Belladonna and getting Bush in. Biggest mistake Anthrax ever made was doing a reunion tour with Belladonna and pushing Bush aside. Sound of White Noise and We've come for you all are better than anything the band ever released with Joey singing ( or Neil Turbin singing ) and the live show was 100 times better with Bush on vocals. |
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Post by Mean Machine on Dec 21, 2007 17:21:53 GMT 10
Belladonna's vocals aren't strong/harsh enough for Anthrax. Bush had the perfect voice for em, but I reckon the new guy will be pretty good as well.
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Post by Sands Of Time on Mar 23, 2008 19:04:58 GMT 10
An audio clip of a rehearsal/demo version of a brand new ANTHRAX song, entitled "Fight 'Em 'Till You Can't Fight No More", can be heard on the intro page to the band's official web site. ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian previously described the track as "straight-up 1988[-style thrash] through a 2007 filter."
In a December 2007 online chat, ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante stated about the group's new material, "It's hard nowadays to try and relive 1986. We were different in 1986. We can reach inside and pull out some of the old school and make ourselves make that music, but we don't. The song 'Fight 'Em 'Till You Can't' is as organic as it gets; it's not forced and it is like an old-school thrash song."
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Post by skrabsta on Mar 23, 2008 19:57:01 GMT 10
it sounds awsome.
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Post by TROOPER71 on Aug 15, 2008 22:37:02 GMT 10
taken from nuclear blast records newsletter today
American Heavy Metal legend ANTHRAX are back and about to enter the studio. ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante has issued the following update: "We're entering the studio in October to start recording. We wanted a Halloween vibe. I wanna do my drum tracks dressed like Ringo." Furthermore, ANTHRAX will play their first Korean show ever, playing the Dongducheon Rock Festival.
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Post by skrabsta on Aug 16, 2008 16:06:25 GMT 10
With any luck we will get a tour some time next year. And from all the live videoas Ive seen with Dan singing I reallythink the live show will live up to the shows they did last time round with Bush, which I find to be the best tour I had seen by the band.
maybe if were all good boys and girls we can get a Maiden/Anthrax double bill out here like they got in L.A this tour.
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Post by skrabsta on Aug 19, 2008 19:55:00 GMT 10
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Post by skrabsta on Feb 13, 2009 23:26:39 GMT 10
from blabbermouth -
ANTHRAX To 'Worship Music' For Band's 25th Anniversary - Jan. 26, 2009
ANTHRAX, one of heavy metal's all-time great acts who, along with SLAYER, METALLICA and MEGADETH, are credited with co-founding the thrash genre, will be returning with "Worship Music", the band's first new studio album in six years and a full-on supporting world tour. "Worship Music" is set for a June release on Megaforce Records. The album marks the studio debut of new singer Dan Nelson who joins longtime members Scott Ian (rhythm guitar), Frank Bello (bass), Charlie Benante (drums), and Rob Caggiano (lead guitar). According to early reports, "Worship Music" is ANTHRAX's heaviest album to date.
In addition, 2009 marks the 25-year anniversary of the release of ANTHRAX's debut album, 1984's "Fistful of Metal". "I can't even process that it's been 25 years," said co-founding member Ian. "It's insane to me, because when you think about it, who does anything for that long, let alone in the same band? Start making a list of bands that are still around 25 years after their first album, and it's going to be a pretty short list."
About ANTHRAX's new "Worship Music", Benante explains, "This album has been in the making for two and half, maybe three years. After the reunion tour ended, we all went our separate ways. I started to write songs again, but I had no voice for them in mind, I didn't know who would be the singer. So Scott, Frankie and I got together and just started putting some songs together. This was pretty much the way 'Spreading the Disease' was done, too — we wrote those songs without a definite singer in mind. Then, in October of 2007, I was talking to Rob Caggiano who said he found this guy in Long Island who he thought would be really good — Dan Nelson. So I did some research, called him up, and flew him out to Chicago."
According to Bello, it didn't take much time to realize that they had found their man. "Dan brought in the obligatory 'breath of fresh air,' but it really WAS. He has a killer voice and he's a good guy, and really fits ANTHRAX. The guy sings like nobody I've heard — I'm really proud of what he's done. This is the new ANTHRAX — yes, it does sound different, but it's in the same heavy/melodic vein. I don't compare it, I just see it as, 'I love the challenge of having a new ANTHRAX.'"
"While making this album," added Nelson, "I found that if I just tried to approach my vocals from the heart, to not over think anything, I could bring a fresh, heavier yet still melodic approach to an already brutal style of music. Being the singer of ANTHRAX has already proven to be a great opportunity to play with great musicians."
Shortly after the lineup was solidified, Nelson was welcomed into the ANTHRAX fold via a true baptism by fire — opening up a pair of sold out shows for the mighty IRON MAIDEN in California. "The second night, we're backstage," recalls Ian, "[IRON MAIDEN singer] Bruce Dickinson came over to our dressing room to say hi, and he says to me, 'Your new singer, Dan, is amazing. I was watching you guys from the side of the stage last night — he totally fits you guys, he's perfect. His voice is incredible and strong. I loved it!' And I was like, 'Would you come inside and tell Dan? He'd love to hear it from you.' We walk in the dressing room and I'm like, 'Where's Dan?' And I hear from the bathroom, 'I'm in here, taking a crap!' It was so great — not that we're looking for validation, but when Bruce Dickinson comes up and is congratulating you on your new singer, it's a pretty cool moment."
With sessions just about to wrap for "Worship Music", Benante already has a few favorite songs that he can't wait for the band's fans to sink their teeth into. "This one song called 'Down Goes the Sun', is probably, for me, the most epic song that I've come up with, it has a lot of life in it. There's a song called 'Earth on Hell', which is a play on the words 'hell on earth.' That could have been on our 'Among the Living' record. There's another song called 'Fight 'Em 'Til You Can't', which is about zombies — who doesn't love a good zombie song?" Other standout tracks include "Vampyres" (Bello: "It's a dark, heavy groove with some serious, amazing vocals and a great, big chorus"), "Crawl" (Bello: "Another dark song, it's going to throw people for a loop"), "The Devil You Know" (Ian: "It's an almost AC/DC groove filtered through an ANTHRAX lens"), and "The Giant" (Ian: "It's so brutally in-your-face").
The release of "Worship Music" also sees ANTHRAX's "return home" to their original label, Megaforce Records. "I just had a nice conversation with Missi Callazzo [Vice President of Megaforce] about how terrific it is to be home again. It's come around full circle. Missi has done above and beyond for this band — including getting us on 'Married...With Children'! Missi absolutely knows how to work a record, she is someone who believes in and lives ANTHRAX, and we haven't had that in a long time. She knows the band inside and out. She's like a sister of ours." Callazzo herself voices the same sentiment. "It is a thrill and an honor to be releasing the new album by such a pioneering artist. — and Megaforce always defined one another and it will be great fun to do it again in 2009."
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