Reviews 40 DEADLOCK’S MANIFESTO: HOLD THE HAM, PLEASE January 27th, 2009 at 1:00pm Anso DF …being as intrinsically pop as it is metal. And that’s a good thing, like Anthrax’s cover of “Got The Time” being on MTV is a good thing, like the pure-pop-structure-meets-sneering-metal-brawn…
Upcoming Bullsh*t 250 ANTHRAX WORSHIP MUSIC January 27th, 2009 at 10:00am Axl Rosenberg We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: We’ve Come for You All is the best Anthrax album. Belladonnanthrax had a lot (I mean, a LOT) of classic tunes,…
Rampant Rumors 440 WHO WILL CO-HEADLINE WITH SLLLLAAAAYYYYEEEERRRR? January 23rd, 2009 at 2:11pm Axl Rosenberg …suppose it could be the latest incarnation of Anthrax, but… I just don’t see that happening, especially since I think ‘Thrax doing a headlining tour with their new singer before…
Br00tal-lists 160 BEST METAL DVDS OF 2008 December 15th, 2008 at 12:30pm Axl Rosenberg …members of Sepultura, Slipknot, Hatebreed, Shadows Fall, Anthrax, Fear Factory, Deicide, Chimaira, Trivium, H.I.M., Judas Priest, Annihilator, and an assload more I’m forgetting – all got together to jam for…
Br00tal-lists 850 F*CK ROLLING STONE PART DEUX: WHO ARE THE GREATEST METAL GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME? December 4th, 2008 at 3:00pm Corey Mitchell …Butthead, then it’s good enough for me. Not to mention, he was the gateway drug to heavier metal for plenty of Old Farts like me. 8. Scott Ian – (Anthrax/S.O.D.)…
Cinemetal 590 PSSSTTTT…IN CASE YOU FORGOT, DAVE MUSTAINE INVENTED THRASH November 25th, 2008 at 2:18pm Corey Mitchell …fun to be able to look at what I did from above and see all of the people I’ve affected.” Gary Holt of Exodus and Scott Ian of Anthrax agree….
Editorials 1390 F*CK ROLLING STONE: WHO ARE THE GREATEST HEAVY METAL SINGERS OF ALL TIME? November 24th, 2008 at 1:59pm Corey Mitchell …kicked him out of the band and now hundreds of wannabe thrashers and death metallers ape his style. R.I.P. 11. John Bush – (Armored Saint/Anthrax) – this is for his…
Reviews 120 CULT OF LUNA’S ETERNAL KINGDOM IS EXPANSIVE AND EMOTIONAL November 24th, 2008 at 1:04pm Sammy O'Hagar …were the anomaly (perhaps the equivalent of Anthrax in thrash’s Big Four): they were adequate, had good ideas, but never struck the same powerful chords that Isis’ Oceanic or Neurosis’…
Cinemetal 90 SO WHAT THE HELL IS ANTHRAX UP TO ANYWAYS? October 20th, 2008 at 10:53am Vince Neilstein …I was excited; in dreamy-dream land, I’d never seen Anthrax! (in reality, I have). In dreamy-dream land, I’d never seen Anthrax with John Bush! (this is true). What an awesome…
Podcasts 160 METAL INJECTION REVEAL AXL ROSENBERG & VINCE NEILSTEIN’S FACES ON CAMERA FOR THE FIRST TIME! September 16th, 2008 at 2:21pm MetalSucks …it may be a little dated (e.g., references to IWRESTLEDABEARONCE as an “unsigned band”), but it’s still totally killer, and features videos from such MetalSucks favorites Hate Eternal, Anthrax, Sikth…
Show Reviews 110 MASTERS OF METAL TOUR: AN OLD FART’S WET DREAM September 2nd, 2008 at 1:42pm Corey Mitchell …who have suddenly eclipsed (22 years later) three of the big four — Metallica, Megadeth, and Anthrax – and join Slayer as the epitome of Thrash Metal. I was not…
Interviews 1,0650 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH 33 1/3: REIGN IN BLOOD AUTHOR D.X. FERRIS August 15th, 2008 at 4:41pm Axl Rosenberg …Anthrax’s Sound of White Noise. But like I say in the book, no band has stayed closer to their peak form, intent, or intensity longer than Slayer. Bottom line, compare…
Editorials 170 RECKLESS SPECULATION OF THE DAY: WHAT IF PERRY FARRELL IS THE NEW SINGER FOR VELVET REVOLVER? August 4th, 2008 at 12:46pm Axl Rosenberg …Anthrax and then some putz put it on Wikipedia and asked Crane about it in an interview, and asked as though it were a bona fide fact or even a…
Editorials 7330 NEW SSSSSLLLLAAAAYYYYEEERRRR!!!!! June 18th, 2008 at 4:12pm Axl Rosenberg …[specifically Metallica, Anthrax and Megadeth] was missing some crucial element that once made them great. Except Slayer… “Slayer held it together. Slayer kept their fans in the game. A Slayer…
Worst Week Ever 40 IN WHICH WE BOXEDWITHABUNNYTHISWEEK June 13th, 2008 at 4:39pm Vince Neilstein …of new Anthrax music with new singer Dan Nelson surfaced. Nachtmystium released an awesome new album and God Forbid an awesome new DVD. We wished we lived in Chicago so…
New Stuff 150 SH*TTY LIVE BOOTLEGS OF NEW ANTHRAX SONGS June 11th, 2008 at 2:41pm Axl Rosenberg Low quality, crappy fan-recordings of Anthrax performing three new songs in Chicago in May have surfaced, and can be heard below. I don’t know how long we’ll be able to…
Reviews 7300 HATCHET’S AWAITING EVIL IS ANOTHER SO-SO ENTRY TO THE THRASH REVIVAL CANON June 4th, 2008 at 11:05am Vince Neilstein …staccato, almost rap-like delivery — but thankfully leaves out (for the most part) the shrieky high notes that make Belladonna-era Anthrax intolerable to me. After a couple of thorough listens…
Cinemetal 5550 WHO WANTS TO MAKE UNFAIR SNAP JUDGEMENTS ABOUT THE NEW SINGER FOR ANTHRAX BASED ON SH*TTY CELL PHONE FOOTAGE? June 2nd, 2008 at 5:06pm Axl Rosenberg So Anthrax have been making the rounds with their new singer, Dan Nelson, and now some crappy cell phone footage of the re-jiggered band opening for Iron Maiden last week…
Editorials 180 RE-RECORDING OLD MATERIAL: WHAT’S THE POINT? May 29th, 2008 at 3:32pm Axl Rosenberg …catalogue. Dave Mustaine re-recorded “A Tout Le Monde” as a duet with Cristina Scabbia just last year; Anthrax re-recorded a bunch of old Joey Belladonna tunes with John Bush for…
Cinemetal 70 GOD FORBID DEBUT NEW MUSIC LIVE May 19th, 2008 at 4:59pm Axl Rosenberg …time. Is it weird that I’m more excited about the new God Forbid album than I am about the new Metallica album (or, for that matter, the new Anthrax album)?…