“City authorities in your area have reported that the bodies of the dead are rising from their graves and attacking the living.” No dude it’s not zombies it’s the return of Anthrax with their 2011 release, “Worship Music.” This marks the first studio album in eight years with vocalist Joey Belladonna and this disc is reminiscent of Among The Living. The line up includes Frank Bello, Scott Ian, Charlie Benante, and Rob Caggiano.
While many thrash and speed metal acts from the 80’s and 90’s have softened up a bit either musically or lyrically Anthrax has taken the road less traveled and have stuck to their speed metal roots. This album is a bit more melodic than the masterpiece that is Among The Living. From the first song Earth on Hell it is apparent that Charlie Benante has not lost any speed or the customary precision in which he trashes a drum kit. Scott Ian’s guitar work is first rate and he really knows how to dig on a good riff.
Lyrically Anthrax remolds musical rebellion into a new battle cry, a new call to arms with tracks like Fight’em
Till You Can’t and Revolution Screams. Joey Belladonna’s vocals have never sounded better. With a lot of older bands fans don’t really want to hear the new songs. They want to hear the old tunes, the classics. Thanks to cuts like Crawl and I’m Alive this disc holds up to the classics. Fans are going to want to hear these songs live. If you have found yourself disappointed with the new music of some of your favorite metal acts please give Worship Music a listen. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. You can also catch Anthrax on tour with Testament and Death Angel.
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