ANTHRAX - AMONG THE LIVING
AMONG! AMONG! AMONG!
In early 1987, The New York quintet Anthrax returned with the same lineup that spread the disease just two years earlier. Somehow Anthrax outdid themselves this time. At least when you compare how everything fell in place for Anthrax this time around.
Among the Living is a legendary thrash metal record and such a memorable one too, absolutely stuffed with anthemic thrash metal songs like Caught in the Most, I am the Law, Among the Living and Indians. This turned out to be almost like a greatest hits record for the band due to a lot of the bands biggest hits ended up being on this record. Everything they did at the moment turned into huge hits for the band. Most bands could only dream of creating one song with such magnitude and lasting power but Anthrax just kept delivering thrash classics, one after the other.
Joey Belladonna's trademarked melodic voice combined with those powerful backing vocals leaves no heads unbanged and who doesn't like Scott Ian's almost speedy rhythms with Dan Spitz melodies together with Frank Bello's hard hitting bass and Charlie Benante's superb drumming.
Compared to the speed metal of Fistful of Metal, this is more pure thrash, with a very professional production by Eddie Kramer, the album doesn't feel dated or unpolished like some albums of the era.
Anthrax really made an homerun with Among the Living and broke into the mainstream, this is really the album that cemented them as one of the big four of thrash due to the album being a commercial success despite being a rather heavy thrash metal album.
With a catchier songwriting than before, they Anthrax had outdone themselves on this release.
It contains some of the best instrumentation they ever recorded.
Among the living is considered by most people as one of the best thrash metal albums of all time and I must say that it is a great one, no doubt about it even if I have big problems chosing my favourite album, I always go for one of their first three records (Fistful, Spreading and Among). Among the Living was a genre defining album that Solified Anthrax as one of the biggest bands coming out of America at the time.
This is what the kids call a thrashterpiece.
Rating:
| INFO |
Label: Megaforce Year: 1987 Country: U.S.A. Duration: 50:13 Tracks: 9 Genre: Thrash Metal Reviewer: Ruthless Rating: 5/5 | ||
| TRACKS | LINEUP | |
| Joey Belladonna - Vocals Scott Ian - Guitars Dan Spitz - Guitars Frank Bello - Bass Charlie Benante - Drums |
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