ANTHRAX - I AM THE MAN
A BAD AND INFLUENTIAL JOKE.
Yo, Yo, Yo!
Anthrax was once held as one of the greatest thrash metal bands of all time, one of the main originators of thrash metal but they also invented the worst metal genre of all time, Rap metal. Because this is to my knowledge the first time that metal and rap crossed paths. Two genres that should have remained seperate came together into one odd and unholy matrimony and it's just a complete disgrace.
Anthrax was once held as one of the greatest thrash metal bands of all time, one of the main originators of thrash metal but they also invented the worst metal genre of all time, Rap metal. Because this is to my knowledge the first time that metal and rap crossed paths. Two genres that should have remained seperate came together into one odd and unholy matrimony and it's just a complete disgrace.
On the I'm the man EP there are three versions of 'I'm the Man' here, one censored, one uncensored and one live version.I'am the man is just an abomination of a song. It's probably meant as just a joke as you can see by the bands stances on the artwork but I just don't like humor in metal. Why would you even want to buy a record that the band hasn't put their soul into but instead just fooling around with a music style that most metal fans despised.
I mean, if this cross pollination never happened, would we still live in a world without Rage Against the Machine? Limp Bizkit? Stuck Mojo? Korn?
One could only dream about where we would have been today, so I think that this was a huge mistake on Anthrax behalf because in the long run it was garbage like this that ruined metal.
The Black Sabbath cover Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is quite good though but it's a hard pill to swallow to get one cover song and at the same time support an album like this. There are also two classic Anthrax cuts on here, Caught in a Mosh and I am the law. Both were recorded live on their Among the living-tour.
I think that we in retrospect can say that Anthrax - I'm the man and Celtic Frost - Cold Lake are the two worst recordings by any thrash metal band during the eighties, I think this is an even bigger mistake than Cold Lake, this is an EP that should have ruined Anthrax credibility. So avoid this stinking turd of "music" at all cost.
Rating:
| INFO |
Label: Island Records Year: 1987 Country: U.S.A. Duration: 27:59 Tracks: 6 Genre: Rap Metal Reviewer: Ruthless Rating: 0/5 | ||
| TRACKS | LINEUP | |
| Joey Belladonna - Vocals Scott Ian - Guitars Dan Spitz - Guitars Frank Bello - Bass Charlie Benante - Drums |
Warning, this garbage can seriously damage your ears.
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