ANTHRAX - STOMP 442
ANTHRAX GOES GRUNGE.
It's 1995 and Anthrax had a real identity crisis. Their last album 'Sound of White Noise' was a 'fresh' new start for Anthrax with John Bush at the mic and this builds on that. It certainly flirts with alternative rock and grunge that was so popular around this time. I thought Sound of White Noise was a big drop in quality from their prior record and there's another big drop here. Stomp 442 is nothing but a disaster of an album. People talk about Celtic Frost's Cold Lake being embarassing, that record is a masterpiece in comparison to Stomp 442. This is Anthrax trying to be Nirvana and it's absolutely pathetic.
Stomp 442 is some sort of a punkish grunge album with a dose of groove metal in the style of Pantera, By the way Dimebag Darrell is a guest guitarist on this album replacing Dan Spitz who left the band when the ship started sinking. It's clear that the band just wasn't the same without Spitz.
Everything about Stomp 442 just feels so dated, it's that type of garbage 90's albums that just kept disappointing us, nothing original, nothing good, just a lot of bands of the 80's chasing mainstream success in the new decade and it was rather pathetic if you ask me. If I want grunge I would rather go with any of the Seattle-bands than this. This is Anthrax at their absolute worst.
Rating:
| INFO |
Label: Elektra Records Year: 1995 Country: U.S.A. Duration: 50:56 Tracks: 11 Genre: Alt. Rock/Metal Reviewer: Ruthless Rating: 0/5 | ||
| TRACKS | LINEUP | |
| John Bush - Vocals Scott Ian - Guitars Frank Bello - Bass Charlie Benante - Drums Dimebag Darrell - Guitar (guest) |
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