ANTHRAX - WORSHIP MUSIC
JOEY BELLADONNA IS BACK
Belladonna returned to the band and did some touring during 2005-2007 after that he left again and Anthrax tried a new vocalist called Dan Nelson but that didn't work out and John Bush didn't seem to be that interested in coming back to Anthrax.
So Joey then decided to return again prior to recording this album.
I saw that this album scored some rather favourable reviews on sputnikmusic.com
and people ranking it higher than both Fistful of Metal and State of Euphoria but that's just bullshit if you ask me. People tend to rate new things better than the classics, at least for a while.
Worship music might be slightly better than their latest turds but it's not even close to old school Anthrax. Just because Belladonna is back it doesn't automatically means that the quality of yesteryears are back. I think his voice has changed a a bit over the years. The wild Belladonna- falsetto screams are no longer a part of Anthrax sound, he sings way more controlled here, which also means more boring.
The music on the other hand is thrashier than anything they released during the last decade. I get some modern Iron Maiden-vibes by all the guitar melodies and overall feeling of the album. Even if this ain't no return to form I think it's Anthrax best album since 'Sound of White Noise' or when John Bush took over the microphone in the early nineties.
It gives me some hope that Anthrax still has a decent future to come if they continue embracing the past. Fans of Anthrax want the band to sound like Anthrax, they don't want to hear them being trying to imitate Pearl Jam or something.
The Refused-cover New Noise is a something of a rape on the original. The vocals sounds terrible and the original is way better but that type of music is not really for me. It was more my thing when I was a dumb teenager. haha
To summarize Anthrax latest album I must say that it ends up somewhere in the middle of their catalogue.
Rating:
| INFO |
Label: Megaforce Year: 2014 Country: U.S.A. Duration: 50:06 Tracks: 13 Genre: Alt. Rock/Metal Reviewer: Ruthless Rating: 2/5 | ||
| TRACKS | LINEUP | |
| Joey Belladonna - Vocals Scott Ian - Guitars Rob Caggiano - Guitars Frank Bello - Bass Charlie Benante - Drums |
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