Album Review- Anthrax: Worship Music

To kick off my blog of reviews i thought i would start with an album i have adored since the day it came out. Worship Music is the tenth album by american Thrash Metal band Anthrax and what an album it is. When i heard this album was to be released i was excited for it since i knew Joey Belladonna had returned permanently and for me is the true singer of Anthrax. I have nothing against John Bush as a singer but i never felt like he was right for this particular band. But anyways, lets rip into this album.

Track rundown

1.Worship Music- this intro is still pretty cool it really reminds me of Gridlock off Persistence Of Time with the spacey feel to it. It really does get you pumped with what Anthrax has in store for the rest of the trip.

2.Earth On Hell- WHAM! this song really hits hard and is a very catchy straight up thrash song. to hear Joey singing really feels refreshing oddly but i think the real star here is the rhythm section of Scott Ian, Charlie Benante and Frankie Bello who sound the tightest ever on this record.

3.The Devil You Know- This song is very headbang friendly and the chorus sounds very much like something out of a Bush era song but the blending is very likable. It also reminds me alot of AC/DC's Rocker with its jitteriness i suppose.

4.Fight Em Til' You Can't:- This song is undeniably the live favorite. It is already an Anthrax classic very in vein to Caught In a Mosh off Among The Living. Its not quite as famous but with time it will be high in their catalog.

5.I.'m Alive- Another very hard rock sounding song but still keeping within its metal roots. the chorus is pretty damn catchy as well.

6. In The End- The truly epic piece on this album dedicated to Ronnie James Dio and Dimebag Darrell god rest their souls. the beginning with the low tuned string instruments and church bells create a very dark atmosphere and BOOM! an awesome riff from Mr. Ian. the chorus is also very atmospheric here as well which i like and i like when they break and you hear a live crowd in the backround.

7.The Giant- another catchy hard rock song with joey singing from speaker to speaker. not a perfect piece but a fun piece nonetheless.

8.Judas Priest- I find it funny but awesome that Anthrax combine their thrashy sound with a Judas Priestlike heavy metal sound on a song aptly titled Judas Priest.

9.Crawl: Honestly the weakest song on the album and for this song being weak is saying how well this album was written because the song is still pretty good and brings kind of a Sabbathy sound which i really do admire.

10. The Constant: Oh yeah some Pantera sounding riffs here. This is also probably the most experimental track on the album with them playing around with some different riffing.

11.Revolution Screams: For the final song it's pretty good and very upbeat nothing special but it gets into some really good drum fills with some mute palm picking that makes you rock your head alittle.

Overall, i give this album a 9.5 out of 10. I was very impressed with Anthrax that they pulled this one off and this year they are due for a release and after the cool Anthems EP i am very excited to see what more original material they can pull out.