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Anthrax, Vol. 8: The Threat Is Real

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Album Review

Originally released in 1998, Volume 8: The Threat Is Real marked a return to form for Anthrax after the disappointing Stomp 442. Its metal was thicker, especially on the pummeling "P**s & Vinegar" and hysterical "Killing Box," but the band also branched out with the rambling country-rock of "Toast to the Extras." No one was suggesting that Anthrax take up country & western full-time, but any experimentation, however unexpected, offered respite from its early-'90s rut. Volume 8 quickly became a fan favorite, but, unfortunately, went out of print when its label — the short-lived Tommy Boy offshoot Ignition — went belly-up. Nice guys that they are, Anthrax reissued Volume 8 through its new label Sanctuary, and included a clutch of bonus tracks. In addition to the original acoustic extra "Pieces," the new version features a previously unreleased rocker called "Giving the Horns" and the video for "Inside Out." There are also covers of D.R.I.'s "Snap/I'd Rather Be Sleeping" and Radiohead's "The Bends," which isn't surprising for its inclusion, but for how much it sounds like Tesla in Anthrax's hands.

Customer Reviews

Top Shelf Metal: Fly The Fork

This is fantastic, powerful, adventurous music, and even if it doesn't live up to the exceptionally high standards that Anthrax sets in previous albums, it is still amazing stuff. Like all great bands, Anthrax channels and alchemizes its varied influences into compelling, complex art--check out the tasy and thematically appropriate Who allusion at the beginning of "Catharsis," for example, or the Supersuckers-inflected "Toast To The Extras"--that challenges listeners on multiple levels. And it rocks, of course. For selections like this, iTunes should have a devil-horns (or "forks") based rating syatem instead of stars: five forks.

Best Bush-era Anthrax

Criminally underrated album. Some people didn't like John Bush's singing style and therefore pretty much ignored any albums he sang on, and on top of that, the label that released this album went bankrupt shortly after releasing it, making it a hard to find album. This is easily my favorite original album of the entire John Bush era, and it's only slightly topped by "The Greater Of Two Evils." Dime and Phil from Pantera both make some appearances on this album, which only helps solidify its metal pedigree. You know, other than being a release by ANTHRAX. Plus I'm a huge D.R.I. fan, so I loved their cover of Snap and I'd Rather Be Sleeping from their album "Dealing With It".

Great 90's Album

Not as good as "Spreading The Disease" but is still great.This is a must get album.The best songs on the album are "Crush" and "Born Again idiot".

Biography

Formed: June, 1981 in New York, NY

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

Nearly as much as Metallica or Megadeth, Anthrax were responsible for the emergence of speed and thrash metal. Combining the speed and fury of hardcore punk with the prominent guitars and vocals of heavy metal, they helped create a new subgenre of heavy metal on their early albums. Original guitarists Scott Ian and Dan Spitz were a formidable pair, spitting out lightning-fast riffs and solos that never seemed masturbatory. Unlike Metallica or Megadeth, they had the good sense to temper their often...
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