ANTHRAX / WORSHIP MUSIC (2011)

ANTHRAX is one of the most well-known Thrash bands, an 80's dinosaur, but, also, a member of the Big Four Tour (along with Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer which is a kind of club exclusively for the four famous and media extreme musical legends. Well, to be honest, I'm not a specialist of this music wave and I'm not addicted either. But sometimes, I can really appreciate some gems and bands from this scene. This is the case with ANTHRAX and their latest effort "Worship Music".

ANTHRAX seems to come back to their roots, replacing singer (again !) John Bush by Joey Belladona and playing their typical Heavy Thrash Metal music. I mean aggressive vocals added to strong but still melodic guitar parts (which cut like a sharp knife), bass and solid drum parts. Nothing new in ANTHRAX's planet, even if they include some musical experimentations, but I've to admit that "Worship Music" is a really great opus ! It kicks my ass, for sure ! I'm really fond of songs like Earth On Hell, The Devil You Know, Fight'em 'Till You Can't or The Giant.

The only small bad point I could tell is the lack of huge high-pitched vocals from Joey Belladona. It seems that he's not able today to perform as before ... But hey ! No matter how old is he, he still 'has it' ! Finally, I could say that I excepted nothing from those musicians, however, they really surprised me with "Worship Music". A pure 2011's gem ! Get it if you appreciate melodic music with a higher and heavy level !

Review by Axldobby

Track List :
01. Worship Music, 02. Earth On Hell, 03. The Devil You Know, 04. Fight'Em Till You Can't, 05. I'm Alive, 06. Hymn 1, 07. In The End, 08. The Giant, 09. Hymn 2, 10. Judas Priest, 11. Crawl, 12. The Constant, 13. Revolution Screams + New Noise (hidden bonus)