Anthrax - Volume 8: The Threat Is Real

Up there with the worst things ive ever heard

Up there with the best things ive ever heard

In my opinion the band's worst album. Funnily enough the best songs are the shorter and faster ones, such as '604' and 'Big fat'. However there's just too many songs where the instrumentation could have been much more solid, and Bush's vocals by this point were sounding pretty weak. Not absolutely terrible, but not close to decent by anybody's standards.

I think this is definitely the worst Anthrax album. The first 8 songs range from decent to great, but every song from track 9 onwards is either boring and non-descript, or just plain awful. "Stomp 442" is marginally better than this album, on account of the fact that the dull, crappy aspects of the album aren't dragged out for too long ad-nauseum as they are on this album. Nearly half of the album would need to be excised in order for it to be a decent, and pleasurable listen. Listening to this album in it's entirety is quite a trial, and definitely more of an endurance test than it's predecessor.

There's only one good song: inside out

Written by deadone on 10.02.2014 at 00:27

I love this album. Far better than Stomp 442 or We've Come For You All both of which focused on too much lame hard rock that makes Megadeth's Super Collider sound like Gorguts.

hahahah!

Written by Sepulnation on 09.02.2014 at 17:16

There's only one good song: inside out

Inside Out is a rarity on this album, as it is a great song. I'd definitely add it to a playlist of my fave Anthrax songs if I made one.

Anthrax? You must be kidding.

I actually still like Anthrax after they changed their style in the 1990s, because the new style really suits them. It's not because the music after the change is so shocking, but it is really interesting. However, the mediocrity of this album is not a problem of music style, but a problem of songwriting. Compared with the first two albums, it is really not interesting.