Anthrax - Persistence Of Time

This is Anthrax's best work IMO. The production is soooo good.

Written by tea[m]ster on 05.08.2010 at 02:17

This is Anthrax's best work IMO. The production is soooo good.

it's ok. i preferred them before Ian got all serious. STD (amusing that the album abbreviates to that. fitting, too) and ATL were their high points. they were a "fun" band, which was a nice counterpoint to a lot of the other thrash bands.

the joe jackson cover is awesome, though. "CHICKEN ON MY HEAD! CHICKEN ON MY HEAD!"

Written by tea[m]ster on 05.08.2010 at 02:17

This is Anthrax's best work IMO. The production is soooo good.

This is also my fave Anthrax album. xD Although ATL, and STD both run it very close!

This album proves that Anthrax weren't always a fun-and-games band (I'm not saying they were immature, just less serious than the other 'Big 4' bands). The album's first half fares slightly better than the second half, making one hell of a good impression with the ticking tension of 'Time', the unapologetic heaviness of 'Blood' and the slight nod to the burdgeoning Rap scene of the late 80's in 'Keep it in the family'. This stunning momentum isn't always kept to the same quality, as on 'H8 Red' and 'Intro to reality', but the frantic guitar work and talented yet tantalizing vocals of Belladonna makes this album the absolute beast it is.

I'm no fan of Belladonnas vocals at all, much prefer Bush, love "Got The Time" tho.

Extremely average affair. But then again all of Anthrax stuff with belladonna on it after Among The Living are average at best.
Their first three and The Sound Of White Noise are vastly supoerior to this uninspired affair, it is telling that a cover song is the best song on the album.

A good album overall but the fillers keep it in distance from the excellence. Blood still remains as one of the best anthrax songs.

Some things are better left unrevised. The last time I listened this album was back in 1995 when I was 17 and I praised this album. Now, in my mid 30s, it seems so monochromatic, so predictable; seems it was recorded live. On the other hand, I found Spreading the Disease and Fistful of Metal much better than I remembered.

Boring album

Written by deadone on 21.03.2014 at 05:34

I love this album - great songs, awesome riffs and a great heavy as fuck sound. Pure class!

Holy shit, a rare "9" from you. This album is great , it's just people got all mad cause Anthrax went and got all serious.

The Protest And Survive Cover kicks serious ass.

Yeah. The Joe Jackson cover is the best thing on this album.

I don't know if it's a very controversial opinion or not but this is my favorite album of the big 4

Written by Roman Doez on 13.03.2021 at 13:07

I don't know if it's a very controversial opinion or not but this is my favorite album of the big 4

I wouldn't say controversial. I'd say it shows bad taste but I wouldn't say controversial.

IMHO the first two albums were ways better. This is average to good.

Faves: KitF, ImW, GtT, Discharge

This album is pretty boring. A few good tracks, but overall meandering and suffering from a bit of Metallicaitis with the track lengths.

Not a bad album, but I find this very bloated and at times even boring. The first half all songs are 6-7 minutes each, and that's usually where I stop and either have a break or change the CD. The latter half songs are much shorter, and that's where the Joe Jackson cover song comes in. I just listened to this today, and it was the first time ever I went all out despite owning the album for 20 or so years.