Brilliant album.love every single song on it.

Written by eyeofthebeholder on 24.07.2011 at 18:35

Brilliant album.love every single song on it.

Agreed! There's not one moment of filler on the entire album. It's a great classic heavy metal album as well as a classic thrash album. Even better than Among The Living, in my humble opinion! <3

Written by Angelic Storm on 24.07.2011 at 19:42

Written by eyeofthebeholder on 24.07.2011 at 18:35

Brilliant album.love every single song on it.

Agreed! There's not one moment of filler on the entire album. It's a great classic heavy metal album as well as a classic thrash album. Even better than Among The Living, in my humble opinion! <3

It is by far Anthrax's best by quite a huge margin

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 24.07.2011 at 20:28
It is by far Anthrax's best by quite a huge margin

I wouldn't say by a huge margin, but I think why this album works so well, is because the sound is absolutely perfect for Joey's vocals.

There is some thrash on the album, like A.I.R., Gung Ho, and Aftershock, but there is also some more standard metal songs like Lone Justice, Medusa, Madhouse and Armed And Dangerous. And Joey's voice was so perfect for that material! I think Persistence Of Time is the pinnacle of their thrash sound, at least for me. But Spreading as an overall metal album is one of the best of all time, in my opinion. It was a perfect blend of old school heavy metal and thrash, and is a very unique album in the thrash scene because of that. xD

Among The Living is vastly superior to Persistence Of Time which is an average album at best and.
Even though Spreading has its slower moments it's all thrash even the semi-ballad Armed & Dangerous.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 24.07.2011 at 22:35

Among The Living is vastly superior to Persistence Of Time which is an average album at best and.
Even though Spreading has its slower moments it's all thrash even the semi-ballad Armed & Dangerous.

I wouldn't say it was all thrash... Certainly when you compare it to the 3 albums that came afterwards, there's much more of a classic metal vibe going on with Spreading. Which is undeniable in the songs I highlighted above. It's vibe is definitely overall, less thrashy and more melodic than the 3 albums that followed it. ATL, SOE, and POT were all albums that had the same style, sound wise. Spreading's sound is markedly different, which makes it stand out in their discography. At least this is they way it sounds to me.. lol

POT "average"? Im sorry, I have to strongly disagree with you there! xD

Love this album. Best song is A.I.R.

Really like it when it is thrash.

Its interesting how quickly anthrax's sound had matured between this and their debut album released a year before. Not that their debut album is that bad, but 'Spreading...' is focussed more on well-written songs than it is an homage to primary influences. Although this album is seemingly less heavier than 'Among the living' (though that may be due to the production), there are still a fair few enjoyable moments to be found here. True Thrash:)

I find this fairly mediocre.

Great album with Madhouse and my personal favourite "Aftershock".

That riff in 'Medusa' gets stuck in my head for days every time I hear it.

I really fucking hate the sound of the drums, if it wasn't for that, it would have a 9

The more I listen to this, the more I love it.
This is a pretty damn solid thrash album, and perhaps one of Anthrax's best.

My favorite from Anthrax for sure.

It's a great album, but anyone who thinks this is better than Among The Living is nuts.

Written by [user id=101272] on 16.07.2013 at 08:13

It's a great album, but anyone who thinks this is better than Among The Living is nuts.

nope, those people are actually totally sound of mind. tIt's the people who think that Among The Living is better that are nuts Main problem with Among The Living is that its production is too slick. But AtL is still a very good album and the last totally good one (okay, The SOund Of White Noise is also great), because after it tANthrax really went downhill.

My main problem with ATL, at least in regards to it being a weaker album than STD, is that whilst it mostly contains great songs, there's no variety as far as the sound and style goes. Spreading is a far more dynamic album, making it a more engaging listening experience.

Brilliant album that is i really all the album its fantastic and superb job done..Mad house is my hot favorite because my friends also like the Mad house...

Floor Scale

Their best.

NICE ALBUM :banger:

Medusa is stunning, Madhouse and some other songs are very good as well, but overall this is not Anthrax at their true potential.

Pretty good album, but I cannot say, that all these songs are equally good or necessary to hear, at least after multiple listens it seems so. Songs like "Lone Justice", "Madhouse" and the next two become rather irrelevant after the initial listens. Good thing that there's some killer songs too like "Armed and Dangerous" and "Medusa" that offer some of the better Anthrax experiences.

Anthrax's best album by far. Gung Ho in itself is already worth it.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 09.02.2016 at 02:40

Anthrax's best album by far. Gung Ho in itself is already worth it.

read this while working on a 'project' - disagree about "by far". for me, trying to pick between the two is pretty tough, tougher than, say, Ride The Lightning and Master Of Puppets (MOP for me), despite those two albums being pretty much identical.

for me the comparison is like one of those old-school "track by track" battles i used to do.

01. Among The Living v 01. A.I.R. PUSH
02. Caught In A Mosh v 02. Lone Justice AMONG
03. I Am The Law v 03. Madhouse AMONG
04. Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.) v 04. S.S.C./Stand Or Fall STD
05. A Skeleton In The Closet v 05. The Enemy STD
06. Indians v 06. Aftershock STD
07. One World v 07. Armed And Dangerous STD
08. A.D.I. / Horror Of It All v 08. Medusa AMONG
09. Imitation Of Life v 09. Gung-Ho STD


Gung-Ho basically seals the deal in an emphatic manner.

and boo my attempt at formatting the battle blowing up.

The song medusa summarizes the career of a so called big 4 of thrash. Slow, plodding along like a lullaby devoid of energy and all that makes normal people love thrash. This song would fit perfectly in any pop act, not that pop is bad but Anthrax are closer to pop than they are to thrash. If you have toddlers, play them this album when you want to put them to sleep.

Gung ho is supposedly the best song here! a marching band in a trash song! and you wonder why this band sucks. The end of Gung ho has the band members bleating like goats which unfortunately only serves to distance them from the thrash GOATS.

This band sucks and if you are looking for quality thrash, do not waste your time listening to them. An unforgettable act that hardcore thrash fans will forgive you if you do not know of their existence.

Written by Maasai Mara on 04.01.2019 at 19:29

An unforgettable act that hardcore thrash fans will forgive you if you do not know of their existence.

Very fun album with the energy of Metallica and Judas Priest in their youth! The ending (bleating of goats, as Maasai Mara calls it) is indeed terrible, but apart from that this is solid, fun metal