JOEY BELLADONNA GIVES AXL A DEAF WISH

MetalSucks loses another intern to the sound of Joey Belladonna’s voice

There are myriad differences between formerly-two-time-former Anthrax vocalist Joey Belladonna and Devin Townsend. For example:

• Townsend is a gifted multi-instrumentalist and a brilliant songwriter, and Scott Ian doesn’t even trust Belladonna to write his own lyrics or melodies.
• Townsend recognized when the time had come for him to just shave his head, whereas Belladonna seems content to continue to look like a Mafia grandma.
• Townsend’s brilliant cover of “New York, New York” completely disproved my theory that SIN-atra, a new, metal tribute to Ol’ Blue Eyes, would suck, while Belladonna’s version of “Strangers in the Night” goes out of its way to be the worst thing ever.

And I seriously have to keep asserting that this dude is inferior to John Bush? You heard last year’s Armored Saint album, right? Now go listen to this, and tell me: WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH JOEY BELLADONNA’S VOICE? I’ve heard drunken friends do a better job with this song at karaoke. This is just embarrassing. It’s the rare performance that makes me wish they’d hire Adam D. to come in and autoLaBonte it.

This.

Is.

AWFUL.

How awful? When I sent Vince the link to get his thoughts, his only response was to send me the below photo:

But, yeah, Anthrax, don’t sweat this. You totally made the right choice by inviting Belladonna back into the band. Worship Music is gonna sound KILLER now.

-AR