THE ALBUM OF THE DAY IS… ANTHRAX, WE’VE COME FOR YOU ALL
Two things we firmly believe here at MetalSucks.net: 1) Joey Belladonna has a vagina, and 2) We’ve Come for You All wasn’t just the best metal album of 2003 – the album St. Anger should’ve been – but is one of the best metal albums of the 21st century so far. I was in Prague, searching through some totally awesome metal-only record store (the kind of place they only have in Europe), when I heard this album blasting over the speakers; it had been so poorly promoted here in the States that I didn’t even realize it was out – but from the opening moments of “What Doesn’t Die,” I knew I had to have it, and immediately. I remember thinking, “This is Anthrax? THIS is Anthrax!” The boys from Queens never had more crunch, never had more groove, and each member is at the top of his game – fuck, it even has a couple of guest appearances by legends like Roger Daltry and Dimebag and totally awesome cover art by comic geek guru Alex Ross. Every song here is so perfectly constructed; there’s no other way to say it – this album just ROCKS so hard. Maybe it doesn’t have the same thrash/speed sensibilities of Among the Living, but so what? Unlike almost all of their peers, Anthrax proved that their best years were still ahead of them – before they went and blew it by hiring Joey Suckadonna back. Please join me now in praying that John Bush comes back to the ‘Thrax real soon…
-AR
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