ANTHRAX Hoping To Begin Recording Their New Album This Spring

During the last 12 months or so, the Anthrax camp has been hinting that some new materials is coming…. quickly.

It has been 8 years for the reason that band’s final LP, probably the most wonderful For All Kings, and drummer Charlie Benante has mentioned he he is been engaged on new riffs, whereas bassist Frank Bello and guitarist Scott Ian have primarily confirmed the identical factor in latest interviews.

However, in a brand new interview with We Go To 11, Benante truly supplied probably the most readability we have had thus far on the brand new Anthrax album. “We have been engaged on a file for fucking three years now. It is embarrassing to even say that. I really feel like Def Leppard,” Benante mentioned cheekily. Benante is at the moment touring with Pantera, however he instructed that Anthrax will likely be within the studio hopefully by this spring.

“Between the Pantera [tour dates in 2023], we’re gonna be engaged on this file, this Anthrax file,” he mentioned. “We’re hoping to have it completed earlier than Pantera go to Europe [in late May]. I’ve slightly window after that, earlier than [Pantera‘s stadium tour with] Metallica begins. No less than if I get my drum tracks carried out, then the opposite guys can proceed to work on it. That is the plan. Except one thing else occurs, however hopefully nothing will occur.”

In an interview with Steel Injection final 12 months, Benante confirmed Anthrax has compiled roughly a dozen songs, with the group setting to work on new materials again in October.

“So so far as the brand new materials goes, in October all of us met up once more and labored on materials once more,” Benante shared. “Now we have, I need to say, possibly 11 songs now. And out of these 11, I actually really feel like six or seven of them are actually, actually sturdy. I need to have a couple of extra. I’ve some concepts for another songs that I believe would put the file excessive. I would wish to see that occur.

“Scott‘s been engaged on lyrics, I do know After which I am going to see Scott in South America as a result of Mr. Bungle is on a bunch of exhibits, too, with [Pantera]. So we’ll type of get collectively and cling and speak about that. In an ideal world, I’d hope that I’ve two months, three months possibly off earlier than the Pantera stuff occurs within the spring, and I may go and possibly lay down drum tracks and stuff and simply get that factor going. So that is what I am hoping to do.”

You possibly can take a look at the complete interview with Benante and We Go To 11 beneath. Regardless of no album simply but, the excellent news is you possibly can take a look at Anthrax on tour together with Black Label Society and Exodus by means of most of this coming winter. The 24-date trek kicks off tomorrow evening in Boise, Idaho. The whole checklist of dates may be discovered just under.

1/17 – Boise, ID @ Revolution Live performance Home [Tickets]
1/18 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre [Tickets]
1/20 – Vancouver, BC @ PNE Discussion board [Tickets]
1/21 – Penticton, BC @ So. Okanagan Occasions Ctr. [Tickets]
1/22 – Calgary, AB @ Gray Eagle Occasions Centre [Tickets]
1/24 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings [Tickets]
1/25 – Grand Forks, ND @ Alerus Middle [Tickets]
1/27 – Madison, WI @ The Sylvee [Tickets]
1/28 – Mt. Nice, MI @ Hovering Eagle On line casino & Resort [Tickets]
1/29 – Chicago, IL @ Radius [Tickets]
1/31 – Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont Theater [Tickets]
2/2 – Portland, ME @ Cross Insurance coverage Area [Tickets]
2/3 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Solar Area [Tickets]
2/4 – Bethlehem, PA @ Sands Bethlehem Occasion Middle [Tickets]
2/5 – Boston, MA @ Home of Blues [Tickets]
2/7 – Corbin, KY @ Corbin Area [Tickets]
2/8 – St. Louis, MO @ The Manufacturing unit at The District [Tickets]
2/10 – San Antonio, TX @, Tech Port Middle + Area [Tickets]
2/11 – Houston, TX @ Bayou [Tickets]
2/13 – Omaha, NE @ The Admiral Theater [Tickets]
2/14 – Oklahoma Metropolis, OK @ The Criterion [Tickets]
2/15 – Albuquerque, NM @ Revel [Tickets]
2/17 – Riverside, CA @ Municipal Auditorium [Tickets]
2/18 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater [Tickets]