Anthrax The Greater Of Two Evils (Sanctuary Records) — This is definitely a treat that anyone who calls themselves a fan of Anthrax… or of the thrash metal genre in general. Long gone are the glory days of baggy jammer shorts, white basketball sneakers, bad haircuts, ridicously fast and over the top rhythm’s, topped off with a bit of dabbling’s in the hip-hop and country music genres that made the Neil Turbin and Joey Belladonna Era Anthrax a force to be reckoned with. Since vocalists John Bush has entered the band, the band have taken a more serious and steadfast approach to writing music. Their initial outing with John Bush, was the successful Sound Of White Noise album released in 1993, but since then the music that the band has released has lacked a certain intensity and fire to say the very least. Released in 1995, Stomp 442 was a weird marriage between thrash metal and grunge, 1998’s effort ]Volume 8 was just unspeakably horrible, and 2003’s effort We’ve Come For You All was somewhat a return to form… but not quite good enough. Fast forward to late 2004, and the release of The Greater Of Two Evils[, an album of Neil Turbin / Joey Belladonna era songs re-recorded by the current line-up (with current vocalist John Bush). Only one word can describe this album: powerful! I have not heard this band sound this good on a studio recording in over 10 years. And it only took them 2 days to do this album. Such cuts as Caught In A Mosh[, A.I.R.,and Among The Living bring back the glory days of the 1980’s while injecting a new millennium freshness to these classic songs.I Am The Law and N.F.L. keep up with that trend. Belly Of The Beast is a unique song on this album, because of the Celtic Frost like intro, before going into the song with a more demonically chunky sound than the original recording of this song! The artwork is very good, with a cover designed by Brent Thompson, who is responsible for the Andre The Giant Influenced OBEY graphics. My only complaint, no lyrics. Oh well, just kind of gives the buyer motivation to track down the original albums these songs are on, which is a good idea seeing as the original albums are some of the best metal out in the last 20 years. Good buy for Anthrax fans, fans of old school thrash metal, and people wanting to discover what Anthrax have to offer the world. Price Range: Around 15 US Dollars. It’s worth the money spent! For Fans Of[: Metallica, Slayer, Testament, Overkill, Exodus, Slipknot Rating: 4 / 5 – said Joshua V. on Nov 11, 2004
This will be a hard sell for the fans. Bush doing the classics?! Put a fork in em they are done! This could be as God awful as their lame assed Live record… – said sixxswine on Nov 11, 2004
i think its great that John Bush did all the old songs. i havent heard it yet so when i do i will let you know what i really think. i think i will be very happy. – said PAUZED on Nov 11, 2004
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