Anthrax are an American, New York City-based thrash metal band, who released their first full-length album in 1984. The band was one of the most popular bands of the 80s thrash metal scene and are notable for combining metal with rap and hardcore music early on. The band has sold over 10 million albums worldwide, and are classified as one of the “big four“ of thrash metal bands alongside Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth.
New York heavy metal legends, Anthrax took the stage with a killer hour and a half set that served to further solidify their status as one of heavy metal’s founding fathers. While they might have been the second band that played that evening, Anthrax held their own as a headlining act. Scott Ian completely tore… Read more »
(Los Angeles, CA – March 24, 2015) Legendary guitarists JOE SATRIANI and STEVE VAI announce plans for a third benefit concert in support of music industry veteran and good friend, Cliff Cultreri. “A Benefit for Cliff III” will take place on Friday, June 12th at 8pm at Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. This event will… Read more »
Nominated for the sixth time* at this weekend’s Grammy Awards, ANTHRAX has just released a new video clip from the band’s recent recording sessions. Check out “Anthrax Studio Update: Rhythm Tracks” below. Anthrax – Charlie Benante/drums, Scott Ian/guitar, Frank Bello/bass, Joey Belladonna/vocals, and guitarist Jon Donais – will continue to record over the next several… Read more »
Volbeat has announced a Spring, 2015 tour with Anthrax serving as direct support and Crobot opening the show. A pre-sale goes live on October 29 at 10AM local time in all markets, and can be accessed via the band’s web site www.volbeat.dk. On Halloween, general on-sale begins at 10AM in all markets excluding Grand Forks… Read more »
If you are a metal band and you want to shoot a concert DVD, you might want to head to South America. It is fairly well known that South American fans love the metal and will make for an amazing audience for your show. Anthrax clearly knew this when they headed to the Teatro Caupolican… Read more »
Onslaught vocalist Sy Keeler will sit out the bands upcoming ‘THRASH INVSION TOUR’ of the US / Canada / South America, featuring ‘ONSLAUGHT / ARTILLERY / VX36 due to health issues with his son. Sy Keeler comments: I know you are going to be disappointed with my decision as am I, but I sincerely hope… Read more »
Motörhead’s Motörboat regrets to announce that thrash metal trailblazers Megadeth have been forced to withdraw from the September 22-26 cruise due to medical reasons. Heavy metal all-star band Metal Allegiance – including Megadeth’s David Ellefson and Chris Broderick – has been added to the Motörhead’s Motörboat music lineup. Metal Allegiance promises Motörboaters the rare opportunity… Read more »
Tuesday August 19, 2014 — Last night, when Anthrax headlined the Rock Al Parquet 2014 Festival in Bogota, Colombia, the band’s drummer Charlie Benate took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge – in front of more than 140,000 screaming fans. (Click on the image below.) Mike Portnoy had challenged Charlie, and he accepted, in large part… Read more »
