Anthrax fans?

[PIOT]

Shadows Fall is so up and down recently. Their last album was garbage compared to Retribution. They honestly had lost me along the way after The War Within, but Retribution brought me back for sure as it was just solid album they needed to make. Plus "Crushing Belial" is one of the best NWOAHM songs from that era hands down.

But yeah the last Anthrax album smoked!

I respectively disagree with you. The new album I feel is a great album.The first to be produced by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Dutkiewicz since the first produced album, Somber Eyes To The Sky.

 

[TENTH DREAMER DECEIVER]

Still have Fistful on vinyl (Banzai!). SOWN is their best overall. ATL is very good for reliving 1987 again. They dropped the ball with the I'm the Man then that Public Enemy/Killer B's thing from '91 or so.

 

[OrionSon]

It is really hard to for most people to call a newer album from a band that has as many albums as Anthrax as their favorite. The nostalgia factor is too high. Putting on "Among the Living" takes you back in time to when you first heard it, and that's part of the appeal. Push comes to shove, I'd probably call "Persistence of Time" my favorite, by I still think "Worship Music" is right up there. When I heard "Worship Music" for the first time my first thought was that it might be the album of the year for me. Now the "surprise factor" might be part of that, as I was never blown away by the Bush albums other than "Sound of White Noise," so I honestly wasn't expecting something so good, but safe or not I think "Worship Music" was great and I hope they keep it up. Looking through this thread I think it is interesting that over half of Anthrax's albums are listed by somebody as one of their favorites.

In a way, this is why I love being a younger metalhead who's into the classics. I hear a band's newer material and older material at the same time, with no nostalgic factor to cloud my judgement. So when I hear Brave New World, I can't compare it to my years of listening to Powerslave and Number of the Beast, and end up loving all of Maiden's albums equally.

 

[SF Metal Man]

In a way, this is why I love being a younger metalhead who's into the classics. I hear a band's newer material and older material at the same time, with no nostalgic factor to cloud my judgement. So when I hear Brave New World, I can't compare it to my years of listening to Powerslave and Number of the Beast, and end up loving all of Maiden's albums equally.

Equally? You might not have a nostalgic factor, but you must have some preference?

And someone earlier talked about a album like "Among the Living" being a groundbreaking album, while "Worship Music" is just a really good metal album. That is certainly true, but sometimes it's not the ground breaking or more popular albums that are my favorites. Take Van Halen for an example. Their most popular album is 1984, which to me is the biggest pile of dog poo they ever produced.

 

[AeonicSlumber]

once the guitar player left (forgot his name) left to join Misery Index

What? Where did you hear this??

 

[OrionSon]

Equally? You might not have a nostalgic factor, but you must have some preference?

And someone earlier talked about a album like "Among the Living" being a groundbreaking album, while "Worship Music" is just a really good metal album. That is certainly true, but sometimes it's not the ground breaking or more popular albums that are my favorites. Take Van Halen for an example. Their most popular album is 1984, which to me is the biggest pile of dog poo they ever produced.

Well, by equally, I meant I didn't really have a preference as far as era is concerned. I still have favorites (Brave New World) and not-so-favorites (No Prayer For The Dying).

 

[General Zod]

And someone earlier talked about a album like "Among the Living" being a groundbreaking album, while "Worship Music" is just a really good metal album. That is certainly true, but sometimes it's not the ground breaking or more popular albums that are my favorites. Take Van Halen for an example. Their most popular album is 1984, which to me is the biggest pile of dog poo they ever produced.

I think the difference is 1984 was not groundbreaking in any way, it merely expanded the band's popularity by reaching a wider, more commercial audience. Among the Living was both groundbreaking and popular, and has gone on to reach "classic" status with most Metal fans.

Keep in mind, my point wasn't really about quality. Ultimately, that's completely debatable and dependent on the preferences of the listener. My point was it's difficult to fairly compare a new album against a classic, in part because of the nostalgia factor.

 

[PIOT]

What? Where did you hear this??

I found out he will only be on the next tour, not full time. He also will be Unearth's bass player, not sure if its full time.

 

[SF Metal Man]

I think the difference is 1984 was not groundbreaking in any way, it merely expanded the band's popularity by reaching a wider, more commercial audience. Among the Living was both groundbreaking and popular, and has gone on to reach "classic" status with most Metal fans.

Keep in mind, my point wasn't really about quality. Ultimately, that's completely debatable and dependent on the preferences of the listener. My point was it's difficult to fairly compare a new album against a classic, in part because of the nostalgia factor.

I can't argue with anything you said here, and I think we are trying to make the same point.

 

[General Zod]

I can't argue with anything you said here, and I think we are trying to make the same point.

 

[TribunalRecords]

I respectively disagree with you. The new album I feel is a great album.The first to be produced by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Dutkiewicz since the first produced album, Somber Eyes To The Sky.

That is what is wrong with it. I know exactly who Adam D. is. haha. his production is stale and everything sounds like what he does with KsE (which is fine for KsE because it's his band), in my opinion. The only other production he has done besides KsE that I dug was the As I Lay Dying album, but they have their own sound already, he just tweaked it for them.

I am not counting the Aftershock (pre-KsE) material he produced either, that was heavy as crap.

 

[PIOT]

That is what is wrong with it. I know exactly who Adam D. is. haha. his production is stale and everything sounds like what he does with KsE (which is fine for KsE because it's his band), in my opinion. The only other production he has done besides KsE that I dug was the As I Lay Dying album, but they have their own sound already, he just tweaked it for them.

I am not counting the Aftershock (pre-KsE) material he produced either, that was heavy as crap.

Fair enough! Just hope that, with donias doing Anthrax doesn't fuck up the Shads family.