LOL yeah the crowd was going so nuts there wasn't even a PIT going. If you were there you would know the crowd was half assed into Anthrax. Dan tries too hard to imitate Phil Anselmo IMO. But what ever floats your boat. Anthrax will never be the same.
Sigh ...
OK, I'm a small female, so I've never considered, "Golly ... is there a *PIT*?!?!*" to be the litmus test of whether a crowd is into a band. Until they have pits by Weight Class, I'll be staying out of them anyway.
From where I was sitting, about 50 rows back, people were going batshit, having an awesome time.
Again, considering: (1) Anthrax wasn't the headliner, (2) the last 1/3 of the arena didn't fill up until Maiden started, and (3) Anthrax's set was really much too short, they were very well received -- far better than when I saw them at a Priest concert in Long Beach a few years back. Dan sounded great and worked the crowd with ease. I look forward to hearing more from him.
I've always thought Anthrax was OK, but after Saturday night, I think they're awesome, and I'll start paying a lot more attention to their work. How can *that* be wrong?
"Tries too hard to be Phil Anselmo". I was a diehard Pantera fan, and at the risk of blasphemy, I actually think this li'l dude sounds *better* than Phil in some ways. He didn't seem to be "trying"; he's actually that good. I'm just delighted to be in the presence of a new, good, powerful, personable, dead-on-pitch metal singer.
"If you were there ..."
Oh, *I* see ..... If I didn't have precisely the experience and reaction *YOU* did, I must not have been at the same concert, Mr. Metaller-Than-Thou? :Smug:
But you worship your way; I'll worship mine.