ANTHRAX's cover version of the KANSAS classic "Carry On Wayward Son" can be streamed below. The song is a bonus track on the new expanded vinyl edition of ANTHRAX's latest album, "For All Kings". ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante told The Aquarian Weekly that he had long been a fan of the KANSAS cut, and frequently drummed to it as a teen. "I had to go back into the hard drive of my brain and remember how to play the song. We wanted to do it justice," he said. Available exclusively in North America and released in conjunction with ANTHRAX's spring co-headline tour with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE — "KillThrax" — the "For All Kings 7-Inch Box Set" retails for $79.99, and is an absolutely stunning collector's item for any ANTHRAX fan. The "For All Kings 7-Inch Box Set" includes a removable lenticular cover and contains ten seven-inch vinyl discs featuring twenty songs — the eleven finished album tracks, two brand new covers (THE WHITE STRIPES' "Black Math" and " Carry On Wayward Son"), six demos from the "For All Kings" track listing, and "Vice Of The People", previously released as a bonus track only in Japan. The original album cover art sketch by Alex Ross is also part of this package, as well as a download card enabling the holder to access the box set's track listing for free. Each seven-inch disc features gorgeous, double-sided four-color artwork designed by Douglas Heusser with additional art by Stephen Thompson, as well as band photos by Jimmy Hubbard. The tracks are pressed onto different-colored vinyl discs — red, green, blue, maroon, orange, most with a two-color swirl design. "Doing a box-set edition of 'For All Kings' was something that we've always wanted to do," said Benante, who worked closely with Heusser and Thompson on the box set's artwork. "We wanted to do something special, something that was so much more than the original release, and have it be fun for our audience when they open it up, just be floored by the different colored vinyl, the artwork, everything that's inside. And we think we've done that." "For All Kings 7-Inch Box Set" track listing: Breathing Lightning (album version) Breathing Lightning (demo) Monster At The End (album version) Monster At The End (demo) Suzerain (album version) Suzerain (demo) Black Math (THE WHITE STRIPES cover) Carry On Wayward Son (KANSAS cover) You Gotta Believe (album version) For All Kings (album version) Evil Twin (album version) This Battle Chose Us (album version) All Them Thieves (album version) Vice of the People (previously unreleased in North America) Zero Tolerance (album version) Zero Tolerance (demo) Blood Eagle Wings (album version) Blood Eagle Wings (demo) Defend Avenge (album version) Defend Avenge (demo)
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