Rule the world once again? I don´t know. Nothing would really change if they returned to more thrash style. We´ve discussed it here like shitloads of times. I personally think Anthrax is in the best shape now. The live shows have incredible power. The kick ass latest album, totally kick ass DVD. Media don´t give a flying fuck about Anthrax today and that´s the problem, not the direction of music or guitar sound. See Megadeth, after Risk they returned to "thrash" and no one gave a rat´s ass anyway. The album sold fucking poorly. Anthrax´s problem is that they couldn´t reach people. I´ll give you a true story from the Czech festival Anthrax headlined recently. After the show, I ran into my old friend nicknamed Richie, who has been a rock fan forever and as I could see, he was totally blown away by what he had seen. He went: "Fuck, Johnnie, they totally kicked ass! I thought Anthrax would be some kind of cheesy 80 metal act!"
I was like "hey come on, this is the best band ever."
R.: "How come you fuckin didn´t tell me about them? Are you gonna borrow me all their CDs?"
...and this happens every time.