It has "What Doesn't Die", "Safe Home", "Taking the Music Back" and "Think About An End" on it.
The stuff's not bad. On the first few listens, I don't think it holds up to SOWN or the other Bush-era albums.
"What Doesn't Die" is the heaviest of the bunch, with a lot of fast kick drum, and start-stop quick riffing. It has that nu-metal "waah waah" kinda noise (nice description huh?
) during the chorus. The song doesn't sound like Korn or anything though, so don't worry.
"Safe Home" is good. Kind of one of those "hard-ballad" songs. Though again, it doesn't up to Black Lodge, Harms Way or Bare.
The chorus is fantastic, it's that the beginning of the verses are kind of bland/generic. I really like the chorus though.
The beginning riff of "taking the music back" sounds like that STP song. Don't know what it's called, but the words go "Please to meet you" yadda yadda. Just the part, the song as a whole sounds completely different. This song, as well as "think about an end"...they're hard but not...ohhhh how to put it?
I don't know...if you're hoping for an old school romp, then this just isn't the album for you. If you dug Volume 8, you'll probably like this, though from hearing about half the album, my initial reaction is that I like the other Bush-era albums better.
If the rest of the album follows the path of these songs, it's the most commercial sounding Anthrax album to date in my opinion. I could picture hearing any of these chorus' on alternative radio.
But hey, if they manage to get some major attention with this album, good for them, they deserve it and have certainly more than payed their dues.
I'm pretty sure a lot of fans in the "metal community" aren't gonna like a lot of this stuff. But if you're a fan of Volume 8, I'm sure you won't hate it.
The stuff's not bad. On the first few listens, I don't think it holds up to SOWN or the other Bush-era albums.
"What Doesn't Die" is the heaviest of the bunch, with a lot of fast kick drum, and start-stop quick riffing. It has that nu-metal "waah waah" kinda noise (nice description huh?
) during the chorus. The song doesn't sound like Korn or anything though, so don't worry."Safe Home" is good. Kind of one of those "hard-ballad" songs. Though again, it doesn't up to Black Lodge, Harms Way or Bare.
The chorus is fantastic, it's that the beginning of the verses are kind of bland/generic. I really like the chorus though.
The beginning riff of "taking the music back" sounds like that STP song. Don't know what it's called, but the words go "Please to meet you" yadda yadda. Just the part, the song as a whole sounds completely different. This song, as well as "think about an end"...they're hard but not...ohhhh how to put it?
I don't know...if you're hoping for an old school romp, then this just isn't the album for you. If you dug Volume 8, you'll probably like this, though from hearing about half the album, my initial reaction is that I like the other Bush-era albums better.
If the rest of the album follows the path of these songs, it's the most commercial sounding Anthrax album to date in my opinion. I could picture hearing any of these chorus' on alternative radio.
But hey, if they manage to get some major attention with this album, good for them, they deserve it and have certainly more than payed their dues.
I'm pretty sure a lot of fans in the "metal community" aren't gonna like a lot of this stuff. But if you're a fan of Volume 8, I'm sure you won't hate it.
