I seriously hope it is the best, but I don't like the way he talks about it.
He talks about making new sounds, not caring if it has jazz inspired parts, learning how to mix. Those might all be good things but for fucks sake they've been in the industry 40 years why are they only learning that stuff now. It can't be said that Anthrax spent their career concentrating on one type of music and didn't stray. Charlie's words really don't instil confidence that this is going to be a killer record. Good luck to him if it's his best and as long as he loves it to bits then I'm fine with that, but I'll only buy it if it's real Anthrax.
Learning how to mix and make a video that doesn't cost $100K is where he really gets me. How fucking ridiculous is this monkey. I may not be an expert in the field but I've known the basics of mixing since I did and audio engineering course at age 17, then I honed that skill on the fucking road working with bands, it's not rocket science. Added to that I reckon I could piece together 100 video clips that don't come to $100K and they still wouldn't be the worst out there. He speaks like he (or the band) have been living in this upper class bubble where they think the more they spend they better they get.
I really want the new Anthrax to be a killer, or at very least follow Kings, but with Scott and Charlie leading the band I'm almost convinced they are going to make their own Black Album.