I'm getting a little worried about Anthrax. They're pulling out all the stops trying to get as many sales out of this album as they can. Does that mean they're going to hang it up if it doesn't sell well?
The "Summer Festival Edition" is basically trying to get fans that already own at least one copy of the album to buy another one. So only true fans are going to buy it. But there is nothing on this CD that a true fan wouldn't already. So the only reason to buy it is to say that you have it, and how many people is that going to impress?
Within three months of release, there are now no less than four different versions of WCFYA. Why? Are they trying to artificially beef up their numbers? Look, I'm a big fan of theirs, but I'm not going to buy four versions of the same album, especially since I don't even think it's one of their better albums. And I know that they may be trying to entice people that haven't bought the album once with a "two for one" promotion, but still, four different versions? If you want to promote the album, release a video to MTV instead of re-releasing it ad nauseum.
I love Anthrax and I want to see them be successful so they'll continue putting out high quality metal. But between Charlie's rants about Texas metal fans and releasing multiple versions of the same album within the span of a couple months, they'll end up alienating the fans they already have instead of making new fans.
