ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT & DEATH ANGEL Finalize Their Tour On A High Note - Amazing Pictures Available!

New York City Thrashers Anthrax, had a very bittersweet run on their recent co-headlining tour with Testament. The very successful tour, which also featured Death Angel, came to an end this past Wednesday (February 8) in New York City.

After a lot of blood, sweat and tears, the Anthrax boys performed an emotional set in front of over 2,000 headbangers. The highlight of Anthrax's set was the return of drummer Charlie Benante and bassist Frankie Bello to the stage. The two men were forced to leave the tour to come home after Charlie's mother (who is Frankie's grandmother) passed away.

Once again, Anthrax presented a handful of NEW songs from their critically acclaimed album 'Worship Music', as well as classic Anthrax songs like "Caught In A Mosh", "Indians", "Madhouse", "I Am The Law, "Antisocial", and even "Medusa". The hometown crowd received the band with arms wide open, and jammed to every note that came out of this legendary band!

But lets not dare forgetting the mighty Testament and the bad asses in Death Angel! To say that these two bands fueled the crowd up for Anthrax is an understatement.

Testament brought their furious flavorful Thrash Metal to New York City, which they hadn't visited in years. While the band wasn't planning on touring until after the release of their upcoming NEW album 'The Dark Roots Of Earth' (set to be released in late April/early May), they couldn't pass on the opportunity of being part of one of the best tour package in years.

Chuck Billy and company stepped on stage with a lot of might, and didn't stop making the pit shake out of control until the very end of their set. They definitely had the crowd on their feet! The highlight during Testament's set was once again the performance of drummer Gene Hoglan. At the end of the bands set, the crowd was left wanting more Testament music.

Opening the show were Bay Area Trashers Death Angel, a band who has way too much awesome music for such a short set! Yes, they were the opening band but they could have gotten a longer set. Regardless of the shortness of their set, the band got most of the room moshing uncontrollably. If you didn't get to see them this time around, they will be on tour with Sepultura, Krisiun and Havok! Click here to see those tour dates.

Photo credit: Derek Soto from Sinestra Studios (Like them on Facebook)!

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ANTHRAX Recruits SHADOWS FALL Drummer Jason Bittner For Argentinean Tour

Thrash Metal legends ANTHRAX are already in Argentina and are ready to make their maniacal South American fans worship music! The band concluded their North American tour this week after a lot of mishaps, with a hometown show in which the entire lineup showed up to jam their souls out. In case you didn't hear, drummer Charlie Benante and bassist Frank Bello (who is Charlie's nephew) missed several shows on the tour in order to spend time with Charlie's mother, who was terminally ill. On February 4, Benante informed fans via his Official web site that his mother passed away.

Benante has decided to stay home with his family and as a result he wont be part of the bands Argentinean tour. Jason Bittner from SHADOWS FALL will be filling in for Charlie at the following shows:

- Feb. 11: Cordoba, Argentina at Cosquin Rock
- Feb. 13: Buenos Aires, Argentina at Malvinas



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ANTHRAX Is Gearing Up For Hometown Show Tonight With Full Lineup; Last Night's Show Almost Gets Ruined By Jackass Fan!

New York City Thrashers Anthrax, have had a very bittersweet run on their current co-headlining tour with Testament. The tour also features Death Angel. In case you haven't heard yet, Charlie Benante was forced to leave the tour to come home to his fragile mother who is Frankie Bello's grandmother, who unfortunately has passed away. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Charlie and Frankie. Frankie came home once he received the news of his grandmother's passing.

Previous to this unfortunate event, on Wednesday, January 25, Scott Ian contracted a bad viral infection that caused him to be hospitalized near his home in Los Angeles. He was put though a battery of tests, and received fluids intravenously. While he was allowed to go home to await the test results, ER doctors told him he could not fly for at least 24 hours; consequently Ian missed Thursday's show in Kansas City and Friday's Indianapolis concert. He rejoined the band in Fort Wayne on Saturday.

During Ian's absence, guitarists from Testament and Death Angel stepped in to play his parts on various songs; while Testament's drummer Gene Hoglan has been filling in for Charlie.

Last night, while the band was getting ready to play at Ram’s Head Live in Baltimore, MD a fan through a drink at the monitor console and fried some vital components. This is what Scott Ian had to say about this:

"Buy a ticket, buy a drink, throw it and fry our monitor console and make everyone wait an hour while our crew fixes it. You are an asshole. Our sound engineer Bobbo was able to hook an iPad up to the console and run it from that. Apple to the rescue. Without that no show."

Today (February 8), Anthrax will be performing their last show of the tour at the Best Buy Theater in their hometown of New York City and it has been confirmed by Charlie Benante that both him and Frankie will be returning to the stage in honor of his mother. Here is what Frankie had to say about this:

"Charlie and I are playing Best Buy Theater tonight because his mom/my grandmother would want us to. Tonight's show is dedicated to her." To this Scott Ian added: "New York City on Hell & the return of Charlie and Frank. I can't put into words how great it's going to be to be back together at home. Be there to celebrate the Giants victory with us at the Best Buy theater!!!"





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Anthrax - Video Premiere Of 'The Devil You Know'!

This past weekend, Anthrax kicked off Leg Two of their U.S. tour with Testament and Death Angel in Las Vegas! Today, the Thrash Metallers unleashed the first video from their 10th studio album entitled 'Worship Music' (Horns Up Rocks album of the year in 2011). The bands NEW video is for the "The Devil You Know" and features a few of the bands highlights in 2011:

- Secret CD Release Show at the Best Buy Theater in New York City.
- The Big Four (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax) at Yankee Stadium, also in New York City.

Watch the video now, courtesy of Revolver Magazine!

Anthrax - "The Devil You Know" from Revolver Magazine on Vimeo.

Anthrax With Testament and Death Angel Tourdates:

Jan. 24 – Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
Jan. 27 – Egyptian Room – Indianapolis, IN
Jan. 28 – Piere’s – Ft. Wayne, IN
Jan. 29 – Expo Five – Louisville, KY
Jan. 30 – Orange Peel – Ashville, NC
Feb. 01 - Green Iguana Stadium - Tampa, FL
Feb. 02 – Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
Feb. 03 – The LC Pavillion – Columbus, OH
Feb. 04 - Bogarts - Cincinnati, OH
Feb. 06 – Crockodile Rock – Allentown, PA
Feb. 07 – Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore, MD
Feb. 08 – Best Buy Theatre – New York, NY

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Anthrax Are Ready To Kickoff Leg II Of North American Tour With Testament & Death Angel!

When Anthrax kicks off Leg Two of its U.S. tour with Testament and Death Angel this Sunday in Las Vegas, they will do so with their new single, "I'm Alive," already catching fire at radio. Early adds at active and mainstream Rock stations in cities from Madison to Nashville to Abilene are playing the track and getting great feedback on the song from listeners.

In addition, the online rock site, Loudwire, put the song into its "Cage Match" competition this week, pitting "I'm Alive" against the Ministry track "99%," followed the next day with "Locust" by Machine Head, then Rise Against's "Satellite," and Staind's "Eyes Wide Open". When "I'm Alive" was victorious over Linkin Park's "Blackout" yesterday - the song's fifth consecutive win -the song was retired from competition and entered the Loudwire Cage Match Hall of Fame.

With the first leg of the Anthrax/Testament/Death Angel lineup included on a number of "Best Shows of 2011," the upcoming tour dates will feature performances from Anthrax's 30-year career as well as songs from the band's new album, Worship Music, singled out as the #1 Metal Album of 2011 by "That Metal Show's" Eddie Trunk, SiriusXM's Jose Mangin, Horns Up Rocks, and many other media outlets.

For this tour, Anthrax has put together two special VIP packages for its fans. The "Basic" package includes a special meet-and-greet with the band, a special VIP laminate with an Anthrax Army lanyard, a vinyl Fan-Banner, and a very limited edition Anthrax Army Tee with distressed print. The uber "Zoom Q3HD VIP" package gets you an Anthrax-branded Zoom Q3HD video camera, a special meet-and-greet with the band, a VIP cinematographer fan-laminate and the invitation to capture the M&G and also to record one of the band's songs performed live onstage (where available) and then placed into consideration for a viral video, seven-foot tall fan banner, limited edition Anthrax Army tee-shirt, and more. Log on to Anthrax.com for VIP Meet & Greet information.

Anthrax With Testament and Death Angel Tourdates:

Jan. 22 – Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues
Jan. 23 – Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues
Jan. 24 – Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
Jan. 27 – Egyptian Room – Indianapolis, IN
Jan. 28 – Piere’s – Ft. Wayne, IN
Jan. 29 – Expo Five – Louisville, KY
Jan. 30 – Orange Peel – Ashville, NC
Feb. 01 - Green Iguana Stadium - Tampa, FL
Feb. 02 – Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
Feb. 03 – The LC Pavillion – Columbus, OH
Feb. 04 - Bogarts - Cincinnati, OH
Feb. 06 – Crockodile Rock – Allentown, PA
Feb. 07 – Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore, MD
Feb. 08 – Best Buy Theatre – New York, NY



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Anthrax Puts the Pedal to the Metal In Order to Dominate 2012!

Having made one of 2011's most impressive Rock N' Roll comebacks that included the 9/13/11 release of the band's long-awaited NEW album 'Worship Music' that landed on boatloads of "Best of 2011..." lists, Metal masters Anthrax will keep the pedal to the Metal in 2012. The band launches the New Year with the delivery to radio of a second single from Worship Music, "I'm Alive," and plans to tour extensively beginning January 22 with round two of a U.S. co-headline tour with fellow Thrash titans, Testament and the mighty Death Angel (dates are below).

Worship Music debuted on Billboard's Top 200 Albums charts at #12; the album and the track "Fight'em 'Til You Can't" both went to #1 on Mediaguide's Metal charts. 'Worship Music' was named one of the year's best albums in media outlets including Revolver, Guitar World, SPIN, Metal Assault, Metal Sucks, Blistering.com, the UK's Classic Rock and Metal Hammer, Canada's Lithium, the Copenhagen Post, JAM Magazine, Powerline, Lou Brutus' HardDrive, Eddie Trunk/VH1's That Metal Show, and SiriusXM's Jose Mangin. In addition to naming Worship Music the #1 Metal Album of the Year, Loudwire singled out the track "The Devil You Know" as the site's #1 Metal Song of the Year, SiriusXM's Mangin named "Earth on Hell" as the #1 track on his Liquid Metal/Octane Countdown, About.com named Joey Belladonna as its "Man of the Year," and Revolver celebrated Anthrax as one of the Top 10 Stories of the Year.

Twenty-eleven also saw Anthrax play two Big Four shows in the U.S. with fellow Thrash/Speed Metal architects Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth, the second taking place at New York's Yankee Stadium, making it an emotional hometown show for the New York born-and-bred members of Anthrax.

Last fall, immediately following The Big Four show at Yankee Stadium and in support of 'Worship Music', Anthrax played to SRO crowds from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, entertaining fans with brand-new songs and favorites from throughout the band's 30 year history. Anthrax will head back out on the road in late January for Leg Two of its U.S. tour with Testament and Death Angel - Leg One was included on a number of "Best Live Shows of 2011" lists. Worship Music, the band's first new album in eight years, and first with "classic era" vocalist Joey Belladonna in two decades, has received stellar reviews.

As Anthrax's Scott Ian summed it up, "2011 was the best year of my life."

Testament with Anthrax and Death Angel Tourdates):

Jan. 22 – Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues
Jan. 23 – Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues
Jan. 24 – Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
Jan. 27 – Egyptian Room – Indianapolis, IN
Jan. 28 – Piere’s – Ft. Wayne, IN
Jan. 29 – Expo Five – Louisville, KY
Jan. 30 – Orange Peel – Ashville, NC
Feb. 01 - Green Iguana Stadium - Tampa, FL
Feb. 02 – Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
Feb. 03 – The LC Pavillion – Columbus, OH
Feb. 04 - Bogarts - Cincinnati, OH
Feb. 06 – Crockodile Rock – Allentown, PA
Feb. 07 – Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore, MD
Feb. 08 – Best Buy Theatre – New York, NY

Stay tuned for more information!



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