In a brand new interview with THAT Rocks!, Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian supplied extra particulars concerning the progress of the band’s long-awaited follow-up to 2016’s For All Kings album.
When one of many hosts talked about that Anthrax has been engaged on their new one for at the very least three years, Ian supplied: “We have solely actually been engaged on it for a year-ish, I’d say. I imply, we now have demos. [Drummer] Charlie Benante, has demos that he despatched pre-COVID. However then as soon as lockdown and all that stuff occurred, we simply all walked away; nothing inventive was occurring in any respect with us by that entire interval. After which, slowly however certainly, once we began taking part in exhibits once more in ’21 and going into ’22, that is once we began working once more, actually.”
“After which within the final 12 months, we actually began to place stuff collectively and Charlie and [bassist] Frankie Bello, and I getting collectively and having writing periods and arranging stuff, to the purpose the place we lastly went within the studio only recently and recorded 9 songs which have drums, bass, and guitar accomplished now. And [guitarist] Jonathan Donais‘s obtained a few lead breaks which can be killer that he is demoed and despatched to us. He hasn’t really formally recorded them but, however I believe he is gonna get most of his stuff written after which he’ll go in and document all of it. And I am fairly positive we have dates on the books for [vocalist] Joey Belladonna, vocals to start out working as nicely with producer Jay Ruston subsequent month. So, yeah, every thing’s formally shifting alongside at an honest tempo now.”
Anthrax shared a photo from the studio with producer Jay Ruston this previous Might, in what appeared like the start of the recording periods, and Ian not too long ago acknowledged that he would like to have the album wrapped up by Christmas or the beginning of 2024.
Even when that timeline may not come to precise fruition, we’re already itching to get some new music from these guys.
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