Anthrax Announces Record Store Day 2016 Release

2016 may have been bad for Harambe and arguably for America, but its been a banner year for thrash masters Anthrax.

This year saw the February release of 11th studio album "For All Kings" (Megaforce), two collaborations with director Jack Bennett for the grizzly music videos "Blood Eagle Wings" and "Monster At The End," a Late Night with Seth Meyers appearance that paired the band with the iconic Robert De Niro, and sharing stages with bands like Slayer, Iron Maiden, Slipknot, Lamb of God, and Avenged Sevenfold.

But the celebrations are not done yet.

In support of Black Friday's Record Store Day (November 25), Anthrax will release a limited-edition 7-inch single pressed onto lilac and gold spatter vinyl for the tracks "Monster At The End" and "Vice of the People," the latter previously released only in Japan as a bonus track and being made available in North America for the first time.

In addition, an acoustic version of "Breathing Lightning," also on the "For All Kings" track listing, has just gone to radio. The song was performed and recorded at a special in-studio session at El Paso's rock radio station KLAQ-FM on October 27, the final date of Anthrax's recent North American tour with fellow Big Four members Slayer.

Anthrax will head to New York next month to co-headline (with another Big Four alumni, Megadeth) the 2016 Epiphone Revolver Music Awards on Tuesday, December 13. As Charlie Benante put it, "Anthrax looks forward to blowing the roof off of the Revolver Awards and making metal GREAT again."