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Anthrax Writing New Material

posted Jan 1, 2006 at 10:08 PM by deathbringer.  (10 Comments)

ANTHRAX members Frankie Bello (bass), Charlie Benante (drums) and Scott Ian (guitar) got together in Chicago (where Benante lives with his wife) in early December to jam on new material. According to Ian, rough "skeletons" of three new songs came out of these sessions, with the band scheduled to continue writing in early 2006.

ANTHRAX will kick off a 13-date U.S. tour on January 6 in Baltimore, Maryland. Support at the shows will come from GOD FORBID, SWORN ENEMY and MANNTIS.

Commented Ian: "I'm itching to get back out on tour. The [JUDAS] PRIEST tour was great, but we were opening. Now we get to headline. More songs, more fun, more crushing, more beer, more insanity, more everything!!! This is the reason to get out of the house in freezing cold January. Come and get hot with us. This is the last run for a long time and you don't want to miss it."

ANTHRAX are expected to take a couple of months off following the U.S. tour so that Benante can spend time with his newborn child (which is due in February). A European headlining tour is tentatively planned for April 2006. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon.

Source: Blabbermouth

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10 Comments on "Anthrax Writing New Material"

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1. Azazel_Begotten writes:

Hell Yeah! \m/ Anthrax \m/!!!!!!!!

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2. Spiritus writes:

Sweet! Bout time!

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3. THRASHER writes:

HELL YES!!!

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4. psythe writes:

their new stuff isnt as good as the old, but i'm still big enough a fan to buy into whatever theyv got going for the moment.

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5. THRASHER writes:

at least their hav'nt done "cough metallica cough" because their are talented and relate to thier fans instead metallica, but i still like their 80s early 90s stuff!!

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6. evilcl0ne writes:

No mention as to which vocalist, should b interestin.... can't wait for some new sh** either way

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7. Azazel_Begotten writes:

hey THRASHER! Good point *cough* NOT.ANOTHER.ST.ANGER *cough*...They still got it...BTW, one of my friends. His dad was Anthrax's first bassist in their early days. He lives somewhere in either Maryland, or Pennsylvania, I'll ask him about that bit later

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8. slayerdisciple writes:

hell yea

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9. Hephaestos writes:

Yeah, we want a new album! For sure!

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10. psythe writes:

that's a sweet connection, Azazel. and i choose NOT to believe that Anthrax have lost that much dignity and self-pride that they would consider doing a St. Anger-esque album.

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