Review by Phil Rozier for MPM
Another typical Friday morning in May. Yawn. The sky is bright after a pretty biblical storm yesterday. Slowly plodding about, maybe a coffee.
Hang on! What am I doing!? Fuck the coffee, I’ve got a more effective wake me up to try! On this delightfully bright morning, a little thrash band from over the pond have delivered us all a spring gift! ‘It’s For the Kids’ is the first single to be released from their new up and coming 12th studio record.
Anthrax stated 3 days ago ‘we’re back!’. And they are just that. The new single opens with crazy whammy of the guitar mixed with perhaps some keys, and within seconds of the just over 4-minute track, that signature thrash snare drum is back! Scott Ian’s riffs are as always. Loud, clear and fast. I can nearly hear his beard head banging as the short wearing, shaved headed legend that he is, belts out another thrash classic.
Accompanied by the thunder of the bass, it lays the perfect back drop for Belladonna’s voice to shine. And shine it continues to do. Lyrically, it’s pretty brief. With only 2 verses and I think 2 choruses, the track is well proportioned and spaced out with joyful thrash riffs, classic squealing solos and more big hair from the thrash titans that helped invent the genre.
The metal veterans, part of the Big Four, have wowed audiences worldwide, hundreds of times over, and this new track is just another belter from the excitedly expanding repertoire. With the new album, ‘Cursum Perficio’ due out later this year, let’s hope the literal Latin translation of ‘I finish the journey’ isn’t an indication of any boots being hung up just yet. This new single sounds as fresh as they ever did. Let’s hope the kids of today realise how lucky they are having a thrash metal giant with over 40 years of history make a song just for them.
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