No one really believed it anymore. First announced in May of 2009, Worship Music, the much awaited new Anthrax album went through a lot of turbulence. We aren’t going to re-detail everything, but here’s a brief summary of what happened, for those of you who didn’t follow the Anthrax’ saga:
April 2005 – John Bush is quietly benched to allow for a reunion of the line-up from the Among The Living era.
January 2007 – The band gets back to work without a vocalist. Indeed, Joey Belladonna decided not to go any further after the reunion tour.
December 2007 – A youngster called Dan Nelson is welcomed in the band to hold the mike and to record the album.
July 2009 – Announcement of Dan Nelson’s departure for some unknown health issues, reasons which were denied by the vocalist, and was later followed by a good old media battle.
Late 2009/Early 2010 – Return of John Bush who might, according to some sources, become the full-time vocalist once again.
Early 2010 – Scott Ian talks about lions and sparrows, but in the end, the lion goes home to its savanna, and the sparrow lands back on its branch.
Did you follow? No? It doesn’t really matter, because what’s important today is that Worship Music is about to be released. Even if the powerful John Bush’s absence might make a few sad fans, it’s undeniably pleasing to see the band back on track, ready to offer an album they’re really proud about. Proud to have made it until the end, kicking and screaming across the turmoil, uncertainties, changes, re-recordings, etc. « Even though it hasn’t sold one record yet, for me it’s still a very big success », admits Charlie Benante, drummer and iconic figure of the new-york-based five-piece, clearly relieved.
The drummer did indeed call us to explain the whole recent story of the band, and most of all, to talk about Worship Music before it finally gets into your ears.
Interview…
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