Anthrax

Released: February 26, 2016

Songwriter: Joey Belladonna Frank Bello Charlie Benante Scott Ian

Producer: Jay Ruston

[Chorus]
For all kings committed
For all kings old and new
Young blood of the old blood
For all kings are through

[Verse 1]
My insides pulled front to back
Nothing is solved in this act
Teaches you what humanity lacks
Compassion and empathy

Everything tears at, tears away at all else
And all the darkness, inside of my world breathes
And I can’t leave

[Chorus]
For all kings committed
For all kings old and new
Young blood of the old blood
For all kings are through

[Verse 2]
When the noise is gone you're there
Through the storm our souls laid bare
Given all beyond too much
The strongest love lifts me up

As my sky turns black, turns black as if asleep
The king is dead so
Long live the man in me, by divine right

[Chorus]
For all kings committed
For all kings old and new
Young blood of the old blood
For all kings are through

I’d do anything, with all my power brings
I’d do anything
To save you

[Chorus]
For all kings committed
For all kings old and new
Young blood of the old blood
For all kings are through

[Outro]
I’d do anything, with all my power brings
I’d do anything
To save you
I'd do anything

Known as one of the Big Four of thrash metal, along with Megadeth, Slayer and Metallica, Anthrax is an American heavy metal band from New York City “who would quite literally build a genre from the ground up”. Their name was chosen after searching a biology textbook for a ‘cool sounding disease’ that sounded “sufficiently evil”.

Anthrax started out in 1981 with guitarist Scott Ian and bassist Dan Lilker. After adding vocalist Neil Turbin, guitarist Dan Spitz and drummer Charlie Benante, Megaforce Records (Metallica, Mercyful Fate, Manowar) released the band’s debut single “Soldiers Of Metal” in late 1983. Its success led to the release of the group’s first album Fistful of Metal. What set Anthrax apart from many thrash metal bands of their time was their occasionally sardonic and ludicrous lyrics, a trend that would continue for the rest of the eighties.

After a number of lineup changes, the band finally found a stable group; Ian, Benante, Spitz, Frank Bello on bass, and Joey Belladonna on vocals. This lineup then released Spreading the Disease, the first of the “classic Anthrax albums” and their first to chart in the US. Anthrax toured with Metallica on their Damage Inc Tour in late 1986. At this time, Ian and Benante also formed the side project Stormtroopers of Death, which was controversial because of its deliberately racist and misogynist joke lyrics.

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