 Talvi - 07.08.2006 at 01:05
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A Skeleton in the Closet is the best song here  |
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| This one of my favorite thrash albums. I like the Stephen King lyrics and Joey's crazy voice. I can't stand people who like John Bush better... |
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THE Thrash Metal album...
great review by the way, like, always jupitreas  |
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yep, Jupitreas got it right- Charlie is the creator of the blast beat.  |
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| Fucking awesome thrash albums. Love the drumming part of it and "Skeleton in the Closet" should be played at every show. |
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was listening to this album again this morning... While Charlie's drumming talent and Scott Ian's heavy riffing get their deserved praises, somehow Bassist Frank Bello manages to fly under the radar. He is criminally underrated.
Listen to this album on a good sound system and you can hear the rumble of his four string chugging along, driving the songs.
Take, for example, my favorite track off the album, "Caught in a Mosh"- yeah, we've all heard the great bass intro, but keep listening for the bass throughout the song. Perhaps my favorite part is during the chorus. The chorus itself is catchy enough, but listen to the bass fill in between the lines "talking to you..." (fill) "... is like clapping with one hand!" It's fantastic.
Great album, my favorite of theirs, great review, just wanted to chime in my two cents on an unsung member of the band. |
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| I know exactly what you mean about the bass. I listen to it on my sub and even on regular headphones and noticed the same thing. Shit, even on most of the other albums the bass lines are great. |
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| Hmm....theres a few tracks I really really like off this album, but for some reason alot of them dont really grab me all that much. Another overrated album IMO. |
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| I love this album. It stands with Ride the Lightning and Peace Sells. |
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| I found it kind of bland. It starts off with the bland "Among the Living" but actually gets a HUGE boost in momentum from "Caught in a Mosh" (should have started the album weith this song). Things kind of eventually grind into blandess with each passing song and by the last song I could take no more. However, I must say those are maybe some of the craziest basslines I've ever heard (well Jaco Pastorios is fast but he's a legend anyways) |
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| This is a great album good review Among the living is the best thrash album i've heard along with Justice for All, Kill em all by Metallica and Rust in peace by megadeth |
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Man, this album is really full of references.. Stephen King, Poltergeist, even NFL, in a rare moment of sports mention in metal (from top of my head I can only remember Bathory's ''Sudden Death'' about hockey... XD ).
And I heard is a dedication to Cliff Burton, but not sure  |
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| Awesome album, I recommend it to every Thrash metal fan. This is the reason why I started hearing thrash metal. This album was worth my money for sure. All tracks are godly |
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I love how this album, and Anthrax generally, have (for the most part) socially "heavy" or serious lyrics and stuff like that, but they still have an incredibly upbeat and fun sound, with obvious roots in the Punk genre.
when considering live shows, i'd say they are definitely the most enjoyable act of the big 4. |
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MetalFist - 02.07.2010 at 06:46
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| I agree with the review mostly except, that it should be 9.5 but nontheless, DAMN AWESOME ALBUM. their best. |
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| I simply adore the song 'Indians'. |
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 vezzy - 05.07.2010 at 16:17
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| "Caught in a Mosh" is Anthrax's signature song, and one of their best. |
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| I've never really found this album, or Anthrax on the whole to be that interesting. None of the songs really grab my attention, and the overall feeling is that of a rather bland album. Like the rest of the big four, it's overrated. |
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JD - 11.01.2011 at 14:24
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| I love the Bass sound in this album! |
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I actually prefer both "Persistance Of Time" and "Spreading The Disease" over this album, but it is still very worthy of the classic status it's attained over the years. xD
@JD: Frank Bello is a beast! Very underrated bass player, just as Charlie Benante is a very underrated drummer. Both are among my fave bassists and drummers.  |
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JD - 12.01.2011 at 10:49
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Written by Angelic Storm on 11.01.2011 at 15:24
I actually prefer both "Persistance Of Time" and "Spreading The Disease" over this album, but it is still very worthy of the classic status it's attained over the years. xD
I can't stand "Spreading The Disease", but "Persistance Of Time" is kinda good album. |
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Written by JD on 12.01.2011 at 10:49
I can't stand "Spreading The Disease", but "Persistance Of Time" is kinda good album.
You can't stand "Spreading The Disease"? Why. what about it don't you like? |
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JD - 12.01.2011 at 16:21
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Written by Angelic Storm on 12.01.2011 at 13:09
You can't stand "Spreading The Disease"? Why. what about it don't you like?
The vocals voice isn't strong some parts he sound like singing pop IMO the only song i can stand is "Madhouse" |
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I actually find Persistence Of Time to be immensely overrated and Among The Living slightly overrated. True stand out album for me will always be Spreading The Disease.
And how is his singing on that one pop to you, JD? Nothing pop like to his singing on Gung Ho. Imo Madhouse is the weakest link of that album. It's not without reason that one was released as single at the time |
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