Anthrax will celebrate their 25th anniversary by releasing a new album, Worship Music, and introducing the world to their new singer, Dan Nelson. Worship Music is set for a June release on Megaforce Records. It is the bandís first new studio album in six years and they are planning a full world tour.
“This album has been in the making for two and half, maybe three years,” says drummer Charlie Benante. “Scott Ian, Frankie Bello and I got together and just started putting some songs together. This was pretty much the way Spreading the Disease was done, too – we wrote those songs without a definite singer in mind. Then, in October of 2007, I was talking to [producer/guitarist] Rob Caggiano who said he found this guy in Long Island who he thought would be really good – Dan Nelson. So I did some research, called him up, and flew him out to Chicago.”
Bello added, “Dan brought in the obligatory ‘breath of fresh air,’ but it really was. He has a killer voice and he’s a good guy, and really fits Anthrax. The guy sings like nobody I’ve heard – I’m really proud of what he’s done. This is the new Anthrax. Yes, it does sound different, but it’s in the same heavy/melodic vein. I don’t compare it, I just see it as, ‘I love the challenge of having a new Anthrax.’”
