ANTHRAX's new studio album to arrive in September/October
27-01-2025
At this weekend’s NAMM convention in Anaheim, California, ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello talked to American Musical Supply about his new signature Spector bass as well as the band’s plans for the coming months. He said: “We have a new ANTHRAX record coming out. And it’s been about eight years. (Laughs) It’s been a while. So, we have a new ANTHRAX record. This bass will be shown everywhere we go. We’re gonna start touring. The record’s supposed to come out September, October. So big touring plans. If you know ANTHRAX, you know what we do — we stay on the road for quite a while. There’s some very big shows being planned right now, which I can’t talk about, but I’m very psyched. So 2025 is the year. And I’m glad that we have this (new Spector bass) ready in the chambers, because this bass is gonna go a long way, and I just can’t wait — I can’t wait, ’cause I know what I have on stage. I’m very psyched about it.”
Last November, Bello returned to Dave Grohl‘s Studio 606 in Northridge, California to resume recording the bass tracks for ANTHRAX‘s long-awaited follow-up to 2016’s “For All Kings” album.
Frank played his first show with ANTHRAX in nearly a year and a half on October 12, 2024 at the Aftershock festival in Sacramento, California.
Bello and ANTHRAX were supposed to perform at the Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, Kentucky on September 27, 2024, but their show ended up being canceled due to severe weather.
Prior to Aftershock, Bello last played with ANTHRAX in May 2023 at the Milwaukee Metal Fest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
In April and early May 2024, Bello sat out ANTHRAX‘s South American tour as well as two U.S. festival dates due to “personal reasons.” Filling in on those shows was ANTHRAX founding member and original bassist Dan Lilker, marking his first appearance with the band in 40 years. Lilker, who co-wrote and played on ANTHRAX‘s debut album “Fistful Of Metal”, was also a member of STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH with ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante and guitarist Scott Ian.
Frank made his live debut with Norwegian black metal veterans SATYRICON on June 6, 2024 at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden.
Bello played bass for SATYRICON for the band’s summer 2024 European festival appearances, including Hellfest in France and Tons Of Rock in Norway.
Frank released a memoir, “Fathers, Brothers, And Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, And Anthrax”, in October 2021 via Rare Bird. The foreword to the book was written by KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons.
Bello recently joined the Spector artist roster.
Frank exclusively played Spector basses for rehearsals, recording and in the fall 2024 during ANTHRAX‘s European co-headlining tour with German thrash titans KREATOR with Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT.
ANTHRAX‘s latest album, “For All Kings”, came out in February 2016 via Nuclear Blast.
ANTHRAX celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2021 with a number of special activities and events. Formed by guitarist Scott Ian and bassist Dan Lilker in Queens, New York on July 18, 1981, ANTHRAX was one of the first thrash metal bands to emerge from the East Coast and quickly became regarded as a leader in the genre alongside METALLICA, SLAYER and MEGADETH.
Active over the past five decades, ANTHRAX has released 11 studio albums, been awarded multiple gold and platinum certifications, received six Grammy nominations, toured the world since 1984 playing thousands of shows, including headlining Madison Square Garden and playing Yankee Stadium with the “Big Four”.
“For All Kings” was called by some critics ANTHRAX‘s strongest album to date. Its arrival followed a five-year period during which the group experienced a rebirth of sorts, beginning with ANTHRAX‘s inclusion on the “Big Four” tour, and continuing with the release of comeback LP “Worship Music”.
ANTHRAX released a live album called ‘XL‘ in July 2022.
Order ‘XL‘ HEREStream/purchase ‘The Devil You Know‘ live HERE.‘The Devil You Know‘ was the first official single released from the band’s highly-acclaimed 2011 album, Worship Music, and was a stand-out track with the media. Rolling Stone referred to it as “…a relentlessly heavy number…as aggressive and punishing as you would expect from the band, but with a touch of old school AC/DC swagger thrown in for good measure,” while Loudwire wrote that it was “addictive and propulsive…Scott unleashes what might be the riff of the year.”
‘XL’ tracklisting:Time/Fight Em ’Til You Can’tMadhouseCaught In A MoshMetal Thrashing MadGot The TimeI Am The LawKeep It In The FamilyLone JusticeThe Devil You KnowBe All End AllNow It’s DarkAntisocialIn The EndMedusaEvil TwinIndiansSkeletons In The ClosetBlood Eagle WingsBring The NoiseA.I.R.Among The LivingCredits:Anthrax: Scott Ian/guitars, Charlie Benante/drums, Frank Bello/bass, Joey Belladonna/vocals, Jon Donais/guitarsProduced by Jack Bennett, Mike Monterulo, AnthraxDirected by Jack BennettMixed by Jay RustonRunning time: 2h 5m 34s
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