Among The Living - Anthrax Reviews

For me personally, apart from Metallica's flagship 'Master of Puppets, 'Among the Living' is the greatest metal album of the 80's. Whilst not having the same critical respect as Metallica, or the cutting edge seriousness of Slayer, Anthrax concentrated on one thing, entertainment. The vocals of Joey Belladonna may not really match the ...  Read the complete review

Many fans cite 'Among the Living' as Anthrax's finest almost-hour, and it's indisputably their thrashiest and most energetic offering. Moving on from the enjoyable but fairly dull heavy metal of 'Spreading the Disease,' Joey Belladonna's high wails are retained while guitarists Dan Spitz and Scott Ian begin the Anthrax trademark of simple, heavy ...  Read the complete review

So this came out just before the grunge era was about to start. This is Anthrax's best album, more serious metal than Among The Living, and just before john bush became vocalist . The drum and bass non-stop thumpings are here, over plain old great mosh thash riffs.This is the anthrax album to own without a doubt. Joey Belladonna gives ...  Read the complete review

Most of the things I review I like. That's why I review them, to tell everyone out there how mush I like stuff. Not this. I am a metal fan, and rock, I like stuff from Rainbow and Deep Purple, Queen, Iron Maiden (well most of it) through to thrash and even goth and black metal. One of my biggest gripes with the heavier end of the rock/ metal ...  Read the complete review

1990 was an interesting year in Metal. Glam rock was in a downward spiral, and metal itself was going through big changes. Hip hop was becoming the dominant force in music, and metal was left scrambling to find its place or risk going the way of disco. Some acts thrived, such as Slayer with their release "Seasons in the Abyss", and ...  Read the complete review