Volume 8: The Threat Is Real
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| Released | July 21, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Studio | Krusty's Fun House, Yonkers, New York | |||
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| Length | 63:37 | |||
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Volume 8: The Threat Is Real is the eighth studio album by American thrash metal band Anthrax. The album was released on July 21, 1998, by Ignition Records and debuted at number 118 on the Billboard 200 chart. The record was produced by the band and Paul Crook. It features the song "Crush", which appeared in the video game ATV Offroad Fury for PlayStation 2 and in the game's soundtrack. Other released singles from the album were "Inside Out", "Piss N Vinegar" and "Born Again Idiot".
"Pieces", the hidden track at the end of the album, was written by bassist Frank Bello as a tribute to his brother Anthony who was murdered outside his girlfriend's home in the Bronx on March 25, 1996, by an unidentified assailant. The track features Bello on vocals.
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | StarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[3] |
| The A.V. Club | unfavorable[4] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[5] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | StarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[6] |
| Rock Hard | 9.0/10[7] |
Stephen Thomas Erlewine, in a mixed review for AllMusic, wrote that the album is a continuation of the band's "writing slump" which started with 1993's Sound of White Noise. He said that there aren't many "memorable songs" on the record, and went to call it "transitional album" leading the band to "new, uncharted territory".[3] Stephen Thompson of The A.V. Club found the album to be "aggressive to the point of being exhausting".[4] Martin Popoff in his Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal remarks how the band put a bit of everything in the songs, including multiple speeds, "humor scattered here and there", "big grungy guitars", "meat and potatoes riffing and roaring vocals from Bush", while "experimenting with some different textures and dynamics". The result is not just "an accessible thrash metal record", as is typical with Anthrax.[5]
In his 2014 autobiography I'm the Man: The Story of that Guy from Anthrax, Scott Ian said "I'm still proud of the songs we wrote for Volume 8: The Threat is Real. They were really diverse and heavy, modern sounding with a crushing metal groove. 1998 is the year nu metal took over but we were definitely not a part of that scene. If anything we were old metal, so getting anyone to support us was proving difficult."[8]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]All lyrics written by John Bush and Scott Ian; all music by Charlie Benante, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Crush" | 4:21 | |
| 2. | "Catharsis" | Benante, Frank Bello | 4:53 |
| 3. | "Inside Out" | 5:31 | |
| 4. | "Piss N Vinegar" | 3:12 | |
| 5. | "604" | Benante, Ian | 0:35 |
| 6. | "Toast to the Extras" | 4:24 | |
| 7. | "Born Again Idiot" | 4:17 | |
| 8. | "Killing Box" | 3:37 | |
| 9. | "Harms Way" | Benante, Ian | 5:13 |
| 10. | "Hog Tied" | 4:36 | |
| 11. | "Big Fat" | Benante, Ian | 6:01 |
| 12. | "Cupajoe" | Benante, Ian | 0:46 |
| 13. | "Alpha Male" | 3:05 | |
| 14. | "Stealing from a Thief" (ends at 5:33, hidden track "Pieces" begins at 8:03 after 2:30 of silence) | Bello ("Pieces") | 13:06 |
| Total length: | 63:37 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15. | "Giving the Horns" | 3:34 | |
| 16. | "The Bends" (Radiohead cover) | Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway, Thom Yorke | 3:52 |
| 17. | "Snap/I'd Rather Be Sleeping" (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles cover) | Kurt Brecht, Spike Cassidy, John Menor, Eric Brecht | 2:17 |
| Total length: | 73:20 | ||
Credits
[edit | edit source]- Anthrax
- John Bush - vocals
- Scott Ian - guitars, vocals on "Cupajoe"
- Frank Bello - bass, vocals on "Pieces"
- Charlie Benante - drums, guitars, acoustic guitar, percussion
- Guests
- Phil Anselmo - backing vocals on "Killing Box"
- Dimebag Darrell - guitar solos on "Inside Out" and "Born Again Idiot"
- Paul Crook - guitar solos on "Killing Box", "Hog Tied", "Big Fat", "Stealing from a Thief"
- Production
- Produced by Anthrax[9]
- Co-produced and engineered by Paul Crook[9]
- Mixed by Chris Sheldon[9]
Charts
[edit | edit source]| Chart (1998) | Peak
position |
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| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] | 43 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] | 38 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[12] | 16 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[13] | 73 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[14] | 9 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[15] | 2 |
| US Billboard 200[16] | 118 |
References
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- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Anthrax – Volume 8 - The Threat Is Real!" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
- ^ "Anthrax: Volume 8 - The Threat Is Real!" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
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- ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
- ^ "Anthrax Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Volume 8: The Threat Is Real at Discogs (list of releases)
- Review Archived January 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine in The Fulford and Tang Hall Curmudgeon #11
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