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Bring The NoiseAnthrax & Public Enemy

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IndiansAnthrax

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Caught In a MoshAnthrax

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Got the TimeAnthrax

Listen to I Am the Law by Anthrax, see lyrics, music video & more!

I Am the LawAnthrax

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Breathing LightningAnthrax

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AntisocialAnthrax

Listen to I'm the Man (Def Uncensored Version) by Anthrax, see lyrics, music video & more!

I'm the Man (Def Uncensored Version)Anthrax

Listen to Among the Living by Anthrax, see lyrics, music video & more!

Among the LivingAnthrax

Listen to A.I.R. by Anthrax, see lyrics, music video & more!

A.I.R.Anthrax

More albums from Anthrax

ALBUMXLAnthrax

Listen to For All Kings (Deluxe Edition) by Anthrax

ALBUMFor All Kings (Deluxe Edition)Anthrax

ALBUMWorship MusicAnthrax

Listen to We've Come for You All by Anthrax

ALBUMWe've Come for You AllAnthrax

Listen to Volume 8: The Threat Is Real (Deluxe Edition) by Anthrax

ALBUMVolume 8: The Threat Is Real (Deluxe Edition)Anthrax

Listen to Stomp 442 (Deluxe Edition) by Anthrax

ALBUMStomp 442 (Deluxe Edition)Anthrax

Listen to Sound of White Noise (Deluxe Edition) by Anthrax

ALBUMSound of White Noise (Deluxe Edition)Anthrax

Listen to Persistence of Time by Anthrax

ALBUMPersistence of TimeAnthrax

Listen to Persistence of Time (30th Anniversary Edition: Bonus Tracks) by Anthrax

ALBUMPersistence of Time (30th Anniversary Edition: Bonus Tracks)Anthrax

Listen to State of Euphoria (30th Anniversary Edition) by Anthrax

ALBUMState of Euphoria (30th Anniversary Edition)Anthrax

ALBUMAmong the LivingAnthrax

Listen to Spreading the Disease by Anthrax

ALBUMSpreading the DiseaseAnthrax

ALBUMFistful of MetalAnthrax

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Anthrax Essentials

A tight-knit quintet put New York thrash metal on the map

Anthrax Video Essentials

Anthrax: Influences

Metal, rock, punk, and rap have all played key roles in shaping the band's thrash.

Inspired by Anthrax

Taking notes on the relentless riffage of the East Coast's definitive thrash band.

Anthrax: Live

Their concerts seethe with the feral energy of hardcore's tribal underground.

About Anthrax

Hometown

Queens, NY, United States

Formed

1981

Genre

Metal

Anthrax founder Scott Ian became obsessed with heavy metal after hearing Kiss’ “Rock and Roll All Nite” playing in his parents’ station wagon. ∙ Their debut single, the underground hit “Soldiers of Metal,” was recorded with Manowar guitarist Ross “The Boss” Friedman. ∙ The term “thrash metal” originated in a review of the Anthrax track “Metal Thrashing Mad.” ∙ In 1987, Anthrax released their breakthrough LP, Among the Living, their first of four consecutive Gold albums. ∙ Their single “I’m the Man” is one of the first rap-metal songs, featuring samples of Beastie Boys, Run-DMC, and Metallica. ∙ Anthrax’s collaboration with Chuck D on “Bring the Noise” brought rap-metal to the mainstream and led to a coheadlining tour with Public Enemy. ∙ In 1992, they appeared in an episode of Married... with Children, titled “My Dinner with Anthrax.” ∙ Their album Sound of White Noise contains “Only,” which Metallica frontman James Hetfield once called the “perfect song.” ∙ Anthrax and longtime singer Joey Belladonna reunited in 2010 to play seven festival shows with fellow thrash-metal icons Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth. ∙ They have been nominated for six Grammy Awards, including one every year between 2012-14.