Vocalist
Dan Nelson and drummer
Charlie Benante of
ANTHRAX were interviewed by the
"Metal Eye" show on
Z1 TV when the band performed at this year's edition of the biggest Croatian music festival,
T-Mobile INmusic festival, on June 25, 2009 at Jarun lake in Zagreb, Croatia. Watch the chat below. Also available is footage of the group's performance at the event.
The festival featured five stages (including a "heavy metal" stage) with live and DJ music, free camping and was expected to draw up to 25,000 people.
For the second year in a row,
T-Mobile INmusic was ranked among the 20 best music festivals in Europe by the British newspaper
The Times.
Dave Fortman, a former member of
UGLY KID JOE who has also worked with artists such as
MUDVAYNE,
EVANESCENCE, and
SLIPKNOT, began mixing
ANTHRAX's new album,
"Worship Music", in May in a New Orleans studio. The CD, now set for a fall release, is the band's first studio effort in six years and marks the recording debut of new lead vocalist
Dan Nelson.
Two thousand and nine marks the 25th anniversary of
ANTHRAX's debut release,
"Fistful of Metal". To celebrate,
Megaforce Records released a limited-edition (only 2,000 copies were made) vinyl release of the album on May 12, 2009. The package is spread over three 10-inch records in a tri-fold die cut jacket, and includes the group's 1985 EP,
"Armed and Dangerous". The
"Fistful of Metal" vinyl limited edition reissue retails for $39.98 and is available at
ANTHRAX's official web site,
Anthrax.com,
Amazon.com and record stores across the U.S.
Metal Hammer heard four tracks (
"Burn The Past",
"Earth On Hell",
"New Noise" and
"Bleed") from
"Worship Music" and has posted a short review at
this location. Other songtitles set to appear on the album include
"Vampires",
"Crawl",
"The Devil You Know",
"The Giant" and
"Fight 'em 'Til You Can't". The album was produced by guitarist
Rob Caggiano and
ANTHRAX.