Anthrax Puts The Pedal To The Metal For 2012

Having made one of 2011's most impressive rock'n'roll comebacks that included the 9/13/11 release of the band's long-awaited new album Worship Music that landed on boatloads of "Best of 2011..." lists, metal masters ANTHRAX will keep the pedal to the metal in 2012.  The band launches the New Year with the delivery to radio of a second single from Worship Music, "I'm Alive," and plans to tour extensively beginning January 22 with round two of a U.S. co-headline tour with fellow thrash titans, Testament (dates are below).

 

Worship Music debuted on Billboard's Top 200 Albums charts at #12; the album and the track "Fight'em 'Til You Can't" both went to #1 on Mediaguide's Metal charts.  Worship Music was named one of the year's best albums in media outlets including Revolver, Guitar World, SPIN, Metal Assault, Metal Sucks, Blistering.com, the UK's Classic Rock and Metal Hammer, Canada's Lithium, the Copenhagen Post, JAM Magazine, Powerline, Lou Brutus' HardDrive, Eddie Trunk/VH1's That Metal Show, and SiriusXM's Jose Mangin.  In addition to naming Worship Music the #1 Metal Album of the Year, Loudwire singled out the track "The Devil You Know" as the site's #1 Metal Song of the Year, SiriusXM's Mangin named "Earth on Hell" as the #1 track on his Liquid Metal/Octane Countdown, About.com named Joey Belladonna as its "Man of the Year," and Revolver celebrated Anthrax as one of the Top 10 Stories of the Year.

Twenty-eleven also saw Anthrax play two Big Four shows in the U.S. with fellow thrash/speed metal architects Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth, the second taking place at New York's Yankee Stadium, making it an emotional hometown show for the New York born-and-bred members of Anthrax.

Last fall, immediately following The Big Four show at Yankee Stadium and in support of Worship Music, Anthrax played to SRO crowds from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, entertaining fans with brand-new songs and favorites from throughout the band's 30 year history.  Anthrax will head back out on the road in late January for Leg Two of its U.S. tour with Testament and Death Angel - Leg One was included on a number of "Best Live Shows of 2011" lists.  Worship Music, the band's first new album in eight years, and first with "classic era" vocalist Joey Belladonna in two decades, has received stellar reviews, as evidenced below.

As Anthrax's Scott Ian summed it up, "2011 was the best year of my life."

Dates for Leg Two of the Anthrax/Testament U.S. tour are as follows:

JANUARY

22  House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV

23  House of Blues, Anaheim, CA

24  Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ

26  Midland Theatre, Kansas City, MO

27  Egyptian Room @ Murat Center, Indianapolis, IN

28  Piere's Entertainment Center, Fort Wayne, IN

29  Expo Five, Louisville, KY

30  The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC

FEBRUARY

 1  Green Iguana - Stadium, Tampa, FL

 2  Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA

 3  Promowest Pavilion, Columbus, OH

 4  Bogart's, Cincinnati, OH

 6  Crocodile Rock, Allentown, PA

 7  Rams Head Live!, Baltimore, MD

 8  Best Buy Theatre, New York, NY

Testament Frontman Comments On Second Leg Of Co-Headlining Tour

Chuck Billy, vocalist of the iconic West Coast thrash metal act, Testament, has issued the following statement in anticipation of the band’s upcoming co-headlining North American run with Anthrax.

“We are super stoked to announce our participation for the second leg of this already awesome thrash attack with our good friends in Anthrax and Death Angel. This will mark the last tour for ‘The Formation Of Damnation’ record cycle, as we will be gearing towards putting the new record ‘Dark Roots Of Earth’ in the spring. If you missed us the last time, we hope to see you and celebrate with this amazing line up!”

After wrapping up an October/November run with the same line-up, the all-star thrash trio of Testament, Anthrax and Death Angel hit the road again for another round of dates beginning in January. Special VIP ticket packages will be available for all the upcoming shows.

Stay tuned for more information!


Testament with Anthrax and Death Angel…

Jan. 22 – Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues
Jan. 23 – Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues
Jan. 24 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
Jan. 27 – Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room
Jan. 28 – Ft. Wayne, IN @ Piere’s
Jan. 29 – Louisville, KY @ Expo Five
Jan. 30 – Ashville, NC @ Orange Peel
Feb. 02 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
Feb. 03 – Columbus, OH @ The LC Pavillion
Feb. 06 – Allentown, PA @ Crockodile Rock
Feb. 07 – Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live
Feb. 08 – New York, NY @ Best Buy Theatre


Testament online…

http://www.testamentlegions.com
http://www.facebook.com/testamentlegions
http://www.youtube.com/testamentofficial
http://www.twitter.com/testamentlegion
http://www.twitter.com/testamentband


Testament is…

Chuck Billy – vocals
Eric Peterson – guitar
Alex Skolnick – guitar
Greg Christian – bass


Death Angel Guitarist Comments On Anthrax/Testament Tour

Rob Cavestany, guitarist of the veteran West Coast thrash metal act, Death Angel, has issued the following statement in anticipation of the band’s upcoming US run with Anthrax and Testament.

“We are beyond ecstatic that Death Angel has been invited to join our friends Anthrax and Testament once again for the second leg of this tour! More shows, more fun, more THRASH! The first leg was amazing and we expect no less on this next run. This line up is the best we've ever been part of as far as touring the States goes. Every band brings their "A" game each night, no doubt! Plus, we usually do our own headline shows on days off from the main tour, so very much looking forward to performing our long set to our fans across the country as well. What a fantastic way to kick off 2012! We have an extremely busy year planned and it's certain to begin with a BLAST! See you on the road, at the bar and in the pit!”

After wrapping up an October/November run with the same line-up, the all-star thrash trio of Testament, Anthrax and Death Angel hit the road again for another round of dates beginning in January.

Stay tuned for more information!

Death Angel with Anthrax and Testament…

Jan. 22 – Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues
Jan. 23 – Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues
Jan. 24 – Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
Jan. 27 – Egyptian Room – Indianapolis, IN
Jan. 28 – Piere’s – Ft. Wayne, IN
Jan. 29 – Expo Five – Louisville, KY
Jan. 30 – Orange Peel – Ashville, NC
Feb. 02 – Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
Feb. 03 – The LC Pavillion – Columbus, OH
Feb. 06 – Crockodile Rock – Allentown, PA
Feb. 07 – Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore, MD
Feb. 08 – Best Buy Theatre – New York, NY


Death Angel online…

http://www.deathangel.us
http://www.youtube.com/user/deathangelofficial
http://www.facebook.com/deathangel
http://www.twitter.com/deathangel
http://tinyurl.com/DeathANBUSA
http://tinyurl.com/NBEUDeathA
http://www.myspace.com/deathangel


Death Angel is…

Mark Osegueda – vocals
Rob Cavestany – guitar
Ted Aguilar – guitar
Will Carroll – drums
Damien Sisson – bass

Leg Two of Anthrax-Testament-Death Angel U.S. Tour Announced

Following what can only be described as the Rock'n'Roll comeback story of 2011, Anthrax will kick off 2012 with round two of a U.S. co-headline tour with fellow thrash titans, Testament.  The dozen-plus dates that come on the heels of the bands' five-week Fall trek that packed venues from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, will kick off in Las Vegas on Sunday, January 22 and will take in some fifteen cities over a three-week period (dates listed below).  Anthrax will close all shows and Death Angel will again be main support on all dates.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, December 9 and Saturday, December 10 at 10AM local time.  For all details or to purchase tickets, log onto http://anthrax.com - http://www.testamentlegions.com/ or http://deathangel.us/  Can't wait until this weekend to grab tickets?  Prior to the official on-sale dates in each city, Anthrax fans can head over to AnthraxArmy.com and Anthrax.com beginning today at 3:00PM ET, to purchase a special pre-sale ticket bundle featuring a Worship Music sticker, an official Anthrax Army sticker, and a limited edition collectible band-member fan laminate.  These bundles are available for a limited time only.  Additional details online.

"The first leg of the tour with Testament and Death Angel was an amazing way to end a great year for Anthrax," said Anthrax's Scott Ian, "and it went above and beyond my expectations!  Sold out shows, raging crowds and EPIC war dances!  So we figured what better way to start 2012 than to continue this thrash-fest into the new year!!!  Thank you all for giving us this privilege to come and play for you. See you soon!"

The first leg of the Anthrax-Testament co-headline jaunt marked the first time the two bands had toured together in more than a decade, and proved to be a rousing success with reviews such as, "This line-up of thrash metal masters is what most metal heads' wet dreams are made of."  Minneapolis' City Pages summed the show up this way:  "Metal...is alive and well and will continue to be as long as Anthrax has anything to say about it."

Twenty-eleven proved to be a watershed year for Anthrax - Charlie Benante/drums, Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano/guitars, Frank Bello/bass, Joey Belladonna/vocals.  On September 13, the band released its long-awaited Worship Music, Anthrax's first new album in eight years and first studio album since 2003's We've Come For You All.  Worship Music features the return of "classic era" vocalist Belladonna making his first Anthrax album in twenty years.  The album debuted at #12 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart, has received stellar reviews and been called "the metal album of the year" by numerous critics and music tastemakers, including VH-1/That Metal Show's Eddie Trunk, and Alexander Milas, editor of the UK's Metal Hammer.  Worship Music has also landed on copious amounts of "year-end-bests" lists, and the editors of Loudwire named it their #1 Metal Album of the Year, with the track "The Devil You Know" claiming the #1 Metal Song of the Year honors.  

The return of Belladonna and Anthrax's remarkable renewal began in 2009 in a Cleveland hotel bar with Anthrax's Benante and Ian, and Metallica's Lars Ulrich when he first brought up the idea of The Big Four - Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax, the four bands that served as the original architects for the "thrash/speed-metal" scene," yet had never shared the same stage before.  The first of (so far) fourteen Big Four events took place on June 16, 2010, culminating in what was Anthrax's New York homecoming concert - The Big Four at Yankee Stadium on September 14, 2011, the day after Worship Music hit stores.  "We came into The Big Four as the underdog," said Benante.  "We were the band that had the most to prove, and we've worked really, really hard to do that." 

With more dates to be added, the confirmed itinerary is as follows:

JANUARY

22     House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV

23     House of Blues, Anaheim, CA

24     Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ

27     Egyptian Room @ Murat Center, Indianapolis, IN

28     Piere's Entertainment Center, Fort Wayne, IN

29     Expo Five, Louisville, KY

 

30     The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC

FEBRUARY

 2     Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA

 3     Promowest Pavilion, Columbus, OH

 6     Crocodile Rock, Allentown, PA

 7     Rams Head Live!, Baltimore, MD

 8     Best Buy Theatre, New York, NY

Testament Comment On Departure Of Drummer, Paul Bostaph

Chuck Billy, vocalist for Bay Area thrash legend, TESTAMENT, throws down the following update on drummer Paul Bostaph’s departure from the band: “I, Eric, Alex, and Greg want to congratulate our brother, forever, Paul Bostaph on his new band, BlackGates.  And while ‘The Hands of Mayhem’ will be sorely missed from our band, we wish him the ultimate success in everything that he does in his future.”

TESTAMENT is now actively seeking the heaviest drummer on the planet. 

Details will be announced soon. Testament's new album, The Dark Roots of Earth, will be unleashed upon the world this spring, 2012!

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www.TESTAMENTLEGIONS.com

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