ANTHRAX New Album: ‘Worship Music – Special Edition’ including bonus disc ‘Anthems’ E.P

Release date: March 25^th 2013. Live: Bloodstock Open Air Festival – 11^th August 2013 New stand in guitarist – Jon Donais

‘Metal Guru’ Winners – Classic Rock Awards 2012

Anthrax are set to release a special edition of their 11^th studio album ‘Worship Music’ through Nuclear Blast on 25^th March 2013.

Anthrax, one of heavy metal’s all-time great acts who, along with Slayer, Metallica and Megadeth -The Big Four – are credited with co-founding the thrash genre, return with a special edition of Worship Music, The ‘Special Edition’ includes a bonus ‘Anthem’ E.P which includes 6 covers, ‘Anthem’ (Rush cover), ‘Jailbreak’ (Thin Lizzy), ‘TNT’ (AC/DC), ‘Big Eyes’ (Cheap Trick), ‘Smokin’‘(Boston) and ‘Keep On Runnin’ (Journey) as well as a remix of the track ‘Crawl’. ‘Worship Music’ was the bands first release in seven years and marked the return of singer Joey Belladonna, an essential part of Anthrax’s line-up from1985 to 1992.

The band who picked up the highly prestigious ‘Metal Guru’ award at the Classic Rock Awards last November will be returning to the live circuit this year with an appearance at the annual Bloodstock Open Air festival on Sunday 11^th August 2013. Shadows Fall guitarist Jon Donais will temporarily fill in for the departed Rob Caggiano when the band play previously announced dates in India, Australia and North America.

1. Full track listing:

01. Worship (intro)

02. Earth On Hell

03. The Devil You Know

04. Fight’em ‘Til You Can’t

05. I’m Alive

06. Hymn 1

07. In The End

08. The Giant

09. Hymn 2

10. Judas Priest

11. Crawl

12. The Constant

13. Revolution Screams

2. ‘Anthems’ EP:

01. Anthem (Rush)

02. TNT (AC/DC)

03. Smokin’ (Boston)

04. Keep On Runnin’ (Journey)

05. Big Eyes (Cheap Trick)

06. Jailbreak (Thin Lizzy)

07. Crawl (Album version)

08. Crawl (Remix)

‘Worship Music Special Edition’ is out on 25^th March through Nuclear Blast Records