Scott Ian Anthrax album completely recorded by the end of the year. The band began working on the album in May .
The guitarist and composer participated in Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk and revealed that in a studio session, he, Charlie Benante [drummer] and Frank Bello [bassist] recorded nine new songs. Over the next few months, the band will work separately on what needs to be improved in these tracks, and Ian is expected to begin writing the lyrics.
“I think we’ve come a long way, so to speak,” commented Scott Ian [transcription via Blabbermouth ]. “We’re going to have another recording session in October, maybe November. Charlie has those two dates free and we have another four or five [songs] that we want to record. If things continue at this looser pace we’re at, I like to think that between Christmas and New Year’s we’ll have most of it ready. Maybe unmixed, but definitely recorded.”
Scott Ian also commented that he intends to have at least three songs ready to deliver to vocalist Joey Belladonna by next month. “Joey doesn’t take long. Once he understands the project and filters everything, he works quickly. So when he starts, he doesn’t take much time. I think the onus is more on me being happy with the lyrics I’m writing. A few months ago I had three or four songs written and when I revisited them last month I threw them all in the trash. I thought they were rubbish. But I’m doing well now,” Ian explained.
First album in over 7 years
Anthrax's new album will be the band's first studio album of new material since For All Kings . Since then, the group has released a series of anniversary editions and live albums, the most recent being Road Rage (2023) .
Regarding the project's sound direction, Scott Ian commented that all the tracks recorded so far are riff-centric and that one of them is "the fastest thing" Anthrax has ever done. He had previously mentioned that the album's production would likely be "more aggressive .
