SCOTT IAN spera sa termine inregistrarea noului album ANTHRAX pana la sfarsitul anului 2023

SCOTT IAN spera sa termine inregistrarea noului album ANTHRAX pana la sfarsitul anului 2023.

In timpul unei aparitii la „Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk” de la SiriusXM, de ieri, chitaristul ANTHRAX Scott Ian a vorbit despre progresul sesiunilor de compunere si inregistrare pentru urmatorul album de studio al trupei.

Intrebat cat de departe au ajuns cu noul material el si colegii sai de trupa, Scott a spus: "Not far. But we had a session here in L.A. Charlie [Benante, ANTHRAX drummer], Frankie [Bello, ANTHRAX bassist] and I tracked nine songs. I finished the guitars on those right before we went to New York, so I don't know — sometime end of June; something like that. Frankie is currently in L.A. tracking bass on those nine songs. I'm going to the studio Friday… Since I've had time, like a month, to live with my guitar tracks, I've heard like lots of things that I think are very cool to kind of add. So I'm going in on Friday and spending a day doing some overdubs. [Jonathan] Donais [ANTHRAX guitarist] is already working on solos back east at his home studio. And I am working on lyrics. So I think we're well into it, let's put it that way. There's gonna be another recording session October, maybe November. Charlie's got these two windows to get in, 'cause we have another four or five [songs] we want to track. We're hoping, if things just stay on the very loose schedule we have, I'd like to think by Christmas, New Year's, we'll have most of this wrapped up. Maybe not mixed, but certainly all recorded by then."

Scott a continuat spunand: "My goal is to have three songs ready for [ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna] to start on next month. Joey, it doesn't take him very long. Once he kind of wraps his head around it and kind of runs it through his filter, he's a fast worker. So once he starts, it doesn't take long. It's more, I think, the onus on me of being happy with the lyrics I'm writing. 'Cause I actually had, like, three or four songs written months ago, and then I revisited them like a month ago and I threw 'em all in the garbage; I was, like, 'This is crap.' But I'm in a much better place with that now."

In ceea ce priveste directia muzicala a noului material ANTHRAX Scott a spus: "Certainly of the nine [songs] we've tracked so far, and, of course, the rough kind of demos we have of some of the stuff we haven't tracked with drums yet, from a riff point of view, it's definitely — I mean it's riffs with all capital letters. Like if you were going to write, you would write 'riffs' in all capitals with an exclamation point. The riffs are killer. It's very riff-centric. There's a lot of faster uptempo material, certainly."

Ian a adaugat: "I will say there is a song — I won't say any titles yet, 'cause it's still probably a working title — there's definitely one song, it's the fastest thing we've ever done. There's another song that we haven't recorded yet that's also in the vein, more of a 'Gung-Ho' or a 'Caught In A Mosh'. Because Charlie and I talk all the time. I said, 'We still need something that's like a three-and-a-half-minute just ripper. You know, something like that.' And then we come up with something like that and I'm, like, 'Hey, I forgot I'm 60 now, and now I have to play this song for the next three years.' Just make my life harder."

In luna mai s-a anuntat ca Ian, Benante si Bello au fost in studio cu producatorul Jay Ruston, pregatind piesele pentru ca Belladonna sa-si inregistreze apoi vocea si pentru ca chitaristul principal Donais sa-si adauge solo-urile sale faimoase.

La acea vreme, Scott a scris pe retelele de socializare: "We started recording the new album last week and the first session was a blast! The songs are killer, challenging and a lot of fun to play - Riff-O-Rama. Tones are 1986 great. Can't wait for all of you to hear what we're doing."

Charlie a adaugat: "We entered the studio and have begun recording our new record. I feel that the songs are next level for us. The first batch that I recorded were a bit challenging as far as my drumming goes. The next batch will be recorded in between my @panteraofficial schedule. I can't wait to record the next batch… some great stuff coming! The persistence to spread the euphoric Music we worship among all you Kings ( and Queens) has always been our mission @anthrax".

Cu o luna mai devreme, Benante a fost intrebat de Robert Cavuoto de la Metal Rules daca programul sau plin de turnee din 2023 cu PANTERA va amana lansarea noului LP al trupei ANTHRAX. El a raspuns: "We're actually going in two weeks to start recording the record. But it probably wouldn't come out till '24 anyway. But the good part about it is we are going in to start recording it. So that's awesome."

Explicand de ce a durat atat de mult pentru ca ANTHRAX sa finalizeze procesul de compunere si inregistrare a unui nou LP, Charlie a spus: "If we didn't get hit with this whole global pandemic thing, it would have been out probably two years ago, three years ago. But we all know what happened. But now, being that some of the songs were [written] before the pandemic hit, they're old to me. So now there's a bunch of new songs that kind of came in the mix. So that's a good thing. You can never have enough… We're still working on the older ones because we really like a lot of those."

In ianuarie Ian a declarat pentru Metal Edge ca el si colegii sai de trupa au 11 melodii in lucru, precum si cateva versuri, la care lucreaza continuu pentru urmatorul lor album. "Obviously, I'm going to be working on more words and we're getting there," a declarat accesta. "I'm hoping at some point we'll be able to get into the studio [this year] and record them."

De asemenea, Benante s-a intrebat cu voce tare daca ANTHRAX s-ar putea concentra pe lansarea de EP-uri in viitorul apropiat, spre deosebire de albumele de lunga durata, asa cum a fost cazul pentru o mare parte a carierei de peste patru decenii a trupei.

"What if it wasn't a full album?" a intrebat tobosarul. "If we released six songs and then we released another six songs. I know from a record company's point of view that really doesn't work, but in these days…"

"Yeah. It's all so different now," a spus Ian. "SLIPKNOT's saying now why even make full albums anymore. I get it. I get all sides of it. I still love a full album, but at the same time I totally understand the idea of what's the point of giving someone 11 songs. Most people don't listen to albums anymore. So, yeah — why not parse it out? I don't know. All I know is at some point in the next few months we'll probably have 14 or 15 things and then we'll have to decide when we're going to record it and how we're going to release it."

"Think about it," a adaugat Benante. "If ANTHRAX released five songs and you have these five songs, and you absorb it in such a different way nowadays, too. I think that may be the way to go, rather than give everybody 11 songs and it's like, 'Oh — I only had a chance to listen to the first four or five.' I don't know. I just think maybe the business model is different."

"And even for us, playing songs live it's like, you put out a record with 10 or 11 songs on it with the idea that, 'Oh man, I can't wait to play this one live and I can't wait to play this one live,'" a completat Ian. "On 'For All Kings', we definitely didn't play all of those songs at any point. I think there's maybe six songs on the record that got played – and that's it. I almost feel like you're wasting them. I understand album tracks, but if you put out just five songs it would be easy to play all five of those on a new tour."

"And easier to digest, too," a continuat Benante. "You would appreciate it more if it was just five songs and, 'These five songs are fuckin' killer. I can't wait for the next five songs,' knowing that we will release another five or six."

La inceputul lunii ianuarie, Benante i-a spus lui Ruben Mosqueda de la We Go To 11 ca ANTHRAX planuia sa intre in studio candva in primavara pentru a incepe inregistrarea noului LP.

"Between the PANTERA [tour dates in 2023], we're gonna be working on this record, this ANTHRAX record," a spus acesta. "We're hoping to have it finished before PANTERA go to Europe [in late May]. I have a little window after that, before [PANTERA's stadium tour with] METALLICA starts. At least if I get my drum tracks done, then the other guys can continue to work on it. That's the plan. Unless something else happens, but hopefully nothing will happen."

In noiembrie anul trecut, Bello a declarat pentru SiriusXM ca trupa nu se grabeste sa inregistreze noul album. "We wanna make sure it's the right record," a explicat artistul. "We can't just throw out something that's not ready. So we're gonna really make sure it's the right record and live with it for a little bit. We have some brutal stuff and some cool stuff coming up — very heavy — we've been working on. Everybody can say that when they're working on a record. But the proof is in the pudding. I'm pretty proud of what we've come up with so far."

In august 2022, Ian a laudat calitatea productiei pentru unele dintre albumele recente ale trupei, inclusiv „Worship Music” din 2011 si „For All Kings”. El a spus: "[On] 'Worship [Music]' and 'For All Kings', for me, we've really kind of found our sound. We've got this base level where we're at right now with [producer] Jay Ruston where we know it's gonna be great, and then we could push it even further. Especially with the songwriting that we have right now, going into what will eventually be a new ANTHRAX album, it just lends itself to even a more aggressive production which I think we will have no problem accomplishing."

In aprilie 2022, Scott a confirmat pentru Metal Injection ca ANTHRAX are deja cateva melodii scrise pentru viitorul LP. "All I can say is we will get in the studio when we're ready," a spus acesta. "I think we're getting there. I think we have great songs. I think people will be very happy. Not to make a weird comparison, but it's our third record back together with Joey. Actually, it's an odd comparison. I should just say it's our third album since our kind of our reboot in 2010 and our third album back in the day was 'Among The Living'. I'm not saying that this is [like that album], because it's not 'Among The Living II' in any sense, but I just think we have some great songs and there's like a f*****g mountain of great riffs. I think people are going to be very happy."

Ian a discutat anterior despre viitorul LP al formatiei ANTHRAX in timpul unei aparitii din iulie 2021 la emisiunea de radio a lui Full Metal Jackie, emisiune transmisa la nivel national. La acea vreme, el a declarat: "We've been at it for a little while now. We actually started writing in '19 — pre-COVID — and kind of stepped away from things when COVID happened. We were all separate and apart and we would kind of revisit some of the demos, but we weren't actively working on it.

"Yeah, it's the same as it's always been," a spus acesta. "I would have to think by the time we get to the other side of the writing process and we decide we're ready to go record it, I would have to assume it's certainly going to represent this time in our lives. And the world having gone through a pandemic, I would imagine certainly that's in some way, shape or form going to come out through this next record. I can't tell you how yet, but I would have to think it's going to."

ANTHRAX si-a sarbatorit cea de-a 40-a aniversare in 2021 cu o serie de evenimente speciale. Formata de Ian si basistul Dan Lilker in Queens, New York, la 18 iulie 1981, ANTHRAX a fost una dintre primele trupe de thrash metal care a aparut pe Coasta de Est si a devenit rapid lider in metal alaturi de METALLICA, SLAYER si MEGADETH.

Activa in ultimele cinci decenii, formatia ANTHRAX a lansat 11 albume de studio, a primit mai multe certificari de aur si platina, a primit sase nominalizari la Grammy, a avut turnee in lume din 1984, avand mii de spectacole, fiind cap de afis in Madison Square Garden si cantand chiar si pe Yankee Stadium cu „The Big Four”.

„For All Kings” a fost numit de unii critici cel mai puternic album al lui ANTHRAX de pana acum. Lansarea sa a venit in urma unei perioade de cinci ani in care grupul a cunoscut o reala renastere, incepand cu includerea lui ANTHRAX in turneul „Big Four” si continuand cu lansarea LP-ului de revenire „Worship Music”.

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