The first slab of thrash metal from Anthrax’s upcoming album is called, “Evil Twin”, which we debuted here a couple of weeks ago. The band has officially set a release date for the single on December 18, 2015. Look for the new album, For All Kings in February of 2016. Get more details on the inside.
From The Press Release
‘Evil Twin’, the first new song from ANTHRAX‘s long-awaited album »For All Kings« set for a February 2016 release, will be released as 7″EP on 18.12.2015.
‘Evil Twin’ is now available digitally, and can be purchased here.
Musically, ‘Evil Twin’ is a full-on thrash-metal tune that blasts off with a raging guitar riff, accelerates expeditiously and is completely uncontrollable.
“Yeah, that opening riff is really evil,” laughed the band’s Charlie Benante. “We had done a lot of touring with DEATH ANGEL and EXODUS, so I was in a really thrashy state of mind when I starting writing the riffs for that song. I think along with Scott’s lyrics and Frank’s melodies, we came up with a really great, old school thrash metal feel.”
As ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello put it, “it’s a song that begs to be played live.”
Lyrically, the track unapologetically denounces the self-righteous religious extremists who spread their bloody terror under the guise of a holy war.
“I was very affected by the Charlie Hebdo massacre as I have been with all of the shootings that have taken place at schools and movie theatres,” said ANTHRAX’s lyricist Scott Ian. “I can’t figure out what would cause someone to think that was the right thing to do. ‘I’ll show the world, I’ll make my God happy.’ It’s just such bullshit. I’m not bagging on religion, that’s not my intent, but people who go to that extreme, who feel they have become judge, jury and executioner over their fellow man because you or I don’t believe the same thing they do, I think that’s the ‘Evil Twin’ of humanity. Writing words about that is my only catharsis.”
