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The riffs and solos still aren't good but they're at least functional, and still far above the dregs of the genre, i. Machine Head. Dimebag once again plays lead on a couple of songs here 'Inside Out' and 'Born Again Idiot' , and puts on a good show as ever. The songs are so generic and dull that they go in one ear and out the other and are completely unmemorable. The novelty songs are either short groovy throwaways like '' that try to shoot for S. There's nothing else to be said about these songs as they have no musical substance or humour to them at all.

The closing acoustic ballad 'Pieces' is about Frank Bello's dead brother and thus isn't really a novelty, and whilst there is some poignancy to the track it's still an overly long, flat and dull song that is a largely weak ending to the album.

There are also some general flaws of the album that need to be addressed: the first of which is John Bush's vocal performance. Admittedly he sounds less douche-y and more tuneful than on the last two albums, and doesn't try quite as hard to sound tough.

That said he still sounds bad; most of his vocal melodies are flat and awkward and put the brakes on any momentum the instruments might generate.

He still can't carry a tune all that well and his attempts at aggression are still weak. I think the real problem though is that like before he has no memorable identity of his own, and prefers to be a third-rate imitation of more popular rock and metal vocalists.

On the less aggressive tracks for example he still comes across like a poor man's Scott Weiland, while on the more aggressive tracks he sounds like a bad rock singer trying to do metal.

The second general flaw is that the songwriting is lacklustre - as ever, the band has a tendency to repeat riffs too much and nothing in the way of a bridge or contrasting section is attempted as a general rule. Riffs are run into the ground and in doing so songs with a lot of promise like the aptly-titled 'Crush' have their momentum run into the ground.

The less than stellar tracks such as 'Catharsis' or 'Toast to the Extras' are even harder hit as they never had any good ideas to begin with, so their bad ideas get repeated ad infinitum. This is a bigger problem than it may seem; it turns this hour long, 15 track album into a tedious slog that becomes unbearably dull and uninteresting as it wears on and on. Only the aforementioned 'Inside Out' really manages not to overstay its welcome: the vocals are tolerable if unremarkable, it doesn't repeat itself too much as it cycles between some solid groove riffs and dark acoustic work, and has a good solo from Dimebag to boot.

Had they stuck to the groove metal or even alternative rock styles and wrote about 8 songs instead of 15 this could have simply been below average or kind of bad as opposed to really awful and tiresome. This thing is too long and too inconsistent to ever get going in any sense, and the lazy writing further compounds that. As ever, don't bother seeking this out; if you want the only good thing about it go and download 'Inside Out' and let the rest rot, along with nearly everything else Anthrax was doing around this time.

It would make more sense to listen to Pantera instead. In the interest of full disclosure, let me explain why I'm reviewing this album. To be honest, I have never really listened to Anthrax all that much; I don't know why, but as far as the "Big 4" thrash bands are concerned, I always found Anthrax the least interesting.

I remember hearing "Bring the Noise" in the 90s and being kind of unimpressed: it didn't strike me as very good metal or rap. However, today I decided to fill in some of the gaps in my "thrash education," and give Anthrax a listen.

I figured I could start with Among the Living, widely acknowledged to be one of their classic albums. Instead, I decided on a whim to go in a different direction, and listen to one of their most reviled albums. And I'm glad I did, because I am actually enjoying the hell out of this record!

It's certainly not 80s thrash, and you know what? That's okay with me. Metallica isn't that young group of metalheads that recorded Ride the Lightning, and even the mighty Slayer aren't what they once were. And Megadeth hasn't really been great ever since Mustaine gave up on heroin So let's look at Volume 8 for what it IS, instead of what it is not.

And what it is, as far as I'm concerned, is a very solid record with some varied musical influences that come from well outside the world of thrash. There was a headlong momentum to the track that brought a smile to my face. It's really too bad that Anthrax would eventually part ways with John Bush, because his robust voice really brings a lot of depth to the band's sound that is missing from the records that feature Belladonna.

I mentioned the drums above, and I'd like to spend a little more time on that subject. Even though I like Scott Ian, and I think he's an energetic guitarist with a lot of spunk, I don't think he's a great guitarist. Charlie Benante, though, really impresses me.

He's not a one trick pony, like a lot of metal drummers. He can lay down a mellow groove as he does on much of "Inside Out" or he can let it rip with thundering, up-tempo assaults I think "" is a good, albeit brief example.

Volume 8 is not perfect, of course. Even Metallica has mostly avoided sounding this twangy! And "Cupajoe" is a complete waste of time. Mercifully brief, it's sounds like one of those tongue twisters that theatre majors do to warm up their voices as Jack Black does in the movie School of Rock: "Lips, teeth, tip of the tongue". No doubt, many thrash fans hate the Poison-ish ballad "Pieces. I am impressed by a musician who can turn pain into heartfelt music, even if that music falls outside of their usual purview.

That much is obvious from reading many of the reviews of the record, here and elsewhere. But I try to judge every album on its own merits, as much as possible. And I found the album to be an enjoyable listen. Not a metal classic, but worth my time. This album is Anthrax's own 'Load'. Man or should I say Not Man , this is a broad take on modern metal and rock. And yes, country music too, just what Metallica did two years earlier.

So, no thrash metal mentioned yet, but hey, you won't find it here anyways. I understand if a band stagnates and wants to do something different, but for fuck's sake, this is not-so-few steps over that border, that changing the band's name would have been a must, not just "in order".

It is far from crushing, because downtuned isn't a synonym of "heavy". A fine, hellishly rolling good song, if you don't wait for thrash metal, which you shouldn't be doing at all. Nu-yet-good 'Inside Out' goes a bit too Fugazi at times, but John Bush's catchy vocal lines keep it over the surface.

And then it comes; the fucking country song 'Toast to the Extras'. It has a true redneck vibe to it, but this is a fucking Anthrax song?! I mean Not Man But harsh isn't a synonym of "good". Hey, it is the half-way point now, and what the hell is going on on this album?

Or does it really? Nope, as 'Hog Tied', with Kiss riff played in nu-style, does its best to drop the level of quality again. And it does, with a big thank to the use of guitar talk box, reminding me of Richie Sambora. Thanks for that, heh. Not Man, there's something weird here, right? I mean slow songs work better than the majority of faster pieces. Anyways there is a hidden bonus track, which is extremely soft. The songwriting is bloody broad, but partly so bloody boring.

I would have waited something like these songs on Anthrax's mini-albums or b-sides. During the album, there's a lot of various instruments used, that feel more like curiosities: Theremin, blues harp and slide guitar.

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