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“A.I.R.” * 2. “We used to rehearse five times a week, and the schedule was strict,” the drummer says. “Most heavy metal fans didn’t know how to take this new type of music, its sound or its style, but I knew that down the road, they would get it, and that’s exactly what happened,” Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante tells Rolling Stone of Spreading the Disease‘s lasting influence. Medusa (Joey Belladonna demo), Disc Two We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Metal Thrashing Mad * Now, to celebrate the record’s anniversary, the group is putting out a deluxe edition of Spreading the Disease, set for release on November 20th. This fact is presented crystal clearly on the group's second full-length effort, 1985's "Spreading The Disease," a very appropriate title for this record in that it is a highly contagious and infectious one. “Everything was new, scary and amazing all at the same time.”, “The faster songs are, to me, easier to play than the slower songs.” – Charlie Benante, The rhythm tracks included on the anniversary edition serve as a “testament” of Anthrax’s work ethic, according to Benante. “You can hear all of my influences on every song, Steve Harris, Geddy Lee, Geezer Butler, all of them.”  Bello remembers that STD didn’t quite come of age until later on, but it was definitely “simmering.”  “What we were doing was so fresh, so different – we had heavy songs with these great, melodic vocals – and eventually, people caught on and loved what we were doing. Only 18 at the time, he hadn’t yet fully realized his own style of playing, but over the course of the sessions, he developed it. The end result plays like a non-stop, forty-four-minute long ball of white hot rage and hyper-kinesis. “Madhouse” * 5. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Anthrax will celebrate their thrash-metal breakthrough LP, 'Spreading the Disease,' with a 30th anniversary edition featuring demos, live songs and more. it just starts getting you tapping your foot and then by track 3 "mad house" your jumping around. “Soldiers of Metal” * 9. I listened to that with him, and was highly impressed. Aftershock ** The Enemy **, * Live at Sun Plaza (Tokyo) 1987 Label: Island Records - 0602547611406,Megaforce Records - 0602547611406,Universal Music Group - 0602547611406 • Format: 2x, CD Album, Deluxe Edition, Reissue 30th Anniversary Edition • Country: South East Asia • Genre: Rock • Style: Thrash tacks i ok but they should have included the full show .Metallica had the idea wih their 30th Anniversary Remastered boxes extra's extra's extra's! Three decades after its debut, comes this special 30th anniversary edition of Anthrax's classic Spreading The Disease, the band's second studio album and the one … The record, which made it into the lower half of the Billboard 200 (a feat for the burgeoning thrash-metal genre at that time), became a fan favorite and many of its songs became concert staples in subsequent decades. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2015 30th Anniversary Edition CD release of Spreading The Disease on Discogs. Gung-Ho Armed And Dangerous * Armed and Dangerous I had an original copy of this album in 1985 but used it in a swap deal to a friend. And it wasn’t just the music that was morphing, it was a whole new culture that was being birthed. I guess it’s a manufacturing issue. “The Enemy” * 4. The Enemy Looking at the reissue, I see five guys who were on the verge of something.”, Guitarist Scott Ian adds that, at the time, Anthrax was “a band that knew what it wanted to do musically and was learning how to make that happen.” Looking at photos from that period, he says, “I see a lot more hair, and lots of enthusiasm.”. Madhouse * The album is actually better than I remember with not just the classic tunes sounding good. Madhouse A re-master might be nice. Here’s Why Everybody’s Watching It Anyway, Bruce Springsteen Confronts His Ghosts on the Rousing ‘Letter to You’, Metallica Will Unplug for Charity Livestream. It came during a time when the landscape was transitioning from the “hair band scene” to a new composite of metal, punk and hardcore – thrash metal. Spreading the Disease is the second studio album by the American thrash metal band Anthrax, released on October 30, 1985 by Megaforce Records and Island Records. Soldiers of Metal * Gung-Ho * * Thank you to all the fans that put this record and Anthrax on the map way back when and still support us today. Stand Or Fall ** “We didn’t know what we were doing, but we totally knew what we were doing,” said Ian. It is rooted in no-holds-barred thrash picking and pounding back beats, but iced off with oddly tuneful and harmonic clean singing. “Aftershock” ** 15. Please try again. A.I.R. Consequently, in addition to the original album’s nine tracks, the two-disc anniversary edition features previously umreleased bonus material including Joey Belladonna’s 1984 demo recording of the song “Medusa,” nine “rhythm tracks” from Anthrax recordings also done in 1984 – no vocals, no overdubs or “sweetening,” just drums, some guitar, a bit of bass, showing the songs in their naked, most basic form, and eight live songs from Anthrax’s 1987, first-ever concert in Japan, held at Tokyo’s Sun Plaza. Armed And Dangerous ** Gung-Ho ** Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2020. “Howling Furies” * 6. In addition to the original album's nine tracks, fully remastered, this two-disc special anniversary edition features previously unreleased bonus material including demo recording, and eight live songs from Anthrax's 1987, first-ever concert in Japan, held at Tokyo's Sun Plaza. “‘STD’ was our first real record on a major label,” said Benante. And Anthrax, along with Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth – was right at its nucleus. “The Enemy” **, * Live at Sun Plaza (Tokyo) 1987 ** Rhythm track tape, 1984, In This Article: I think the performances show the excitement of a young band that was on its way, so we wanted to have them on this reissue.”. “Madhouse” ** 17. I can have the volume all the way up in my pickup and still not be where I want it. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. As big of a fan as I was of Among the Living and Persistence of Time, I wasn't immediately drawn to this album. For Bello, Spreading the Disease was his full-on album recording baptism. “I know that doesn’t make sense, but it’s where we were at, a bunch of 21 year-old kids making our major label debut on a shoestring budget with nothing but a dream and a bunch of songs that we thought killed. Sign up for our newsletter. Howling Furies* I imported disc 1 to my library then disc 2, and behold both discs were the same even though labeled differently. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. State Of Euphoria [2 CD][30th Anniversary Edition], Persistence of Time (30th Anniversary Edition). Audio CD, Original recording remastered, Extra tracks, November 20, 2015. A special two-disc edition of the album was released in 2015, celebrating its 30th anniversary. My only problem with this is the sound quality. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. “He separated us from the other types of bands.”, Spreading the Disease also marked Bello’s first LP as Anthrax bassist; he and Belladonna previously featured on the band’s Armed and Dangerous EP. Spreading the Disease represented a turning point in rock. “Lone Justice” ** 10. this was the first full length record with joe belladonna on vocals and his voice is strong and clear and melodic,the best singer they ever had (they where bigger than metallica at the time,worst mistake they made when they lost belladonna) this record is a classic metal record with great tracks "medusa" "armed and dangeous" a must for all anthrax fans a must!! “Armed And Dangerous” * 7. Format: 2×CD, Year: 2015, Label: Megaforce Records (B0024256-02), Barcode: 602547611406, Length: 2:03:10 ** Rhythm track tape, 1984. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. “Aftershock” 7. This review is for the music it self, but I must warn others like the other reviews I just read. Want more Rolling Stone? I'd place them in a more speed/classic heavy metal niche. 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