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The Greater Of Two Evils
Anthrax
Sanctuary Records, 2004
REVIEW BY: Christopher Thelen
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 11/30/2004
You've got to hand it to John Bush and the boys in Anthrax --
they're not ones to play it safe.
Coming off of a live CD/DVD combo
Music Of Mass Destruction, one would have expected the band
to burst forth with a collection of new songs. Instead, the band
turned to their fans, asked them for their favorite songs from the
pre-Bush era of the group, then went in and re-recorded those
songs.
The end result,
The Greater Of Two Evils, dares the older Anthrax fan to see
how the music has grown in nearly two decades while staying true to
the structure of the songs made famous by vocalists Neil Turbin and
Joey Belladonna. While these songs will never take the place of
their original counterparts, they do hold up surprisingly well.
First things first: Bush is neither Turbin nor Belladonna. His
vocal style is in a much lower range, so anyone expecting to hear
Bush go for the high-pitch screams in songs like "Panic" and "Metal
Thrashing Mad" are going to come away disappointed. And, I admit, I
included myself in that category at first; it seemed like Anthrax
was daring to disinter the corpses of their past and try to make
those old skeletons dance -- never mind the fact many of these
songs have been part of their live repertoire for some time
now.
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