Released: 1988
Tracks: Be All, End All; Out of Sight, Out of Mind; Make Me Laugh; Antisocial; Who Cares Wins; Now It’s Dark; Schism; Misery Loves Company; 13; Finale
Best track: hard to pick, possibly Who Cares Wins
Track to skip: none
Anthrax got a lot better with this album and they kept getting better after this. I love it when bands improve with each successive album. Especially in terms of production and songwriting Euphoria is a big improvement over Among the Living. This album was pretty popular and really pushed Anthrax into the mainstream (for about 5 minutes), but it’s nowhere near a sellout album. Still very powerful and thrashy, but they really streamlined the whole ‘Anthrax sound’ on this album.
This album is mostly known for the single Antisocial , a great song originally by a French metal band called Trust. Who Cares Wins was also a single but the video was actually banned by MTV (it’s a depressing video/song about homelessness). It’s a really great song (one of the many on here) and creates a great vibe. I love how Anthrax kept distancing themselves from ever other metal band in the 80’s. Lyrically they were so far ahead of everyone else; no other metal band dared sing about the stuff they did (yes, even my beloved Iron Maiden). Seriously, what metal bands sang about racism and homelessness in 1988? There’s not a bad song on here, and in fact there are 10 good ones. This is intelligent Heavy Metal, both lyrically and musically. Good Stuff.
Rating: 90
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