Volume 8: The Threat Is Real

Volume 8: The Threat Is Real
Studio album by Anthrax
Released July 21, 1998
Recorded Krusty's Fun House, Yonkers, New York, 1998
Genre Speed metal,[1] alternative metal[2]
Length 63:42
70:34 (with bonus tracks)
Label Ignition
Producer Anthrax, Paul Crook
Anthrax chronology

Stomp 442
(1995)		 Volume 8: The Threat Is Real
(1998)		 We've Come for You All
(2003)
Singles from Volume 8: The Threat is real
  1. "Inside Out"
    Released: 1998
  2. "Crush"
    Released: 1998
  3. "Piss N Vinigar"
    Released: 1998
  4. "Born Again Idiot"
    Released: 1998

Volume 8: The Threat Is Real is the eighth studio album by American thrash metal band Anthrax. The album was released on July 28, 1998 by Ignition Records and debuted at number 118 on the Billboard 200 chart. The record was produced by the band and Paul Crook. It features the song "Crush", which appeared in the video game ATV Offroad Fury for PlayStation 2 and in the game's soundtrack. Other released singles from the album were "Inside Out", "Piss N Vinegar" and "Born Again Idiot".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]
The A.V. Club unfavorable[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music [4]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, in a mixed review for AllMusic, wrote that the album is a continuation of the band's "writing slump" which started with 1993's Sound of White Noise. He said that there aren't many "memorable songs" on the record, and went to call it "transitional album" leading the band to "new, uncharted territory".[1] Stephen Thompson of The A.V. Club found the album to be "aggressive to the point of being exhausting".[3]

Track listing

All lyrics written by John Bush and Scott Ian; all music by Charlie Benante, except where noted.

No. TitleMusic Length
1. "Crush"    4:21
2. "Catharsis"  Benante, Frank Bello 4:53
3. "Inside Out"    5:31
4. "P&V"    3:12
5. "604"  Benante, Ian 0:35
6. "Toast to the Extras"    4:24
7. "Born Again Idiot"    4:17
8. "Killing Box"    3:37
9. "Harms Way"  Benante, Ian 5:13
10. "Hog Tied"    4:36
11. "Big Fat"  Benante, Ian 6:01
12. "Cupajoe"  Benante, Ian 0:46
13. "Alpha Male"    3:05
14. "Stealing from a Thief / Pieces"  Benante / Bello 13:02
Bonus tracks
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
15. "Giving the Horns"    3:34
16. "The Bends" (Radiohead cover)Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway, Thom Yorke 3:52
17. "Snap/I'd Rather Be Sleeping" (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles cover)Kurt Brecht, Spike Cassidy, John Menor, Eric Brecht 5:31

Personnel

Band members
Guest musicians
Production

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Anthrax — Volume 8: The Threat Is Real". AllMusic. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  2. ↑ Weingarten, Christopher R. (September 14, 2011). "Anthrax and Joey Belladonna Keep It In the Family". The Village Voice. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Thompson, Stephen (April 19, 2002). "Anthrax — Volume 8: The Threat is Real". The A.V. Club. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. p. 2006. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.

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