ANTHRAX — Fistful Of Metal (review)

ANTHRAX — Fistful Of Metal album cover Album · 1984 · Speed Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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"Fistful of Metal" is the debut full-length studio album by US heavy metal/thrash metal act Anthrax. The album was released through Megaforce Records in February 1984. Anthrax were formed in New York City, New York in 1981. The band went through several lineup changes before settling on the lineup, who recorded "Fistful of Metal".

The music on the album is a combination of traditional heavy metal (Judas priest, Iron Maiden) and the, at the time, new thrash/speed metal sound (Metallica, Slayer). Mostly the former style though and I´m actually struggling to call this a thrash metal album at all. Song titles like "Deathrider", "Metal Thrashing Mad" (one of the better and more thrash metal tinged tracks on the album) and "Soldiers Of Metal" pretty much tell the story of the lyrical content on "Fistful of Metal", which not surprisingly is a bit generic. The overall quality of the original material is decent, but seldom really great. The same can be said about the Alice Cooper cover "I´m Eighteen".

The musicianship are strong and tight all the way through the album. Lead vocalist Neil Turbin, who would soon be replaced by Joey Bellodonna, does a decent job here although he might scream a bit too much for his own good. Bassist Danny Lilker would also leave the band shortly after the release of "Fistful of Metal" to form Nuclear Assault.

The sound production is powerful and well sounding for the time and upon conclusion "Fistful of Metal" is a decent debut release by Anthrax although it doesn´t exactly make my blood boil. A 3 star (60%) rating is warranted.
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