Anthrax, one of the Big Four of Thrash Metal and the sole representitive of the east coast, being from New York City, has always had a unique sound and approach to thier thrash metal oppossed to the other titans of the genre from the Bay Area Metallica, Testament , Megadeth etc..and its Tueutonic counterparts from Germany like Sodom and Kreator. This month. Methane shredderJimi Masterbo got to honor his boyhood heros by guest curating the Thrashed playlist on Spotify
I Stumbled upon Anthrax 1984 on a mixed cassette tape I had received. Metal Thrashing Mad totally floored me. Scott Ian has always been in my top four guitarists and is a very big reason why I became a guitarist. Anthrax always had good riffy songs. High energy and a large portion of humor. I have been hugely inspired by this in my own songwriting. There are so many good songs so I had a hard time choosing a few, but here are my best today. I invite you to stream the Thrashed playlist, follow and share it to your friends and help me celebrate Anthrax this month!
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1. Caught In A Mosh
“I Love how it builds up from the guitar hero chord strikes at the beginning, how the bass comes in and the drum chaos into the verse.Grab a drink and stage drive into the nearest bush. Mosh!”
2 Metal Thrashing Mad
The first time I heard it in 1984, in my room when I was 9 years , I grabbed an acoustic guitar and got down on my knees and just screamed.
“When I was old enough to grow a beard I started growing my goat beard, just like Scott Ian, hahaha and I still having that.”
3 Belly of the Beast
Could be one of the coolest guitar intros ever. Scott Ian is the riff Master. Always liked the way Anthrax builds songs. Cool, nice riffs. Nice little details. This definately need to be added to the playlist .
Scott Ian (born Scott Ian Rosenfeld December 31, 1963 in NYC ),best known as the rhythm guitarist, lyricist and co-founder of the thrash metal band Anthrax, of which he is the sole continuous member. Ian is also the guitarist, lyricist, and a founding member of the crossover thrash band Stormtroopers of Death, – Wikipedia
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“He (Ian) has written lots of awesome riffs and songs over the years. Both with Anthrax and of course S.O.D. His attack, chugg and tightness in his left hand with the brilliant notes and riffs in his right hand. He is the riff master from hell! I always have that in my mind when I playing guitar. It’s got to be tight as hell, on the records and when I play live.”
4 Got The Time
A perfect song to convert into a thrash cover from Joe Jackson‘s original, with its bass intro, bass sound, stress, guitar chew, hockey chorus, chorus. MOSH!
“Anthrax has fun on stage. That’s another thing i admire and try to steel from Anthrax for my performance with Methane. The audience vibes with you when you are haveíng fun on the stage. Scott has his own style on stage, a real New York Hardcore feeling, moshing and guitar slinging, always a good show.”
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5 Bring the Noise a classic that is still very good. This one has spun hard over the years.
Jimi Masterbo (born Jimi Wallin April 10, 1975 in Sweden), lead guitarist, and co-founder of the thrash metal band Methane. Jimi was also the guitarist, and a founding member of the Swedish death metal band Hell Patrol.
Artist: Methane | Fotografa: Nicolette Radoi | Date: 11 July 2023 | Venue: Slaughter Club | City: Paderno Dugnano (MI)
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8. Favorite venue/show. Little Devil in Tilburg, Netherlands w/ Nervosa and Warbringer. Hung out the night before we played there and had lots of fun with the people there and of course again on gig night. I really love small metal clubs with stickers on the walls with a real underground feel. Oh yeah Jägerbombs!
4. Favorite movie– Alien Covenant
