Anthrax – Anthems

My copy sounds fine. No issues. Just some little surface noise at the beginning of Crawl. But overall this sounds ok. And the splatter looks great!

There are multiple versions of the main cover the main one listed here with fire in the back of the thraxagram another it's blue inside it and another it's black. Which is the correct cover?

The track listing is out of order about half of it crawl the first version the track length is 5:00, there is for each cover a single & a album cover for each. Correct the songs are in the correct order but about half the track length is next to the wrong song.

While we await the follow-up to their massive 2011 comeback album Worship Music, thrash metal legends have served up an EP full of cover songs from some unexpected sources. Ever since they covered Alice Cooper on Fistful of Metal, Anthrax has always had a knack for delivering memorable - and diverse - cover songs, and Anthems is no exception. Here's what we get:

1. Anthem (Rush) - They definitely make a bold choice here. No matter how heavy the guys rock this, it's all going to come down to the vocals. Joey Belladonna has an impressive range, and he uses every bit of it here, but there are times when you're going to cringe a little. Hey, there's only one Geddy Lee!
2. TNT (AC/DC) - Simple, rocking and fun...that applies to AC/DC and to Anthrax's treatment of this classic. They stay close to the original, and that works just fine.
3. Smokin' (Boston) - The idea of Anthrax covering Boston, especially an upbeat song like "Smokin," is a bit surreal, but they really pull it off. The guitar work is very tight and the vocals shine.
4. Keep on Runnin' (Journey) - Easily the best performance on Anthems, this killer cover of the Journey classic shows just how well Belladonna would do in an AOR setting.
5. Big Eyes (Cheap Trick) - This is something of an oddball song, and the full metal treatment they give it makes it sound very little like a Cheap Trick song at all.
6. Jailbreak (Thin Lizzy) - A close second to the Journey song as the best thing on Anthems, "Jailbreak" was a fantastic choice for Anthrax. Thin Lizzy has influenced so many metal bands, and here you can hear just how heavy and metallic their songs can be.
7. Crawl - This is an original Anthrax song from Worship Music, and it seems out of place with the rest of the EP. Another cover song would have been much better.
8. Crawl (remix) - Sorry, but if the original version was useless, a remix is even less interesting. It ends it on a buzzkill.

Despite a couple of missteps, Anthems is a fun addition to the Anthrax discography, especially given its low price point. If you need your metal to be 100% serious 100% of the time, you can skip this, but other than that most Anthrax fans should get a kick out of this one.

PS - Anthems comes in a digipack (a better quality one than the Worship Music package, fortunately) housed within a slipcase. The inner digipacks come with one of five different cover images. That's a fun touch.

it took me a while but i actually found all six covers for this ep. the ac/dc is my favorite. for anyone that doesnt know this cd was issued w/ 6 different covers, one for each cover track.

Vinyl is shit. I have bought a spun FOUR COPIES. The B-Side is defective and repeats the same groove for minutes at a time and stops.

IS SPLATTER COLORED VINYL THE STANDARD COLOR FOR THIS USA PRESSING? IF ANYONE KNOWS OF ANY OTHER COLORS FOR THE 12" USA VINYL VERSION PLEASE HIT ME UP. THANKS