In a new Interview with Jose Mangin, Anthrax’s Charlie Benante discussed the current state of the music world:
He said:
“I was talking to the [other] guys [in Anthrax] about the next album. I said, ‘I don’t wanna make another record.’ Not that we’d just make another record, but this time I wanna make a statement musically.
“‘Cause I hear bands coming out with music, and I don’t think they’re putting much emphasis on longevity anymore. I think [they have the attitude], ‘Let’s just get this out so we can go on tour.’…
“I wanna make records so that our fans, six months to a year later, go, ‘Wow! I just discovered this on that record.'”
Benante added that fans can expect a few surprises on the next album, saying:
“There’s some extreme stuff on this record that we touched on. There are different things that we’re gonna try and do that’s gonna make it next level.”