ANTHRAX announce Cursum Perficio, their first album in ten years

ANTHRAX have officially confirmed the release of Cursum Perficio, their twelfth studio album and first in a decade since 2016’s For All Kings. The new material will arrive on September 18 through Nuclear Blast Records and Megaforce Records in North America.

The band’s current lineup — Scott Ian, Charlie Benante, Frank Bello, Joey Belladonna and Jonathan Donais — worked intensely on the album starting in 2022 at Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 in Los Angeles, building a work they themselves describe as a culmination of the band’s entire musical evolution.

The title Cursum Perficio, a Latin phrase that can be translated as “My journey has come to an end” or “I complete my journey,” quickly became the central concept of the record. According to Charlie Benante, he discovered the expression while watching a documentary about Marilyn Monroe and felt it perfectly represented the band’s artistic journey.

Musically, the album promises to recover much of the band’s classic aggression, blending the most direct thrash with modern melodic elements developed during Anthrax’s latest stage. The material was produced by Jay Ruston alongside the band and seeks to expand the sound they consolidated on albums such as Worship Music and For All Kings.

As the first preview, Anthrax presented the single “It’s For The Kids”, a fast, explosive song completely oriented toward the group’s most classic thrash metal. The single arrives with a video visually inspired by the historic clip for “Madhouse”, one of the band’s fundamental anthems during the eighties.

For Scott Ian, the song works practically as a love letter to Anthrax followers: “The album needed a four-minute thrash song that recalled our first era. It represents all the best parts of ANTHRAX in a very furious package.”

For his part, Frank Bello aseguró que la agrupación atraviesa uno de los momentos más sólidos de toda su carrera: “Sabemos exactamente quiénes somos como ANTHRAX y tenemos más hambre que nunca.”

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‘Cursum Perficium’ — Tracklist:

1. Persistence of Memory
2. The Long Goodbye
3. It’s For the Kids
4. Everybody’s Got A Plan
5. The Edge Of Perfection
6. Infectious
7. NYC93
8. Cursum Perficio
9. T.O.M.B
10. Watch It Go
11. My Victory

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