Reunion with John Bush (2009-2010)
Anthrax performing in August 2009 at Knebworth, England.
All following performances were canceled, except the UK Sonisphere Festival in August 2009, with John Bush performing vocals.
On September 3, 2009, it was announced that John Bush would be yet again singing with Anthrax at the Loud Park ’09 Festival in Japan on October 17.[14]
Anthrax with John Bush also took part in the February 2010, 5-show touring Soundwave 2010 festival in Australia. Soon after, Benante said that the band is “in the process of regrouping with [Bush]. We played two shows with him, and we are looking forward to proceeding with this lineup.”[15]
In late 2009, Anthrax confirmed a “Big 4″ event (with Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer) as part of the 2010 Sonisphere festival. This was the first time that all four ‘Big 4 of thrash metal’ bands played together.[16]
In an interview with metalsucks.com John Bush said, “we just did these shows in Australia that were really fun. They were for the Soundwave Festival, and they were great. I had committed to doing these shows to these four shows in June as well as more festivals in August. As of now we’re trying to figure out a way to see if we can re-record some of the songs that the band had already recorded [for Worship Music]. We’re just trying to iron out some of the legalities on it. That’s where we are at today.”
When asked if he would be re-recording some of Dan Nelson’s vocals he stated “That is what they want to do, and it’s been a conflict for me, to be quite frank, simply because I kind of felt like I wasn’t part of the creation of it. On all the other Anthrax records, I was part of it when it happened. I just wasn’t involved in this, and it’s something that they’ve already actually completed. I haven’t disregarded it completely, and I know it’s important to them. I realize they made this record and they’re kind of sitting on it. They want to put some of it out, if not everything… at least a single, and we’ve talked about [releasing] an EP. We’re still trying to figure out if we can do that, especially in conjunction with these shows in June. We’ve just got to kind of iron out some specifics. That’s where we’re at today, March 15, 2010.”
Reunion with Joey Belladonna (2010-present)
In early 2010 Joey Belladonna returned to Anthrax for the shows in summer of 2010 as well as committing to a new album.[17]
Anthrax, along with Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth performed on the same bill for the first time on June 16, 2010 at Bemowo Airport (Warsaw, Poland). It was the first performance of that bands played as a part of Sonisphere Festival series.The show in Sofia, Bulgaria on June 22, 2010 was sent via satellite in HD to cinemas and later released on DVD and Blu-ray.[18] They also went on to play in Jonschwil, Switzerland (June 18, 2010), Milovice, Czech Republic (June 19, 2010), Athens, Greece (June 24, 2010), Bucharest, Romania (June 26, 2010) and then in Istanbul, Turkey (June 27, 2010), Stockholm, Sweden (August 7, 2010), and last in Pori, Finland (August 8, 2010) also as part of the Sonisphere Festival.
On 24 June 2011 Anthrax released the first song off the new album called Fight ‘Em ‘Til You Can’t on anthrax.com. It was released as a free download as a way to say “thank you” to fans’ loyalty in waiting in anticipation for Worship Music, which was released on September 13.[19][20][21] On April 30, 2011, Anthrax headlined in the Philippines for the first time in the annual Pulp Summer Slam along with Death Angel, Hellyeah and UAE’s heavy metal band Nervecell. Anthrax was confirmed in January 2012 to be headlining the Jagermesiter side stage at Mayhem Festival 2012, which is coheadlined by Slayer and Slipknot. Other bands on the side stage include High On Fire and Whiechapel.
Side projects
Several members have launched affiliated side projects, such as Scott Ian’s project with Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante, the original Anthrax bassist/lead guitarist Danny Lilker and Billy Milano called Stormtroopers of Death. After leaving Anthrax, Joey Belladonna began a series of solo albums: Belladonna, Spells of Fear, and 03. John Bush is involved with his former band Armored Saint, while original Anthrax vocalist Neil Turbin has been touring Japan, Europe, Mexico and US with his band DeathRiders. Neil Turbin’s debut solo album, “Threatcon Delta”, was released in 2003. Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano are currently in a side project called The Damned Things with members of Fall Out Boy and Every Time I Die.
Guest musicians
A number of Anthrax albums have featured guests, most notably Dimebag Darrell, who appeared on “King Size” and “Riding Shotgun” from Stomp 442; “Inside Out” and “Born Again Idiot” from Volume 8: The Threat Is Real; and “Strap It On” and “Cadillac Rock Box” from We’ve Come for You All. Vocalist Roger Daltrey of The Who has also appeared on the band’s We’ve Come for You All disc, providing backing vocals for “Taking the Music Back”. Phil Anselmo of Pantera appears on Volume 8: The Threat Is Real, on the song “Killing Box.” Public Enemy worked with Anthrax on a metal version of “Bring the Noise” from Public Enemy’s album “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back”.
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