During an interview with Thomann’s Guitars & Basses, Anthrax’s Frank Bello offered an update on the band’s new album. According to him, the band are “in mixing right now.”
Bello said the following:
“I think it’s been almost 10 years since the last ANTHRAX record, which is insane. We all are very, very hungry, ’cause we’re in mixing right now. The new ANTHRAX record, I’m proud to say, I’m very psyched about this, that it’s mixing, and now we get to hear the whole thing of it. And just to hear them really come to life now after all that, and, really, the parts are all done. Everything’s locked in. And to hear what they’re gonna sound like for when people hear it, as a fan of the band, it’s, like, ‘Fuck yeah!’ You get hungry and you’re ready and you know you have the goods. So we’re pretty psyched.”
He continued:
“You know what it is, man? I think you never stop being a fan. Never stop being a fan, because that’s where the gut is. It comes from your gut, and you are hungry. I’m an ANTHRAX fan, so I wanna hear the best of the best. What do we have? When you hear a bad riff, it’s out. Something’s gotta work and it’s gotta be good enough for us. That’s why we know if it’s good enough for us, everybody will like it. And that’s the way we’ve always worked.”
He also discussed the songwriting process:
“It’s all [about exchanging] demos at this point. It’s all digital stuff, so we send each other stuff. Charlie’s [Benante, ANTHRAX drummer] in Chicago, Scott’s [Ian, ANTHRAX guitarist] in L.A., I’m in New York. So imagine traveling like that. The three of us get together after we have a collection that we think are strong enough, and we’ll bat them down and really put ’em together and make sure they work.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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