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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I only got this double CD to finnish off my massive Anthrax collection. I prefare the new Anthrax material myself so I was'nt really expecting much when I bought this. I'll start with the Fistfull of Metal CD. I expected it to sound like a poor quality, slapped together in five minutes demo tape, but I was wrong. The album contained all the talent, speed and skill that many bands of today could only dream of. I was amased at the speed of Panic, and the heaviness of Metal Thrashing Mad. Fistfull of Metal was a great foundation for Anthrax to build on. The second CD in the package is the Armed and Dangerous EP. With Joey Belladonna taking over on vocals from Neil Turbin, this allready sounds a lot better. The song Armed And Dangerous is as heavy as they come, fulfilling all your metal needs and theres a live version of Panic on there thats even faster than the origional! So if your an Anthrax fan, or even an old school metal fan, I would advise you to get this!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By D. S. Sears
Format:Audio CD
At the height of the thrash/speed metal explosion a band named Anthrax emerged with 'Fistful of Metal'. While room for improvemnt, this is a promising debut effort from the guys which promised what was to come. The high-lights are 'Deathrider', 'Metal Thrashing Mad' and 'Soldiers of Metal'. This also includes an Alice Cooper cover 'Im 18'.
Greater albums were to follow (as well as new singers) yet Fistful of Metal showed the scene what to expect. If you haven't got an Anthrax album yet, make it 'Among the Living' or their latest 'We've Come For You All', only THEN get this. Despite that, this is still worth having.
Greater albums were to follow (as well as new singers) yet Fistful of Metal showed the scene what to expect. If you haven't got an Anthrax album yet, make it 'Among the Living' or their latest 'We've Come For You All', only THEN get this. Despite that, this is still worth having.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
So, this is where it started for Anthrax. This album features the original singer who isn't bad at all - so don't let that put you off. Sure, this isn't their best album, but it contains all the ingredients that made Anthrax great. It's by far their fastest album, but there are moments where the pace slows down. The lyrics are intentionally cheesy and probably the funniest of all the Anthrax lyrics. There are plenty of worthy songs on here, don't start off here, but if you're looking for thrash you should probably get this before their Bush era stuff. The Armed and dangerous E.P. has Joey singing and features some great songs which are unavailable elsewhere (except AAD itself).
By wayne
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
fast and powerful,just like the original vinyl version.please note-this is nothing like the Anthrax pieces such as "persistance of time",or "state of euphoria",etc,featuring joey belladonna on vocals.this has a different vocalist and is much more heavyweight in power than the 2nd anthrax album and beyond-this is the original early 80's line-up.
By ratmonkey
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
While not perfect, this is indicative of the debut thrash presses at the time. Like Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer, their unwitting musical bedfellows, Anthrax have not so much crafted but discharged this landmark springboard of raucous, rowdy and energetic thrash as a veritable fist to the listener's ears. Impressive stuff but, without a distinct sound yet, not flawless.
The Electronic feedback that gives way to 'Deathrider' is quite a shock, as is the furied riff that follows. An excellent start that is followed by an equally excellent 'Metal Thrashing Mad'. Both classics yet barely what could be called thrash, possibly very fast heavy rock. The cover of Alice Cooper's 'I'm Eighteen' is actually one of the best covers of anything ever. It's after the first 3 tracks where the quality dips slightly. There's no real dud songs but there aren't many stand outs either. However, they are made up of decent enough mid-tempo rousing, thumping anthems of metal. But not thrash. That would come on album number 2 - and what an album!
Fistful of Metal - a good start with a couple of classic songs. Better was on its way...
The Electronic feedback that gives way to 'Deathrider' is quite a shock, as is the furied riff that follows. An excellent start that is followed by an equally excellent 'Metal Thrashing Mad'. Both classics yet barely what could be called thrash, possibly very fast heavy rock. The cover of Alice Cooper's 'I'm Eighteen' is actually one of the best covers of anything ever. It's after the first 3 tracks where the quality dips slightly. There's no real dud songs but there aren't many stand outs either. However, they are made up of decent enough mid-tempo rousing, thumping anthems of metal. But not thrash. That would come on album number 2 - and what an album!
Fistful of Metal - a good start with a couple of classic songs. Better was on its way...
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