Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on November 2011

With original singer Joey Belladonna back onboard, Anthrax return to Japan with guest Hellyeah to make good on gigs that were canceled in the wake of 3/11. One of the original Big Four of thrash metal alongside Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer, Anthrax have a new album out in the form of Worship Music. It’s their first disc in eight years and the first to feature Belladonna since 1990’s Persistence of Time, as well as their best charting disc in decades on the back of songs like the revolutionary-tinged “Fight ‘Em ‘Til You Can’t” and “Earth on Hell.”

O-East, Dec 13-14 (listing).