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Anthrax<\/a> will release their long-awaited 12th album,\u00a0Cursum Perficio<\/em>, on Sept. 18, marking their first full-length studio effort in over a decade.<\/p>\n They’ll preview the album with lead single “It’s for the Kids,” which arrives this Friday.\u00a0You can pre-save<\/a>\u00a0the song now.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Photos – 20 Rock and Metal Stars in 1986 Vs. Now<\/a><\/p>\n Cursum Perficio<\/em> follows Anthrax’s\u00a0For All Kings<\/em>, which the thrash giants released in February 2016. The Latin phrase\u00a0was engraved on a tile at the entryway of Marilyn Monroe’s final home.\u00a0Although\u00a0many people have interpreted the phrase to mean “My journey ends,” it translates more literally to “I will persevere<\/a>” or “I accomplish my course<\/a>.”<\/p>\n “\u200aThe\u00a0Anthrax record is a very important release to us,” drummer Charlie Benante<\/a> told the Everblack<\/em> podcast<\/a> in March. “So we’re gonna, of course, make the time to fulfill doing as many shows as we possibly could in support of this record.”<\/p>\n Benante continued: “This record is not three or four songs deep of good songs and then the rest is shit. Every song on this record stands on its own. I mean, when one song finishes and the next one comes up, it’s just like, ‘Holy shit. This one’s\u00a0f—ing\u00a0just as good as the last.'”<\/p>\n Guitarist Scott Ian<\/a> explained the 10-year gap between Anthrax albums\u00a0during a March\u00a0interview with the Rockpit<\/a>.\u00a0“We weren’t planning on 10 years. In actual time \u2014 ’cause if you take out the time we were on tour for For All Kings<\/em>, ’cause that record came out in ’16, and we didn’t finish the touring cycle till November of ’19 on that album,” he said.<\/p>\n “We had already started writing at that point for a new record. And we thought we were just gonna take off for Christmas and New Year’s at ’19 going into ’20 and then get back together in ’20 and make a record. And then, of course, the world had other plans for everybody. So it wasn’t until some point later in ’21 that that started picking up again. Really, if you look at actual time we spent writing and recording the record, it was probably about three years, which, I think that’s pretty average these days, certainly for a band like ours.” \u00a0<\/p>\n Every album by Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax get ranked worst to best.<\/p>\n Contributions by Philip Trapp, Ed Rivadavia, Jordan Blum, Ayron Rutan and Joe DiVita.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Loudwire Staff<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat to Expect From Anthrax’s ‘Cursum Perficio’<\/h3>\n
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