ANTHRAX To Play Intimate Show In New York City Next Week

On Friday, September 4, ANTHRAX will play an intimate concert at the new Brooklyn, New York location of the Saint Vitus Bar, at 428 Troutman Street in Bushwick (the onetime home of Brooklyn Made).

ANTHRAX commented: "NEW YORK CITY. We're honored to be perfoming at the grand re-opening of the legendary Saint Vitus Bar on September 4th. We'll be filming the entire show, capturing every intimate moment. Bring the mosh and live forever with us in the histories of New York Thrash. Tickets on sale tomorrow (Friday, August 28th)."

Saint Vitus Bar originally opened in 2011 as a 250-capacity venue that hosted everyone from local hardcore bands to surprise sets by major acts, including members of NIRVANA, BLINK-182, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX. It eventually abruptly shut down in February 2024 when the Department Of Buildings closed the venue during a hardcore show after determining it lacked the proper permits to operate as a live music venue.

Formed by guitarist Scott Ian and then-bassist Dan Lilker in Queens, New York on July 18, 1981, ANTHRAX was one of the first thrash metal bands to emerge from the East Coast and quickly became regarded as a leader in the genre alongside METALLICA, SLAYER and MEGADETH.

ANTHRAX will release its long-awaited twelfth full-length studio album, "Cursum Perficio", on September 18 via Megaforce in the U.S. and Nuclear Blast in Europe. It marks the band's first record in ten years since 2016's "For All Kings", which debuted in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200. The phrase "Cursum Perficio" is Latin for "My journey has come to an end," "My journey is over," or "I complete my journey."

"Cursum Perficio" will be available as a standard CD; Target-exclusive CD with a fabric patch of the album cover; standard black double LP with pop-up gatefold; Target-exclusive double LP, red zoetrope with pop-up gatefold; Amazon-exclusive double LP, purple zoetrope LP with pop-up gatefold; merch-exclusive lilac vinyl double LP with pop-up gatefold; Metal Injection-exclusive white vinyl double LP with pop-up gatefold; Talk Shop Live-exclusive signed with red ripple vinyl double LP with pop-up gatefold; Indie-exclusive red, orange yellow vinyl double LP with pop-up gatefold.

The band dove into recording "Cursum Perficio" in earnest during 2022, working out of Dave Grohl's Studio 606 in Los Angeles. They carefully pieced together what would be this magnum opus, mining their history with reverence, delivering on fan expectations tenfold, and broadening the scope of their signature sound. Produced by Jay Ruston and ANTHRAX, the result is an album that's as angry, aggressive, and alive as their most celebrated fare.

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