ANTHRAX's FRANK BELLO Answers Japanese Fans' Questions (Video)

asQme has uploaded a video interview with ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello in which he gave answers to Japanese fans' questions. Check out the chat below.

Bello recently told the "Talking Metal" podcast about ANTHRAX's upcoming follow-up to 2011's "Worship Music" album: "Do you know what the fun part is? Now we are in this mixing mode of the record. You know, you write a record, and there's a lot of hard work, and there is a lot of everything going on — emotion and all that good stuff — that gets the songs to where they have to be. You nitpick. And we've purposely taken our time with this record, because, thankfully, from the reception and the success of 'Worship Music', we were humbled and we feel really fortunate to be in the position where people are saying that ANTHRAX is back and with a vengeance. And we truly feel like we are. So we really wanted to take our time with the record, and make sure it was the right record. And I think it is the right record. If you like 'Worship', this is the next level. And I'm not a salesman of this stuff; I'm a fan of this music. I have to say this, because I can't wait to play these songs. I've been jamming the newest songs just in my living room, and I can't wait to play them live. There's so much energy and such great riffing and the vocals — it's just all the above. If you like the last work that we did with 'Worship', you're gonna love this. I'm so stoked on this."

Asked what he means when he says that the new ANTHRAX album is taking things to the "next level", Bello said: "I'll put it in perspective, and this is the truth. I was doing my bass, and we were writing the record and all that stuff, and you're jamming and stuff, and this is how I know the riffing… I'm just saying the challenging riffing on this record… Scott [Ian, guitar] and I, one time, we were jamming one of the songs, and both of us were shaking our hands, 'Wow! That's a pain in the ass.' But it was so good, you had to have more. You know what I mean? It's one of those things that makes you wanna… for me as a bass player, makes me wanna play. That, to me, that's my ultimate compliment. It's, like, 'Wow! I wanna play this.' And I know I'm in the band… blah blah blah… I have to hype the record. I'm just being a fan. I am genuinely stoked to see where… I think we tapped into something really great with our writing right now. It's something we haven't really touched yet. I mean, we've made a lot of great records, but I think we're… When I say 'new level,' I think it's the next level to 'Worship', man — I really feel like that."

ANTHRAX's new CD will include such songtitles as "The Battle Chose Us", "You Gotta Believe" and "The Evil Twin".

ANTHRAX recently completed a six-week North American tour with VOLBEAT. The band's setlist included the new song "Soror Irrumator (Lords Of The Rock)", ANTHRAX's contribution to the the second installment of "Catch The Throne: The Mixtape", for HBO's Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning series "Game Of Thrones".