Anthrax
Persistence Of Time

THE REVIEW

The New York band Anthrax, which emerged in the second half of the eighties during the Thrash phenomenon, released their masterpiece in 1990.
“Persistence Of Time” is a true anthem to the most essential Speed-Thrash metal.

The album opens with the ticking of a clock that, increasing in speed, serves as an intro to the title-track “Time”: a delirium of relentless violent riffs for over six minutes, in full thrash style, representing the unstoppable race of time.
The second track “Blood” is more thoughtful but loses nothing in terms of violence, and the chorus is one of those that, once it gets stuck in your head, won't leave you for the entire day.
After the nice but nothing more “Kept In The Family”, comes “In My World”, another memorable piece, especially for its repetitive and hypnotic vocals that captivate from the first listen.
“Gridlock” alternates extremely fast and deadly parts with more rhythmic ones where drums and bass cause a true earthquake of sounds.
Then we arrive at the two masterpieces of the album, passing through the instrumental “Intro To The Reality”.
The first is “Belly Of The Beast”, which starts with a scorching guitar riff, over which the voice sneaks in to introduce the explosion of double bass drum and bass, for a piece of perpetual headbanging that always makes the chorus its point of strength.
Here we are at “Got The Time”, a little gem of two and a half minutes. It starts with the rapid bass picks accompanied by guitars and drums, creating a beautiful and almost catchy riff (as catchy as a thrash track can be). Only the bass accompanies a good part of the verse, and the chorus is speed to the nth degree, before the finale we find a fairly simple but effective bass solo.
The last three songs add nothing new, but are still quite nice.

A great album from a band that has lost much of its popularity over time.
A must-have album for Thrash enthusiasts and recommended to all true metalheads.