 | Anthrax Sound Of White Noise
3.5
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| Ranking: #55 for 1993 | |
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| 2.0 poor | Sebe | July 20th 14 |
'Only' is the only (sic!) good song on this one. Very disappointing.
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| 2.0 poor | 05McDonaldT | July 30th 11 |
John Bush has such a bland voice, it's honestly extremely difficult to believe that anybody could prefer him to Belladona
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| 4.5 superb | troyofyort | June 27th 23 |
The John Bush era kicks off with a bang. Too bad absolutely none of his albums after even come close.
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| 4.0 excellent | Elmo | January 13th 22 |
gud ablum
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| 3.0 good | Santa Koopa | December 12th 21 |
rockrax leave metal (and after euphoria and esp time good riddance) in favour of the party rock theyve always had a foot in, and for them it works plenty well highlights in only and packaged rebellion
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| 2.5 average | Harlz | April 19th 21 |
First 3 tracks are good, especially Only. Most of the rest of the album is pretty weak, 1000 Point of Hate is solid, as is Black Lodge. John suited Armored Saint better, and their best stuff is better than this comfortably.
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| 4.0 excellent | Resident Metalhead Piranha | May 7th 17 |
"Potters Field" was a smart choice for an opener for this new era of Anthrax, taking the darkness of PoT a step further into more "down to earth" themes. The song is pure schizophrenia in song form, dipping into different styles of metal, vocal layering, disjointed yet neat drum fills, and loaded with sounds of white noise. It's brilliant, and John Bush sounds terrific in this song and on the whole album. In fact, despite his different style from Joey Belladonna, his melodic yet gruff style is spot on, and he brings a bit of Armored Saint's sound with him here (the more traditional metal sound compared to thrash). "Burst" and "Invisible" harken back to their thrashier riffcraft while carrying memorable hooks, and the likes of "Room For One More" and especially "Only" are tasteful midpaced rockers. "Black Lodge" is the album's lone genre crossover (grunge styled ballad), and it's pretty awesome, and "This Is Not An Exit" is a doomy closer that accelerates in speed, leading up to building tension, a perfectly schizoid guitar solo, a wicked scream, then closes with white noise. The production values add a good amount of character to the tunes here, making it stand out compared to other works in their catalog while emphasizing a bottom heavy sound to anchor the newfound distortion. A couple tunes don't stand out as much as others, but everything is fairly well crafted here, and there's plenty of catchy hooks, riffs, and vocal lines to place it among their best works and is their best effort with John Bush.
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| 5.0 classic | miketunneyiscool123 | August 29th 14 |
Their most cohesive work since Among The Living, Sound Of White Noise is a potent attack on the ear drums, and combined with witty songwriting, powerful musicianship, flawless vocals courtesy of the mighty John Bush, and effectively catchy songs ("Room For One More", "Packaged Rebellion", "Potters Field", and "Black Lodge" to name a few), it makes for one of their most enthralling releases.
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| 4.0 excellent | Fernando Alves | July 30th 11 |
"Interesting....different" That's what I thought at the time. Not their best record sure but songs like Potter's Field, Room for One More, 1000 Points of Hate and specially Only make this a 4/5 record in my book.
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| 0.0 | Jesuslaves | August 31st 10 |
Gave this one another chance, and it's actually pretty good.
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| 4.0 excellent | meep17 | July 23rd 07 |
A lot of people bag on this album because it has a different singer (John Bush) and has a more "Grunge" vibe to it, but I actually really enjoy it. "Black Lodge" is one of my favorite Anthrax songs of all time, and I also really like "Only" and "Room for one More". If you're one of those people who stopped listening to Anthrax because of the departure of Joey and/or their change in style, still give this one a chance. I did and I was pleasantly surprised.
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