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Did anybody listen to this live recording of one of the Anthrax reunion shows with Joey Belladonna (or, better yet, actually see one of the shows) from last summer?
I listened to it a few weeks ago. And since nobody here reviewed or even brought it up, I thought I'd post my thoughts.
Here's the deal:
*Belladonna can't hit those high notes anymore. He's gotten too old and his voice too deep. So his whole selling point is basically gone now.
*The band decided to keep the downtuning - which is a good thing IMO but it makes the songs sound too much like they did on The Greater Of Two Evils. Again, a good thing but a little progression never hurts especially if you put out two "live albums" one after the other (Greater of Two Evils was recorded "live in the studio").
*Belladonna tries to sound really tough and venomous when he's communicating with the audience. It's a little odd hearing him do this being that Anthrax's music isn't exactly evil/nasty (they were probably the softest and most ethical of the "Big-Four" thrash bands in the eighties).
*Time really doesn't sound as good in this performance as it did on the original Persistence of Time album
*Overall, it sounds like a decent but rather disappointing attempt by the band at regaining lost momentum.
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