Volume 8: The Threat is Real is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 band Anthrax

Anthrax (band)

Anthrax is an American heavy metal band from New York City, formed in 1981. Founded by guitarists Scott Ian and Danny Lilker, the band has since released ten studio albums and 20 singles, and an EP featuring Public Enemy. The band was one of the most popular of the 1980s thrash metal scene...

. The album was released in July 1998 by Ignition Records. The band and Paul Crook

Paul Crook

Paul Crook is an American guitarist currently recording and performing with Meat Loaf. He has also recorded and toured with Anthrax, Sebastian Bach and Marya Roxx.-Biography:...

 produced the album, which includes the single "Inside Out". Other singles released were "Crush", "P & V" and "Born Again Idiot". Volume 8: The Threat Is Real debuted at #118 on the Billboard 200

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 charts. The song Crush appears in the video game ATV Offroad Fury

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 for PlayStation 2

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 and in the game's soundtrack.

Track listing

All songs written by John Bush, Scott Ian

Scott Ian

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 and Charlie Benante

Charlie Benante

Charlie Benante is the drummer for the heavy metal bands Anthrax and Stormtroopers of Death .- Career :...

, except where noted.

The British edition of the album features "Pieces" as Track 15.

Personnel

• John Bush
  John Bush (singer)
  John Bush is an American vocalist, currently a member of Armored Saint, a traditional metal band from Los Angeles, California and formerly of thrash metal band Anthrax.-Armored Saint:...
  
   – Lead vocals
• Scott Ian
  Scott Ian
  Scott Ian Rosenfeld , better known by the stage name Scott Ian, is an American musician, best known as the rhythm & lead guitarist for the heavy metal band Anthrax. Ian is also the guitarist and a founding member of the crossover thrash band Stormtroopers of Death...
  
   – Guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  , Backing vocals
• Frank Bello
  Frank Bello
  Frank Bello is an American musician who plays bass guitar for the thrash metal band Anthrax. Originally he was a roadie and guitar technician for the band, but later he replaced Dan Lilker on the Spreading the Disease album. After leaving Anthrax in early 2004 Bello joined Helmet - another New...
  
   – Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , Backing vocals, Lead vocals on "Pieces"
• Charlie Benante
  Charlie Benante
  Charlie Benante is the drummer for the heavy metal bands Anthrax and Stormtroopers of Death .- Career :...
  
   – Drums
  Drum kit
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  , Percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , Guitar

Guest musicians

• Phil Anselmo
  Phil Anselmo
  Philip Hansen "Phil" Anselmo is an American musician who is best known as the lead singer for the heavy metal band Pantera. He is currently the frontman for the Louisiana-based metal act Down. He is also the owner of Housecore Records....
  
   – Backing vocals on "Killing Box"
• Dimebag Darrell
  Dimebag Darrell
  Darrell Lance Abbott , also known as Diamond Darrell and Dimebag Darrell, was an American guitarist. He was best known as a founding member of the heavy metal bands Pantera and Damageplan. Abbott also contributed to the album Rebel Meets Rebel, a collaboration between Pantera and David Allan Coe...
  
   – Lead guitar
  Lead guitar
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   on "Inside Out" and "Born Again Idiot"
• Paul Crook
  Paul Crook
  Paul Crook is an American guitarist currently recording and performing with Meat Loaf. He has also recorded and toured with Anthrax, Sebastian Bach and Marya Roxx.-Biography:...
  
  - Lead guitar on "Big Fat", "Hog Tied", "Killing Box" And "Stealing From A Thief"

External links

• Anthrax homepage
• Review in The Fulford and Tang Hall Curmudgeon #11