New ANTHRAX singer Dan Nelson spoke with Furyrocks.com recently about a number of topics including the band's forthcoming album, Worship Music. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

Furyrocks.com: What fans are you most likely to please? The John Bush fans or the Joey Belladonna fans?

Nelson: "Hopefully all of them. Plus, I’m coming from a younger, angrier, meaner, hungrier version of Anthrax, so I think we’re going to appeal to a younger audience than before too. As well as the old school fans, who are the best fans there are. I think when everybody hears the new album, it’s going to impress them. Or when they see us live. Last night we played in The Hague, it was out of control, it was off the hook. Anybody who’s coming to an Anthrax show now is defitely going to leave as a fan if they weren’t before."

Furyrocks.com: How big was your input for the new album?

Nelson: "I’d like to think very big. They didn’t have many songs written when I first came in and they had no lyrics or vocal melodies written at all. We all collaborated together on the album. So I’d like to think and I hope that a large part was me. I feel it was, because I definitely left my heart on the tracks. Charlie (Benante; drums) writes most of the music, as far as guitar riffs and the arrangements. The lyrics, for the most part, are written by myself and Scott (Ian; guitar) and most of the melodies were me and Frankie (Bello; bass). That’s pretty much the way it went, with all of us giving a riff here or there."

Furyrocks.com: What does Worship Music sound like?

Nelson: "It’s definitely an Anthrax record. I don’t think it’s so different from the other records, but it’s definitely the heaviest Anthrax, but at the same time it’s very melodic. It’s a very dark album. You’re not going to listen to it and think ‘Who is this? This isn’t Anthrax’, but at times, it’s the most aggressive Anthrax you’ve ever heard, I believe. And if Charlie disagrees with me, I’ll put him in a headlock right now, haha."

Read the entire interview here.

Nuclear Blast Germany has confirmed an October 23rd release date for Worship Music. The album will be available as a regular CD and limited edition digi. Dave Fortman, a member of UGLY KID JOE, who has also worked with artists such as MUDVAYNE, EVANESCENCE and SLIPKNOT, began mixing Worship Music recently in a New Orleans studio.

New confirmed Worship Music tracks include 'Vampires', 'Crawl', 'The Devil You Know', 'The Giant', 'Fight 'em 'Til You Can't', 'Earth On Hell' and 'New Noise'. The album was produced by guitarist Rob Caggiano and Anthrax.