ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian is featured in a new interview with NoneLouder.com. An excerpt is available below:

None Louder: Since its September 13th release Worship Music has conquered the band's highest chart debut in 20 years ranking at #12 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, the second-highest in their career. The album also debuted at #4 on Billboard’s Hard Rock Chart.

Scott Ian: “We spent more time on this record than any other record we ever made – it feels more complete than anything that we’ve ever made. We had the luxury of hindsight. It was the first time we were able to do that in the history of Anthrax and that’s what makes this record better than any other record we’ve ever made.”

None Louder: Worship Music as a whole shows obvious growth for the band in terms of their song writing; but for Ian that growth wasn’t exactly a conscious effort.

Scott Ian: “I don’t know, I never think about it. We just do what we do, I have no idea. I just think if there’s anything I can say about that as far as the process goes and where shit comes from and how it works – I don’t have a clue. I just think we get better at maybe knowing what we want so when we’re actually jamming stuff and trying to arrange music I think we just get better at feeling it and knowing what’s right and what’s not right a little bit maybe quicker than we did last time around. That’s maybe the only thing. You know, I really don’t know because I never sit and think about writing, I never think about how it works, why it works, what we do – it just happens in the room and you just write songs. I suppose other people maybe really think about that process and how they do it and they’re super disciplined about writing and all that kind of crap but it’s something I never think about. Maybe if I thought about it, it would go away. It’s something I never think about.”

None Louder: S.O.D. – any chance of reigniting that spark?

Scott Ian: “No. I think I can safely say that, yeah. It was never supposed to be anything more than it was. As far as I’m concerned we did too much with it. It started out as comic book strip that I drew in the studio and then turned into this record that we made, but you know, that’s all that it is for me. It’s the opposite of THE DAMNED THINGS, for me, it was never meant to be a real band with a schedule and making records and touring. S.O.D. was supposed to be the ‘anti’ of that, it was supposed to just be about having fun and never having it turn into something real where all of a sudden it’s not just fun anymore – it becomes a job, it becomes a business. And I’m glad everyone around the world got to see it at least once because in ‘99 and 2000 we played everywhere and I don’t feel the need to go out and do that again.”

Click here for the complete interview.

Anthrax hit the road on October 14th for a five-week, coast-to-coast tour with TESTAMENT and DEATH ANGEL. The itinerary for the tour is as follows:

October

18 - The Cotillion - Wichita, KS
19 - Summit Music Hall - Denver, CO
22 - Nokia LA Live - Los Angeles, CA
23 - Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CA
24 - House of Blues - San Diego, CA
26 - Sunshine Theatre - Albuquerque, NM
28 - South Side Music Hall - Dallas, TX
29 - Emo's East - Austin, TX
30 - Warehouse Live - Houston, TX

November

1 - House of Blues - Orlando, FL
2 - Revolution, Ft. Lauderdale - FL
4 - House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC
5 - Fillmore Charlotte - Charlotte, NC
6 - The Fillmore - Silver Spring, MD
8 - Northern Lights - Clifton Park, NY
10 - Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
11 - Palladium - Worcester, MA
15 - Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY
17 - Stage AE - Pittsburgh, PA
19 - Rave - Milwaukee, WI