"You could have the name out there - and it's an iconic name, it's been around forever and that's great - but unless you have the goods in the songs..." says Anthrax bassist Frank Bello in a recent interview with Jim Ryan of Chicago At Night, speaking about his band's new album, For All Kings, which will be released on February 26th. An excerpt from their chat follows:

There seems to be a lot of buzz around the upcoming album release. With the fairly relentless touring over the course of the last five years, do you feel like you’re kind of capitalizing on that work now with the release of this new album?

Frank Bello: "Here's what I think: I think you have to work. You cannot rely on anything else but good, hard work. That's the way we've always been. Our work ethic has always been there. You don't get nothing for nothing, that's the line. That's the way we grew up as New York guys. You don't just get handed anything. You have to work and make people know. You have to work and put out the best record we could. We have to do the best tours we can to make people hear this. Hopefully we get some radio play - whatever radio there is out there - and do what we have to do to make it happen.

Look, this is the way we did it in the '80s. We're very much used to this. We are a very hardworking band and I'm so happy to see there's a buzz on the new Anthrax record. Thirty years in, we're talking about being a relevant band in 2016. And for one of the more anticipated records of 2016 to be For All Kings? It's an amazing feeling and, I'm telling you, we couldn't be more psyched. We're stoked about that."

To read the interview in its entirety, click here.

For All Kings tracklisting:

CD1:
“You Gotta Believe”
“Monster At The End”
“For All Kings”
“Breathing Lightning”
“Suzerain”
“Evil Twin”
“Blood Eagle Wings”
“Defend/Avenge”
“All Of Them Thieves”
“This Battle Chose Us”
“Zero Tolerance”

CD2 (Bonus Live-CD):
“Fight ‘Em ‘Til You Can’t”
“A.I.R.”
“Caught In A Mosh”
“Madhouse”

Anthrax is currently in the midst of its first tour of 2016 alongside Lamb Of God, remaining dates are listed below:

January
28 - Royal Oak Music Theatre - Royal Oak, MI
29 - Egyptian Room at Old National Center - Indianapolis, IN
30 - Aragon Ballroom - Chicago, IL
31 - Orbit Room - Grand Rapids, MI
 
February
2 - Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland - Kansas City, MO
4 - Revention Music Center - Houston, TX
5 - Bomb Factory - Dallas, TX
6 - Concrete Street Pavilion - Corpus Christi, TX
8 - ACL Live at the Moody Theatre - Austin, TX
9 - Diamond Ballroom - Oklahoma City, OK
11 - Brooklyn Bowl - Las Vegas, NV
12 - Hollywood Palladium - Los Angeles, CA