BLACK SABBATH's Bill Ward Spotlights ANTHRAX Drummer Charlie Benante On Rock 50; Preview Video, Full Episode Online
January 19, 2015, 9 years ago
On this week's episode of his Rock 50 radio program, legendary Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward brings in the new year with a salute to Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante.
Check out a preview clip below, and listen to the entire show at this location.
Anthrax are currently working on a new studio album, their highly anticipated follow-up to 2011's Worship Music. A new from of Charlie Benante's drum tracking sessions can be viewed below:
Anthrax, along with producer Jay Ruston, is currently in a Los Angeles studio recording the follow-up to their 2011 Grammy-nominated album, Worship Music.
The band - Charlie Benante/drums, Frank Bello/bass, Joey Belladonna/vocals, Scott Ian/guitars and Jon Donais/guitars - have been writing and demo'ing new songs over the past few months and plans to record well into January.
The as-yet-untitled album, the band's eleventh full studio collection, is set for a 2015 release (Megaforce Records). This video clip was filmed the first day of recording:
Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian was interviewed by Kaaos TV before his Speaking Words show at Bio Rex in Helsinki, Finland on January 9th. Regarding the status of the new album Ian said “It’s not even close to being finished. We’re just tracking the record right now; some drums are done and guitars done. We’re working on bass guitar right now and leads.”
Stay tuned for updates.
