This Sunday night (November 6th) at 6 PM (EST), ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante will guest on The Heavy Metal Mayhem Radio Show, along with MOTORTRAIN frontman Ump.

Listen to the show at this location.

Benante was recently featured in a new interview with The Houston Press, discussing Anthrax' new album, Worship Music. An excerpt is available below:

Q: I know the record had a tortuous birthing process, but was it kind of destined that Joey came back into the fold?

Benante: "I think so. I think this path led us to him and it was supposed to happen. We had to deal with some bumps and bruises on the way, but we made it there. And the record is the reward, it sounds so great. To all of us, this feels like our first album."

Q: What did you want to do musically to make it stand out?

Benante: "We wanted to keep the integrity of the band that was in the '80s to the '90s, but modernize the sound to make it fresh while still having that old school feel. One of the key ingredients was Jay Ruston's mix. He really understood the band and our music."

Q: On different tracks you pay tribute to influences like RONNIE JAMES DIO, DIMEBAG DARRELL, and JUDAS PRIEST. Do bands come up to you and say the same thing about Anthrax?

CB: "Many do, and I'm so honored when I hear it. Because sometimes I don't hear it in their music, but do in the individual playing. It's the same with us. We have influences, but we don't necessarily sound like those bands. On 'Crawl', I played the beat on the song and opened the hi-hat, and that comes from QUEEN and Roger Taylor."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Anthrax' tour schedule is as follows:

November

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