ANTHRAX guitarist Rob Caggiano is featured in a new interview with Geeks Of Doom. An excerpt is available below:

During our last conversation, Anthrax was four months away from the release of Worship Music. Four months may seem like a long time to wait, but after many delays which saw fans wait eight years for a new album, a few months was nothing. Since its release the album has gathered an overwhelming amount of positive reviews, sitting at the top of just about every rock and metal based ‘Best of 2011’ list. This must have come as a huge relief to the band.

Caggiano: “It’s blown our minds. It took so long to finish this album and it was so stressful and chaotic on so many different levels, it’s just a relief that it’s actually finished now…just the fact that the fans and the critics have really given us great reviews and everyone seems to really like the album a lot it just makes us feel really good. If they only knew how stressful it was to finish it!”

One major contributor to the great sound of Worship Music was Caggiano’s production, which although it ultimately worked out was another level of stress. “I’m really happy with the way the record came out and the way it sounds. We went through a lot of different stages on Worship Music. We started recording in 2007 and I think we counted it up at one point how many different studios we used I think it was like seventeen! I think one of my biggest challenges as producer was trying to make everything sound cohesive in the end…I think we definitely hit the mark. I think the end result is what we all envisioned it to be.”

When reading all the incredibly positive reviews it occurred to me that so many of Worship Music’s listeners were not only impressed at such a great metal album, but were surprised that Anthrax was capable of making it.

“Anthrax always seems to have this weird underdog thing that I think is fucking ridiculous to be honest. I don’t think the band deserves that, I think the band is better than that,” Caggiano says.”But, it’s the kind of thing where Anthrax always proves everyone wrong. Any of the naysayers can say whatever they want, but the band always proves all that shit wrong. And our fans are always with us and that’s the bottom line.”

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Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian recently revealed via a Twitter update, that the band filmed their show at O2 Islington Academy in London, England on March 15th for an upcoming DVD release. The band's setlist featured:

'Earth on Hell'

'Fight 'Em Till You Can't'

'Caught in a Mosh'

'Antisocial'

'The Devil You Know'

'I'm Alive'

'Indians'

'In the End'

'Deathrider'

'Belly of the Beast'

'Medusa'

'Among the Living

Encore:

'Be All, End All'

'Madhouse'

'Metal Thrashing Mad'

'I'm the Man'

'I Am the Law'

Check out fan-filmed footage below: