Legendary thrash metal band Anthrax have set a date of February 26th, 2016 for their new album For All Kings, the follow up to 2011’s Worship Music. The band announced this via a video posted to their Facebook and YouTube, which you can see below.
Talking about their first single “Evil Twin”, rhythm guitarist and lyricist Scott Ian explains:
“I was very affected by the Charlie Hebdo massacre as I have been with all of the shootings that have taken place at schools and movie theatres. I can’t figure out what would cause someone to think that was the right thing to do. ‘I’ll show the world, I’ll make my God happy.’ It’s just such bullshit. I’m not bagging on religion, that’s not my intent, but people who go to that extreme, who feel they have become judge, jury and executioner over their fellow man because you or I don’t believe the same thing they do, I think that’s the ‘Evil Twin’ of humanity. Writing words about that is my only catharsis.
You can buy the “Evil Twin” single via iTunes.