Fistful of Metal/Armed and Dangerous

Anthrax | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 22, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Megaforce
• ASIN: B0007N19M8
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,635 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Deathrider

2. Metal Thrashing Mad

3. I'm Eighteen

4. Panic

5. Subjugator

6. Soldiers of Metal

7. Death from Above

8. Anthrax

9. Across the River

10. Howling Furies

11. Armed and Dangerous

12. Raise Hell

13. God Save the Queen (Non LP)

14. Metal Thrashing Mad (Live)

15. Panic (Live)

16. Soldiers of Metal (Rare)

17. Howling Furies (Rare)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Proceed with caution, February 25, 2005

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Tenacious Dave - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fistful of Metal/Armed and Dangerous (Audio CD)

I have to admit that I was overly excited about this re-issue. I was very pleased with the updated versions of old-school Anthrax on The Greater of Two Evils. I was hoping for improved sound quality and an extra or two from this release (expanded liner notes, improved sound, unreleased demos, etc.). In a perfect world, Megaforce would have followed the same format as Megadeth's Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good (if you are reading this review, you should already have this).

Unfortunately, you simply get the first two Anthrax albums on one CD. There are some brief comments from each member of Anthrax at the time, with the exception of Frankie Bello (he must still be pissed off at the boys). I was mildly surprised to see comments from Danny Lilker, Neil Turbin and Joey Belladonna. But that's it. You don't even have the lyrics that were included in the original release of Armed And Dangerous. I really shouldn't feel cheated because there is no mention of re-mastering or the inclusion of any extras. It just leaves me wondering why this package was released at all. The original two CD's are still available. If you expect me to shell out a few bucks for re-released material you need to throw me a bone and give me something extra. If you already own these albums you can skip this release.

If you don't already have these albums, then this is a good deal. You can get two decent Anthrax albums on one disc for a good price. This material is worth owning if you are an Anthrax fan. I suggest you read the reviews for the individual albums, there isn't anything new here.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BLOW UP THE VAULTS!!!!!!, January 20, 2006

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wally gator "the only" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fistful of Metal/Armed and Dangerous (Audio CD)

YES! Here's what I was hoping to find! FISTFUL OF METAL and ARMED AND DANGEROUS together on one release. This, my friends, is the ANTHRAX story chapters ONE and TWO together on one KILLER compilation.

Now, I am here to tell you not to listen to ANYBODY but me on this one. FISTFUL is such a cool record, I can't believe how many people are knocking it. NEIL TURBIN only sang vocals on the one album, and yeah, they are a bit outrageously high pitched, but the speed and killer licks will whip yo' hide. No joke. It sounds like it was recorded inside of a trash can, but man can it rock... Play loudly.

Keep the volume as loud for ARMED AND DANGEROUS. This record introduces a young sounding JOEY BELLADONNA before he really claimed his sound. Here we get him covering some TURBIN material, and we get him on a couple early live outings. I love early THRAX, SPREADING THE DISEASE is probably the best album, but I get all jazzed up when I hear a real classic early eighties metal track that was recorded on zero budget. This is underground New York Garage sh*t and it is wicked f'in awesome. If you are an ANTHRAX fan and have never heard these albums.. do yourself a favor and pick this up!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great Music, Horrible Disc Quality, January 25, 2007

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David K. Barrett - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fistful of Metal/Armed and Dangerous (Audio CD)

This is the simple review: the music is killer. Neil Turbin is great.

Music is 5 stars. Disc quality and editing is - 2 stars.

Here are the problems: The disc sounds bad. Also, there is an unforgiveable 2 second gap between each song. The gaps exists even when the song is supposed to blend into the following tune. It was so annoying that I put my CD on Ebay.