Here is a collection of hard-to-find covers, new tracks and live stompers to brighten the black heart of any Joey Belladonna era Anthrax fan. Unfortunately, problems with Belladonna and with their record company came to a head during the promotion for this release. Tragically, Belladonna was fired, and Anthrax departed Island Records. Thus ended a classic era for speed metal. However, ATTACK gives us a clear picture of Anthrax's strengths and weaknesses; where they had been and their future directions.

MILK (ODE TO BILLY) - We begin proceedings with a cover song of Scott Ian and Charlie Benante's side project, S.O.D. A head banging ode to breakfast time, this tune turned me on to S.O.D, and I've being afflicted ever since. LOL! Joey Belladonna does a stellar job on vocals . . . but doesn't he always?!

BRING THE NOISE - The groundbreaking team up of Anthrax and Public Enemy on an updated PE classic. It also sewed the seeds of discontent in the mind of lead singer Joey Belladonna and caused him to be ousted not long after this album's release.

KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY (LIVE) - Live headcruncher from the `Persistence Of Time' tour in Birmingham, England.It shows that Anthrax was getting more into the serious subjects than before. Something that would increase with the substitution of Belladonna with ex- Armoured Saint frontman John Bush.

STARTIN' UP A POSSE - A comment of Tipper Gore and the whole censorship debacle. The `Wild West' theme is sprinkled throughout the track, with the `Bonanza' theme thrown in for good measure. With Scott Ian on lead vocals, never has Anthrax been so cutting. "And this ain't sexist, neither!" This is pure, in -your-face stuff.

PROTEST AND SURVIVE - Stomping cover version of a track by Discharge.

CHROMATIC DEATH - Another S.O.D. ode, guaranteed to cause permanent whiplash. Short, sharp and brutal.

I'M THE MAN '91 - An updating of their innovative rap metal hybrid song, `I'm The Man'. Spends the first part of the track telling us how innovative they were in the first place and putting down other rap/metal contenders. Not as good the second time round . . .I get my kicks with the original.

PARASITE - Energetic reading of early Kiss/Ace Frehley effort. Anthrax and Kiss were always intertwined having toured together, and Anthrax also covering two `early period' Kiss tunes, `Love Her All I Can' and `She'.

PIPELINE - Can you bang your head and surf the finest waves at the same time? Anthrax sure as hell tried, with this instrumental surf classic.

SECTS - A cover of the band Trust, who also inspired Anthrax to cover their ANTI-SOCIAL for their `State Of Euphoria' album.

BELLY OF THE BEAST (LIVE) - Pitch black and menacing killer song from the `Persistence Of Time' tour, recorded in Birmingham, England.

N.F.B (DALLABNIKUFESIN) - A hilarious kick to the head for all those faux-metal bands who persisted in dishing up `power ballads'. The scary thing is that Joey's voice suits that style to a tee. Wait for the track's payoff, it `kills' me every time

This is awesome! Probably one of my all-time favorite albums!

Only song I don't like on there is Bring the Noize...

This is their last good album, as has already been said. Great covers, greatly reproduced.

Chromatic Death and Protest and Survive are unbeatable on this album! They finish off the album quite nicely and are better than the SOD versions!

I love the ballad, he really shows off his voice... Any type of music Anthrax does and it does great, even if the song doesn't sound as smooth as it should be. Some people would think along those lines, but it really doesn't matter as it has so much feeling and emotion in it. One of the more memorable songs they ever did. Even though it's just a ballad! Hands down, one of my favorite songs on the compilation album. Feelings and emotions is what makes a good song.

I wish they brought out pseudo-albums like this all the time! This is the way to do it! Not too serious! It works every time. Scott Ian made is very clear it's not an album, but it works well like an album. Some songs float around people's minds for years before they finally put them on an album. Like with Tears of the Dragon by Bruce Dickinson! He wanted to do that for years with Iron Maiden and finally did it on Balls to Picasso in 1994!

Great work guys! Brings back a lot of memories, served me well when I was younger in my teenage years. Heard it on cassette tape back then!

When I hear this, I always felt sad this was Joey's last effort with the group. It was rotten when Joey left! :( Didn't listen to them after that! Joey was a big part of Anthrax for me! One of my favorite singers of all time! You'd wish people would sort out their differences, wouldn't you? LOOK AT HOW MUCH FUN THEY HAD TOGETHER! Life's too short! But all that is in the past and I am eternally grateful that they are back together and have sorted out their difference! I can't wait for the new album next year! Fingers crossed that they will commit to this and bring out more great material as you find on this compilation!

This is an excellent CD, and a great introduction to Anthrax. A must-have for collectors who don't want to shell out big money for the import singles. Highlights include a great cover of 'Sects', S.O.D.'s 'Milk', the hilarious 'Startin' Up a Posse', and a great re-working of 'I'm the Man' (that far surpasses the original).

Finally, I have been searching forever for a version of Milk! Lots of great tracks on this, so glad Anthrax released all these B's.

Love Anthrax, Good Disc. Very Solid Music, And Alot Of Fun To Head Bang To. Miss The Belladonna Line Up