Volume 8: The Threat Is Real

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Volume 8: The Threat Is Real
Studio album by Anthrax
Released	July 21, 1998
Recorded	1998
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	1:10:34
Label	Ignition Records
Producer(s)	Anthrax, Paul Crook
Professional reviews
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Anthrax chronology
Stomp 442 (1995)	Volume 8: The Threat Is Real (1998)	Inside Out (EP) (1999)

Volume 8: The Threat is Real is the name of the eighth full-length album by the band Anthrax. The album was released in July of 1998 by Ignition Records. The band and Paul Crook produced the album, which includes the single "Inside Out". Other singles released were "Crush", "P & V" and "Born Again Idiot". Volume 8: The Threat Is Real only debuted at #122 on the Billboard 200 charts.

One of the bonus tracks was a cover of Radiohead's "The Bends"

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Credits 2.1 Band members 2.2 Guest musicians 3 Weblinks

[edit] Track listing

1. "Crush" (Charlie Benante, John Bush, Scott Ian) – 4:21
2. "Catharsis" (Benante, Bush, Ian) – 4:53
3. "Inside Out" (Benante, Bush, Ian) – 5:31
4. "P & V" (Benante, Bush, Ian) – 3:12
5. "604" (Benante, Bush, Ian) – 0:35
6. "Toast to the Extras" (Benante, Bush, Ian) – 4:24
7. "Born Again Idiot" (Benante, Bush, Ian) – 4:17
8. "Killing Box" (Benante, Bush, Ian) – 3:37
9. "Harms Way" (Benante, Bush, Ian) – 5:13
10. "Hog Tied" (Benante, Bush, Ian) – 4:36
11. "Big Fat" (Benante, Bush, Ian) – 6:01
12. "Cupajoe" (Benante, Bush, Ian) – 0:46
13. "Alpha Male" (Benante, Bush, Ian) – 3:05
14. "Stealing from a Thief" (Benante, Bush, Ian) – 13:02

Note: "Stealing From A Thief" is actually 5:30 long. After two and a half minutes of silence, a hidden track, called "Pieces" can be heard, featuring Frank Bello on Lead Vocals. The British release of this album features "Pieces" as a separate track.

Some versions of the album also feature the following bonus tracks:

1. "Giving the Horns" – 3:34
2. "The Bends" – 3:52
3. "Snap/I'd Rather Be Sleeping" – 2:14

[edit] Credits

[edit] Band members

• John Bush – Vocals
• Scott Ian –Guitars, Vocals
• Frank Bello – Bass, Vocals
• Charlie Benante – Drums, Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Percussion

[edit] Guest musicians

• Phil Anselmo – Vocals on "Killing Box"
• Dimebag Darrell – Lead Guitar on "Inside Out" and "Born Again Idiot"
• Paul Crook - Lead Guitar on "Big Fat","Hog Tied","Killing Box" And "Stealing From A Thief"

Anthrax
Scott Ian | Frank Bello | Charlie Benante
Neil Turbin | Dan Lilker | Joey Belladonna | Dan Spitz | Paul Crook | John Bush | Rob Caggiano
Albums
Studio albums: Fistful of Metal | Spreading the Disease | Among the Living | State of Euphoria | Persistence of Time | Sound of White Noise | Stomp 442 | Volume 8: The Threat Is Real | We've Come for You All
Live albums: The Island Years | Music of Mass Destruction | Alive 2
Compilations: Attack of The Killer B's | Return of The Killer A's | Madhouse - The Very Best of Anthrax | The Greater of Two Evils | Anthrology: No Hit Wonders (1985-1991)
EPs: Armed and Dangerous | I'm the Man | Penikufesin | Inside Out | Summer 2003

[edit] Weblinks

• Anthrax homepage
• Review in The Fulford and Tang Hall Curmudgeon #11