Anthrax - Fistful of Metal - Megaforce Records MRI 469 LP 1984 - First US Ed.
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Anthrax - Fistful of Metal - Megaforce Records MRI 469 LP 1984 - First US Edition
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All the records from my collection are collector-owned, and were purchased thirty-plus years ago. Apart from being opened and played once so I could record onto a cassette tape for ease of listening on my Walkman or boom box - Google the terms if you do not know what those are - all records have simply been sitting on a shelf until this day.
Please review all photos carefully as what you see is what you will receive, including inner sleeves, lyrics sheets, order forms, etc. Note that my records have not been cleaned ultrasonically, and any vinyl that has been sitting for an extended period of time in a paper or cardboard sleeve will naturally collect some amount of fiber or dust. As a result, please clean all purchases prior to playing.
Finally, although not photographed with a protective sleeve, all records will be shipped via USPS with at least a 2 mil thick archival quality outer sleeve, as well as cardboard record padding for protection.
If you have any question, please do not hesitate to reach out to me.
Thank you!
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Decibel Magazine’s Adem Tepedelen wrote,
“Decibel’s The Decibel Hall of Fame has inducted no shortage of debut albums—a band’s first blush is frequently its best work—but Anthrax’s first, released in early 1984, was both the beginning of an era and the immediate end of another. As we all know, on the back of Fistful of Metal, Anthrax was tabbed as one of the “Big 4” thrash bands [i.e. Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica and Slayer], going on to enormous success and enjoying a long and productive—if sometimes rocky—career. And it all began here, with a lineup—vocalist Neil Turbin, guitarists Scott Ian (neé Rosenfeld) and Dan Spitz, bassist Dan Lilker and drummer Charlie Benante—that would only play on this album. In fact, this lineup lasted about 18 months before it splintered apart in, as we’ll see here, acrimony that has (for some members) lasted more than three decades.
…Following on the heels of Metallica’s own debut, Kill ’Em All, on the very same label (Megaforce), it established Anthrax as the lords of East Coast thrash, a style with plenty of speed, more melody and a NWOBHM [new wave of British heavy metal]-influenced sound all its own. Metallica may have fired the first shot, but Anthrax returned fire with authority.
That two of the five musicians, including founding member Lilker, were gone from the band within months of its release speaks to the turmoil in the lineup even as Fistful of Metal was being written, rehearsed and ultimately recorded. Though this inherent tension may have actually helped power the creativity, it didn’t foster good interpersonal relationships. Lilker was gone before FOM was even released, and Turbin exited after one short tour in support of the album—neither of their own volition.
So, it is that Fistful of Metal enters the Decibel Hall of Fame under a cloud of bad feelings. But for fans, its reputation as one of the best early examples of the style will live on in spite of the negativity surrounding it.”
Tepedelen, Adem. “Anthrax – ‘Fistful of Metal’”, Decibel, 17 July 2019, Accessed 1 February 2023.
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