{"id":3350,"date":"1988-09-01T00:00:09","date_gmt":"1988-09-01T00:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=3350"},"modified":"2013-06-01T12:53:32","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T12:53:32","slug":"album-review-anthrax-state-of-euphoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-anthrax-state-of-euphoria\/","title":{"rendered":"ANTHRAX – State Of Euphoria (1988) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANTHRAX
State Of Euphoria<\/strong><\/span>
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\nMegaforce \/ Island (1988)<\/span>
Rating: 10\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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This completes the releases this year from the so-called \u2018Big Four\u2019 (that\u2019s Megadeth<\/a>, Slayer<\/a>, Metallica and Anthrax to the uninitiated), and in my opinion the best has been saved for last.<\/p>\n

More instant than Among The Living<\/em>, State Of Euphoria<\/em> is without a doubt Anthrax\u2019s finest work to date. No long drawn out marathons here, just hard hitting powerful slices of metal with that unmistakable Anthrax sound, and even the production can be commended this time around.<\/p>\n

From the catchy rifferama of the opening song, \u2018Be All, End All\u2019, the listener really is dragged into a state of euphoria from which there is no way out. \u2018Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind\u2019 and the current single \u2018Make Me Laugh\u2019 are all sharp and to the point both musically and lyrically, with the latter reminding me a little of Metal Church with its crunching riffs.<\/p>\n

\u2018Antisocial\u2019 is a strong studio cover of the Trust song stamped with that distinctive Anthrax sound, while side one\u2019s closer \u2018Who Cares Wins\u2019 winds up slowly from a quiet intro into a frantic dash to the end.<\/p>\n

Side two is even better. The powerful \u2018Now It\u2019s Dark\u2019, the excellent \u2018Schism\u2019, with its onslaught of razor sharp riffing, and the pounding of \u2018Misery Loves Company\u2019 all shine through with flying colours. The latter is a prime example of the longer instrumental breaks that Anthrax are now injecting into their songs, which allows guitarist Dan Spitz more opportunities in the soloing department; all for the better in my opinion.<\/p>\n

\u201813\u2019 is a short mayhemic instrumental blur which in all honesty I find a complete waste of time, but the last song on the album, \u2018Finale\u2019, is possibly Anthrax\u2019s best ever. A real powerhouse of a track, with the occasional injection of thrash, and a superb vocal performance from Joey Belladonna. \u2018Finale\u2019 offers a fitting climax to the year\u2019s best release so far. Ignore all the hype and the image; just buy, listen and enjoy.<\/p>\n

Bernard Doe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review taken from Metal Forces, Issue 31 (1988)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ANTHRAXState Of Euphoria Megaforce \/ Island (1988)Rating: 10\/10 This completes the releases this year from the so-called \u2018Big Four\u2019 (that\u2019s Megadeth, Slayer, Metallica and Anthrax to the uninitiated), and in my opinion the best has been saved for last. More instant than Among The Living, State Of Euphoria is without a doubt Anthrax\u2019s finest work […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anthrax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3350"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11881,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3350\/revisions\/11881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}