{"id":588538,"date":"2026-05-17T06:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/588538\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T06:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:18:10","slug":"anthrax-announce-first-album-in-10-years-cursum-perficio-and-share-monstrous-single-its-for-the-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/588538\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthrax announce first album in 10 years, ‘Cursum Perficio’, and share monstrous single ‘It’s For The Kids’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthrax<\/a>\u00a0have\u00a0announced their first album in 10 years \u2018Cursum\u00a0Perficio\u2019 and released the single \u2018It\u2019s\u00a0For\u00a0The\u00a0Kids\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The thrash metal greats have not released a studio record since 2016\u2019s \u2018For All Kings\u2019, but their 12th\u00a0LP will be released on September 18 via\u00a0Megaforce\u00a0Records, and you can pre-order\/pre-save your copy\u00a0here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The first taste of it comes in the form of \u2018It\u2019s\u00a0For\u00a0The\u00a0Kids\u2019,\u00a0a huge, muscular throwback to the band\u2019s early records in the \u201880s, with lightning riffs from Jonathan Donais and Scott Ian and\u00a0trademark power vocals from Joey Belladonna.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Check it out here:\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Guitarist Scott Ian has said: \u201cA friend of mine said, \u2018It\u2019s For the Kids\u2019 is a straight-up love letter to your fans. That\u2019s exactly what I wanted it to be. The album needed a four-minute thrash song that harkened back to our first era. Whether it\u2019s the aggression or the big chorus, it represents all the best parts of Anthrax in a very angry four-minute package. For the video, we wanted to throw back to our \u2018Madhouse\u2019 video \u2014 thematically it just made sense and this idea opened the door for us to share the experience with our fans. For all of us!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Drummer Charlie Benante has explained the meaning of the album title, which translates from Latin as \u201cI finish the journey\u201d: \u201cI was watching a Marilyn Monroe documentary, and I saw \u2018Cursum Perficio\u2019 written on a tile in her last home. When I found out what the phrase meant, it immediately clicked with me. We aren\u2019t saying this is our last record, but our journey has come to an end. I believe we\u2019ve completed the task.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anthrax \u2013 \u2018Cursum\u00a0Perficio\u2019\u00a0tracklist:\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Persistence Of Memory\u2019\u00a0
\n\u2018The Long Goodbye\u2019\u00a0
\n\u2018It\u2019s\u00a0For\u00a0The\u00a0Kids\u2019\u00a0
\n\u2018Everybody\u2019s Got\u00a0A\u00a0Plan\u2019\u00a0
\n\u2018The Edge\u00a0Of\u00a0Perfection\u2019\u00a0
\n\u2018Infectious\u2019\u00a0
\n\u2018NYC93\u2019\u00a0
\n\u2018Cursum\u00a0Perficio\u2019\u00a0
\n\u2018T.O.M.B.\u2019\u00a0
\n\u2018Watch It Go\u2019\u00a0
\n\u2018My Victory\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anthrax\u00a0are\u00a0heading out on\u00a0a European tour supporting Iron Maiden<\/a>\u00a0later this month, before\u00a0heading to\u00a0Louisville, Kentucky in September for an appearance at Louder Than Life<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In other news,\u00a0KISS\u2019 Gene Simmons officiated the wedding of Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante and Butcher Babies singer Carla Harvey<\/a>\u00a0last October,\u00a0while\u00a0Benante described Spotify as \u201cwhere music goes to die\u201d<\/a>\u00a0a year earlier.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthrax\u00a0have\u00a0announced their first album in 10 years \u2018Cursum\u00a0Perficio\u2019 and released the single \u2018It\u2019s\u00a0For\u00a0The\u00a0Kids\u2019.\u00a0 The thrash metal greats have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,5204,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-588538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-metal","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}