Fistful of Metal 146672 226141079 2008-07-17T00:25:13Z Anger22 1008387 [[WP:ALBUM]] {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> Name = Fistful of Metal | Type = studio | Artist = [[Anthrax (band)|Anthrax]] | Cover = AnthraxFistfulOfMetal.jpg|225px | Released = January, 1984 | Recorded = 1983 | Genre = [[Thrash metal]], [[speed metal]] | Length = 35:33 | Label = [[Megaforce Records|Megaforce]] | Producer = [[Anthrax (band)|Anthrax]], [[Carl Canedy]] | Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|2}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:369ds30ba3zg/ link] | Last album = | This album = ''Fistful of Metal''<br />(1984) | Next album = ''[[Armed and Dangerous (album)|Armed and Dangerous (EP)]]''<br />(1985) |}} '''''Fistful of Metal''''' is the name of the debut album by the band [[Anthrax (band)|Anthrax]]. The album was released in January of 1984 by [[Megaforce Records]] in the [[United States]] and by [[Music For Nations]] elsewhere. ==History== The album marked [[Anthrax (band)|Anthrax]]'s album debut, produced by the band and [[Carl Canedy]], and featuring vocalist [[Neil Turbin]] and bassist [[Dan Lilker|Danny Lilker]]. It featured the song "[[I'm Eighteen]]", originally recorded on [[Alice Cooper]]'s ''[[Love It to Death]]'' album. [[Rhythm guitarist]] [[Scott Ian]] had insisted on including a cover of the song on the band's first album, which is why it was featured. ===Firing of Danny Lilker=== Danny Lilker and Scott Ian had been the original founders of the band, but Ian elected to fire Lilker shortly after the release of the album. Ian had several reasons for doing so, specifically: *The rest of the band found him to be lazy and very unprofessional *He had failed to pay his share of the rent for the band's rehearsal sessions *The fact that he had required more than thirty takes (2 entire days worth of studio time) in the studio to record the song "[[I'm Eighteen]]" As his replacement, the band hired [[drummer]] [[Charlie Benante]]'s nephew, [[Frank Bello]], who has played on every Anthrax album ever since. ===Firing of Neil Turbin=== Neil Turbin contributed the main song ideas, lyrics, titles and arrangements to songs on the album such as "Metal Thrashing Mad", "Deathrider" and "Panic", as well as "Gung-Ho", "Raise Hell", "Armed and Dangerous" and many other classics. During the Anthrax "US Attack Tour '84", Turbin began to receive a large amount of attention as the frontman, which Scott Ian and Charlie Benante were extremely jealous of. Ian wanted to have more control over the band, and Benante, who played [[guitar]] in addition to [[drum kit|drums]], wanted to be able to make more contributions to songwriting. Ian and Benante teamed up, hired Frank Bello as bassist, and fired Turbin from the band. After Turbin's departure, Ian began writing all the lyrics, while Benante began writing the music, which would forever change the groundbreaking aggressive thrash/speed metal style and sound of Anthrax from what it was on ''Fistful of Metal''. ===Reissues and Other Releases=== ''Fistful of Metal'' was released as a [[double album]] the [[United Kingdom|U.K.]], featuring extra mixes of tracks that were not included on the [[United States|U.S.]] edition. In [[2000]], [[Megaforce Records|Megaforce]] attempted to repackage and re-release a compilation of ''Fistful of Metal'' and the [[1985]] Anthrax [[EP]] ''[[Armed and Dangerous (album)|Armed and Dangerous]]'' which featured some liner notes, but discluded any new mixes and bonus tracks and the original cover, which was replaced by a censored version. ==Track listing== #"Deathrider" ([[Neil Turbin]], [[Dan Spitz]], [[Scott Ian]], [[Dan Lilker|Danny Lilker]], [[Charlie Benante]]) – 3:30 #"Metal Thrashing Mad" (Turbin, Spitz, Ian, Lilker, Benante) – 2:39 #"[[I'm Eighteen]]" ([[Alice Cooper]], [[Glen Buxton]], [[Michael Owen Bruce|Michael Bruce]], [[Dennis Dunaway]], [[Neal Smith (drummer)|Neal Smith]]) – 4:02 #"Panic" (Turbin, Ian, Lilker) – 3:58 #"Subjugator" (Turbin, Spitz, Ian, Lilker, Benante) – 4:38 #"Soldiers of Metal" (Turbin, Ian, Lilker) – 2:55 #"Death from Above" (Turbin, Ian, Lilker) – 5:00 #"Anthrax" (Turbin, Ian, Lilker) – 3:24 #"Across the River" (Ian, Lilker) – 1:26 #"Howling Furies" (Ian, Lilker) – 3:55 ==Personnel== *[[Neil Turbin]] – [[Singer|Vocals]] *[[Dan Spitz]] – [[Lead Guitar]] *[[Scott Ian]] – [[Rhythm Guitar]] *[[Dan Lilker|Danny Lilker]] – [[Bass Guitar]] *[[Charlie Benante]] – [[Drum]]s {{Anthrax}} [[Category:Anthrax albums]] [[Category:Debut albums]] [[Category:1984 albums]] [[it:Fistful of Metal]] [[pl:Fistful of Metal]] [[pt:Fistful of Metal]] [[ru:Fistful Of Metal]] [[fi:Fistful of Metal]] [[sv:Fistful of Metal]]