Needless to say, ‘Fistful of Metal,’ proved to be just the first of many now legendary and beloved Anthrax albums, but it stands alone in the New York quintet’s discography — as much ...

Anthrax's debut album, 'Fistful of Metal,' isn't only the first piece of the band's legendary career, it's the album which birthed the term "thrash metal." Some of thrash's greatest masterpieces ...

Heavy metal band Anthrax may have called their debut album Fistful of Metal, but after three decades of punishment to his hands, drummer Charlie Benante learned the hard way that his fists are ...

"Before the tragedy of Sept. 11, the only scary thing about Anthrax was our bad hair in the 1980s and the Fistful of Metal album cover," it said. "We don't want to change the name of the band ...

and Anthrax in New York, this burgeoning movement – christened ‘thrash metal’ by UK journalist Malcolm Dome in a review of Fistful Of Metal – was snowballing. A scene was taking shape.

Fistful of Metal is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Anthrax, released in January 1984 by Megaforce Records and Music for Nations internationally. The album includes a cover of ...

On the other side of the country, Anthrax released Fistful Of Metal in January 1984, at around the same time that some genius in the media invented the term 'thrash metal' and used it in a review.

He co-wrote and performed on Anthrax’s 1984 debut album “Fistful of Metal” before saying farewell to fellow bandmates Scott Ian and company. Lilker and Ian stayed in touch and later formed ...

With his wife, Marsha, he founded Megaforce, a label that released the first albums of Metallica and others. By Neil Genzlinger Jon Zazula, who with his wife, Marsha, founded Megaforce Records and ...