Anthrax bassist Frank Bello has revealed that the long-awaited follow-up to the band’s 2016 album For All Kings is set for a September/October release.
Bello dropped the intel at the NAMM convention during a new interview with American Music Supply about his new signature Spector bass guitar.
“We have a new Anthrax record [coming out],” Bello said (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “And it’s been about eight years. [Laughs] It’s been a while. So, we have a new Anthrax record. This bass [guitar] will be shown everywhere we go. We’re gonna start touring. The record’s supposed to come out September, October.”
The bassist added that the band has “big touring plans” to support the release of the new album.
“If you know Anthrax, you know what we do — we stay on the road for quite a while,” he said. “There’s some very big shows being planned right now, which I can’t talk about, but I’m very psyched. So 2025 is the year. And I’m glad that we have this [new Spector bass] ready in the chambers, because this bass is gonna go a long way, and I just can’t wait — I can’t wait, ’cause I know what I have on stage. I’m very psyched about it.”
The as-yet-untitled album recently made our list of the most anticipated heavy LPs of 2025, and now we know it should arrive in the second half of the year.
Back in May 2023, it was reported that Anthrax were in the studio working on the record with producer Jay Ruston, though updates on progress had been scarce ever since. In the meantime, drummer Charlie Benante has been busy playing in a reunited and revamped version of Pantera.
Check out the interview with Frank Bello below.