The following year, the group released Worship Music, the first album to feature Belladonna since Persistence of Time and the band's first new recording since 2003.

Anthrax, fresh off the thrash masterpiece Persistence of Time and riding the "rap metal" wave with Public Enemy, joined the trend, leaving fans scratching their heads.

Anthrax, 'Persistence of Time' (1990) It might be Anthrax’s most creatively grave and clever work – for artistic and interpersonal reasons – and it’s a clear response to the relative ...

Looking back on 40 years bookmarked by such classic Anthrax albums as “Spreading the Disease,” “Among the Living,” “Persistence of Time” and the more recently acclaimed “Worship ...

Looking back on 40 years bookmarked by such classic Anthrax albums as “Spreading the Disease,” “Among the Living,” “Persistence of Time” and the more recently acclaimed “Worship ...

I think everything we were doing, even to the last minute before I was gone… ‘Persistence [Of Time]’. C’mon. [There’s some] good stuff [on that album].” It’s always interesting to hear Belladonna’s ...

So, bands such as Anthrax took heavy metal to the next level by infusing it with the amped-up speed and aggression of hardcore punk. And, thus, the birth of thrash metal.

So, you’ll be hearing something before the end of the year, for sure.” The last time that Anthrax released an album was in 2016 with “For All Kings,” their 11th studio album overall.