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RIFF064 - Anthrax - Sound of White Noise

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Riffology: Iconic Rock Albums Podcast
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Sep 8, 2025
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Summary

When the vocalist change actually worked John Bush replaces Joey Belladonna, Elektra replaces Island Records, Dave Jerden replaces Mark Dodson, and somehow Sound of White Noise becomes Anthrax's highest-charting album (Billboard #7, certified gold in 1993). The first album without Joey's operatic thrash-metal wail could have been a disaster, but Bush's growly Alice in Chains-meets-Armored Saint...