State of Euphoria

Occupation

State of Euphoria is the fourth studio album by American thrash metal band Anthrax. It was released in the fall of 1988 in Iceland Records and reached 1989 in the USA gold status for selling 500,000 units.

Formation

According to Dan Spitz, the band members were due to the unexpected success of Among the Living in a state of euphoria (English: State of Euphoria ), they earned a lot of money and unexpectedly appeared at major festivals such as the Monsters of Rock. This euphoric mood influenced the songwriting of the album, which is why Dan Spitz rather critically commented in 2006 on the album, not the representative what the name is Anthrax. Similarly, Scott Ian commented that saw the band under enormous time pressure to finish the album because a European tour with Iron Maiden was planned. The songwriting should take a few months longer, because some of the songs sound unfinished. In addition, the over-long pieces contained a variety of guitar riffs that would have been enough for three or more songs.

The recording of the album took place in the Quad Radial Studios in Miami, Florida, place the mix in the Electric Lady Studios in New York City. The record covers to State of Euphoria was drawn by the illustrator Don Brautigam (front) and cartoonist Mort printer ( back).

Title list

* Bernard Bonvoisin, Norbert Krief ( Trust)

Reception

Despite the still larger compared to Among the Living commercial success, the album was mixed by critics included. Noticed Essi Berelian from Rough Guide to Rock, that the very outstanding piece Antisocial is a cover, which underlines the immaturity of the album. Steve Huey of Allmusic called the album is not satisfactory. It has strong moments, especially Be All, End All was one of the melodiösesten pieces of tape, and other pieces could inspire you. The bottom line however is a good half of the album surprisingly colorless. Götz Kühnemund of RockHard, however, was enthusiastic about the album, it was harder and at the same time more melodic than its predecessor Among the Living. Bad songs on the album were it not, it will bring the band " further towards the tip, ie: Metallica ".

Penikufesin -EP

During the sessions for State of Euphoria, the band recorded several cover versions that were released in August 1989 in Europe and Japan as EP Penikufesin.

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