“When we heard it, we were in shock. The producer had tried to make us sound like Def Leppard”: how Anthrax defied the odds to deliver a thrash classic with Among The Living

Anthrax posing for a photograph against a white wall in 1987.

Anthrax were among thrash metal’s founding fathers, and their classic third album, 1987’s Among The Living, sealed their status as part of the scene’s so-called Big Four, alongside Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth. In 2007, guitarist Scott Ian looked back on the making of a record that changed the game for the New Yorkers, and for thrash.

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