Anthrax – Fistful Of Metal

I was really lucky to find this one. The sound is great. Loud and raw. Just awesome.

Why would 2nd/3rd pressing be included with this one? If there differences they should be separate entries.

Just a heads up. The original cover on my promo(and I am the original owner) release has the Anthrax on front and back in PINK NOT RED. Assuming the promo release would come out first...as a promo...be sure you are getting the correct version you want. I have owned this since the beginning. Make sure to read my comments.

Finally picked up the wal mart reissue and it sounds no different than the original which is fine. It was a glorified demo, no different than Kill Em All. I think it sounds good like this. A dirty sounding underground metal record from the early 80s.

I have a Caroline/Megaforce CD of this album but with a matrix that is not featured here:

CAROLCD1383 2/91 1DB3X

What kind of pressing is this? A Nimbus pressing? Something different? A bootleg?

I have not seen this type of matrix before.

I have owned this album since the day it came out. It is a gold stamp promo copy.. when this album hit the turntable...it was one of the heaviest recordings I ever heard...at the time I was a Maiden fan since 1981...and modern metal was in its infancy..metallica was still in their infancy ...then came the big WAVE of metal...Anthrax was right there at the beginning when hardly anyone knew who they were...except a small few loyal metal fledglings. Want to know what metal sounded like at the beginning...get this. ALSO. The Anthrax lettering on the cover on front and back are in PINK not red as reflected above and is came in a PLAIN white inner sleeve with no additional info. Also the Back Cover is stamped PROMO copy. Make sure you are getting what you pay for and not a different cover/pressing. these are my matrix numbers:Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, Side A): MRI-469-A STERLING A-2 ↔
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, Side B): MRI-469-B STERLING A-1 ↔

There is a Walmart exclusive silver black splatter coming out next week!!! Better hurry up before it sells out

This is my least favorite Anthrax album but i still think it's a kick ass record. I just never liked Neil Turbin as a vocalist. I love Anthrax w/ Joey or John Bush. Also, don't care for Dan Nelson either. Thank God he never recorded an album w/ them. LOL. All in all...even the worst Anthrax album is amazing!!!

My copy which is a megaforce printing does not have the title on the back.

As I have got older, this is actually my favourite Anthrax album along with Among the Living. It is energetic and gets the adrenalin going. The riffs are metal, the drums pound and drive and Neil Turbin is probably more metal than Joe Belladonna, no offence meant, I think he is great too.
I've had three versions of this. The original MFN vinyl which was a mixed bag and was probably the worst LP I have owned for dynamic differences between the first and last tracks on each side of the vinyl. I can only think of Artillery's Terror Squad first press LP on Neat Records which is as bad.
The SPV Steamhammer version on double CD has a sound more like the original LP (without the diminishing dynamics) with the quieter guitars but has maybe had some bass added. I don't hear any popping noises on this one.
The third version is the Megaforce CD 2015? Which I think is basically the 1992 release looking at the CD.
This probably sounds the most dynamic with better clarity. The guitars are louder, and all instruments seem to have more room, although I think this is equalisation rather than remix. Whether it is actually more dynamic I don't know, it just sounds that way. However there is some strange popping background noises on this also reported by others. A remix of the album would be good if possible. I'm sure I read somewhere that Scott Ian would like to remix this too.