Background and recording
When asked in May 2018 if Anthrax had begun working on their twelfth studio album, guitarist Scott Ian stated, "Very, very, very preliminary stages. There's a couple of really great riffs. Charlie's sent around some really great ideas. But we haven't actually started working on anything. We've just been too busy touring." [1] A month later, bassist Frank Bello claimed that Anthrax had intended to be back in the studio by mid-2018, but because they agreed to open for Slayer on their farewell tour, they were not expected to start writing their new album until at 2019 at the earliest. [2] [3]
After years of false starts and stops, [4] [5] Anthrax entered the studio in the spring of 2023 to begin recording their twelfth studio album. [6] Frontman Joey Belladonna began recording his vocals on November 5, 2023, [7] and production of the album continued within another two years. [8] Although Bello had stated the album would be in the fall of 2025, [9] it was left unfinished by the middle of the year, with drummer Charlie Benante revealing that the band had thrown "out a bunch of old tunes and made some new ones that destroy the older ones", and Belladonna claiming he had "maybe two or three more" songs left to record. [10] [11] Bello confirmed in July 2025 that the album was in the mixing stages, [12] and Benante announced the same month that a new Anthrax song would be released before the end of the year. [13] Bello announced in February 2026 that the new album would be released in May of that year, [14] though Benante later clarified that it will be released in September while the first single will be released in May. [15] In a March 2026 interview with Bravewords.com , Ian and Benante revealed Cursum Perficio as the title of the album. [16]
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