Review by Adam M on September 16, 2016.

Anthtrax have come out with a nice thrash release with For All Kings. There is a serious spirit of the genre on the release. The riffs complement the classic vocals of Joey Belladona.

The entire affair has an element of fun that is infectious and nice to listen to. Many of the tracks are very addictive. Breathing Lightning and others share an ability to ingrain themselves into your subconscious. It is very fortunate to have Anthrax operating at this level again. The lack of great releases in the thrash genre means this joins Overkill as some of the best from the recent crop excluding quasi-thrash like Sylosis and Revocation. The fiery nature of the music is translated into a slick and catchy approach that has many memorable moments. One will find themselves humming the tracks after listening to them. This is the sign of good thrash, when it starts to become addictive and worth further listens. Still, the music isn’t perfect as there could be more progression to the offerings. The thrash genre is in need of an overhaul. Sure, this is great by the numbers thrash, but one would wish for more innovation in the genre at this point in time. Instrumentally, the band is solid with the guitar riffs taking the main stage over the vocals. The guitar licks are highly addictive and make for the most major portion of the disc. The drumming is good, but one would wish it would be stronger in the mix. Still, the overall collection of instruments is solid.

As far as thrash albums go, this is a pretty spotless collection of songs. It’s also another solid piece of the Anthrax discography that is very good overall at this point. It’s a perfectly placed disc in time that outdoes the new Megadeth easily. It’s not perfect, but For All Kings is very solid thrash.

Rating: 8 out of 10

Review by Tomek on February 11, 2009.

For those of you that are not too familiar with Anthrax videos or their videography altogether - here's a short flashback. "Through Time P.O.V." is a collection of videos (including all the bands singles) originally released in 1990 by Universal Music on VHS.
Long out of print, out of reach and probably out of existence, the aforementioned tape tormented all fans that wanted to add it to their collections. Re-released on DVD in 2008, sold and distributed by England's Cherry Red Records, it is finally back on the market.

As for the videos themselves, what we have here is simply Anthrax. All videos have a little introduction by a member or members of the band, explaining either the idea behind the video or just remembering the times during which that particular video was made. Quality of the picture isn't so bad considering the age of the original and same goes for the sound. Neither one was enhanced in any way, forcing me to think that the whole thing was simply recorded from good quality tape to DVD with the addition of menu at the beginning. There may be some complaints about all that but I'm simply enjoying something that was out of my reach for so many years. 9 videos of one of my favorite band that I could only watch on You Tube in very poor quality are now on DVD. How can I complain?

Categorical Rating Breakdown

Musicianship: 9
Atmosphere: 7
Production: 7
Originality:7
Overall: 8

Rating: 7.6 out of 10