Watch Scott Ian Talk 'For All Kings' and Anthrax's 35th Anniversary

Back in the dark ages—1981!—some guys started jamming in Queens. They called themselves Anthrax, and they'd go on to become the only non-California members of thrash metal's Big Four, alongside Slayer, Metallica and Megadeth. As they celebrate their 35th band-birthday, they're still slaughtering with the focus and intensity they showed on Fistful of Metal, Spreading the Disease and Among the Living.

Legendarily goateed shredder Scott Ian recently stopped by Fuse to talk about Anthrax's new album, For All Kings. The follow-up to 2011's Worship Music is a momentous record, with Shadows Fall's Jon Donais replacing Rob Caggiano as lead guitarist (Donais is the same age as the band!) and original vocalist Joey Belladonna singing the first songs Anthrax wrote specifically for him since 1990's Persistence of Time. (Worship Music was initially penned for another vocalist the band prefers not to name.)