Anthrax - A Skeleton in the Closet (Studio Version)

[leifpaul]

fantastic drumming even though he speeds up a little.charlie benante is one of the best drummers in metal

[ak47dragunov]

the story this song is based off is great. dark and creepy as fuck

[dbotroniclol1]

@ak47dragunov What story?

[ak47dragunov]

@dbotroniclol1 Apt Pupil by Stephen king

[MrBudthewiser]

charlie dont fucking cheat the father of double bass ...blast beat FTW

[LynxOGrady]

Possible influence to the opening of 1000 times goodbye?

[EndlessLaymon]

Apt Pupil is such a fucking awesome story.

[RycheRageForOrder]

The guitar work is top notch!

[technoguyx]

@RycheRageForOrder And the bass work is top notch too ;P

[RycheRageForOrder]

@technoguyx

O' Yes" the bass also!

[Wacojesus13]

Metalicrap sucks Anthrax is still putting out decent albums

[Xulpro88]

4. Testament? yeah maybe, but not metallica, trashmetal super starfish bloody shit stains

[Xulpro88]

4. Suicidal Tendancies? yeah maybe, but not metallica, trendy horse shit eating cunt rags

[CoryWong707]

Anthrax epic thrash metal band!

1-Anthrax

2-Megadeth

3-Metallica

4-Slayer

[omerta7431]

drum's track is awwwweesome

[sabatonnien]

metallica

anthrax

slayer

megadeath

[2justice4no1]

This song is written about the short story "Apt Pupil" by Stephen King, I've listened to this song as a kid and read the book as a kid but the connection is just now coming to me.

[craiginith]

@2justice4no1 fake and gay

[2justice4no1]

@craiginith NO. FUCKING NO.

[victordeseguroesdios]

@craiginith how?

[WNxJihad]

@2justice4no1 Yeah and "Among the Living" is about King's "The Stand".

[dynetrax]

This is how I listen to anthrax.  /watch?v=Jehr4LPmUFM

[TheEscalofrio]

the big 4 of thras metal

1metallica

2megadeth

3slayer

4anthrax

[TheEscalofrio]

pantera is groove metal the suck

[monkeydude106]

@TheEscalofrio you sir speak fluent bullshittttttt

[TheEscalofrio]

@monkeydude106 and you likr groove metal i bet you like Glam metal too u fag no I mean You homosexual necrophilliac

[TheEscalofrio]

@monkeydude106 and you likr groove metal i bet you like Glam metal too u fag no I mean You homosexual necrophilliac

[RotnRoll77]

@TheEscalofrio Some glam's alright.

[TheEscalofrio]

@RotnRoll77 glam is gay thats one of the promblems the big four be it metallica,anthrax , megadeth,or slayer were trying to kill. Glam metal is what Thrash metal fans hate cause glam makes metal seem gay and thats why the players like Dave mustaine , james hetfield wanted to go wild and tuff not soft and mushy like a awesome dude said 

'Glam stands for Gay lam rock' -Dave mustaine

[RotnRoll77]

@TheEscalofrio Megadeth and Motley Crue toured together a couple of years back. Anthrax were also supposed to be on the tour but they got dropped to give Motley Crue more stage time. Motley Crue were the band that Dave Mustaine thought epitomized the homosexuality of the rock and metal scene way back in the day. So clearly a lot of these bands have matured passed the whole "Heavier than thou" thing.

[TheEscalofrio]

@RotnRoll77 i hate glam alright ,dave calls glam gay and he emphisied that motley crue is gay...althugh not as glam as poison or the other bands the big four hated motley crue is soft and i dont care. thats it no bullshiting

[RotnRoll77]

@TheEscalofrio Alright. Anthrax and Raven also did a few shows in California with Stryper back in the day too, I think.

[takeadayofff]

@RotnRoll77 Pantera was a good glam band. Slave Raider recorded a few good glam songs, so did Slayer. Heck, Slayer is from LA and they wore makeup. LA bands are glam, New York is glam, San Francisco was thrash.

[DasWehrmacht666]

My Big 4: 1.) Megadeth 2.) Slayer 3.) Anthrax 4.) Pantera 5.) Testament 6.) Overkill 7.) Exodus 8.) Destruction 9.) Vio-Lence 10.) Metallica

[TotalRecallArnie]

@TheRoberto2121 Slayer should be higher than Metallica

[HALEMAIDEN]

4o\m/

[TheAbsenceOfValue]

@TheRoberto2121 If Pantera was thrash

[chrisquino]

it should be like this if ur a real thrash metal fan

1.Metallica

1.Anthrax

1.Megadeth

1.Slayer

Now stop all this stupid ass fight on whos better. They are all badass. period.

[ActionProTNS]

@chrisquino THANK YOU! finally someone who fucking gets it. 

[TheGuitarmaniac97]

@chrisquino Slayer is death metal, but still i agree with that list ;)

[mister484]

@TheGuitarmaniac97 slayer is thrash metal, but they have death metal lyrics

[TheGuitarmaniac97]

@mister484 Thanks for the correction, didn't look at it like that

[xXRogueFloppersXx]

@chrisquino Mine goes 1. Megadeth

1. slayer

1. anthrax

2 metallica

[JohnnyBabas]

@chrisquino Actually it should be like this:

1. Slayer

1. Anthrax

1. Kreator

1. Pantera

[bizarredude101]

@JohnnyBabas But Pantera isn't thrash metal.

[JohnnyBabas]

@bizarredude101 Yeah and I can walk on water.

[bizarredude101]

@JohnnyBabas Pantera is groove metal. It's thrash influenced, but it's not thrash metal.

[JohnnyBabas]

@bizarredude101 Like I said; I can walk on water.

[bizarredude101]

@JohnnyBabas You should capitalize on that and make money then.

[JohnnyBabas]

@bizarredude101 watch?v=YHZHKAiWjPo

[bizarredude101]

@JohnnyBabas That was bad

[JohnnyBabas]

@bizarredude101 It's actually pretty fucking awesome.

[bizarredude101]

@JohnnyBabas Yeah and I can walk on water.

[JohnnyBabas]

@bizarredude101 But Pantera isn't thrash metal, they're flower metal.

[bizarredude101]

@JohnnyBabas OK whatever you want

[JohnnyBabas]

@bizarredude101 watch?v=vm72sN-XN0U

[kingofallpie]

@chrisquino Actually you're thinking of

Anthrax

Anthrax

Annihilator

Anthrax

[TheRagedeth]

@kingofallpie Nope.avi

[kingofallpie]

@TheRagedeth Eat a dick. Fuck Metallica.

[TheRagedeth]

@kingofallpie Who the fuck sayd Metallica? Idiot

[Zergothband]

@kingofallpie I would if I could, but I'M REALLY JUST A SENSITIVE ARTIST...

[tobbex7]

@kingofallpie More like "Fuck new metallica" ;)

[kingofallpie]

@tobbex7 Nah, fuck Metallica period.

[04046661]

@chrisquino

BULLSHIT!!!!

[Bobarino11]

@chrisquino you couldn't put it any better brother!!

[foodog1]

@chrisquino

1.Anthrax

1.Megadeth

1.Metallica

1.Slayer

[1234gnrslash]

@foodog1 Alphabetical order? Really dude....

[foodog1]

@1234gnrslash I know so 'librarian' of me, but that's just the way it is ;)

[Waferfiend87]

@chrisquino metallica would be deffintely at the bottom of the # 1 spots lol. Slayer would be the top.

[Waferfiend87]

@chrisquino and your just listing the big 4 lol.... what about testament? nuclear assault? sacred reich? so much not accredited.

[Mandeenky]

My Favorite song on this album.. Charlie is the best

[victordeseguroesdios]

@LiNaK37 maybe he is a slayer fanboy... haha

[victordeseguroesdios]

@coltsuperocean10 take it easy man... i was only saying that anthrax rules but megadeth is better

[Beatles0223]

Anyone else remember the first seconds of this as the opening to "Headbangers Ball" on MTV in the late-80s?

[hardmuffin153]

why cant people just listen to music without creating some pointless argument some people wont like Anthrax but thats just a fact of life

[MrPartyman666]

this remindes me of how i scared my cousin when we were little! hahahhhahahahahha skeleton in the closet!

[arabianmetalhead99]

This song is about the Nazis that once ww2 was over they came to the states and kept a skeleton in the closet which was he was apart of the ss.

[BeathDeans9]

@arabianmetalhead99 Not entirely true. It's based on the book 'Apt Pupil' by Stephen King, which is about an ex-Nazi telling this teenage boy war stories, but they end up driving the boy insane. It's a great book.

[arabianmetalhead99]

@BeathDeans9 I gotta read that.

[jegsimmonsproduction]

you know what i love about these guys, no matter what they do, every single song is fucking awesome and straight up fun to listen to, and you can tell they have fun performing it!

[stewierocks846]

Apt Pupil

[freetotheworld1]

@stewierocks846 book was kinda disturbing lol

[victordeseguroesdios]

Anthrax rules!

Top 4 big four:

1-Megadeth

2-Anthrax

3-Metallica

4-Slayer

[GHeroandRScape]

@victordeseguroesdios <- this

[GRIDLOCKxSMURF]

@victordeseguroesdios almost saw megadeth, anthrax, and slayer in feburary but slayers drummer got sick when i found that out it was the sadest day of my life

[coltsuperocean10]

@victordeseguroesdios ....?????? You say Anthrax rules and then vote Megadeth your No 1?? You must be a stupid fat retarded fucking yank? How stupid are you???? Is there no beginning to American intelligence?

[LiNaK37]

@coltsuperocean10 What?

[coltsuperocean10]

@LiNaK37 ...are you stupid too? Look at victordeseguroesdios list of his top 4 bands above. The bit were he goes "Anthrax rules" No 1 - Megadeth!!!

[LiNaK37]

@coltsuperocean10 He just said that Anthrax ruled. He never said that they were the best of the top 4.

[coltsuperocean10]

@LiNaK37 ... you really must be a stupid retarded yank idiot!! Why do I bother with idiots like you?? You are stupid as vic!!

[LiNaK37]

@coltsuperocean10 You must have done awful in reading comprehension in school. Let me make this simple for you: He simply said that Anthrax ruled. Saying that Megadeth is better than Anthrax does not nullify the previous statement. He thinks that Anthrax rules, but he thinks that Megadeth rules even more. Thus, he thinks that both Megadeth and Anthrax rule. Understand???

[coltsuperocean10]

@LiNaK37 "You must have done awful in reading comprehension in school" (sic) That sentence is an awful piece of English!! You, trying to lecture me, about the English language is akin to being told to sit up straight by the hunchback of Notre Dame!! Another retard!! 

[LiNaK37]

@coltsuperocean10 Err... I never tried to lecture you about the English language. I'm just telling you that you have terrible reading comprehension, which you proved by being completely unable to understand anything after the first sentence I wrote. You calling me a retard is like a turd making fun of a sunset. Please, don't let your intense anger cloud your judgement, so you can actually let what I wrote soak into your dense head.

[coltsuperocean10]

@LiNaK37 ....why do I bother with stupid retarded Americans?? Not only do you continue to make an idiot of yourself, but you continue to try to validate your response!! You are a stupid idiot! Read back your previous comments, very slowly, and realise how stupid you are!! " A turd making fun of a sunset (sic) " Seriously, how retarded are you? You are a fucking idiot!! The only reason Im angry is because you are a stupid dickhead that can not make any sense!!

[LiNaK37]

@coltsuperocean10 Are you trying to troll me or something? He thinks that Anthrax rules. Get it through your head.

[junechris]

@victordeseguroesdios Too many great thrash bands to mention all at one time. Too bad the so called big 4 got all the recognition and popularity. I still think this is the best Anthrax album ever made though. Definately the most thrashy.

[LKRstudios]

@victordeseguroesdios It should be more like:

1-Metallica

2-Megadeth

3-Slayer

4-Anthrax

=D

[xXRogueFloppersXx]

@victordeseguroesdios I almost agree with you.

[headbanner666]

@victordeseguroesdios FUCK! DUDE!!!!!! I AGREE WITH YOU MAN!! MEGADETH IS THE BEST OF THE BIG FOUR!

[ghierali]

wE NEED A STATION ON RADIO WHITH THIS.

[madhatte73]

Just rediscovered this album after who knows how many years. I am pleased to reflect that my 13-year-old self had very good taste in music, and am embarrassed to note that I haven't remembered that fact until now.

[freetotheworld1]

@IcantDiedeadenough I just believe in rocknroll.

I love thrash.Cant get enouf. What i find wrong with deathcore is that almost all songs sound the same, and the riffs are easy as fuck cuz theyre played with one finger.

Thrash is a hell of alot better. I love everything about it..I just like music. Rather its country, blues, jazz, classical, etc i'll like it as long as its a melody that sounds good altogether. and one hardly EVER gets that in metalcore.

[freetotheworld1]

I like deathcore, metalcore, but not near as much as i do classic thrash!

[BassOfManySeas]

@freetotheworld1 are you like 13?

[freetotheworld1]

@BassOfManySeas

y

[BassOfManySeas]

@freetotheworld1 because nobody over the age of 14 likes metalcore haha. no offense to anyone I mean I use to like it but when you 13 you honestly don't have a taste in music no matter how much you think you do

[freetotheworld1]

@BassOfManySeas I'm 14 and wen it comes to metalcore I only like a few songs and only listen to it everyonce in a while. Yes I do have a taste in music you should see my CD/Record collection its stuffed with stuff like BB King Metallica Journey George Strait and AC/DC all the greats and bunches of classical music.

No offense dude but idc what you say I have an excellent and very broad taste in music :D

[GHOSTY777]

@BassOfManySeas I thought the same when I was 13 and listening to Panic at the Disco......hahahahaha! Now its more along the lines of everything good (60s, 70s ,80s , 90s

[5523153976]

this song is one of my favorites!!!!

[lester5192]

these guys were famous in the 80's

[Sadmorning]

@lester5192 thank you captin obvious

[lester5192]

@Sadmorning i bet you didn't know anthrax was poison.

[DimebagHK]

@lester5192 Does Anthrax start with an A or the number twelve?

[joaosilvasc]

joey has some pretty badass vocals

[dezy6987]

thrash metal ,hard house all the way for me.hate that metalcore i would rather listen to happy hardcore than that crap.

[lester5192]

best antrhax album ever

[PhilosophicalViking]

1980's the good 'ole days...NY/NJ Thrash Metal...This never gets old...unlike me..

[jm1072]

@PhilosophicalViking Sucks getting old bro.

[IMBACHABRI]

david ellefson hiding in the closet xD

[ricsi0531]

@IMBACHABRI

XDDDD

[blahmattblah01]

this is an anthrax video and so im just gonna talk about them and not other shit. and all i have to say is anthrax kicks ass.

[chaclapa]

Joey Belladona & John Bush are truly the worst Thrash singers EVER! I like Joey's singing in Caught In A Mosh he shoulda kept it that way... but really! Neil Turbin is the best singer Anthrax ever had.

[SlayerMaidenEnemy]

@chaclapa good joke

[ChadyDrummer]

Just finished playing this on the drums... I almost fuckiing died... My life flashed before my eyes...

[pyrotechnix08]

1 person has a skeleton hiding in their closet.

[RedRocker94]

@pyrotechnix08 1 person shall become a skeleton in my closet

[jc11xbox]

This song is about Stephen King's Apt Pupil

[zoidburg111]

ha...this song just popped into my head a few mins ago...havnt heard it in many years...my cassette is long gone now...thanx for posting....

[IMBACHABRI]

I don't get lyrics.Who is that old man?

[JamaicaGrassEnergy]

@IMBACHABRI Its actually a tribute to Cliff Burton (:

[satanwilleatyursoul]

@JamaicaGrassEnergy Yeah Its about the short story Apt pupil

[SinisterManiac]

@JamaicaGrassEnergy

This album was dedicated to Cliff. But no song in particular is dedicated to him. And the guy on the cover is not as well.

[jc11xbox]

@IMBACHABRI The song is about a novella by Stephen King

[jc11xbox]

@IMBACHABRI and the old man is a nazi

[SinisterManiac]

@IMBACHABRI

Where have you been? The guy on the cover is based off the song, "Among the Living." From the Stephen King "The Stand." This song though, is based another King story called "Apt Pupil."

[mrninja44]

@SinisterManiac the guy on the cover is from poltergeist 2.

[thirty2ncountin]

One of the best thrash albums ever.

[gazmetal]

Who is Eddie Skeleton?

[GHeroandRScape]

@gazmetal dont think ur for real but its"any skeletons"

[gazmetal]

@GHeroandRScape Ha ha, I know. It was a joke.

[GHeroandRScape]

@gazmetal ok was just tryin to help ;P but ok yea kinda funny joke just didnt kno if u were serious

[JacksonJS50Dinky]

@GHeroandRScape i thumbs you down cause of ur name. fag

[GHeroandRScape]

@JacksonJS50Dinky that makes no sense u thumb me down cause i play games? how is that being a fag in any sort of way..

[antonisbob]

@GHeroandRScape

Fag.

[GHeroandRScape]

@antonisbob right..

[antonisbob]

@GHeroandRScape

It's not you. Just the name..

[guitarmessiah95]

The drums ! omg the bass! the vocals XD

[omerta7431]

one of the best drum track ever

[SregorNadroj]

My favorite part is 3:45. Blastbeat-ish for the win.

[BfMvRuLeZ93]

my favorite song from anthrax!!!!!

[killyouropponent]

THIS SONG IS PURE SEX

[mysteriospidey]

One Word "Powerful" !!

[LordSluk]

monstrous track

[jongmagee]

/watch?v=UDgqYMXeqj8

[Metaldudehere]

THUMBS UP FOR DOUBLE BASS!!!!!!!

[8i6al]

Great song to headbang \m/

[Streetlugeman420]

People of the METAL nation do your part and get the views for these classic Anthrax up there more. This SUCKS that more people are not on this. JUST START WATCHING MORE ANTHRAX VID'S. METAL FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET THOSE VIEWS UP THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cesarin229243010]

adoro esta rola adoro el disco pero lo que siempre he odiado de anthrax y de algunas bandas es que no sacan discos con buen volumen

o sera que me equivoco

[cesarin229243010]

adoro esta rola adoro el disco pero lo que siempre he odiado de anthrax y de algunas bandas es que no sacan discos con buen volumen

[Urbshanator]

this song is ridiculously good, i love it

[CSinclair100]

@LaRazaBakeSale ok I can agree with you on all these but Killswitch is a one of a kind band dude, noone sounds like them.

[Streetballizator]

6 666 views lol ....

[SchizophobicBand]

@LaRazaBakeSale the Foo Fighters are actually pretty good, Dave Grohl is respected in the metal community

[JohnnyBabas]

FUCK I LOVE THAT SONG! Just wanna get fucking drunk of my ass and strart slamming with all of you fuckers!

[natedog949]

love that bass riff at 3:04

[tylr322]

any skeletons AND ALL YOUR OTHER FUCKING SINS

ANY SKELETONS!

HIDING IN THE FUCKING CLOSET!

Ahh!!! Man, i miss my anthrax days... I'm for sure going to start to get into them again.

THRASH 4 LIFE!!!!!! \m/