Music Non Stop: Blackgates

I think I have made it well known that I like, if not love, John Bush era Anthrax. So when he left the band and they got Dan Nelson, I was skeptical. But after hearing some of his live footage, he was an almost dead ringer for Bush. I could live with it.

Well for whatever reason, they dumped him and brought Belladonna back in. He has a couple of side projects going and one of them is Blackgates. The line-up is pretty solid, but it comes down to the music.




It isn't as thrashy as his other works, HERE. But it does have more of an Anthrax groove to it. This guy is a pretty good vocalist. He needs to get a band together, a solid producer, and just go for it. His 15 minutes of fame is quickly running out.

Music Non Stop: Dan Nelson

I never thought I would do a post on Dan Nelson, lead singer of Anthrax for about a year, but his voice is something special for me. I won't go into too much of it, but he replaced Joey Belladonna who replaced John Bush who replaced Joey Belladonna. Want some more confusion, John Bush replaced Dan Nelson and then Bush was replaced by Joey Belladonna just a few months ago.

Now, I don't think that Nelson can write music, but his vocals are identical to Bush's. And since I love Bush's vocals, Dan Nelson is appealing to me as well.

So when I saw that he released some tracks with the guitarist from Arsis, it peaked my interest. The songs kick ass. Honestly, I would love to see this band do something instead of Nelson's Blackgates. It sounds like a little bit heavier version than Anthrax. Check the songs out HERE.