ANTHRAX Plays 'It's For The Kids' Live for the First Time, Announces Album Release
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ANTHRAX played its new single, "It's For The Kids", live for the first time during their concert on Tuesday, May 26 at Vasil Levski Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria as the support act for IRON MAIDEN.

Fan-filmed video of the performance can be seen below.

According to Setlist.fm, the setlist for ANTHRAX's show was as follows: 01.

Among The Living 02.

Madhouse 03.

Caught In A Mosh 04.

Metal Thrashing Mad 05.

It's For The Kids (live debut) 06.

Antisocial (TRUST cover) 07.

Got The Time (Joe Jackson cover) 08.

Indians "It's For The Kids" is taken from ANTHRAX's long-awaited twelfth full-length studio album, "Cursum Perficio", which will arrive on September 18 via Megaforce in the U.S.

and Nuclear Blast in Europe.

It marks the band's first record in ten years since 2016's "For All Kings", which debuted in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200.

The phrase "Cursum Perficio" is Latin for "My journey has come to an end," "My journey is over," or "I complete my journey." It proves apropos for such a complete body of work.

"We were supposed to make this in 2020, but the universe had other plans for everyone," ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian says.

We were just happy to be in a room together.

It was so exciting that it was like being reborn in a way.

All of that energy and emotion went into the music.

The title 'Cursum Perficio' feels like ANTHRAX.

It resembled what we went through to get to the point of finishing the record." "There was an awful lot of growth between 'Worship Music' in 2011 and 'Cursum Perficio'," ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante elaborated.

"This album is a culmination of everything we've learned.

I was watching a Marilyn Monroe documentary, and I saw 'Cursum Perficio' written on a tile in her last home.

When I found out what the phrase meant, it immediately clicked with me." "We left it all on the table," agreed ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello.

"We really know who we are as ANTHRAX, what turns us on, and what we need to do.

I don't think anybody knows what's next, but we're hungrier than ever." A friend of mine said, 'It's For The Kids' is a straight-up love letter to your fans,'" Ian says.

"That's exactly what I wanted it to be." The video for 'It's For the Kids' turned out really well," Benante says.

"I don't necessarily like doing videos and this one had elements of things that I really love.