Sound Of White Noise
by Anthrax
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Anthrax bestography
Sound Of White Noise is ranked 4th best out of 21 albums by Anthrax on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Anthrax is Among The Living which is ranked number 2187 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 758.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Sound Of White Noise track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/31/2026 21:09 | xhitmanx | 1,572 | 74/100 |
| ! | 02/22/2026 20:14 | stareaterogni0n | 555 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/07/2026 20:29 | DJStuart79 | 5,983 | 59/100 |
| ! | 09/09/2025 11:19 |  jeremy9 | 3,783 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/22/2024 19:11 | TonySayers61 | 25,384 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.4/100, a mean average of 69.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.6.
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With new vocalist John Bush this album made them sound like a completely different band. It eases off on the thrash element slightly and has more of traditional heavy metal sound throughout. Not bad at all, actually quite good, just very different to the Anthrax that came before this.
This is not only the best metal album of 1993, but one of the best albums of 1993! John Bush was a perfect fit for Anthrax, and lyrically they matured 100% and no longer covered goofball topics. Some people who need their ears checked said it's too 'grunge sounding'(lmfao) or not thrash enough. Listen to Room 4 One More, Sodium Pentothal, 1000 Points Of Hate, and tell me those aren't thrash songs!! This was a perfect album for a band that found their perfect singer at the peak of their career. It's just too bad it was not promoted by their label well enough for it to get the attention it deserved.
Fischman 10/30/2016 01:53 | #177738
Changes of lead singer can really be dicey, but as it turned out, Armored Saint's John Bush made an excellent fit for Anthrax and they turned out a very dark and heavy album with him at the mike.
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