Persistence Of Time
by Anthrax
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Anthrax bestography
Persistence Of Time is ranked 3rd best out of 21 albums by Anthrax on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Anthrax is Among The Living which is ranked number 2177 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 761.
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Persistence Of Time track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Persistence Of Time rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/30/2026 01:11 | xhitmanx | 1,572 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/30/2026 13:55 |  doombringer | 2,313 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/25/2025 17:51 | stareaterogni0n | 537 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 22:19 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/12/2025 23:12 | Invader666 | 2,622 | 65/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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Great album. One of Anthrax's best. Bit more ferocious than some of there earlier stuff. Some of there best ever songs are on this, 'Intro to Reality' segueing into 'Belly of the Beast' being my pick of the bunch.
The last 'proper' album of Anthrax's best era. Good, but cover version, Got the time, is the standout.
stefano 11/22/2017 15:24 | #201820 | TOP COMMENT
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The first Cd i bought in the far 1990, so of course i am biased (lol). Powerful songs, with a wall of guitars, a nice album from Anthrax, with longer songs more elaborated in the centre.
Strangel 06/16/2016 12:16 | #168893 | TOP COMMENT
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Can't believe this album is ranked below Sound of White Noise or as low as it is overall. This is a very tight, powerful album and probably the most mature Anthrax album considering most of their early albums had an element of piss-taking and lads just having a thrashing good time.
Really great songs on the last real Anthrax record. Among The Living, State Of Euphoria and A Fistful Of Metal is really something to check out as well. Post-persistance is disappointing
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