New Band For Phil Anselmo/Hank III

DOWN/PANTERA SINGER PUTS DOWN MIC
AND GRABS GUITAR FOR ARSON ANTHEM

Arson Anthem

“Starved on stale vodka and even staler non-filters, basking in the telepathic glow of vicious, filthy ’80’s style hardcore punk and hardcore.” That’s how Arson Anthem describes themselves. This new project from celebrated metal man Philip Anselmo features vocalist Mike D. Williams (EyeHateGod, Outlaw Order), Hank Williams III on drums (Assjack, Superjoint Ritual and yes, son of Hank Williams Jr.) and bassist Collin Yeo.

The New Orleans-based band’s self-titled debut EP drops on February 19 on Anselmo’s label, Housecore Records. Their MySpace page goes on to say, “Our mission is the re-introduction to the roots of painful amplification, raw production, and a TRUE “Fuck All” attitude to a movement within the new generation that’s lost the meaning of less complicated ventures such as the original brutality of bands like Negative Approach, Poison Idea, Hellhammer, Discharge, Void et al… This is a beautiful thing. Never giving way to what the societal masses want us to conform to, as by example our previous musical incarnations. We got the grudge. We keep the grudge against all of you.”