Anthrax - Capitalism Is Cannibalism (2025 Reissue)

Anthrax were an English anarcho-punk band formed in Gravesend, Kent, in 1980. They recorded their first demo in 1981 and went on to release two 7” EPs on Crass Records and Small Wonder Records. They appeared on compilations released by Crass Records, Mortarhate Records and Fightback Records. “Of the many bands who Crass provided with an outlet to the world, something marked Anthrax out as a bit special. A combination of fine tunes, intelligent lyrics, angry yet audible delivery and vivid imagery” - Louder Than War. Penny Rimbaud said: “Anthrax were a ‘south of the river’ band, hailing from what was then the industrial wastelands that fringed the Thames prior to gentrification. In a world that put profit before people, Anthrax chose to challenge that conceit with fast, raw outcries of indignation. Yeah, well who said so? Anthrax did, and they did it loud and proud against the horrific complacency of the mainstream. Capitalism Is Cannibalism? Yup, and the pots are on the boil; make mine rare. It was happening then, and it’s happening now, but beware, capitalism’s avid persistence is the very nature of our resistance. Wealth is a ghetto. Babylon will fall. The future is ours if we only dare take it.”