Volume 8: The Threat Is Real

Volume 8: The Threat Is Real
Studio album by Anthrax
Released	July 21, 1998
Recorded	1998
Studio	Krusty's Fun House, Yonkers, New York
Genre	Groove metal[1] alternative metal[2]
Length	63:37
Label	Ignition Tommy Boy
Producer	Anthrax Paul Crook
Anthrax chronology
Stomp 442 (1995) Volume 8: The Threat Is Real (1998) We've Come for You All (2003)
Singles from Volume 8: The Threat Is Real
"Inside Out" Released: 1998 "Crush" Released: 1998 "Piss N Vinegar" Released: 1998 "Born Again Idiot" Released: 1998

Volume 8: The Threat Is Real is the eighth studio album by American thrash metal band Anthrax. The album was released on July 21, 1998, by Ignition Records and debuted at number 118 on the Billboard 200 chart. The record was produced by the band and Paul Crook. It features the song "Crush", which appeared in the video game ATV Offroad Fury for PlayStation 2 and in the game's soundtrack. Other released singles from the album were "Inside Out", "Piss N Vinegar" and "Born Again Idiot".

"Pieces", the hidden track at the end of the album, was written by bassist Frank Bello as a tribute to his brother Anthony who was murdered outside his girlfriend's home in the Bronx on March 25, 1996, by an unidentified assailant. The track features Bello on vocals.