Drummer Charlie Benante replaced D’Angelo in September 1983 after a several-month courtship by Ian. By this time, Ian and Lilker had befriended New Jersey record store owner Jon Zazula , to whom they had given their demo tapes to critique. Zazula’s new record label Megaforce Records had recently released Metallica’s debut album Kill ‘Em All to great success. In late 1983, Zazula agreed to sign Anthrax and the band recorded the “Soldiers of Metal” single, which was produced by Ross the Boss of Manowar . The B-side was the song “Howling Furies” which was taken from a previous demo with Greg D’Angelo on drums (his only Anthrax recording).
Charlie Benante replaced D’Angelo
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