Editing Persistence of Time (section)

==Album information==
Anthrax returned to the studio in the fall of 1989 with [[Mark Dodson (record producer)|Mark Dodson]] (who produced the previous album, ''[[State of Euphoria]]'') to start work on their fifth album. Recording of the album was difficult, with a large structure fire causing the band to lose more than $100,000 worth of gear and their rehearsal studio<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chXWsDbA49E?t=6m21s|title = Anthrax's Frank Bello - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?|date = April 9, 2014|access-date = November 16, 2015|website = YouTube|publisher = LoudWire}}</ref> on January 24, 1990.{{Citation needed|date=July 2012}} Following this disaster, the band moved to a different studio in late February of that year to finish work on the album.

The album's tone is decidedly more contemplative and mature than the bulk of Anthrax's previous work. Abandoning the [[Satire|humor]] and [[comic book]] references which were common on their previous albums, the lyrical focus of ''Persistence of Time'' is the need for tolerance and peace.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://loudwire.com/anthrax-persistence-of-time-album-anniversary/|title = 26 Years Ago: Anthrax Release Persistence of Time |access-date = December 14, 2016|website = Loudwire}}</ref> Reaction to ''Persistence of Time'' was mixed, with critics and fans alternately panning and praising this darker sound. The band also introduced a [[Progressive metal|progressive]] side of the music which had not been present in their earlier work, while also placing a reduced emphasis on typical [[thrash metal]] elements such as fast tempo and aggression.

This is the last full studio album to feature [[Joey Belladonna]] on vocals before [[John Bush (musician)|John Bush]] took over vocal duties. Belladonna appeared on several songs on the 1991 [[Extended play|EP]] ''[[Attack of the Killer B's]]'' before splitting acrimoniously from the band in 1992. He returned to the band in June 2010 to record the album ''[[Worship Music (album)|Worship Music]]'', which was released in 2011.

The introduction to the album's sixth track "Intro to Reality" featured dialogue from an episode of ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' called "[[Deaths-Head Revisited]]". "Keep It in the Family", "In My World", and "Belly of the Beast" were later re-recorded with the John Bush/[[Rob Caggiano]] line-up for the album ''[[The Greater of Two Evils]]''.