Editing State of Euphoria (section)

==Background and Music==
''State of Euphoria'' was [[record producer|produced]] by Anthrax and [[Mark Dodson (record producer)|Mark Dodson]], with [[Alex Perialas]] engineering. Guitarist [[Scott Ian]] has been quoted as saying that the band hired Dodson to produce this album because of his work with [[Judas Priest]] and [[Metal Church]].<ref>Scott Ian and Jon Weiderhorn (2014). I'm the Man: The Story of that Guy from Anthrax. Da Capo Press, p. 136</ref>

The song "Misery Loves Company" is based on the [[Stephen King]] novel ''[[Misery (novel)|Misery]]'', while "Now It's Dark" was inspired by the [[David Lynch]] film ''[[Blue Velvet (film)|Blue Velvet]]'', specifically the behavior of the sexually depraved, self-asphyxiating, murderous sociopath [[Frank Booth (Blue Velvet)|Frank Booth]], as played by [[Dennis Hopper]]. The song "Make Me Laugh" is critical of [[The PTL Club|Jim and Tammy Fae Bakker]] and [[televangelism]] in general, a popular target of [[thrash metal]] bands of that period. The song specifically mentioned minutiae such as the air-conditioned doghouse and Christian amusement park. The majority of the album's music was composed by drummer [[Charlie Benante]] while lyrics were composed by rhythm guitarist [[Scott Ian]].

The back cover of the album contains a parody picture of the band drawn by [[Mort Drucker]], a caricaturist best known for his artwork in the magazine ''[[Mad Magazine|Mad]]''.