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Anthrax - Cursum Perficio

Buy Anthrax — Cursum Perficio on Transparent Magenta Vinyl 2LP Gatefold at Kilmorna, Listowel, Ireland. Explore the album and order online.

2LP · 2026 · Nuclear Blast

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 2026 2LP on Nuclear Blast, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel, ship within Ireland from EUR 5.95 per record or outside Ireland from EUR 12.00 per record.

Cursum Perficio brings Anthrax back to a full studio-album statement after a ten-year gap. The record draws on the band's thrash-metal foundations while leaving space for melody and a song-led approach. Its eleven-track programme moves from Persistence of Memory and The Long Goodbye through It's for the Kids, with the title track arriving in the second half of the sequence. That balance between attack and memorable structure has long been part of Anthrax's character. Here, the return to a complete album gives those qualities a sustained setting, allowing forceful riffing and broader melodic passages to sit beside one another. Songs including Everybody's Got a Plan, Target on My Back and My Victory complete a programme intended to be heard as a new chapter, with the band's established identity providing the starting point rather than the entire story.

A decade between studio albums gives Cursum Perficio particular significance within the Anthrax catalogue. It resumes the band's album-length conversation with thrash metal, pairing their enduring rhythmic force with a continued interest in hooks, melody and sharply shaped songs.

This edition presents Cursum Perficio on two transparent magenta vinyl LPs in a gatefold sleeve. The eleven tracks are spread across the two-record set, with Persistence of Memory opening the programme and My Victory closing it. The magenta pressing is a distinct colour variant of the album.

Thrash metal built around forceful guitar riffs and tightly driven rhythms, with melodic hooks and song-focused passages providing contrast to the heavier attack.

Recommended for: Anthrax fans collecting the band’s studio-album releases; Listeners who enjoy thrash with a strong melodic element; Collectors of transparent magenta vinyl editions; Fans of guitar-driven metal albums with memorable hooks.

What is the physical format? Cursum Perficio is presented here as a transparent magenta two-LP edition housed in a gatefold sleeve. Is this a compilation of older songs? No. This is a new Anthrax studio album, following a ten-year interval between full-length studio releases. How many tracks are included? The album contains eleven tracks, beginning with Persistence of Memory and finishing with My Victory across the two LPs.