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DARK SECRETS: Anthrax news topic | Vintage Vibes

Which Animals Clean Up a Carcass When India's Vultures Are Gone

A dead cow on the edge of a village in Rajasthan in 1990 would have been stripped to bone within hours. A long-billed vulture can consume four kilograms of flesh in a single feed, and a roosting colony descending on a carcass creates a kind of industrial efficiency that no…

Times Life · Oct 29

Lines Drawn In Hawaii Battle: Golf Course Views Vs. Luxury Development

A feud is escalating in Princeville, Kaua‘i, over a closed golf course

The Independent UK · Oct 23

'Potentially Hazardous' Letters Hit Senators and Election Offices on Anniversary of Capitol Anthrax Attacks

Federal investigators are examining more than 100 suspicious letters sent to US senators, election offices and other recipients, with some containing unidentified powder and triggering evacuations.

International Business Times UK · Oct 16

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‘Suspicious substances’ target senators on anniversary of attack

On the 25th anniversary of anthrax attacks that shook Capitol Hill in 2001, authorities are investigating “multiple letters containing suspicious substances that were mailed to various addresses nationwide, including multiple Congressional offices,” according to a notice from the Senate sergeant-at-arms. “Law enforcement are working to intercept any additional letters before…

Roll Call · Oct 15

This Week in History: Anthrax panic and the Great Storm of 1987

Explore how major events between 12 and 18 October were captured on The Independent’s front pages

The Independent UK · Oct 12

The anthrax attacks, 25 years later

When David Malet arrived at his job on Capitol Hill on Oct. 15, 2001, some semblance of normalcy was just starting to return after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. The flags were back at full-staff. Things were calming down, even as reports simmered around the country about mysterious envelopes sent…

Roll Call · Oct 9

This Scottish island spent nearly 50 years under quarantine after WWII tests

For decades, Gruinard Island was a place most people were better off avoiding. The small, uninhabited island off Scotland's north-west coast had acquired an unusual reputation during and after the Second World War, when stories circulated locally about dead animals, strange military activity and something dangerous left behind. The government…

The Times of India · Oct 2

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Conrad ‘Cronos’ Lant, frontman of UK heavy metal band Venom, dies aged 63

Singer and bassist helped turn Newcastle band into hugely influential force on thrash and black metal subgenres

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1

Dave Mustaine reveals thrash metal's new 'Big Four'

Dave Mustaine believes Testament, Trivium, Overkill and Exodus are thrash metal's new "Big Four" bands, replacing the old guard of Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax.

BANG Premier · Sep 15

India's Only Striped Hyena Eats Anthrax-Laden Carcasses and Keeps Disease From Spreading Across the Wild

The stomach that stops an outbreakThe striped hyena has the most acidic digestive system of any land mammal studied, a gastric pH that drops as low as 1.7, comparable to concentrated battery acid. A 2017 paper published in the journal Integrative Zoology confirmed that this acidity allows hyenas to neutralise…

Times Life · Sep 15

South Dakota Confirms Its First Cattle Anthrax Case of 2026 as Officials Quarantine a Meade County Herd

South Dakota confirmed anthrax in a Meade County beef herd. The disease reaches people through animals and animal products, never person-to-person.

Medical Daily · Sep 9

How Diclofenac Nearly Drove India's Vultures to Extinction, and What the Recovery Programme Has Actually Achieved

The drug that emptied the skyThrough the 1990s, vulture populations across South Asia fell off a cliff so steeply that ornithologists initially suspected a new disease. The Gyps vulture, the genus that includes the white-rumped, long-billed, and slender-billed species, had been among the most numerous large raptors on earth. Surveys…

Times Life · Aug 20

Hear Ghost’s Tobias Forge sing on a brand-new re-imagining of Accept’s classic heavy metal deep cut Save Us, featuring Anthrax bassist Frank Bello and Korn drummer Ray Luzier

The re-recording comes from a star-studded tribute album celebrating 50 years of Accept, out next month

Metal Hammer · Aug 5

From American thrash to Japanese metalcore: the 8 new metal songs that everyone needs to hear this week

Hear these fine offerings from Anthrax, Hanabie, Amon Amarth and more, then vote for your favourite

Metal Hammer · Jul 10

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Times Life · Jul 8

Why Vultures Are Irreplaceable Scavengers and What Their Extinction Means for India's Ecosystem

A stomach that kills anthraxVultures have gastric acid with a pH close to 1, among the most corrosive digestive environments measured in any vertebrate. A carcass infected with anthrax, botulinum toxin, or rabies virus passes through that acid and exits neutralised. No other scavenger in India's food web does this.…

The Times of India · Jul 5

'Biological terrorism' in occupied Ukraine? Kyiv accuses Russia of creating anthrax outbreak risk

Ukraine's intelligence agency has issued a concerning warning regarding Russian forces reportedly burying infected livestock improperly in occupied Kherson. Kyiv asserts that these burial sites, especially those located near populated regions and groundwater sources, present a significant risk of anthrax. The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine cautions about the potential for…

Metal Hammer · Jul 2

"The amount of hate and disbelief around me from strangers on the internet or bitter musicians really weighs on my heart." Slayer and Anthrax members voice support for Yungblud following "breakdown"

"When I got off this stage I felt elated but 20 minutes later when I was in the shower on my own I had a breakdown"

Metal Hammer · Jun 21

Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante to miss multiple European tour dates on doctor's orders

Benante, who will miss some high-profile festival dates, will return to action with Anthrax next month

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Guitar World · Jun 16

“There was a lot of interference and push to be commercial. We went along for the ride – and got left in the middle of nowhere”: The thrash metal bands who deserved to make it – but didn’t

For every success story like Metallica from the ‘80s metal movement, there are countless bands who didn’t make it. Some of them never gave up

Guitar World · Jun 16

“The downpicking approach was inspired by competition between Dave and I. Like, ‘Here’s a riff… Wait, you can’t play that. Hahaha!’” How James Hetfield wrangled Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax for metal’s biggest reunion

James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett explain the origins of the Big 4 shows – which united Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax on one historic bill

International Business Times UK · Jun 11

What's Happening at the Pentagon? Partial Lockdown Triggered as Dangerous Materials Spill Sparks Office Evacuations

A malfunctioning biosensor at the Pentagon triggered a major security response, causing 2,500 personnel to shelter in place due to a false anthrax alert.

Metal Hammer · May 29

"I remember us saying, ‘Well, if the band doesn’t make it, we’ll join the Marines.’" The story of the song that gave thrash metal its name

Metallica, Exodus and Slayer might've been defining thrash on the West coast, but it was in New York the genre finally got its name

Metal Hammer · May 25

"I would literally bring my laptop on stage." Scott Ian says he used to play online poker during Anthrax shows

The admission comes as Anthrax begin their latest tour without longtime drummer Charlie Benante

Metal Hammer · May 16

"Everything changed when I saw them on TV –they were one fiery, bloody package being mainlined into my brain. It was the best thing I’d ever seen in my life." Anthrax's Scott Ian on KISS, AC/DC, Metallica and what's left on his bucket list

The metal legend has been there, done that and written two books about his experiences

Metal Hammer · May 15

No-frills thrash, heart-rending doom and demented black metal: the 10 best new metal songs you need to hear this week

Anthrax, Green Lung, Sicksense and Warning lead this week’s heavy picks – vote for your favourite here

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