Sound of White Noise

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Sound of White Noise is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Anthrax, released in May 1993 on Elektra Records. It is the band's the first album with former Armored Saint vocalist John Bush, and also their last studio album with guitarist Dan Spitz.

The band and Dave Jerden produced the album, which includes the singles, "Only","Black Lodge", "Room for One More" and "Hy Pro Glo". This album marked a change in the sound of the band, mixing the old thrash metal with new grunge references (Dave Jerden was the producer of Alice in Chains) and the album got Anthrax's highest ever chart position, debuting at #7 on the Billboard 200 charts, with "Only" and "Room For One More" in particular becoming major rock radio hits at their time. Sound of White Noise was certified gold by the RIAA.

Anthrax also contributed a song from these sessions called "Poison My Eyes" 7:05 to the Last Action Hero soundtrack.

The title "C₁₁H₁₇N₂O₂S Na" is the chemical formula for sodium pentathol.

The closing of the album, which appears at the end of the song "This Is Not an Exit" includes a sample from the 1991 movie "My Girl".

A music video was produced for "Black Lodge", which features Jenna Elfman as the lead role in one of her first film appearances. The Black Lodge is a fictional place from the television series Twin Peaks, which Twin Peaks's score conductor Angelo Badalamenti helped write.

This was released on LP in Europe (Catalog Number 7559-61430-1). The song "Black Lodge" was omitted from this vinyl release due to time.

The band gave an interview in Metal Edge Magazine before release about the influence of Bret Easton Ellis' "American Psycho" novel in making this album. The ending track "This Is Not an Exit" is directly from the novel.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Frank Bello, Charlie Benante, John Bush, and Scott Ian, except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Potter's Field"	5:00
2.	"Only"	4:56
3.	"Room for One More"	4:54
4.	"Packaged Rebellion"	6:18
5.	"Hy Pro Glo"	4:30
6.	"Invisible"	6:09
7.	"1000 Points of Hate"	5:00
8.	"Black Lodge" (Angelo Badalamenti, Bello, Benante, Bush, Ian)	5:24
9.	"C11H17N2O2S Na"	4:24
10.	"Burst"	3:35
11.	"This Is Not an Exit"	6:49

Bonus tracks (2001 remaster)

No.	Title	Original artist	Length
12.	"Auf Wiedersehen" (Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson)	Cheap Trick	3:33
13.	"Cowboy Song" (Phil Lynott, Brian Downey)	Thin Lizzy	5:06
14.	"London" (Morrisey, Johnny Marr)	The Smiths	2:54
15.	"Black Lodge (Strings Mix)"		5:21

Bonus CD (Japanese edition)

No.	Title	Original artist	Length
1.	"Noisegate"		4:25
2.	"Cowboy Song" (Phil Lynott, Brian Downey)	Thin Lizzy	5:06
3.	"Auf Wiedersehen" (Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson)	Cheap Trick	3:33
4.	"Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" (Michael Diamond, Matt Dike, Adam Horovitz, John King, Mike Simpson, Adam Yauch)	Beastie Boys	3:10

Personnel

• John Bush – Lead vocals
• Dan Spitz – Lead guitar
• Scott Ian – Rhythm guitar, lead guitar on "Burst", lead guitar and harmony guitar on "Black Lodge" and "Packaged Rebellion", six-string bass, backing vocals
• Frank Bello – Bass guitar, backing vocals
• Charlie Benante – Drums, harmony guitar on "Black Lodge"

Production

• Produced By Anthrax & Dave Jerden
• Engineered By Bryan Carlstrom
• Assistant Engineers: Mike Baumgartner, Annette Cisneros, Ed Korengo, Jennifer Monnar & Scott Ralston
• Mixed By Dave Jerden