[Cover photo credit to Travis Shinn]
Metal band Anthrax have released “The Edge Of Perfection”, the second single from their 12th full-length studio album, Cursum Perficio, out September 18, 2026, via Megaforce Records.
In the track, which is accompanied by a video, lead singer Joey Belladonna’s laments, “My heart breaks…I’m on the edge…I’m on the edge of perfection.”
For the video, the band teamed up with director and Academy Award-winner Joel Harlow (Star Trek and Alice in Wonderland) to create a cinematic experience that “takes the hero from a dream into an evening of magic where he encounters underworld evil, interspersed with live performance footage.”
The video includes appearances from martial artist Wes Scarpias, actress Ashley Edner-Tancharoen, actor Troy James, actor and Academy-Award winning make-up and special effects creator Rick Baker, actor Rod Maxwell and actor Fedor Steer.
Scott Ian (guitar) comments:
It’s the apex predator of Anthrax songs. I think it’s the best song we’ve ever written and the best thing I’ve ever been a part of creatively. What’s the most powerful emotion that moves me more than anything? Of course, it’s love. Nothing moves me like the deep feeling that I get from my wife and son. I’m living on that edge for the rest of my life. This is mine, but there are a lot of ways to ruin it. I’ve ruined it in past iterations of my life, but it got me to where I am. Love is perfection, and I like being on the edge of it. I don’t want everything to be about all of the same shit. This record has a whole bunch of love, a whole bunch of fun, and a little hate.
