[Cover photo credit to Travis Shinn]
Anthrax have released their latest single and video, “Everybody’s Got A Plan”, from their 12th full-length studio album, Cursum Perficio, out September 18, 2026, via Megaforce Records. The new song’s lyrics are all too relatable, dealing with the best laid plans that fall apart when life seems to fight back.
The new video was mostly filmed on July 7 in Lisbon, Portugal when the multi-Grammy Award-nominated Metal band, currently featuring Scott Ian (guitar), Charlie Benante (drums), Frank Bello (bass), Joey Belladonna (vocals), and Jonathan Donais (guitar), toured with Iron Maiden in Europe.
The video features live performance footage and behind the scenes backstage footage with cutaways to classic B&W boxing footage, which relates to the song’s central lyrics: “Everybody’s got a plan/That’s until they get punched in the face…”
Benante says:
‘Everybody’s Got a Plan’ has always been one of my favorite songs on Cursum Perficio. The video basically shows the band on and off stage in a montage of video clips that kinda matches the velocity of the song. ‘Everybody’s got a plan/That’s until they get punched in the face’ is such a great line, and so true!
Scott Ian notes:
Most of this video was shot opening for [Iron] Maiden in Lisbon, Portugal at Estádio da Lu on July 7, 2026. We wanted to capture us having fun on tour and what better way to do that? That was a plan that didn’t end up with a punch in the face! Have fun watching my friends!
Bello adds:
This video is a great representation of a day in the life of Anthrax on tour.
The band set about recording Cursum Perficio during 2022, working out of Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 in Los Angeles. It was Produced by Jay Ruston and Anthrax.
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| DATE | LOCATION | VENUE |
| Thursday, September 3 | Montréal, QC | Parc Jean-Drapeau |
| Saturday, September 5 | Harrison, NJ | Sports Illustrated Stadium |
| Sunday, September 6 | Harrison, NJ | Sports Illustrated Stadium |
| Thursday, September 17 | Louisville, KY | Louder Than Life 2026 |
| Friday, September 25 | Los Angeles, CA | BMO Stadium |
| Sunday, September 27 | Los Angeles, CA | BMO Stadium |
| Tuesday, September 29 | San Antonio, TX | Alamodome |
| Friday, October 2 | Mexico City, Mexico | Estadio GNP Seguros |
