Anthrax To Play Small Stage At Mayhem Fest; Show Hits Hartford Aug. 5

Anthrax (from left, Scott Ian, Charlie Benante, Frank Bello, Joey Belladonna and Rob Caggiano), shown here at a 2010 show in Warsaw, performs Aug. 5 in Hartford.

Anthrax fans are in for a particular treat this summer at the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, which stops Aug. 5 at Comcast Theatre in Hartford.

Instead of performing on the somewhat sterile (for a metal concert, anyway) main stage, the seminal band has opted to play its set on a more intimate side stage dubbed, for the sake of sponsorship dollars, the Jagermeister Stage.

“We decided to pattern the Mayhem set on the kind of shows the Ramones used to do: a high-energy, non-stop barrage of hit, hit, hit, hit, hit,” drummer Charlie Benante says in a press release. “No lulls, no filler, totally in your face. We’re going to be playing a supersonic-paced set loaded with the best of our best.”

If that’s not enough for you, consider this: Motörhead and Slayer play the festival, too.