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''The Greater of Two Evils'' is a compilation album by Anthrax. The album was released in November 2004 (2004 in music) on the Sanctuary record label. The album is made up of fourteen Anthrax songs from the band's early (Neil Turbin & Joey Belladonna-era) albums, that were released between 1983 and 1990. These tracks have been re-recorded by Anthrax's then-current line-up, led by John Bush. The final track listing was decided by a vote on the band's website. The track list was then recorded by the band "live" in the studio over two days. The album was originally going to be named "Metallum Maximum Aeturnum", with possible plans to change it to "Old School, New School, Our School: Metallum Maximum Aeturnum" or "Metal Thrashing Mad: Metallum Maximum Aeturnum".

This is the last Anthrax release prior to the band's reunion with Joey Belladonna and Dan Spitz. Guitarist Rob Caggiano has since returned. - Wikipedia

Remember when Ozzy re-recorded all the bass and drums tracks on Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman just to screw Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake out of royalties? Anthrax have come within a receding hair's breadth of pulling the exact same maneuver on The Greater of Two Evils, re-cutting an album's worth of Joey Belladonna-era classics like "Caught in a Mosh," "Indians," and "Among the Living" with John Bush on vocals. The results are about as "new" as my dog-eared vinyl copy of the I'm the Man EP. Forget for a second that Scott Ian and Charlie Benante kicked Belladonna to the curb only to replace him with a dude who just months before had been dressing like one of Manowar's straight cousins in Armored Saint-that was actually the best move Anthrax ever made. But, like Metallica and Megadeth, these perennial MTA-thrash goobers never mustered the prudence to quit while they were ahead, shedding both relevance and hair follicles with each subsequent release. Forget for a second that the remaining original members haven't managed to cobble together a decent album since 1998's Volume 8: The Threat Is Real. Now they're crowding the metal section of your local record shop with yet another shameless cash-in trading on a once-respected name. Sure, The Greater of Two Evils doesn't sound nearly as crappy as it could, but you need it about as much as I need I'm the Man.