Career
He has composed the majority of the music throughout Anthrax"s discography. Benante joined Anthrax in 1983, prior to the recording of the band"s debut album Fistful of Metal, and has been the band"s drummer ever since. He is known for having a very fast double kick technique and has been credited as one of the pioneers of double-bass, as well as with popularizing the blast beat technique with thrash metal.
Along with his musician duties, Benante is also a graphic artist and has created many of Anthrax"s album covers and T-shirt designs.
Benante uses and endorses Tama drums and hardware, Paiste cymbals, Vic Firth sticks, Evans drumheads, and ddrum electronics. Prior to switching to Tama"s Speed Cobra pedals in 2010, Benante was one of the few drummers who used Tama"s HP35 Camco chain-drive pedals, equipment he had used since 1984.