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Video footage available of Anthrax perfoming “It’s For The Kids” live for the first time

Author Benedetta Baldin - 27.5.2026

As the band’s support act for Iron Maiden on Tuesday, May 26 at Vasil Levski Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria, Anthrax performed their new single, “It’s For The Kids,” live for the first time, as per Blabbermouth. Below is a fan-filmed video of the performance. The song “It’s For The Kids” comes from Anthrax’s eagerly anticipated eleventh full-length studio album, “Cursum Perficio,” which will be released on September 18 on Megaforce in the United States and Nuclear Blast in Europe. “For All Kings” from 2016, which debuted in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200, is the band’s first release in ten years. The Latin phrase “Cursum Perficio” means “My journey has come to an end,” “My journey is over,” or, “I complete my journey.”

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