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1 day ago · Come 2024, what many consider the year of oldschool heavy metal revival with titans like Saxon, Judas Priest and Bruce Dickinson releasing their albums, Anvil would also join the party with their twentieth full-length album One and Only, with the official release date of June 28th, 2024 via AFM Records.
1 day ago · 3. Review by Rob Broom for MPM. The Canadian pounders blast back with their 20th album. Back in the early 1980s Anvil looked poised for major success. Positive reviews of the debut album ‘Hard N’ Heavy’ had been followed by the titanic (and essential) ‘Metal On Metal’ album. Following that was the almost as awesome ‘Forged In Fire’.
1 day ago · Even more painful is that every line must be followed by a predictably terrible rhyming couplet. Pairing “humanity” with “insanity” or “rules” with “fools” was already out of style in 1987. Musically, this album is what you’d expect: plug-and-play riffs, formulaic song structures, and simple but catchy melodies.
2 days ago · Anvil plays meat-and-potatoes heavy metal of the best kind. The new album is focused on what the band has always been about – straightforward riff-driven heavy metal with catchy melodies. There are no trends in sight. This is good-old Anvil the way they sounded when we grew to love them on the very first album.
4 days ago · Besides being the pioneers of Speed Metal and Thrash Metal, the band recorded albums with a very varied sonancy. It’s some kind of true that there is no Anvil album like the other. This newest release called “One and Only” couldn’t be different.
1 day ago · Metal Express Radio’s Bryce Van Patten had an in-depth discussion with the band’s founder Steve “Lips” Kudlow, where they talked about the evolution of the band over the decades, Anvil as it is now, the new album, and lots of down and gritty details. You won’t want to miss all of the fun in part #1 of their interview.
5 days ago · In light of that thought, One And Only is a nostalgia driven piece of art, and while it doesn’t rival their 80s material, it is one of the best ANVIL albums this side of the turn of the century. Rating: 7/10. One And Only is set for release on June 28th via AFM Records. Like ANVIL on Facebook. Liam True reviews the new album from heavy metal ...
