Canadian metal legends ANVIL have announced their new studio album, One And Only, for a release on June 28th through powerhouse label AFM Records! A first video single, Feed Your Fantasy, has just been premiered and is now streaming below. Pre-Order One And Only, here.
When it comes to the most influential bands in the history of heavy metal, authorities on the subject regularly vote Anvil among the top positions. The group from Toronto, Canada, with its two masterminds, Steve ‘Lips’ Kudlow and Robb Reiner, and bassist Chris Robertson, not only looks back at an impressive career with countless highlights – as well as a number of well-documented difficulties – but has also had a lasting influence on lots of internationally renowned musicians, from Metallica to Slayer and beyond.
Their forthcoming, 20th album is aptly entitled One And Only, Anvil are and will always be one of a kind and are continuing to shape the contemporary metal scene just as impressively as they did at the beginning of their career. How they achieve this? Thanks to their straightforward metal fuelled by cutting riffs and catchy hooks, which the musicians continue to celebrate with admirable effortlessness and great passion. “We’re more like our old selves than we’ve been in years,” comments frontman Lips Kudlow on the new album, adding, “We’ve dropped all our more modern aspects, particularly the 90s version of Anvil. No sexual topics and no thrash speed songs like they featured on past albums.”
One And Only’ sees the band provide first-rate Anvil entertainment: While Guitarist/vocalist Lips is considered to be one of the most creative and interesting storytellers of the metal genre, Chris Robertson and Robb Reiner keep the up the pace with their usual confidence, providing the perfect rhythm section for Lips. Although they have experienced the tough and frequently merciless side of the music industry on a number of occasions, Anvil never lost their idealism, motivation and energy, which is immediately evident on One And Only.
One And Only track listing:
1 – One And Only
2 – Feed Your Fantasy
3 – Fight For Your Rights
4 – Heartbroken
5 – Gold And Diamonds
6 – Dead Man Shoes
7 – Truth Is Dying
8 – Rocking The World
9 – Run Away
10 – World Of Fools
11 – Condemned Liberty
12 – Blind Rage
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Anvil live:
02.05.2024 (CA) Ajax / The Edge
25.05.2024 (DE) Schönenberg-Kübelberg / Iron Fest Open Air
29.06.2024 (FR) Clisson, Hellfest
22.11.2024 (DE) Weissenhäuser Strand / Metal Hammer Paradise
Anvil are:
Steve ‘Lips’ Kudlow (Vocals/Guitar)
Robb Reiner (Drums)
Chris Robertson (Bass/Vocals)
15 Responses
I never gave a s–t about lyrics, but these are really thought provoking (sarc).
F- this band. Ever since Lips dissed hard working Americans, I’ll never support or listen to this band again.
Right on, Rattle!
Man I like Anvil, but this song was terrible and will not make me rush out to buy it. Hope they have better songs than this on the album or it’s going to be the nail in the coffin I think.
Robb Reiner plays drums for Anvil, but Rob Reiner was the director of Spinal Tap. Do I have that right?
Ugh! The thin line between Anvil and Spinal Tap makes my head spin.
RTunes,
I will presume you are being facetious? They have the same name, but are two different people.
Rob Reiner, who directed Spinal Tap, was the actor who played Meathead on All In The Family. I must add that title was very prophetic, Reiner is a major meathead.
Hey Dana,
Yes, I was being facetious. My point was that not only do they share the same name (different spelling), but the bands that they’re associated with are so similar in their ridiculousness.
Gotcha 😉
This band reminds me of high school bands in the day that wanted to make it in the industry but failed. I realize it’s their schtick, but they are becoming a parody of themselves at this point. However, Reiner is pretty talented on the skins.