Anvil - Anvil Is Anvil

Published February 21 2016

*=Staff's pick	Daggers And Rum* Up Down Sideways Gun Control Die For A Lie Runaway Train* Zombie Apocalypse It's Your Move Ambushed Fire On The Highway* Run Like Hell* Forgive Don't Forget Never Going To Stop (Bonus track)

Genre	Heavy Metal	Steve "Lips" Kudlow	Vocals
Tracks	12	Steve "Lips" Kudlow	Guitar
Running time	45 Min.	-	Guitar
Label	Steamhammer/SPV	"Christ" Robertson	Bass
Release	February 26, 2016	Robb Reiner	Drums
Country	Canada	-	Keyboard
Producer	Martin Pfeiffer/Anvil
Similar artists	---

Canadian long-running outfit Anvil is certainly a band that to the inner core lives and salutes heavy metal. This sacrificing way of life is regrettably to some extent pointless, because first and foremost if you don't have a really naturally skilled songwriter, who strongly contributes to a band's efforts, the records can't break through the barriers and become great accomplishments and this record comes out pretty much as bland as their last album Hope In Hell.

Just like its predecessor it contains just a few songs that I only partially enjoy. The album absolutely has a few massive riffs, kind of nice licks now and then and also a heavy appearance all the way to the end, but the big problem is the obvious lack of a really genuine swing in most of the songs. The guys can undisputedly play their heavy metal with heart, soul and determination, but making records is indeed a tall task and Anvil is unable to attain a certain amount of captivating creativity to really find a way to convert.

The vocal performance from Lips doesn't have the capacity to intensify this record either, because he frankly doesn't possess a beautiful and enchanting voice in any way. When looking at the overall picture of this effort from this hard working band, I never find myself eager to listen repeatedly to it when I have reached the final seconds. Almost at no occasion I become really attentive and most of the music just leaves me rather unconcerned and to me personally these types of feelings never speak in favor of a record.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
6	4	6	4	3

Summary
3 chalices of 10 - Tobbe