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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 latest studio 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’, the band’s 20th (!) studio recording to date, will be available on AFM fromJune 28th. The first single/video ‘Feed Your Fantasy’ has been out since 5 April 2024, with the title track ‘Truth is Dying’ to follow as second lead single on May 10th