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Album review : ANVIL – One And Only
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AFM Records [Release date: 28.06.24] There’s Old School Heavy Metal bands, and there’s Anvil. On their 20th album now, the aptly titled One And Only, these Canadian legends have shed any pretence of “modernising” their sound, reaching back to the … Continue reading →
News: ANVIL, TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT, ALAN PARSONS (September 2021)
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Abba release a new album ‘Voyage’ – their first in 40 years – on November 5. They have also announced a new live show, ‘Abba Voyage’, will open at the new 3,000 capacity Abba Arena in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Parsons, albums, alternative, Americana, anvil, blues, country, festivals, folk, gigs, melodic rock, metal, New releases, news, pop, prog rock, RIP, rock, singles, Temperance Movement, tours
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Album review: ANVIL – Legal At Last
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AFM Records [Release date 14.02.20] It’s impossible not to love Anvil. Sure, prior to the 2008 ‘Anvil! The Story of Anvil’ documentary they were just scratching a living, playing anywhere and everywhere that would have them but that film was … Continue reading →
Album review: ANVIL – Pounding The Pavement
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Steamhammer/SPV (Release date 19.01.18) Few who have seen the brilliant ‘Story Of Anvil’ film could fail to fall in love with this band. But is being the world’s most loveable metal band enough to make you want to carry on … Continue reading →
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Tagged album, anvil, metal, Pounding The Pavement, review, rock, SPV, Steve ‘Lips’ Kudlow
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News: ANVIL, TIM BOWNESS, REO SPEEDWAGON – Thursday 30 April 2015
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Burning Point release their self-titled new album on June 12th on their new record label AFM Records. Supremacy is a new band featuing singer Claus Lessmann (ex-BONFIRE), Michael Voss (CASANOVA/MAD MAX),Robby Boebel (ex-FRONTLINE/EVIDENCE ONE), Axel Kruse (ex-JADED HEART) and former … Continue reading →
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Tagged anvil, AOR, Boston, Chicago, classic, grunge, indie, metal, news, Paul McArtney, pomp, REO Speedwagon, rock, Stone Temple Pilots, Tim Bowness, tours
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Gig review: STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL – Ebbw Vale, 27 July 2013
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High up in the hills, at Hafod-Y-Dafal farm in South Wales, the third annual Steelhouse Festival is now an established Rock and Metal weekender. Tickets were modestly priced at £65 all weekend or £40 a day, including adult and family … Continue reading →
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Tagged 27 July 2013, anvil, Ebbw Vale, FM, gig, heavy metal, review, rock, Saxon, South Wales, Steelhouse Festival
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Album review: ANVIL – Hope In Hell
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The End Records – Out Now. Canadian Speed/Heavy Metal trio Anvil are, to put it simply, on fire! Since the release of the highly acclaimed documentary/movie ‘The Story Of Anvil’ back in 2009, long time friends and colleagues Steve “Lips” … Continue reading →
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Tagged album, anvil, heavy metal, Hope In Hell, review, rock
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