Origin: Canada  
Genres: Traditional Metal
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Anvil

One of Canada's longest-running metal bands, Anvil was on top of the metal world in the early eighties, with albums such as Metal On Metal and Forged In Fire regarded as power metal classics and gaining critical acclaim as well as fan interest. Though their worldwide popularity isn't quite what it used to be, they have persevered though several lineup changes and continue to release 80's-styled power metal albums. In 2009 the band found new life from an unexpected source, that being the documentary film The Story Of Anvil, which became a huge hit even beyond metal circles.

Recent album: One And Only, released on June 28, 2024.

Current Members

Steve "Lips" Kudlow

vocals/guitars

Chris Robertson

bass

Robb Reiner

drums

Former Members/Guests

Dave Allison

rhythm guitar RIP: September 30, 2024, cancer, age 68

Sebastian Marino

guitars (ex-Overkill) RIP: January 1, 2023, heart attack, age 57

Ivan Hurd

guitars

Ian Dickson

bass

Mike Duncan

bass

Glen Gyorffy

bass

Sal Italiano

bass


Discography



Hard 'n' Heavy  
1981 Attic
  1. School Love
  2. AC/DC
  3. At The Apartment
  4. I Want You Both (With Me)
  5. Bedroom Game
  6. Ooh Baby
  7. Paint It Black
  8. Oh Jane
  9. Hot Child
  10. Bondage
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Dave Allison
  • Ian Dickson
  • Robb Reiner


Metal On Metal  
1982 Attic
  1. Metal On Metal
  2. Mothra
  3. Stop Me
  4. March Of The Crabs
  5. Jackhammer
  6. Heat Sink
  7. Tag Team
  8. Scenery
  9. Tease Me, Please Me
  10. 666
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Dave Allison
  • Ian Dickson
  • Robb Reiner
1982 Readers' Album #7



Forged In Fire  
1983 Attic
  1. Forged In Fire
  2. Shadow Zone
  3. Free As The Wind
  4. Never Deceive Me
  5. Butter-Bust Jerky
  6. Future Wars
  7. Hard Times - Fast Ladies
  8. Make It Up To You
  9. Motormount
  10. Winged Assassins
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Dave Allison
  • Ian Dickson
  • Robb Reiner


Backwaxed  COMPILATION
1985 Attic
  1. Backwaxed
  2. Steamin'
  3. Pussy Poison
  4. You're A Liar
  5. Fryin' Cryin'
  6. Metal On Metal
  7. Butter-Bust Jerky
  8. Scenery
  9. Jackhammer
  10. School Love


Strength Of Steel  
1987 Metal Blade
  1. Strength Of Steel
  2. Concrete Jungle
  3. 9-2-5
  4. I Dreamed It Was The End Of The World
  5. Flight Of The Bumble Beast
  6. Cut Loose
  7. Mad Dog
  8. Straight Between The Eyes
  9. Wild Eyes
  10. Kiss Of Death
  11. Paper General
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Dave Allison
  • Ian Dickson
  • Robb Reiner


Pound For Pound  
1988 Metal Blade
  1. Blood On The Ice
  2. Corporate Preacher
  3. Toe Jam
  4. Safe Sex
  5. Where Does All The Money Go?
  6. Brain Burn
  7. Senile King
  8. Machine Gun
  9. Fire In The Night
  10. Cramps
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Dave Allison
  • Ian Dickson
  • Robb Reiner


Past And Present  LIVE
1989 Metal Blade
  1. Concrete Jungle
  2. Toe Jam
  3. Motormount
  4. Forged In Fire
  5. Blood On The Ice
  6. March Of The Crabs
  7. Jackhammer
  8. Metal On Metal
  9. Winged Assassins
  10. 666
  11. Mothra
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Dave Allison
  • Ian Dickson
  • Robb Reiner


Worth The Weight  
1991 Maximum
  1. Infanticide
  2. On The Way To Hell
  3. Bushpig
  4. Embalmer
  5. Pow Wow
  6. Sins Of The Flesh
  7. A.Z. #85
  8. Sadness/Love Me When I'm Dead
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Sebastian Marino
  • Ian Dickson
  • Robb Reiner


Plugged In Permanent  
1996 Hypnotic
  1. Racial Hostility
  2. Doctor Kevorkian
  3. Smokin' Green
  4. Destined For Doom
  5. Killer Hill
  6. Face Pull
  7. I'm Trying To Sleep
  8. Stolen (Japanese CD only)
  9. Five Knuckle Shuffle
  10. Truth Or Consequence
  11. Guilty
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Ivan Hurd
  • Mike Duncan
  • Robb Reiner
1996 Readers' Album #98



Absolutely No Alternative  
1997 Hypnotic
  1. Old School
  2. Green Jesus
  3. Show Me Your Tits
  4. No One To Follow
  5. Hair Pie
  6. Rubber Neck
  7. Piss Test
  8. Red Light
  9. Black Or White
  10. Hero By Death
  11. March Of The Crabs '97 (Japanese CD only)
  12. Free As The Wind [live] (Japanese CD only)
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Ivan Hurd
  • Glen Gyorffy
  • Robb Reiner


Speed Of Sound  
1998 Hypnotic
  1. Speed Of Sound
  2. Blood In The Playground
  3. Deadbeat Dad
  4. Man Over Broad
  5. No Evil
  6. Bullshit
  7. Mattress Mambo
  8. Secret Agent
  9. Life To Lead
  10. Park That Truck
  11. Metal On Metal (live) (enhanced CD - video / German digipak only)
  12. Kick Some Ass (Japanese CD only)
  13. Vengeance To Kill (Japanese CD only)
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Ivan Hurd
  • Glen Gyorffy
  • Robb Reiner


Anthology Of Anvil  COMPILATION
1999 Hypnotic
  1. Metal On Metal
  2. Smokin' Green
  3. Winged Assassins
  4. Free As The Wind
  5. Old School
  6. Bushpig
  7. Blood On The Ice
  8. March Of The Crabs
  9. Jackhammer
  10. Speed Of Sound
  11. 666
  12. Stolen
  13. Paper General
  14. Forged In Fire (live)
  15. School Love
  16. Motormount
  17. Doctor Kevorkian
  18. Mothra


Plenty Of Power  
2001 Massacre
  1. Plenty Of Power
  2. Groove Science
  3. Ball Of Fire
  4. The Creep
  5. Computer Drone
  6. Beat The Law
  7. Pro Wrestling
  8. Siren Of The Sea
  9. Disgruntled
  10. Real Metal
  11. Dirty Dorothy (on German CD and LP only)
  12. Left Behind (on Canadian CD only)
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Ivan Hurd
  • Glen Gyorffy
  • Robb Reiner


Still Going Strong  
2002 Massacre
  1. Race Against Time
  2. In Hell
  3. Holy Wood
  4. Still Going Strong
  5. Don't Ask Me
  6. Waiting
  7. White Rhino
  8. What I'm About
  9. Sativa
  10. Defiant
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Ivan Hurd
  • Glen Gyorffy
  • Robb Reiner


Back To Basics  
2004 Massacre
  1. Fuel For The Fire
  2. Keep It Up
  3. Song Of Pain
  4. You Get What You Pay For
  5. The Chainsaw
  6. Can't Catch Me (When My Pants Are Down)
  7. Go Away
  8. Bottom Feeder
  9. Cruel World
  10. Fast Driver
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Ivan Hurd
  • Glen Gyorffy
  • Robb Reiner


This Is Thirteen  
2007 self-released
  1. American Refugee
  2. Axe To Grind
  3. Big Business
  4. Bombs Away
  5. Burning Bridges
  6. Feed The Greed
  7. Flying Blind
  8. Game Over
  9. Ready To Fight
  10. Room #9
  11. Shoulda Woulda Coulda
  12. This Is Thirteen
  13. Worry
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Ivan Hurd
  • Glen Gyorffy
  • Robb Reiner


Juggernaut Of Justice  
2011 The End
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Glen Gyorffy
  • Robb Reiner
2011 Readers' Album #14



Monument Of Metal - The Very Best Of Anvil  COMPILATION
2011 The End
  1. Metal on Metal
  2. Winged Assassins
  3. 666
  4. Thumbhang
  5. School Love
  6. Heat Sink
  7. March of the Crabs
  8. Plenty of Power
  9. Mothra
  10. Sins of the Flesh
  11. Jackhammer (live)
  12. Juggernaut of Justice
  13. No One to Follow
  14. Mad Dog
  15. Bottom Feeder
  16. Race Against Time
  17. American Refugee
  18. Fire in the Night
  19. Park That Truck


Hope In Hell  
2013 Steamhammer/SPV
  1. Hope in Hell
  2. Eat your Words
  3. Through with You
  4. The Fight Is Never Won
  5. Pay the Toll
  6. Flying
  7. Call of Duty
  8. Badass Rock n Roll
  9. Time Shows no Mercy
  10. Mankind Machine
  11. Shut the Fuck Up
  12. Hard Wired (Bonus)
  13. Fire at Will (Bonus)
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Sal Italiano
  • Robb Reiner
2013 Readers' Album #79



Anvil Is Anvil  
2016 Steamhammer/SPV
  1. Daggers And Rum
  2. Up, Down, Sideways
  3. Gun Control
  4. Die For A Lie
  5. Runaway Train
  6. Zombie Apocalypse
  7. It's Your Move
  8. Ambushed
  9. Fire On The Highway
  10. Run Like Hell
  11. Forgive Don't Forget
  12. Never Going To Stop (bonus track digipak)
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Chris Robertson
  • Robb Reiner
2016 Readers' Album #26



Pounding The Pavement  
2018 Steamhammer/SPV
  1. Bitch In The Box
  2. Ego
  3. Doing What I Want
  4. Smash Your Face
  5. Pounding The Pavement
  6. Rock That Shit
  7. Let It Go
  8. Nanook Of The North
  9. Black Smoke
  10. World Of Tomorrow
  11. Warming Up
  12. Don´t Tell Me (bonus track)
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Chris Robertson
  • Robb Reiner


Legal At Last  
2020 AFM
  1. Legal at Last
  2. Nabbed in Nebraska
  3. Chemtrails
  4. Gasoline
  5. I'm Alive
  6. Taking to the Wall
  7. Glass House
  8. Plastic in Paradise
  9. Bottom Line
  10. Food for the Vulture
  11. When All's Been Said and Done
  12. No Time
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Chris Robertson
  • Robb Reiner


Impact Is Imminent  
2022 AFM
  1. Take a Lesson
  2. Ghost Shadow
  3. Another Gun Fight
  4. Fire Rain
  5. Teabag
  6. Don't Look Back
  7. Someone to Hate
  8. Bad Side of Town
  9. Wizard's Wand
  10. Lockdown
  11. Explosive Energy
  12. The Rabbit Hole
  13. Shockwave
  14. Gomez
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Chris Robertson
  • Robb Reiner


One And Only  
2024 AFM
  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
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow
  • Chris Robertson
  • Robb Reiner



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