┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Anvil - Metal On Metal + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.nov-15-2010 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │ │║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........1982 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........10 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... http://my.tbaytel.net/tgal ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Anvil Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Metal On Metal Label : Attic ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ http://my.tbaytel.net/tgallo/anvil/ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Anvil's second album "Metal On Metal", released ║ │ │║ in 1982, was a wild card of the the then ║ │ │║ emerging international Metal scene, and more ║ │ │║ specific, Thrash Metal. By now you've heard time ║ │ │║ and time again how much the big four own their ║ │ │║ very existence to Anvil's music and how they ║ │ │║ never got the break they needed. But as God ║ │ │║ himself a.k.a Lemmy explained if you're not in ║ │ │║ the right place at the right time, you're not ║ │ │║ going anywhere. For now let's put all known ║ │ │║ facts from the documentary aside and focus on ║ │ │║ the album for what it is. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ "Metal On Metal" IS dead-smack between what was ║ │ │║ NWOBHM and what would emerge as Thrash Metal and ║ │ │║ even has ties with Power Metal. Yes this album ║ │ │║ has as much to do with both genres because of ║ │ │║ the band just somehow mistakenly manage to do ║ │ │║ so. It has the dueling Maiden/Priest guitars, ║ │ │║ the speed of Motorhead, and the heavy riffs ala' ║ │ │║ Sabbath/Purple....essentially what every new ║ │ │║ band starting out in the early 80's listened to. ║ │ │║ Remember there was NO Metallica. There was NO ║ │ │║ Slayer. There wasn't even Hellhammer/Celtic ║ │ │║ Frost/. This is 1982. Even Running Wild was ║ │ │║ starting out as a demo band. The only thing you ║ │ │║ could compare to or put Anvil next to is Venom, ║ │ │║ or Accept in terms of the heaviest bands around. ║ │ │║ For what Anvil did...if they mistakenly ║ │ │║ stumbeled onto what would become the Thrash ║ │ │║ Metal formula, they did it with grace. But Anvil ║ │ │║ had a very comedic element to their nature. ║ │ │║ Funny ha-ha style. Even Steve 'Lips' would make ║ │ │║ his vocals sound totally overblown with ║ │ │║ goofiness. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The songs have a good variety to them. The ║ │ │║ opening title track and most well-known song by ║ │ │║ Anvil is "Metal On Metal". It simplistic in ║ │ │║ terms of delivery. Sounds of metal clanging ║ │ │║ together and then comes in a heavy-as-hell ║ │ │║ Sabbath riff. With lyrics such as "Metal on ║ │ │║ metal, It's what I crave, The louder the better, ║ │ │║ I'll turn in my grave" how can you not crack a ║ │ │║ smile in terms of it's half seriousness/half ║ │ │║ silliness? The next song "Mothra" starts off ║ │ │║ with a great NWOBHM riff that is complete Saxon ║ │ │║ worship. I guess if Blue Oyster Cult had ║ │ │║ "Godzilla", and Megadeth has Gigantor, then ║ │ │║ Anvil can have Mothra. It's very enjoyable. ║ │ │║ "Stop Me" then flips everything upside down and ║ │ │║ sounds like a way more mellow version of ║ │ │║ themselves and is total A&R radio-friendly! Next ║ │ │║ is "March of The Crabs" which is a galloping ║ │ │║ instrumental that would have Iron Maiden taking ║ │ │║ notice. "Tag Team" is your standard fist-pumping ║ │ │║ Hard Rocker. "Scenery"' starts off sounding like ║ │ │║ "Crazy Train" but is no different than "Tag ║ │ │║ team" in terms of more Hard Rock material. ║ │ │║ "Tease me, Please Me" is straight-up Judas ║ │ │║ Priest-worship. Even Steve Lips does his best ║ │ │║ attempt at Rob Halford. I still can't get over ║ │ │║ the song's title which is so campy/cheesy, but ║ │ │║ this is 1982 we're talking about. The last song ║ │ │║ Anvil goes for broke where you think they did it ║ │ │║ all with "Mothra" in terms of Metal ║ │ │║ epicness....nah, the song "666" is even more pic ║ │ │║ with even more goofy vocals. This is probably ║ │ │║ the only song Anvil did with anything darker ║ │ │║ than a giatn flying Moth! It's great stuff. This ║ │ │║ song along with "Mothra" is what I was saying ║ │ │║ how Anvil had everything to do with Power metal ║ │ │║ as well as Thrash Metal because of the delivery ║ │ │║ of the riffs and over-blown epicness. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ For the majority of the album "Metal On Metal" ║ │ │║ works. It's got the riffs. It's got the lyrics ║ │ │║ that would have any Metalhead banging their ║ │ │║ heads, pumping their fists, and rockin' out to. ║ │ │║ It's even better for the fact that "Metal On ║ │ │║ Metal" came out at a time when Metal was still ║ │ │║ in it's infancy and was still a wild bastard ║ │ │║ child of Rock N' Roll. And by today's standards, ║ │ │║ yeah you wouldn't be too surprised to see Metal ║ │ │║ hipsters with beards laughing at this and going ║ │ │║ "LOL, thiz iz the funnehs!!!1!" and then going ║ │ │║ on Ebay and buying up anything with Anvil on it ║ │ │║ to look cool.....but maybe then again Anvil, ║ │ │║ like a lot of other bands from this period and ║ │ │║ time in Metal, never got the chance to be loved ║ │ │║ by today's Metal audiences and they deserve ║ │ │║ their brand new success with the documentary. In ║ │ │║ closing, again, it's a good album that's great ║ │ │║ to put on the stereo when you want to invite ║ │ │║ your fellow headbangers over and burn brain ║ │ │║ cells. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Line-up: ║ │ │║ Lips - Vocals, Guitar ║ │ │║ Dave Allison - Guitar, Vocals on "Stop Me" ║ │ │║ Ian Dickson - Bass ║ │ │║ Robb Reiner - Drums ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Discography ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ School Love Single, 1981 ║ │ │║ Hard 'n' Heavy Full-length, 1981 ║ │ │║ Anvil EP, 1982 ║ │ │║ Promotional 12\" Single, 1982 ║ │ │║ Metal on Metal Full-length, 1982 ║ │ │║ Forged in Fire Single, 1983 ║ │ │║ Make It Up to You Single, 1983 ║ │ │║ Forged in Fire Full-length, 1983 ║ │ │║ Molten Metal Demo, 1985 ║ │ │║ Backwaxed Best of/Compilation, 1985 ║ │ │║ Strength of Steel Full-length, 1987 ║ │ │║ Blood on the Ice Single, 1988 ║ │ │║ Pound for Pound Full-length, 1988 ║ │ │║ Past and Present - Live In Concert Live album, ║ │ │║ 1989 ║ │ │║ Worth the Weight Full-length, 1992 ║ │ │║ Plugged in Permanent Full-length, 1996 ║ │ │║ Absolutely No Alternative Full-length, 1997 ║ │ │║ Speed of Sound EP, 1999 ║ │ │║ Speed of Sound Full-length, 1999 ║ │ │║ Massacre's Classix Shape Edition Vol. 10 Best ║ │ │║ of/Compilation, 1999 ║ │ │║ Anthology of Anvil Best of/Compilation, 2000 ║ │ │║ Plenty of Power Full-length, 2001 ║ │ │║ Still Going Strong Full-length, 2002 ║ │ │║ Back to Basics Full-length, 2004 ║ │ │║ This Is Thirteen Full-length, 2007 ║ │ │║ Anvil: The Story of Anvil DVD, 2009 ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - Metal On Metal [03:57] │ │ 02 - Mothra [05:08] │ │ 03 - Stop Me [05:26] │ │ 04 - March Of The Crabs [02:34] │ │ 05 - Jackhammer [03:33] │ │ 06 - Heat Sink [03:57] │ │ 07 - Tag Team [04:09] │ │ 08 - Scenery [04:41] │ │ 09 - Tease Me, Please Me [04:53] │ │ 10 - 666 [04:46] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [43:04 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘