ANVIL : "Pounding The Pavement", Review album, (Steamhammer 2018)

ANVIL

"Pounding_The_Pavement"

Steamhammer

Full-length --- January 19th, 2018----SPV ----Steamhammer-----Lips:Vocals (lead), Guitars, Lyrics, Songwriting---- Robb Reiner :Drums, Songwriting Christ Bass, Vocals (backing) ------Recorded and mixed at Soundlodge Studio, Rhauderfehn, Germany.----Produced by Jörg Uken and Anvil.--Cover concept by Anvil.

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

Sounds somewhere between doom metal / speed metal and far away from thrash

Also as Lips is a falsely singer but his storming interpretation makes Anvils fascination,the guy sings like giving commands with the portable loudspeaker to a street demonstration

guitar riffs are solid and long-lasting, making a string sonic wall

From 1982 until today this band was always an active one but never achieved to climb up the charts to become legendary one and famous, while much newer bands of them managed to become legends and music industry stars such as Megadeth, and Anthrax amd Exciter, or the biggest like Metallica, or Testament, due to they deserve and entitled for that, but they don't convince much more people audiences to choose up them, pity.

Band's staff trying to make some bum and lout way to the issues about they pose ,also by putting as title the word "pavement",are going to presented decline stories , little means underworldly, a bit coarse and vile, but basically regardless tracks topics are patchy (varied matter) but crucial,has not unique direction,they just fly here and there,in regards musicianship trying the playing style similar to Rose Tatoo /or Motorhead /may be ACDC, also included all their own way and kind of guitar riffs and leads from their previous career discography.----

(track-1)"Bitch In A Box" : this track expressed Lips disagreable against "computer race" as reason take cars GPSes,also,!magnificent riffs/basslines reminds early Yesterday & Today and Rods (Feinstein)all guitars in high pitch the way of bungle and horny sound also the cuts are steep and decisive cause everything sustained in a rhythmic melody , lyrics are simple and straight without poetry or allusions (verbal hints).

(track-2)"Ego":something facsimile to Motorhead as the bass lines sovereign all the rest drams and guitar wich follow this as frenzied pace an up-tempo way,the subject i political songspeaks for those who hold a public privilege or are in power___they put themselves above the crowd from where they voted, speak with arrogance, move arrogantly

(track-3)"Doing What I Want":something as ship's signal when it leaves the harbor dock,!!a hefty rhythm , bass and the guitar harmonize and produce without melody something abrupt that cuts, and then again repeats continuously ,a potential rhythm that gives from verses profound message ,about self disobedience and revolting character.

(track-8)"Nanook of the North" some strong sinister riffs highlight the story about eskimos,a hefty steady pace take off song's gravity,and convert it to anthem.

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