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Anvil

Formed: 1978 in Canada

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Styles: Thrash, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal

Group Members: Mike Duncan

Biography: Toronto, Canada's Anvil were one of the first North American bands to push the sound and style of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal one step further. Clearly indebted to the likes of Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and many others from across the Atlantic, Anvil nonetheless played louder, faster, and heavier ...Read full biography

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Forged in Fire

Released: 1983

Label: Import

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The second of Anvil's two influential cult classics, Forged in Fire essentially refines the blueprint laid out on Metal on Metal, showing a band more firmly in control of its muse. Lips' vocal performance ...Read full review

Metal on Metal

Released: 1982

Label: Attic

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Pity poor Anvil. Unsung godfathers of thrash and speed metal, hailing from a locale (Toronto) not noted for its headbanging scene, relegated to a Canadian independent label during their brief creative ...Read full review

More Anvil albums: Main Albums (11), Compilations (3)

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