The Canadian pioneers of Heavy Metal, ANVIL, have announced the release of a brand new studio album entitled “Impact Is Imminent”, which is expected to be released on May 20th through AFM Records.
On “Impact Is Imminent”, ANVIL fires off merciless riff attacks, relentlessly driving drums and impressive bass grooves, complemented by vocal melodies and lyrics that inevitably drill themselves into the listener’s aural tract. As always, guitarist/vocalist Steve “Lips” Kudlow and founding drummer Robb Reiner are at the epicenter of this Heavy Metal extravaganza. For the past eight years, they have been supported by bassist Chris Robertson, who not only complements the ANVIL fold on a personal level, but also enhances the tracks with his powerful low frequency bass parts and backing vocals.
ANVIL has shared “Ghost Shadow”, the first single of their upcoming album alongside an official music video. Lips states about the track: ” ‘Ghost Shadow’ is my sixth sense telling me I’m being watched. Could be Internet trolls or paranormal phenomenon. Either way, the song is heavy as fuck.”
Regarding “Impact Is Imminent”, Lips says: “None of our previous albums blends music and lyrics into as tight a unit as ‘Impact Is Imminent’. Everything comes together homogeneously. As a result, the new material sounds monolithic, right down to the very last details, both in terms of rhythm and harmonies. In the past, our studio sessions were sometimes like a little like jumping in at the deep end, with us having to improvise a lot and making decisions at short notice. Working on ‘Impact Is Imminent’, not only was there plenty of time for the songwriting process in the run-up to the recordings, but I also had the leisure to put all my ideas to the acid test and work on them until they were perfect.”
Like its three predecessors, “Anvil Is Anvil” (2016), “Pounding The Pavement” (2018) and “Legal At Last” (2019), “Impact Is Imminent” was produced by Martin “Mattes” Pfeiffer and Jörg Uken at Uken’s Soundlodge studios.
“Impact Is Imminent” track listing:
- Take A Lesson
- Ghost Shadow
- Another Gun Fight
- Fire Rain
- Teabag
- Don’t Look Back
- Someone To Hate
- Bad Side Of Town
- Wizard’s Wand
- Lockdown
- Explosive Energy
- The Rabbit Hole
- Shockwave
- Gomez
You can watch the official music video for “Ghost Shadow” below:
