Anvil - Metal On Metal (1982) (@256)

Anvil was an early 80's speed metal band who paved the way for groups such as Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer and Metallica. While all the latter (more or less) burst into stardom, Anvil sunk to obscurity. So, it was quite a surprise to read about a documentary for Anvil. Its title is (obviously) "Anvil!: The Story of Anvil", and its first screening took place at Sundance Film Festival in 2008. Many viewers, even if not heavy metal fans, talked about one of the best music documentaries for years. The film will eventually get a distribution in the US this spring.
So, get ready for a film about the good ole 80's heavy metal. You know that with the long curly hair (that became sparse over the years, but they are still long and curly...), the s&m black leather stripes on bare chests, the arrow-shaped guitars, the beer-belly headbanging audiences, the classic metal sound. Most of all, get ready for the story of two guys that remained devoted to what they'd loved, no matter the difficulties of any kind. Aaah, I tend to get sentimental sometimes.

Read here about the whole story, as explained by the film's director Sacha Gervasi, a former Anvil roadie-turned screenwriter (for The Big Tease and The Terminal).
Read here for a (rhapsodic) review by James Rocchi.

The trailer...


album review link: here
Update: When I was writing this post I didn't find a review of this album in allmusic, from where I usually take the review links. Some weeks later though (on May, 14), I noticed that Metal on Metal was hailed as album of the day there, hence a relevant review had been written. Not bad... not bad at all for Anvil.

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