Heavy metal band Anvil release a new single titled ‘Take A Lesson’, taken from their brand-new studio album, entitled Impact Is Imminent, that’s out now on AFM Records.
and a new single & video in ‘Ghost Shadow‘ that’s out now.
The Canadian trio is one of the most distinctive bands of their genre, often cited as having influenced notable metal acts such as Slayer, Megadeath, Metallica and Anthrax. After 40 years in the music industry, touring the world in sold-out venues, and garnering critically acclaim for Anvil! The Story Of Anvil – the number #1 music documentary of every metalhead – the iconic band returns with their nineteenth album.
On Impact Is Imminent, fans were promised 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. Steve ‘Lips‘ Kudlow (Vocals/guitar) and Robb Reiner (drums) remain at the epicentre of this heavy metal extravaganza, and for the past eight years, they have been supported by bassist/backing vocalist Chris Robertson.
You can check out the lyric video for new single ‘Take A Lesson’, here at RAMzine, alongside previous single, ‘Ghost Shadow’ – that was proclaimed a “full pedal-to-the-metal anthem” here at RAMzine.
Charismatic frontman Lips said of the previous single: “’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!!
“None of our previous albums blends music and lyrics into as tight a unit as ‘Impact Is Imminent’,” enthused Lips on the fourteen songs on the group’s new album. “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 (U.D.O.) and Jörg Uken at Uken’s Soundlodge Studios.
Tracks featured are: ‘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’ and ‘Gomez’.
Impact Is Imminent is available as CD, vinyl and digital formats on May 20, 2022, has just started at this location.
