ANVIL — Metal on Metal (review)

ANVIL — Metal on Metal album cover Album · 1982 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
5/5 ·
Time Signature
Jackhammer metal...

Genre: traditional heavy metal

"Metal on Metal" is, or at least, should be a heavy metal classic on par with "Balls to the Wall", "Back in Black", "British Steel" and perhaps even "The Number of the Beast". It's much better than their debut, and "Metal on Metal" certainly lives up to its name.

Musically, "Metal on Metal" stamps out the Anvil style and it was also somewhat ahead of its time. There are several hard rocking metal tracks on this album that ought to be legendary by now, such as "metal on Metal", "Mothra", "Scenery" and, of course "666" as well as the instrumental metal epitome "March of the Crabs".

Lips' voice is really sick (the good way) on this album which suits the music very well, which is generally both harder and heavier than on "Hard and Heavy" - almost thrashy in places. and, thankfully, the silly cock rock lyrics of the debut album have also given way for nihilistic lyrics celebrating heavy metal music - although there are some sex 'n' sleaze lyrics left.

This belongs in any metal collection.
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