Actually, I find it impressive knowing the age of both Lips and Rob because this album is full of energy! I have since picked up a few older albums and I can say that Impact Is Imminent is not as intense as some, e.g. But for me, he does a fine job for the music on this album. His vocals aren't a winner for everyone, and I've read a few criticisms about them on older albums. The songs are mostly quite fun (the "Lockdown" song about COVID-19 runs dry because of the theme, I find), and there are a few tracks that perk up my ears with each listen such as "Ghost Shadow" and "Gunfight". The bass might seem in the background a bit, but if you listen for it, it's right in there providing the weight for the guitar riffs and adding some accent points here and there. This album is very rich and clean with all instruments clear in the mix. Metal albums can suffer various production problems such as dense or muddy sound quality, lackluster drum or vocal recording quality, tinny guitar sounds, or overly compressed sound. No, there was nothing unexpected, but right from the get go I noticed the excellent sound quality. As one reviewer on Rate Your Music said, all the albums are pretty much the same, so comparisons will mostly be about production value and song-writing. Anvil are a core old school metal band, and all of their albums don't deviate except where some albums might feature more speed metal and others might have more connection to metal's hard rock and blues-based roots. Anvil are known for being one of those bands that stick with one formula and every album adheres to it. After ordering it, I checked a review on Angry Metal Guy that said it was a bit better than their last few albums. I thought about buying a newer Anvil album at the time, but it never became a priority until this year when I heard there was another new album coming out. This was followed by a question-and-answer session with Kudlow, Reiner, producer Rebecca Yeldham and Gervasi, moderated by Steve-O from “Jackass”.I hadn't bought any Anvil albums since Metal on Metal and Forged in Fire, and aside from these two, I had no idea of what the band had been doing all these years until that movie about them came out. The remastered “Anvil! The Story Of Anvil” received its premiere in conjunction with Beyond Fest last September in Los Angeles at the Saban Theater, where ANVIL also performed. The new version of the film features remastered picture and sound, as well as a new exclusive epilogue interview with director Sacha Gervasi and ANVIL frontman Steve “Lips” Kudlow and drummer Robb Reiner moderated by former MTV host Matt Pinfield. Last week, MVD Marquee Collection released the “Ultimate Edition” Blu-ray and “Standard Edition” DVD of ANVIL‘s acclaimed documentary, “Anvil! The Story Of Anvil”. 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 in Germany. May 13 – Grand Rapids, MI Pyramid SchemeĪNVIL‘s latest album, “Impact Is Imminent”, arrived in May 2022 via AFM Records. May 12 – Cincinnati, OH Legends Bar & Venue May 06 – Des Moines, IA Lefty’s Live Music 21 – West Palm Beach, FL Respectable StreetĪpr. 16 – West Columbia, SC New Brookland TavernĪpr. 14 – Richmond, VA Richmond Music HallĪpr. 05 – Sellersville, PA Sellersville TheaterĪpr. 01 – Cambridge, MA Middle East UpstairsĪpr.
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