Anvil Is Anvil

Anvil Is Anvil
Studio album by Anvil
Released	February 26, 2016
Studio	Redhead Studios, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	49:20
Label	SPV/Steamhammer (Europe) Rubicon Music (Japan)
Producer	Martin "Mattes" Pfeiffer and Anvil
Anvil chronology
Hope in Hell (2013) Anvil Is Anvil (2016) Pounding the Pavement (2018)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	68/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Blabbermouth.net	7/10 [2]
Consequence of Sound	B [3]
Metal Hammer (GER)	5/7 [4]
TeamRock	[5]

Anvil Is Anvil is the sixteenth studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. It was produced by Martin Pfeiffer and was released on February 26, 2016. ^[6] It is the first Anvil album to feature bassist Chris Robertson.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Daggers and Rum"	5:26
2.	"Up, Down, Sideways"	3:19
3.	"Gun Control"	4:22
4.	"Die for a Lie"	3:17
5.	"Runaway Train"	3:40
6.	"Zombie Apocalypse"	4:22
7.	"It's Your Move"	3:30
8.	"Ambushed"	3:22
9.	"Fire on the Highway"	4:35
10.	"Run Like Hell"	3:07
11.	"Forgive, Don't Forget"	2:40

Bonus track

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Never Going to Stop"	4:09

Bonus track (Japanese and Anvil Enterprises editions)

No.	Title	Length
13.	"You Don't Know What It's Like"	3:31

Personnel

Anvil

• Steve "Lips" Kudlow – vocals, guitars
• Chris Robertson – bass, vocals
• Robb "Robbo" Reiner – drums

Production

• Martin "Mattes" Pfeiffer – producer, engineer, mixing
• Holger Thielbörger – editing
• Jacob Hansen – mastering at Hansen Studios, Ribe, Denmark

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [7]	16

References

1. "Reviews for Hope in Hell by Anvil". Metacritic . Retrieved January 3, 2017.
2. Van Horn Jr., Ray (February 28, 2016). "Anvil – "Anvil Is Anvil"". Blabbermouth.net . Retrieved January 3, 2017.
3. Hadusek, Jon (February 26, 2016). "Anvil – Anvil Is Anvil". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved January 3, 2017.
4. Riedl, Katrin (March 4, 2016). "Anvil – Anvil Is Anvil" (in German). Metal Hammer . Retrieved January 3, 2017.
5. Dome, Malcolm (February 2, 2016). "Anvil: Anvil Is Anvil". TeamRock.com. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
6. "Anvil: Complete 'Anvil Is Anvil' Album Details Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. November 20, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
7. "Anvil Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2018.