Anvil - Juggernaut Of Justice (2011) - Review

Hello all! David here. I'm back with new review of Canadian Heavy Metal band ANVIL's

latest album - "Juggernaut Of Justice" Which was released this year

on May 10th. So lets begin the review of this hottest album!

Info:
Release Date: 10 May, 2011
Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: The End Records
Producer: Bob Marlette

Lineup:

"Lips" - Vocals & Guitar

Robb Reiner - Drums

Glenn Five - Bass

Tracklist:
Juggernaut Of Justice
When Hell Breaks Loose
New Orleans Voodoo
On Fire
Fuckin' Eh
Turn It Up
The Ride
Not Afraid
Conspiracy
Running
Paranormal
Swing Thing

Review:

Anvil is a groundbreaking band with a lot of influence, but the Canadians never had much

commercial success. Metal On Metal garnered some attention in the early '80s, but they toiled

in semi-obscurity for a long time. Their profile was raised immensely with the successful

documentary Anvil: The Story Of Anvil,shedding light on their very compelling story. That

attention allowed them to do a lot of touring the past few years, even opening for bands like AC/DC.

Anvil has returned with a new studio CD Juggernaut Of Justice. It's exactly what you'd expect:

hard-hitting and aggressive guitar driven metal with melody. Steve “Lips” Kudlow cranks up

the guitar from the opening note of the title track, and doesn't let up. Kudlow is not a great singer

by any means, but has a very distinctive and recognizable delivery. The album is packed with

straightforward anthemic songs like “All Hell Breaks Loose,” along with groovy, more

moderately paced tracks such as “New Orleans Voodoo.”

Juggernaut Of Justice was produced by Bob Marlette (Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne),

and it's nice to hear the bass guitar nice and loud. Kudlow and drummer Robb Reiner do all

the press and get most of the attention, but Glenn Five is also an important part of the trio.

Anvil does deviate from their usual formula on the last two songs. “Paranormal” is slow and

doomy, a 7 minute epic that's heavy and plodding, but Kudlow's shredding solos add another

dimension to the ponderous riffs. The album closes with the instrumental “Swing Thing,”

Anvil style metal done in a swing style, horns and all.

Everybody loves an underdog story, and Anvil is the ultimate underdog. They've scratched

and clawed to keep their heads above water, and with Juggernaut Of Justice show that after

30 years they are still firing on all cylinders.

Here you can review some videos of this album:

Thanks for reading! Seeya at next Album review. From this post on I took on myself

adding Death and Black metal reviews. So from this post in future I only post

Black and Death Metal album reviews. Holpe you've enjoyed this review.

Thanks again and see you next time! Cheers!