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Band
Anvil
Title
Still Going Strong
Type
LP/EP
Company
Massacre
YOR
2002
Style
Power
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1/26/2003 - Review by: Eric Compton
Title couldn't be closer to the truth
Anvil - Still Going Strong - reviewed by: EC

Track Listing
1. Race Against Time
2. In Hell
3. Holy Wood
4. Still Going Strong
5. Don't Ask Me
6. Waiting
7. White Rhino
8. What I'm About
9. Sativa
10. Defiant
Anvil's newest album title couldn't be closer to the truth, aptly titled Still Going Strong. Anvil has been playing their brand of Canadian power-thrash since 1981. Quite an amazing feat for Lips and the boys. In a time when bands concentrate on releasing one or two albums before disbanding, its astonishing that a metal legend like Anvil are still releasing records in 2002. Still Going Strong is very much a continuation from where the last album, Plenty Of Power, left off. We still get heated thrashers like "Race Against Time", off-beat humor tracks such as "Holy Wood", and the much needed rockers like the title track. Robb Reiner really shows off behind the kit, saluting off the drum rolls on evil offering "In Hell", and the teutonic ripper "Defiant". Lips still shines on vocals, almost sounding effortless in his "Motorhead meets Thrash" motives. Still Going Strong is a good release and I highly recommend it to ong-time Anvil fans, or to newer fans like myself who are just getting introduced to the bands discography. Attic Records has recently announced they will be re-issuing the Anvil back catalogue, so save a dollar or two and try to pick some oldies up.
--Reviewed by EC 1.26.03
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2016
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Eric Compton3/17/2016
4
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2004
Screaming Ferret
Ken Pierce2/27/2005
3.5
Back To Basics
2004
Screaming Ferret
Eric Compton8/23/2004
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Juggernaut Of Justice
2011
The End
Chris Kincaid5/16/2011
3.5
Juggernaut Of Justice
2011
The End
Eric Compton6/3/2011
3.5
Pounding the Pavement
2018
Steamhammer
Eric Compton2/9/2018
3.5
Still Going Strong
2002
Massacre
Eric Compton1/26/2003
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