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Anvil - Back to Basics (2004) Retail CD
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Genre:
Rock
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Style:
Thrash
Heavy Metal
Speed Metal
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When Anvil decided to call this 2004 release Back to Basics, they weren't just being rhetorical. Some of Anvil's late-'90s releases found the veteran headbangers trying to change with the times and experiment with alternative metal, but 2001's Plenty of Power marked a stylistic return to the Anvil of the early '80s — and the Canadians continue in that back-to-our-roots vein on Back to Basics. By getting away from alt-metal trends, Anvil risks being accused of having a dated sound. But what is dated to some is classic to others, and admirers of Anvil's early albums will crave the melodicmore… yet hard-hitting attack of tunes like "The Chainsaw," "Bottom Feeder" and "Fuel for the Fire." This album isn't the least bit groundbreaking by 2004 standards — Back to Basics doesn't pretend to go after fans of Korn, Mushroomhead, Sevendust or Nothingface — but that doesn't make the disc any less appealing. Stylistically, Back to Basics is best described as power metal with hints of very early speed metal at times; Judas Priest and Ronnie James Dio are influences, and so is Motörhead (which was arguably the first thrash metal/speed metal band). One can think of Back to Basics as Anvil's 26th anniversary CD; the band was formed in 1978, and this release demonstrates that Anvil can still be exciting after more than a quarter of a century. Back to Basics falls short of essential and isn't quite in a class with Anvil's best early-'80s output, but it's a decent, respectable outing that the group's longtime followers will appreciate. (Note: the initial pressing of Back to Basics contained a bonus DVD titled Live at Wacken 1998).
| 1 |
Fuel For The Fire |
| 2 |
Keep It Up |
| 3 |
Song Of Pain |
| 4 |
You Get What You Pay For |
| 5 |
Chainsaw |
| 6 |
Can't Catch Me |
| 7 |
Go Away |
| 8 |
Bottom Feeder |
| 9 |
Cruel World |
| 10 |
Fast Driver |
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- Music > Albums
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- CD
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- Retail
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- Anvil - Back to Basics (2004) Retail CD
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