Description

Original limited 1983 French picture disc

Hard N Heavy was originally released under the band name LIPS, until the band signed with Attic Records and changed their name to Anvil. Hard N Heavy sounds unlike any other Anvil album. Before recording it the band had been playing the bar scene in Canada for many years in the late 70’s. This album is a result of those years of bar shows. It’s less metallic, and certainly less aggressive, but having grown up with this album it has a certain appeal that I have always liked. Songs like School Love and Ac/dc reek of that early NWOBHM sound, although Anvil obviously are not a European band. Even the obligatory cover of the Stone’s Paint It Black has that infectious, raw edge that made bands like Raven and Anvil so appealing in the early 80’s. Of particular interest to me is the Ted Nugent influence, especially on the song Bondage which plays considerable homage to old Teddy during the guitar solo of the song. Well Anvils debut were hardly a steep ascent to massive heaviness and Venom’s debut is like an angry Triceratops storming a village compared to this but i would still call this a recommendable album of sheer power

Track listing:
1. School Love
2. Ac/dc
3. At The Apartment
4. I Want You Both (With Me)
5. Bedroom Game
6. Ooh Baby
7. Paint It Black-Rolling Stones cover
8. Oh Jane
9. Hot Child
10. Bondage