Pounding the Pavement

by Anvil

Overview

The 17th studio long-player from the stalwart Canadian rockers, Pounding the Pavement delivers a 12-track onslaught of no-frills trad/thrash metal -- this shouldn't concern longtime Anvil fans, who have come to expect a certain AC/DC-style of sonic congruity over the years. The second go-round for bassist Chris Robertson, who joined the circus in 2016 for Anvil Is Anvil, Pounding the Pavement is largely cut from the same cloth as its predecessor, pairing old-school Accept/Running Wild/Motoerhead-inspired riffage with tonsil-shredding invocations of the power of rock & roll. Produced with punchy pragmatism by Joerg Uken (God Dethroned, Dew-Scented), the rock & roll life, specifically playing live, looms large thematically, with a three-song suite ("Smash Your Face," the instrumental title cut, and the bone-headed, boogie-blasted, yet immensely likeable "Rock That Shit") arriving midway through. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	01/19/2018
Label:	Steamhammer
UPC:	0886922850301
Rank:	88415

Tracks

1. Bitch in the Box
2. Ego
3. Doing What I Want
4. Smash Your Face
5. Pounding the Pavement
6. Rock That Shit
7. Let It Go
8. Nanook of the North
9. Black Smoke
10. World f Tomorrow
11. Warming Up
12. Don't Tell Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Anvil   Primary Artist
Robb Reiner   Drums
Steve "Lips" Kudlow   Vocals,Guitar
Chris Robertson   Vocals,Bass
Martina Lo Volt   Vocals

Technical Credits

Robb Reiner   Group Member,Composer,Arranger
Anvil   Producer,Concept
Steve "Lips" Kudlow   Group Member,Composer,Arranger
Chris Robertson   Group Member
Joerg Uken   Mastering,Producer
Christoph "Stripe" Schinzel   Art Direction,Cover Art
Rudy DeDoncker   Photography