Anvil live in concert.
ON TOUR

Anvil

51
critic concert reviews
metal

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

69
%
Based on 
51
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Based on 
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Based on 51 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Anvil is rated as a neither good nor bad live performer, with shows that lack distinction. Anvil concert reviews describe live shows and performances as charismatic and amazing.

ON TOUR

P60, Amstelveen, Netherlands (October 18); Black Lab, Wasquehal, France (October 18); Tavastia, Helsinki, Finland (October 22); Olympia, Tampere, Finland (October 23); Little Devil, Tilburg, Netherlands (November 7); Rock N'eat, Lyon, France (November 13); MTS Records, Oldenburg, Germany (November 19); Kubana, Siegburg, Germany (November 21); Rampa Kultura i Twierdza Design, Goleniów, Poland (November 23); Zik-Zak, Ittre, Belgium (November 27); De Nieuwe Nor, Heerlen, Netherlands (November 30)

FESTIVALS IN 2024

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Latest Release

ALL BLACK OUTFITS - Single (19 July 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
metal
Origin
Toronto, Canada (1978 - present)
Bio
Has Performed With
Saxon

Critic Concert Reviews

Music In Minnesota (USA)

April 21, 2019
%
Anvil: “The Phoenix from The North” Rocks The Turf Club

Twin Cities Media (USA)

April 21, 2019
%
Anvil Still Has It After 42 Years

The Guardian (UK)

August 5, 2013
80
%
Mainstream interest in the band has waned considerably over the last five years but thanks to the unerring dedication that enabled Anvil to survive in obscurity for three decades 2013 sees them still riding that wave.

Exclaim (Canada)

June 1, 2011
%
But that's the cool thing about the Canadian metal legends: They'll never ever be Metallica and world tours by private jet are just not in the cards.

Birmingham Live (UK)

June 17, 2010
%
And I also admit that for the first 10 minutes of the film, I thought it was Spinal Tap for the 21st Century.

Dallas Observer (USA)

January 27, 2010
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Dallas, USA

Glide Magazine (USA)

January 19, 2010
%
Nor have I ever seen someone use a golden vibrator to play an electric guitar on stage while in the face of their diehard fans.

Past critic reviews published in

The Guardian (UK), musicOMH (UK), The Guardian (UK), NME (UK), NME (UK) and more

Image Credit

Jonas Rogowski [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons