Anvil! The Story of Anvil

I've been searching to find some time to post a couple of events I have recently gone to, both absolutely amazing!! Lets start with our boys from Canada.
First of all, if you have not read about this, I implore you to do so, anvilmovie.com . It was a beautiful sold out Thursday night at the John Anson Ford Ampitheater here in LA. Seats only 1200 people, not a seat past 90ft from stage! Johnny got to the show early and they let him into the arena early which meant I took the nicest seats dead center in the front row about 1ft from the stage which is about 4 ft high only. The director and producer of the movie and engineer for This is Thirteen were all there to emcee the event. The movie is a real life story like Spinal Tap (unfair to really categorize it that way) of the great Canadian Heavy Metal Anvil! It follow their trials and tribulations from trying to make "this is Thirteen" to a botched European tour chock full of hilarious moment. Lips and Robb are REAL people and you really get a feel for their struggle and determination to make this band work. Truly Metal or Death! They are hardcore bastards that show you "Never Give Up"!! The movie lasted 80 minutes and was freaking amazing, standing ovation, it was quite touching in parts. Their music is not part of the soundtrack, the movie is made very well, YOU MUST GO SEE IT!!
Following the movie there was a little surprise. Yes thats right Anvil came out and decided to rock us to death, it was an amazing moment after watching the movie. Johnny being 2 ft away from Lips was leading the charge for all the true metallers out there! I took about 1.5 gigs of video with our small camera, available on request. The set list was as follows: March of the Crabs, 666, Metal on Metal, Mothra, This is 13, School Love, and White Rhino. There were special guests: Scott Ian from Anthrax played with them on Metal on Metal (one of the best anthems ever recorded) and the director of the movie Sacha Gervasi played drums on School Love. He roadied with the band at age 15 and never forgot about them, the movie explains it more!! It was an amazing night when Lips handed Johnny the mic for the chorus of Metal on Metal, have proof ask the wife! Lips came down off the stage to jam with us too. It was a Canadian treat on a night I will never forget. Please see pics!! Next is another Canadian, Big Pipes docking in LA to party with Johnny...more to come....

J13

Booty Sampler•June 2008

There you go folks!
This month Booty Sampler is packed with first quality stuff more than ever! I really had a hard time in picking the material to put in, since this month we had an impressive amount of booty entering the treasure chest... You wont find anything posted here previously, nor the new Judas Priest, or other highlights supposedly known. Direct DL valid until link expires.

Enjoy!

BOOTY SAMPLER-Intro (June) • URIAH HEEP-Wake The Sleeper 2008 • GRAND MAGUS-Iron Will 2008 • EKOTREN-Light The Fire 2008 • SABATON-Cliffs of Gallipoli 2008 • IMAGIKA-Feast For The Hated 2008 • FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH-The Way Of The Fist 2007 • FREAKEYS-Freakeys 2006 • EPICUREAN-A Consequence of Design 2008 • ARCH ENEMY-Revolution Begins 2007 EP • DISTURBED-Indestructible 2008 • DOWNTIME-To Perish The Pantomime 2008 • WARRIOR SOUL-Classics 2000 • JORN-Lonely Are The Brave (Limited Edition) 2008 • SANDALINAS-Fly To The Sun 2008 • HOLY DRAGONS-Labirint Illuziy 2007 • CRYSTAL VIPER-The Last Axeman 2008 • CANEDY, FEINSTEIN, BORDONARO & CAUDLE-Hollywood 1986 • RITUAL STEEL-Invincible Warriors 2007 • PIG IRON-The Paths Of Glory...Lead But To The Grave 2007 • REVOLUTION RENAISSAINCE-New Era 2008 • EMIR HOT-Sevdah Metal 2008 • BONDED BY BLOOD-Feed The Beast 2008 • WARMACHINE-The Beginning Of The End 2005 • VADER-XXV 2008 • VENOM-Hell 2008 • BOOTY SAMPLER-Outro (June)

BOOTY SAMPLER-Intro (June) • DARK EMPIRE-Humanity Dethroned 2008 • MORGANA LEFAY-Aberrations Of The Mind 2007 • MOTLEY CRUE-Saints Of Los Angeles 2008 • RAIN-Dad Is Dead 2008 • AREA51-Daemonicus 2008 • SCELERATA-Skeletons Domination 2008 • VIPER-Soldiers of Sunrise (128 kbs) 1987 • BLAZE-The Man Who Would Not Die 2008 • WOLFPACK UNLEASHED-Anthems Of Resistance 2007 • REINGOLD-Universe 1999 • ADX-Division Blindée 2008 • WARPATH-Damnation 2008 • BEYOND THE EMBRACE-Insect Song 2004 • JOHN 5-Requiem 2008 • HYDROGYN-Deadly Passions 2008 • MICHAEL VESCERA-A Sign Of Things To Come 2008 • LAAZ ROCKIT-Left for Dead 2008 • DARK QUARTERER-War Tears 1994 • ABSOLUTE STEEL-Womanizer 2005 • ONE WAY MIRROR-One Way Mirror2008 • AVENGER OF BLOOD-Death Brigade 2008 • THEODORE ZIRAS-Hyperpyrexia 2007 • STEVE GRIMMETT-Personal Crisis 2007 • TACERE-Beautiful Darkness 2007 • NEURAXIS-The Thin Line Between 2008 • BOOTY SAMPLER-Outro (June)