Thrash Hits — While we were wandering around the Sonisphere Festival arena in a drunken, slightly damp haze, we spotted several posters for Hellfire Festival which had some very interesting names on it. (Saxon and Anvil, just in case you can’t read the title.) S... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Sasquatch 2009 (more by Chris Graham) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Louis CK @ Caroline's * A-Trak @ Webster Hall * ArpLine, Prima @ 92YTribeca * AC/DC & Anvil @ Giants Stadium * Polvo, Obits... more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Phil Spector, Madonna, Tupac • AC/DC Blast Off Black Ice Tour • Tedder Reacts to Clarkson/Beyoncé Dust-Up • Guitar Hero 5: Complete Track List Revealed • Investigators Seek Jackson Alias Records • Grab a Piece of Pearl Jam... more info

Rolling Stone — The improbable comeback story of Canadian metallists Anvil continues to get, well, more probable. On the strength of the much-talked-about Sacha Gervasi-directed rock doc Anvil! The Story of Anvil, the group — which is led by original members Lips ... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Between the Notes, CanadaWhen Anvil opens for AC/DC in Boston and New Jersey this week, it will be no small triumph for a once-forgotten Toronto heavy metal band that has spent the past 25 years angling for another shot at the big time. ... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — Anvil! The Story of Anvil Even though Anvil, a four-piece speed-metal circus that once toured with soon-to-be cash-cow longhairs like Whitesnake and Bon Jovi, never amounted to anything more than "the demigods of Canadian metal," guitarist Steve "L... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — If Spinal Tap notched the volume up to 11, then then Anvil! The Story of Anvil just cranked it up to 12. In his debut rockumentary, writer/director Sacha Gervasi follows Anvil, a Canadian power metal group that peaked in the early ’80s. Once u... more info

Rock Sellout — The feel-good story of 2009 continues: VH1 Classic Records will finally give proper national distribution to Anvil’s last album This Is Thirteen on CD and vinyl on September 15! The Canadian metal band that influenced for a generation of rockers i... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Black Bubblegum Irving Plaza last month (more by Paul Birman) Call it mini-Blackenedfest if you will. Marduk, after never making it to the actual Blackenedfest to do visa issues, have scheduled three US tour dates with Withered (another Blackenedf... more info

Altsounds — *AMON AMARTH* appeared at Metal Hammer’s Golden Gods 2009 awards this week at the 02 in London, playing a blistering 15 minute set alongside Saxon, Trivium, DevilDriver and Anvil. Soon afterwards they walked away with an award for BEST... more info