Anvil (CAN)

Name: Anvil (CAN)
Start: 2026-11-07T00:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-07T03:00:00+01:00
Location: De Cacaofabriek

Sat, 7 Nov 2026

De Cacaofabriek, Helmond

concert Metal party

Canadian metal band Anvil takes the stage at De Cacaofabriek. On this tour, the band plays tracks from their first three albums: Hard 'n Heavy, Metal on Metal and Forged in Fire.

Belgian KILLER opens the show.

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Anvil

KILLER

About: Anvil

For over four decades, Kudlow and Reiner have kept Anvil going - a band that inspired thrash giants like Metallica and Slayer before those acts ever broke through. With twenty studio albums behind them and a legendary documentary to their name, the Toronto trio brings its 'Pounding the Past' European tour to the Netherlands in 2026.

112.3K

monthly listeners on Spotify

181K

followers on Facebook

studio albums released (as of 2024)

62x

concerts performed in 2024

What's new

2026-04
Anvil announces the 'Pounding the Past' European tour for October-December 2026, with a performance in Amstelveen on October 14.
2025-04
The band releases a new music video, recorded in Belgium, Sweden and Switzerland during the European tour for One and Only.
2025-01
Anvil announces an American spring tour from April to May 2025, with support from Don Jamieson and Midnite Hellion.

Tour

HamburgOsnabrückBochumAmstelveenWeinheimHanoverMünsterStuttgartGeiselwindLondonGlasgow

Tracks

Metal on Metaltitle track of the album of the same name from 1982, one of the most influential heavy metal songs from that period

Forged in Firefrom the album Forged in Fire (1983), a classic in the early thrash metal scene

Feed Your Fantasyfirst single from the twentieth studio album One and Only (2024)

666one of the band's most well-known songs, from Metal on Metal (1982)

One and Onlytitle track of the album from 2024, produced by Martin 'Mattes' Pfeiffer and Jörg Uken

About: KILLER

More than four decades on, Killer are still performing live - the Antwerp heavy metal veterans who first brought the NWOBHM sound to Belgium and helped shape the European metal scene with 'Wall of Sound' and 'Shock Waves'.

Studio albums (1981-2026)

45+

Years active in metal

What's new

2026-09
Killer releases their ninth studio album 'The Grand Finale' in September 2026 via German High Roller Records - according to them their farewell album.
2026-09
To promote 'The Grand Finale', Killer tours through Europe as special guest of Canadian metal band Anvil.
2026-02
Founder and drummer 'Fat Leo' died in February 2026.

Tracks

Ready for HellDebut album from 1981, released via WEA/Warner

Wall of SoundSecond album (1982), international breakthrough of the band

Shock WavesThird album, considered by fans and critics as the peak of their discography

Fatal AttractionComeback album from 1990 after the first dissolution

HellfireEighth studio album, released in 2023 via Cherry Red Records

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