Canada's ANVIL attended the July 23rd screening of their critically acclaimed documentary Anvil: The Story Of Anvil in Montreal, Quebec at Ciné-Metal. They held a Q&A; session after the screening, footage is available below.

As previously reported, this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival is scheduled for August 5th - 7th in Wacken, Germany - and is now sold out. Organizers have issued the following update: "On August 4th we will show you the film The Story Of Anvil at the Movie Field at Wacken. The Canadian band is called one of the most important but least noted bands in heavy metal. The film shown in cinemas since March 2010 gained the band centre stage and this is not unjustified: It was Anvil who paved the way for speed metal that started in the 80s and influenced bands like MOTÖRHEAD, ACCEPT and HELLOWEEN. So everyone who didn’t watch this important movie at the cinema already shouldn’t miss this!"

Acts confirmed for W:O:A 2010 include: AMORPHIS, ANVIL, ARCH ENEMY, ASTRAL DOORS, ATROCITY, BROILERS, BRUTUS, CALIBAN, CANDLEMASS, CANNIBAL CORPSE, ALICE COOPER, CORVUS CORAX, CRUCIFIED BARBARA, DEAD MEANS NOTHING, DEBAUCHERY, DEGRADEAD, DELAIN, DESPISED ICON, THE DEVIL'S BLOOD, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, DIE KASSIERER, EDGUY, END OF GREEN, ENDSTILLE, EQUILIBRIUM, ETERNAL LEGACY, EVILE, FEAR FACTORY, FREI.WILD, GHOST BRIGADE, GOJIRA, GRAVE DIGGER, HACKNEYED, HANGGAI, HELLS BELLES, HOLY GRAIL, IHSAHN, ILL NINO, IMMORTAL, IMPERIUM DEKADENZ, IRON MAIDEN, JOB FOR A COWBOY, KAMELOT, KAMPFAR, KATAKLYSM, KATANA, THE KELTICS, KILLING MACHINE, LAKE OF TEARS, LETZTE INSTANZ, LIZZY BORDEN, LOCK UP, MAD MAX, MAMBO KURT, MAROON, METSATÖLL, MÖTLEY CRÜE, THE NEW BLACK, NIGHTMARE, ORDEN OGAN, ORPHANED LAND, THE OTHER, OVERKILL, RAVEN, ROTTING CHRIST, SCHELMISH, SECRET OF THE MOON, SKANNERS, SLAYER, SMOKE BLOW, SÓLSTAFIR, SOULFLY, STRATOVARIUS, SUICIDAL ANGELS, SVARTSOT, 1349, TIAMAT, TARJA TURUNEN, TÝR, U.D.O., UNLEASHED, VARG, VICTIMS OF MADNESS, VOIVOD, W.A.S.P.

For an initial running order click here.

For more info visit www.wacken.com or the Wacken Open Air Myspace page.