Metal Kaoz recently conducted an interview with ANVIL frontman Steve "Lips" Kudlow. Excerpts from the interview are below:

Metal Kaoz: Do you have in mind in releasing a live recorded DVD?

Lips: "No, not all because I don’t think there is a point in doing this. If you want to watch Anvil live, then go in YouTube where there are thousands of hours of live footage from all over the world. And the other aspect for this matter is that we don’t believe that we are a big band yet to do it properly."

Metal Kaoz: Why?

Lips: "Why? (laughs) It is just the way it is. Last I checked we were taking half a million dollars per show like AC/DC so I cannot see how we can do this right and in a high level. We won’t film just a club show... So, I think my answer to your question is that we will do that when the band is big enough and we are not there yet. But we are working towards it. I am not that full of myself so I cannot see the reality of the situation."

Metal Kaoz: After the string of the US live dates you have Sweden Rock Cruise, what is next for Anvil?

Lips: "I really don’t know. We are flying to where our manager tells us. And sometimes we are not allowed to discuss something that has not been announced yet. So, even if I knew something, I would not be in the position to tell you."

Metal Kaoz: Do you have in your mind when to even start thinking of the next Anvil album?

Lips: "No, since the new album has been released for some months, we are only thinking where it will take us to play live. So, there is nothing planned in the meantime.'

Read the entire interview here.

Anvil have announced two festival dates for 2012 as well as more 2011 dates. The band's tour schedule is as follows:

October

6 – 7 - Sweden Rock Cruise - Stockhom, Sweden

April

27 – 28 - Keep It True XIV - Lauda-Königshofen, Germany

May

24 – 27 - Maryland Deathfest - Baltimore, MA

BraveWords.com has posted photos from Anvil’s show at The Grog Shop in Cleveland Heights, Ohio on July 27th, online at this location.

The End Records will release Monument Of Metal: The Very Best Of Anvil, a 19-track career retrospective, on September 27th.

Monument Of Metal: The Very Best Of Anvil tracklisting:

'Metal On Metal' (re-recorded from This Is Thirteen 2009 / originally from Metal On Metal, 1982)

'Winged Assassins' (re-recorded, originally From Forged In Fire, 1983)

'666' (from This Is Thirteen, 2009)

'Thumbhang' (from This Is Thirteen, 2009)

'School Love' (re-recorded, originally from Hard 'N' Heavy, 1981)

'Heat Sink' (from Metal On Metal, 1982)

'March of the Crabs' (instrumental) (from Metal On Metal, 1982)

'Plenty of Power' (from Plenty Of Power, 2001)

'Mothra' (from Metal On Metal, 1982)

'Sins of the Flesh' (from Worth the Weight, 1992)

'Jackhammer' (live) (from Past And Present; Live In Concert, 1989)

'Juggernaut of Justice' (from Juggernaut of Justice, 2011)

'No One To Follow' (from Absolutely No Alternative, 1997)

'Mad Dog' (from Strength of Steel, 1997)

'Bottom Feeder' (from Back to Basics, 2004)

'Race Against Time' (from Still Going Strong, 2002)

'American Refugee' (from This Is Thirteen, 2007)

'Fire In The Night' (from Pound For Pound, 1988)

'Park That Truck' (from Speed of Sound, 1999)