MetalGodsTV caught up with ANVIL frontman Steve "Lips" Kudlow recently. Check out the video interview below:

Anvil have announced two festival dates for 2012 as well as more 2011 dates.

Anvil’s 2011 tour schedule is now as follows:

August

26 - Erie Canal Harbor - Buffalo, NY

October

6 – 7 - Sweden Rock Cruise - Stockhom, Sweden

2012 tour dates are as follows:

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.

As previously reported, 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)

The first installment of Heavy T.O. took place July 23rd and 24th at Downsview Park in Toronto, Ontario. Pro-shot footage of Anvil is available below. Check out BW&BK;'s Heavy T.O. feature at this location.

ANVIL - HEAVYTO 2011 from Distort Inc. on Vimeo.