Black Anvil
| Black Anvil | |
|---|---|
| Origin | New York City, New York, United States |
| Genres | Black metal, thrash metal |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | Relapse, Monumentum |
| Associated acts | Kill Your Idols, None More Black, Death Cycle, S.F.A., Sheer Terror |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | Raeph Glicken Gary Bennett Paul Delaney Jeremy Sosville |
Black Anvil are an American black metal band from New York City. The band formed in 2007 with Paul Delaney, Gary Bennett and Raeph Glicken. When asked about how they got their name as a band, they said “Gary actually came up with name, which is a cross between a Black Sabbath reference and a Judas Priest song.” They are one of the very few but prominent bands in the New York City black metal scene.
The band formed in New York City in 2007 and signed to Monumentum Records once the members left the hardcore punk band Kill Your Idols, who disbanded at that time. On October 28, 2008, the band released their debut album Time Insults the Mind on Monumentum Records. The band took a year to write it and went to record it in Queens, New York and recorded it all in one weekend. Afterwards, they started playing gigs all over New York City. The band also said something about the meaning of the album title saying “That it keeps going. (Time that is…) It’s a line in “Margin for Terror” that stuck out when we were thinking of titles.”
On June 5th 2010, it was announced that the band signed to Relapse Records. The band began to record their second album in January 2010 in the studio owned by Mark Mendoza of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister with engineer George Fullan. On September 28th, the band released their second album Triumvirate on Relapse Records and reissued their debut in the fall of 2010 on Relapse Records. In an interview, Paul Delaney said “Relapse’s interest in us and our respect for them proves none of that style shit should matter. We’re here to bring a malicious record to the table for you all. We currently have four songs demoed and they’re so dangerous sounding.” During March 13, they played at the Scion Rock Fest in Ohio with Voivod, Black Tusk and Brutal Truth. They also began to tour around United States but ended the major tour in the last two shows being in Canada. The band were going to have a tour called Lawless States of Heretika and Behemoth had joined their tour with Watain and Withered involved as well. However, it was confirmed in August 2010 that Behemoth were forced to leave the tour with them across America due to health issues Behemoth member Nergal was having. Later on August 27, 2010, they performed a major show at the Hostile City Deathfest in Philadelphia. They also toured from November 6, 2010 to December 4, 2010 with Swedish black metal band Watain and American blackened death metal band Goatwhore. The band also had a major tour announced in January 2011 to begin at the end of May through beginning of June during 2011, touring with bands like Aura Noir, Eyehategod, Marduk, and others.
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