Clearly some of the best melodic metal around at the time, comparable to the better Tytan tracks on their 1985 Rough Justice. The change towards the middle of the song with the piano break followed by the emotion heated solo is the highlight though. The structure changes within the song perfectly to fit the different emotions trying to be conveyed. This is daring I say, the perfect break-up song trying. A warm hearted and motivating emotional tribute to the broken heart, Moments like this demonstrate perfect “topic songwriting”. It’s the B-Side of this poster sleeve 7” with the less-captivating cropped picture of hands holding onto a piece of rope for dear life that was really surprising and innovative. The anthematic A-Side Blondes in Black while was a nice youthful, energetic blast into fairly heavy rocking territory for it’s time, it in retrospect isn’t as special as a lot of abroad releases were from the same year. When buying this 45’ (The band’s only official non-demo release) I expected little more than well played early traditional metal with slightly above average lead guitar playing. But what about San Francisco? Forerunners of so called “N.W.O.S.F.H.M” movement, Anvil Chorus were formed in 1980 with the intention to play “smart man’s heavy metal” different from what was currently around and popular like the swarms of bands trying to emulate a more tamed Van Halen sound.

Sure in New York you had bands like The Rods and Twisted Sister that were just starting to let rip. It wasn’t until around late ’83/early ‘84 that a noticeable and unique style emerged. heavy metal was a little bit slower starting its engines if compared to the euros allies in the new phenomenon titled “heavy metal”.

Black anvil band