ANVIL shares music video for 'Truth Is Dying'
23-04-2025
Canadian metal legends ANVIL have released a brand new music video for the song “Truth Is Dying”. The track is taken from the band’s 20th studio album “One And Only”, which came out in June 2024 via AFM Records. The effort was recorded in the summer of 2023 with longtime producer Martin “Mattes” Pfeiffer and Jörg Uken at Uken‘s Soundlodge studios in Germany. The same production team was responsible for ANVIL‘s previous four albums, “Anvil Is Anvil” (2016),“Pounding The Pavement” (2018),“Legal At Last” (2019) and “Impact Is Imminent” (2022).
Stream “Truth Is Dying” below.
The “Truth Is Dying” video was shot on location in Belgium, Sweden, and Switzerland during ANVIL‘s most recent European tour, which saw the band perform nine weeks of shows in support of “One And Only”. Directed by Paul McGuire, the clip captures ANVIL‘s energy and raw authenticity that fans of the band have come to expect. McGuire, who also serves as the band’s European tour manager, had previously worked with some of the most iconic names in rock and metal, including METALLICA, MEGADETH, Dee Snider and RAVEN.
ANVIL guitarist/vocalist Steve “Lips” Kudlow says: “We finally found the right time and place to shoot a music video ‘Truth Is Dying’, which is my favorite track from the newest album. We were hoping for this track to be the first single, but it didn’t work out in the end, so it’s awesome to finally get it done.
“Our European tour manager, Paul McGuire, just so happens to be an internationally renowned video director, so it’s meant to be and happens right when it’s supposed to.
“There is a very clear message laced within the lyrics of ‘Truth Is Dying’, and it speaks to people all over the world no matter where they are that you have to be very vigilant with what you’re told and what you believe, in an age of disinformation.”
Also watch the previously released “World Of Fools” and “Feed Your Fantasy” below.
“One And Only” sees the band provide first-rate ANVIL entertainment: While Lips is considered to be one of the most creative and interesting storytellers of the metal genre, Robertson and Reiner keep the up the pace with their usual confidence, providing the perfect rhythm section for Lips. Although they have experienced the tough and frequently merciless side of the music industry on a number of occasions, ANVIL never lost their idealism, motivation and energy, which is immediately evident on “One And Only”.
Regarding ANVIL‘s continuing collaboration with Pfeiffer and Uken, Lips said: “Pfeiffer and Uken are our one and only choice. As usual, Mattes and Jörg did a great job in choosing our best playing and making sure it has top notch sound. Great guys who understand the band and know what suits us best.”
“One And Only” track listing:
01. One And Only
02. Feed Your Fantasy
03. Fight For Your Rights
04. Heartbroken
05. Gold And Diamonds
06. Dead Man Shoes
07. Truth Is Dying
08. Rocking The World
09. Run Away
10. World Of Fools
11. Condemned Liberty
12. Blind Rage
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