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Anvil

Heavy metal
Heavy metal

Anvil is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Overkill and Exciter. Those roots explain a lot about how Anvil arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Grave Digger, Angel Witch, Diamond Head and Overkill, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Metallica and Motörhead, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Anvil, reaching back through Overkill and forward to Megadeth. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
AnvilOverkillExciterMegadethSlayerAnthraxMetallicaMotörheadAC/DCSaxonAlice CooperGrave DiggerAngel WitchDiamond HeadOverkill

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Anvil connections

Anvil grew out of Overkill and Exciter, shares an orbit with Grave Digger, Angel Witch, Diamond Head and Overkill, went on to shape Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax and Metallica. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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