Hope in Hell

Hope in Hell is the fifteenth studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. It was released on May 24, 2013 in Germany, May 27 in the rest of Europe and May 28 in North America.[1] The album was produced by Bob Marlette, who, according to Steve "Lips" Kudlow, contributed a lot to songwriting and arrangements with his skills. The whole album was written by Lips and Robb Reiner alone. In some songs Lips was inspired by his love of "heavy rock 'n' roll", which made him feel he "found his way home" to the time when they did their first record, Hard 'n' Heavy.[2] It is the only Anvil album to feature bassist Sal Italiano.

Hope in Hell
Studio album by Anvil
Released	May 24, 2013
Studio	NRG Recording Studios and The Blue Room Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Genre	Heavy metal, speed metal
Length	53:20
Label	Anvil Enterprises (Canada) The End Records (US) SPV/Steamhammer (Germany) Rubicon Music (Japan)
Producer	Bob Marlette
Anvil chronology
Monument of Metal (2011) Hope in Hell (2013) Anvil Is Anvil (2016)

Release and reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	47/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Jukebox: Metal	[5]
Metal Hammer (GER)	6/7[6]
Rock Hard	8.0/10[7]

The album sold just under 800 copies in the first week of its release in the United States.[8] The album has received mostly lukewarm reception from fans.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Robb Reiner and Lips.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hope in Hell"	4:43
2.	"Eat Your Words"	3:41
3.	"Through with You"	4:48
4.	"The Fight Is Never Won"	4:28
5.	"Pay the Toll"	2:48
6.	"Flying"	4:50
7.	"Call of Duty"	3:53
8.	"Badass Rock 'n' Roll"	4:35
9.	"Time Shows No Mercy"	4:35
10.	"Mankind Machine"	4:13
11.	"Shut the Fuck Up"	3:38

Bonus tracks on all releases, except the German SPV/Steamhammer CD

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Hard Wired"	3:08
13.	"Fire at Will"	4:03
Total length:		53:20

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Hope in Hell" (live at Wacken)

Personnel

Anvil

• Steve "Lips" Kudlow – vocals, lead guitar
• Sal Italiano – bass
• Robb Reiner – drums

Production

• Bob Marlette – producer, engineer, mixing
• Chris Marlette – digital editing, engineer
• Kyle Hoffmann – assistant engineer
• Maor Appelbaum – mastering

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9]	31

References

1. Kaufman, Spencer (May 21, 2013). "Anvil, 'Hope in Hell' – Exclusive Album Stream". Loudwire. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
2. Hanning, Martin (16 May 2013). "Anvil - Without Germany no Anvil - Interview with Lips". Entertaim.net. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
3. "Reviews for Hope in Hell by Anvil". Metacritic. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
4. Heaney, Gregory. "Anvil - Hope in Hell review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
5. Lye, Andy. "Anvil - Hope in Hell". Jukebox Metal.com.
6. Mineur, Matthias (23 May 2013). "Anvil - Hope in Hell". Metal Hammer (in German). Retrieved 2017-01-03.
7. Albrecht, Frank (2013). "Review Album: Anvil - Hope in Hell". Rock Hard (in German). No. 313. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
8. "Anvil: 'Hope In Hell' First-Week Sales Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
9. "Anvil Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 June 2018.