''Hope in Hell'' is the fifteenth studio album by Canadian heavy metal band

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. It was released in 2013 on May 24 in Germany, May 27 in the rest of Europe, and May 28 in North America. The album was produced by

Bob Marlette Robert Roy Marlette (born December 7, 1955) is an American record producer, recording engineer, mixer, and songwriter. His production, writing and mixing credits include Black Sabbath, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Shinedown, Seether, Saliva, Lyn ...

, who, according to frontman

Steve "Lips" Kudlow Steven Barry "Lips" Kudlow (born March 2, 1956) is a Canadian musician who is the guitarist and lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Anvil. He co-founded the band with drummer Robb Reiner in 1978, having played together since 1973. Early li ...

, contributed a lot to songwriting and arrangements with his skills. All songwriting credits went to 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, ''

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''. It is the only Anvil album to feature bassist Sal Italiano.

Release and reception

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

Track listing

Personnel

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– guitars, vocals *Sal Italiano – bass *Robb Reiner – drums ;Production *

– production, engineering, mixing *Chris Marlette – digital editing, engineering *Kyle Hoffmann – assistant engineering *Maor Appelbaum – mastering

Charts

References

Anvil (band) albums 2013 albums Albums produced by Bob Marlette The End Records albums SPV/Steamhammer albums {{2010s-metal-album-stub