Hard 'n' Heavy is the debut studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil.

It was originally released independently under the band name "Lips".

[4] Reviewer Toots Daley from British magazine Kerrang!

in beginning of 1982 expressed a joy from pleasant surprise made by this album.

As per him the "main strength" of Anvil "lies in the guitar/vocal prowess of Lips who comes on like a young Steve Tyler crossed with a butch Rob Halford".