May 2013 saw the release of "Hope in Hell", a new Anvil studio recording again produced by Bob Marlette, who—according to Lips—contributed a lot to songwriting skills and arrangements. The whole album was written by Lips and Reiner alone. Lips said that in some songs he 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. In an interview with The Drummer's Journal, Lips outlined how the record was written "as if it was 1983 again." The band toured to promote the new album—in fall 2013 they played Europe, and in summer of 2014 they played some European festival gigs.