TANKARD Release 17th Studio Album ‘One Foot In The Grave’ Track
June 2nd, 2017
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German thrash metal band Tankard issued 17th full-length studio album One Foot In The Grave on June 2nd, 2017 through Nuclear Blast Records.
One Foot In The Grave was recorded during January 2017 at Gernhart Studios in Troisdorf with producer Martin Buchwalter.
The cover artwork was created by Patrick Strogulski.
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The track listing is as follows:
01. ‘Pay To Pray’
02. ‘Arena Of The True Lies’
03. ‘Don’t Bullshit Us!’
04. ‘One Foot In The Grave’
05. ‘Syrian Nightmare’
06. ‘Northern Crown (Lament Of The Undead King)’
07. ‘Lock ’Em Up!’
08. ‘The Evil That Men Display’
09. ‘Secret Order 1516’
10. ‘Sole Grinder’
Tankard’s line-up is as follows;
Gerre (vocals)
Andy Gutjahr (guitars)
Frank Thorwarth (bass)
Olaf Zissel (drums)
A music video was filmed for the title track. In addition, an animated music video was released for the track ‘Don’t Bullshit Us!’. Produced by Aaron McLoughlin and Simon Norton at The Royal Melbourne Institute Of Technology in Australia, the clip can be viewed below.
Aaron McLoughlin commented: “The video took an estimated 3000 hours to complete. Much of this time is spent at the concept, pre-visualisation and planning stages. Everything is digitally hand-drawn frame-by-frame on Wacom Cintiq tablets in RMIT University’s state-of-the-art animation studio. This is where old and new school meet. We decided to go with a scribbly look for this video, as we felt it suited the energy of the track with Gerre’s superb vocal stylings. It also meant the animation team could work quicker to produce an original looking video with everything on the screen always moving like crazy.
“Although it’s a funny video, we also wanted the intensity of the song’s serious message to cut through. I’m massively proud of the job the students did on this video. I think it’s evidence that studying animation at RMIT University in Australia is the most fun thing anybody can choose to do. I’d pick Tankard over Mickey Mouse any day!”
Tankard frontman Gerre added: “Even though our latest record One Foot In The Grave was released quite a while ago, we are really happy to present you with another official video in connection to that album. Aaron McLoughlin once again did a great job, the cartoon-like clip matches the humour of Tankard perfectly, even though my belly – as presented in the video – is not that chubby anymore… hahahaha! So, Don’t Bullshit Us anymore and keep on thrashing!”
And as well, official lyric videos were created for the songs ‘Arena Of The True Lies’, ‘Syrian Nightmare’ and ‘Pay To Pray’. All four clips can also be viewed below.
Sixteenth studio record R.I.B. (Rest In Beer) was released in January 2014 via Nuclear Blast.
