In these difficult Covid-19 times, the German Thrash Metal heroes TANKARD are hell-bent on restoring a bit of normality – today they’ve announced a very special concert experience for their fans. The upcoming show will take place on Saturday 24th October at the Groove Bar & Lounge in Cologne (Germany), and will also be filmed by six cameras and streamed live for any fans who can’t attend in person.
George, owner of the Groove Bar, says: “We are very happy to announce the concert with true Veterans of Thrash Metal: Tankard!”
Tickets for the TANKARD show are strictly limited. Only 80 tickets will be available to ensure all health and safety regulations and rules can be observed. Be quick to get your ticket for the show, available in person via the Groove Bar from August 21st from 8pm and online from August 23rd here: scantickets.de/groove
Buffo, manager of TANKARD, adds: “Raise your Beer – Tankard will rock the Groove Bar! The show will probably sell out quick, so we will also bring the show to you via a multi-camera livestream!”
Stay tuned for more upcoming TANKARD news and check out the band’s social media accounts!
TANKARD released their highly praised 17th studio album »One Foot In The Grave« in June 2017 via Nuclear Blast Records. With the enormous support of their loyal fan base, the band entered the German album charts at #26, which marks the highest entry in the band’s career.
Finnish Folk Metal Superstars KORPIKLAANI are currently touring Europe alongside TURISAS and TROLLFEST in support of their latest studio album »Kulkija«. To celebrate, the band released a special tour edition, which includes the »Beer Beer« CD, featuring 14 different versions of the eponymous track. Taken from this CD is also ‘Bier Bier’, sung by TANKARD‘s Gerre, who even wrote the lyrics for the adaption. Watch the lyric video for the German ‘Beer Beer’ version here:
Gerre stated, “I remember when we toured with KORPIKLAANI across Finland in 2009, where we had tons of fun! I also had a lot of fun while writing German lyrics for the band’s iconic song and recording it with our sound engineer Gerd Lücking (drummer of HOLY MOSES). I hope that I’ll meet the guys in KORPIKLAANI again soon, and we can have a few beers once again.”
With 14 tracks and a total running time of over 71 minutes, »Kulkija« is the group’s longest album to date. Working with producer Janne Saksa for the first time, the album was recorded at Petrax Studio (Hollola, FIN) and mixed at Sound Supreme Studios (Hämeenlinna, FIN). Mastering duties were handled by renowned engineer Svante Forsbäck (RAMMSTEIN etc.). The cover was designed by Jan Yrlund (BATTLE BEAST,MANOWAR etc.), who has already created several artworks for previous albums and singles for the band.
The »Beer Beer« CD includes 14 versions of KORPIKLAANI‘s iconic song ‘Beer Beer’, graced by the likes ofChristopher Bowes (ALESTORM), Steve “Zetro” Souza (EXODUS), Andreas “Gerre” Geremia(TANKARD), Jesper Anastasiadis (TURISAS), TROLLFEST, HEIDEVOLK and many more of their friends’ bands and musicians.
»Kulkija [Tour Edition]« – Track Listing:
01. Neito 02. Korpikuusen kyynel 03. Aallon alla 04. Harmaja 05. Kotikonnut 06. Korppikalliota 07. Kallon malja 08. Sillanrakentaja 09. Henkselipoika 10. Pellervoinen 11. Riemu 12. Kuin korpi nukkuva 13. Juomamaa 14. Tuttu on tie
»Wayfarers & Warriors Tour 2019« w/ TURISAS, TROLLFEST 08.03. F Marseille – Espace Julien 09.03. CH Pratteln – Z7 10.03. F Bourg-en-Bresse – La Tannerie 11.03. I Trezzo sull’Adda (MI) – Live Club 12.03. HR Zagreb – Tvornica Kulture 13.03. H Budapest – Barba Negra Music Club 14.03. SK Bratislava – Majestic Music Club 15.03. PL Krakow – Klub Kwadrat 16.03. PL Warsaw – Progresja 17.03. PL Gdansk – B90 19.03. D Berlin – Huxleys Neue Welt 20.03. PL Wroclaw – A2 21.03. D Jena – F-Haus 22.03. D Munich – Muffathalle*NEW VENUE* 23.03. D Mannheim – MS Connexion Complex 24.03. D Cologne – Essigfabrik
More KORPIKLAANI dates:
w/ TROLDHAUGEN 18.05. NZ Wellington – Valhalla 19.05. NZ Auckland – Whammy Bar 21.05. AUS Brisbane – The Triffid 22.05. AUS Sydney – The Manning Bar 23.05. AUS Canberra – The Basement Hotel 24.05. AUS Melbourne – Max Watts 25.05. AUS Adelaide – The Enigma Bar 26.05. AUS Perth – Amplifier Bar
31.05. – 02.06. CZ Pilsen – Metalfest Open Air 21. – 23.06. LT Varniai – Kilkim Žaibu 03. – 06.07. D Ballenstedt – Rockharz Open Air 21. – 27.07. SLO Tolmin – MetalDays 01. – 04.08. RO Rasnov – Rockstadt Extreme Fest 02. – 03.08. FIN Tampere – SaariHelvetti
Are you a traveller or a wanderer? Be part of KORPIKLAANI‘s journey around the world! Use the hashtag #KorpiklaaniWayfarers on Twitter and Instagram, and your photos will appear here:http://nblast.de/KorpiklaaniWayfarers
German Thrash Metal legends TANKARD have just released an official animated video for the track “Don’t Bullshit Us“, taken from the latest studio release, “One Foot In The Grave”.
The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia spent the last 13 weeks working on the video, resulting in a hilariously funny animated short. Producers Aaron McLoughlin & Simon Norton spent around 3000 working hours with their team to create the video.
Aaron states: “The video took an estimated 3000 hours to complete. Much of this time is spent at the concept, pre-vizualisation 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!”
Gerre adds: “Even though our latest record ‘One Foot In The Grave” has been released quite a while ago, we are really happy to present you another official video clip in connection to that album. Aaron McLoughlin once again did a great job, the cartoon-like clip matches the humor 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!”
Check out the video here:
Tour-Dates 2018: 08.09. CH Hüttikon – Meh Suff! Metal-Festival 21.09. D Würzburg – Posthalle 22.09. D Magdeburg – Factory 19.10. D Leipzig – Hellraiser 20.10. CZ Brno – Melodka 21.10. CZ Prague – Rock Café 02.11. D Karlsruhe – Substage 03.11. D Andernach – JUZ Liveclub 23.11. D Aachen – Musikbunker 24.11. NL Ulft – Metal on Metal 30.11. D Hanover – MusikZentrum 01.12. D Dresden – Skullcrusher 08.12. D Oberhausen – Ruhrpott Metal Meeting 28.12. D Saarbrücken – Garage 29.12. D Munich – Feierwerk
Tour-Dates 2019: 01.03. RUS Moscow – ZIL Arena 02.03. RUS St. Petersburg – Mod Club 06.04. UK Glasgow – Lords of the Land Festival 07.06. D Aschaffenburg – Colos-Saal 08.06. D Oschersleben – Rock & Metal Day‘z 21.06. D Büßfeld – M.I.S.E. Open Air 22.06. D Uttenhofen – Aaargh Festival 13.07. A Leoben – Area 53 Festival
»One Foot In The Grave« was recorded at Gernhart Studio (Troisdorf, Germany) together with producer Martin Buchwalter (DESTRUCTION, SUIDAKRA) in January 2017. The new artwork was brought to life by Patrick Strogulski, who is a student of Sebastian Krüger, the former TANKARD cover artist. He also created the cover artworks for »A Girl Called Cerveza« and »R.I.B.«.
German cult thrashers TANKARD are pleased to announce that they’ll perform at the German DFB cup final this year, which will impressively be their third appearance at the huge event. Like their appearances in 2006 and 2017, the band will be playing ‘Schwarz-weiß wie Schnee’ which is their favourite football team, Eintracht Frankfurt‘s club anthem. They’ll be performing in front of the Eintracht Frankfurt‘s fan stand on May 19th. After that, it’ll be all or nothing for their team in the match against record breaking cup champions Bayern Munich.
“The best things come in threes. Of course we’re very proud that we’re once again invited to perform right before the cup final at the Olympic stadium in Berlin, and it’ll be a real challenge to surpass last year’s event. But this year, we’re going to win the cup and won’t take Helene Fischer home. Black/white/red regards Gerre”
The event will be broadcasted on ARD, kick off will be at 8pm CEST.
Iconic Frankfurt based thrash metal band TANKARD makes common cause with Melbourne’s RMIT University once again! The Australian students are currently working on another animated video for the band’s track ‘Don’t Bullshit Us’, taken from their latest hit album »One Foot In The Grave« (#26 Germany etc.). The team guided by Aaron McLoughlin crafted the animated video for track ‘Fooled By Your Guts’ a few years back. In addition, McLoughlin produced TANKARD’s ‘One Foot In The Grave’ music video last year. Some first impressions can be seen below.
TANKARD will release „Hymns For The Drunk“, the ultimate TANKARD Best Of, on January 12th 2018, via AFM Records!
„This Best Of sums up our creative period from 2002 – 2010, while we were signed at AFM Records. Henner (R.I.P.) gave TANKARD a chance in the early 2000s, when he signed us. He literally revived the band. The release of ‚B-Day‘ in 2002 was a turning point in the band’s history, cause we were finally back in the Metal circus. The AFM years will always be an important part in TANKARD’s history. Have fun with this!“
Gerre, September 2017
