May 18, 2022, gave Eintracht Frankfurt one of the greatest successes in the club’s history, and from now on it will be remembered as a memorable day not only in the history books of all soccer lovers and romantics. The Germans manage the sensation and win the Europa League final against the Glasgow Rangers in Seville – all of soccer Germany stands on its head. But this is not only a sporting feat, the Frankfurt fan scene also creates a real highlight. The Germans have already drawn attention to themselves throughout the entire Europa League season – in a positive sense. The “home game” in the Camp Nou (Barcelona) was unforgettable. There were more than 30,000 Frankfurt Eintracht fans in the stadium. In Seville at the final, there were about 50,000 fans of the Hessians, although only about 10,000 were able to watch the game in the stadium. Madness!

And right in the middle: The guys from TANKARD, not least with their legendary performance at the extremely emotional Fanfest before said final.

It’s no secret that the musicians (and the manager) of the band TANKARD are among the biggest Eintracht Frankfurt fans. Their club anthem ‘Schwarz-weiß wie Schnee‘ is played before every home game of the Bundesliga club and is sung along loudly by 50,000 throats.

Just in time for the release of the new EP, the band today also released the new music video, which was recorded at the big fan festival for the Europa League final on May 18, 2022 in Seville.

You can listen to the song here: https://tankard.bfan.link/schwarzweiss-wie-schnee

Gerre comments:
“After the complete Waldstadion in the last few years continuously sang “We’ll get the U-UEFA CUP” instead of “We’ll get the DFB Cup” during the players’ run-in during the refrain of “Schwarz-weiß wie Schnee” (Black and white like snow), it was obvious to record a new version of our song with slightly changed lyrics at some point. Not least because of the incredible emotions at our performance at the Fan-Fest in Sevilla on 18.05.22 and the subsequent win of the Euroleague, we decided to put this into action now.
After I was allowed to perform “Schwarz-Weiß wie Schnee” (Black and white like snow) live in different versions and music styles together with Roy Hammer & and the Pralinèes and Revolte Tanzbein, we had the idea to get these two bands on board for this EP. I think we more than succeeded in this genre-spanning experiment and we are more than grateful to both bands for their versions.
Without in any way diminishing the terrific performance of the current team: Jürgen Grabowski, however, was, is and will forever remain the greatest Eintracht player of all time. Not only was the Euro-League won for Eintracht’s honorary captain, who sadly passed away far too early this year, but this EP is of course also dedicated to him! Therefore also the title: With the Jürgen! For Jürgen!
We would like to thank Eintracht-TV and our roadie Frank Schlund, who provided us with the footage from the fan festival in Seville to realize this video clip and to capture the unbelievable atmosphere forever! A day for eternity!”

German thrash legends TANKARD have released their “Ex-Fluencer” video, the second single from their forthcoming new full-length, Pavlov’s Dawgs, set for release on September 30th on their new label home, Reaper Entertainment.

The video was recorded at this year’s Rockharz Festival, where the song made its live debut.

Comments vocalist Andreas “Gerre” Geremia, “The content of the song is about the dark side of social media madness, in which the protagonist visibly loses herself and drifts into a completely surreal world, but fortunately finds her way out again in the end. In my opinion, our guitarist Andi [Gutjahr] has created one of the coolest riffs on the new album, accompanied by scenes from this year’s Rockharz Festival with the sensational fans behind, this clip can only mutate into a hit! Click or die!”

The track is also available on all digital platforms.

View TANKARD’s previously released video for “Beerbarians” at THIS LOCATION.

The taps are polished, the Freibier is flowing, and TANKARD are finally back to what they do best five long years after their last studio album: Thrashing madly, drinking thirstily, and ever so cleverly intertwining metal, humor and sarcastic social commentary into one big raucous ball of entertainment. Even after four steamy, liver-destroying, gut-stretching decades in the name of heavy metal, there’s no stopping the TANKARD beer crew. Pavlov’s Dawgs, the band’s remarkable eighteenth studio album, arrives just in time for the celebrations surrounding their fortieth birthday.

Pavlov’s Dawgs, which was recorded and produced at Gernhard Studio Troisdorf together with producer Martin Buchwalter, will be available on CD, vinyl in various color variants, limited earbook with previously unreleased pictures from the last forty years of TANKARD, and as a limited box set which includes two demos on cassette.

Find all preorders at THIS LOCATION.

The story of TANKARD’s rise to one of the most revered thrash metal bands from their humble beginnings in Frankfurt Germany, began under their first name of Avenger in the early 1982. It was their ‘Heavy Metal Vanguard’ and ‘Alcoholic Metal’ demos changing hands in the era’s bustling underground tape-trading network that exposed them to the international metal community. Positive word of mouth soon attracted the attention of Germany’s own metal start-up, Noise Records, which signed the newly re-christened Tankard (beer mug) to a deal. Tankard’s tenure at the label spawned seven studio albums, one live record, a live video and a compilation and established them as one of the most enduring on the thrash scene. One they still tour globally to this day, to their hordes of maniac forces fans. 

Never taking themselves too seriously and fuelled by a love of beer, their unique take on ‘fast thrash-punk’ is pure anarchy with lots of fun. Their ’86 debut ‘Zombie Attack’ was fast, furious and chaotic fun which set the table of what was to come. Following hot on the heels of their debut, 1987’s ‘Chemical Invasion’ sealed their thrash chops, with 1988’s ‘The Morning After’ cementing the band on the global scene. The ‘Alien’ EP kept momentum in ’89 until the 1990’s dawned with the reflective, ‘The Meaning Of Life’. 1991 saw their live fury documented in ‘Fat, Ugly & Live’ and also a legendary thrash fest in East Berlin was commited to film in the form of ‘Open All Night’. Tankard remained prolific through the tough times for thrash of the 1990’s, keeping the faith with the instrospective ‘Stone Cold Sober’ (1992), ‘Two-Faced’ (1993) saw them bare their teeth against social injustice and ‘The Tankard’ (1995) took them back to the familiar surroundings of the pub. 

TANKARD ‘FOR A THOUSAND BEERS’
THE NOISE RECORDS YEARS DELUXE BOX-SET 
CELEBRATING THE BAND’S 40^TH ANNIVERSARY TO BE RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 25^th 2022.
WATCH A NEW VIDEO FOR THEIR ANTHEM (EMPTY) TANKARD & PRE-ORDER HERE

‘For A Thousand Beers’ is a deluxe 40^th anniversary celebration of Tankard’s, Noise Records discography and is the definitive collection of their decade of recorded work and contains :

• Zombie Attack (splatter vinyl)
• Chemical Invasion (swirl vinyl)
• The Morning After (including Alien EP) (splatter vinyl)
• The Meaning Of Life (paint drop vinyl)
• Stone Cold Sober (splatter vinyl)
• Two-Faced (half/half colour vinyl)
• The Tankard (including Tankwart EP) (splatter vinyl)
• Fat, Ugly & Live DVD – containing ‘Open All Night’ concert film, ‘Fat, Ugly & Live’ album plus previously unreleased video concert from the Dynamo, Eindhoven 1987 and audio concert from Frankfurt 1988.
• 12” x 12”, 40 page hardback book of photography, quotes and lyrics from the first decade of the band’s existence. Contains rare and previously unseen photos from the era. 
• All housed in a case of beer box!

‘For A Thousand Beers’ will also be available as a 7 x CDs and DVD clamshell box set containing all the studio albums, EP’s and the DVD with all the live concert bonus material. 

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

You can find all health and safety regulations and rules here: https://www.facebook.com/grooveporz/photos/a.276112172579002/1298143060375903

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!”

All Fans who cannot buy a ticket and have to stay at home can enjoy this special TANKARD live experience here: https://www.facebook.com/events/395184394793779/

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.

Order »One Foot In The Grave«: http://nblast.de/TankardOFITGNB
Order »One Foot In The Grave« digitally: http://nblast.de/TankardDigital