Tankard's new album One Foot In The Grave cover art has been unveiled. This 35th anniversary album will be released on June 2nd, 2017 via Nuclear Blast. And the iconic band mascot, the Tankard-Alien, celebrates his return after about 13 years of absence. The alien was born in 1989 with the Alien EP and has already graced five album covers. The Tankard fan club "Maniac Aliens" is named after it also. Feast your eyes on it below.
The 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..
I'm the lost one chasing colors to the sun
Colors bleed but never fade
Le groupe sort également un EP avec une nouvelle version de son hymne de foot
Two months ago, the German thrash metal legends Tankard played the Eintracht Frankfurt club anthem "Schwarz-Weiß Wie Schnee" in front of over 30.000 enthusiastic Frankfurt supporters, a short time before the kick-off of the German cup final between Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund at Berlin's Olympic Stadium. The band just announced that a new version of the EP Schwarz-Weiß Wie Schnee, which has been completely sold out for over ten years, will be released on CD and 7" Vinyl on 15 September 2017 via Nuclear Blast.
The Eintracht anthem, which has been played in the stadium for ten years before every home game of Eintracht Frankfurt, has now been completely re-recorded by the band. The thrashers were supported by Henni Nachtsheim (Badesalz), Ande Werner (Mundstuhl) and Roy Hammer (Roy Hammer & Die Pralinées), who can be heard in the backing choir.
The tracklist of the new EP:
01. Schwarz-Weiß Wie Schnee (Studio version 2017)
02. Forza SGE
03. Schwarz-Weiß Wie Schnee (1999er Version)
04. One Foot In The Grave
05. A Girl Called Cerveza
06. (Empty) Tankard (Live, 2016)
I'm the lost one chasing colors to the sun
Colors bleed but never fade
Alcohol-soaked thrash metal act, Tankard, will release their new Schwarz-weiß wie Schnee EP on September 15th via Nuclear Blast. Pre-order the Schwarz-weiß wie Schnee EP at this location.
Three months ago, Tankard played the Eintracht Frankfurt club anthem “Schwarz-weiß wie Schnee” in front of over 30,000 enthusiastic Frankfurt supporters, a short time before the kick-off of the German cup final between Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund at Berlin's Olympic Stadium. Today, the band release the video clip of that performance. The clip was captured by the band, but also from many fans in the stadium. Check it out below.
I'm the lost one chasing colors to the sun
Colors bleed but never fade
AFM Records will release Hymns For The Drunk, the ultimate Tankard best of on January 12th, 2018.
“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
Hymns For The Drunk is available as CD, ltd. clear red 2-vinyl and ltd. boxset (incl. Hymns For The Drunk CD, exclusive Hymns For The Drunk 2-vinyl in "beer-yellow", Alien statue/savings box, beer coaster and signed autograph card).
I'm the lost one chasing colors to the sun
Colors bleed but never fade