Am I the only one that immediately gets a shit-eating grin on my face and a thirst for suds as soon as Germany's TANKARD comes up in conversation? I suspect not, as these thrashing sots are coming up on a quarter century of entertaining diehard fans with their comedic brand of vintage thrash. I mean ...
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KATAKLYSM and KORPIKLAANI have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27, 2007 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH BULLET GRAVE DIGGER HEAVEN SHALL BURN KATAKLYSM KORPIKLAANI MAROON TANKARD For more information (in German), visit www.RockHardFestival.de. ...
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German thrashers DEW-SCENTED have lined up the following dates: Nov. 16 - Zürich, SWI @ Jugendkulturhaus Dynamo* Nov. 17 - Graz, AUT @ Orpheum* Nov. 18 - Bochum, GER @ Matrix (Brainchrusher Festival) Dec. 04 - München, GER @ Backstage Werk** Dec. 06 - Frankfurt, GER @ Batschkapp** Dec. 08 - Hannover, GER @ Faust ...
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AMON AMARTH, GRAVE DIGGER and HEAVEN SHALL BURN are among the first confirmed bands for next year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27, 2007 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival running order is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH GRAVE DIGGER HEAVEN SHALL BURN TANKARD MAROON BULLET More confirmations will ...
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Those Frankfurt, Germany thrash beer-drinkers TANKARD — guitarist Andy, singer Gerre, drummer Olaf and bassist Frank — are at it again on their new studio album, "The Beauty And The Beer", to be released in the U.S. by Spain's Locomotive Records on September 12. Lead shouter Gerre yells that, "first we have album name, then ...
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BLABBERMOUTH.NET has launched a dedicated "DVD Reviews" section at this location (alternately, you can use the navigation menu above). So far, the following discs have been reviewed: MOTÖRHEAD - "Stage Fright" JUDAS PRIEST - "Rising In the East" FLOTSAM AND JETSAM - "Live In Japan" TYPE O NEGATIVE - "Symphony For the Devil" ...
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The organizers of the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, which is set to take place August 25-26 at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota, have issued the following update: "Mayhem Productions has announced [that] due to the previous scheduling of their JAG PANZER's guitarist [Chris Broderick] to perform with NEVERMORE on the same date (August 25) ...
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Spanish gothic/doom metallers DARK EMBRACE will be teaming up with AGATHODAIMON for a tour of Spain/Portugal in November. The dates are as follows: Nov. 10 - Porto, POR - TBA Nov. 11 - Faro, POR - TBA Nov. 12 - Cacilhas, POR - TBA Nov. 14 - Santiago, ESP - Sala Nasa Nov. 15 - ...
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This is one big, beer-swilling thrash party of a DVD; it is as simple as that. Long-time German thrashers TANKARD never tried to be anything more than a group of fun-loving booze hounds that happen to play some pretty darn catchy thrash metal. Let's get the basics out of the way first. This two-disc set ...
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California-based MERCILESS DEATH (Heavy Artillery Records) have replaced their labelmates VINDICATOR on the billing of the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, set to take place August 25-26 at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to the festival organizers, VINDICATOR were forced to drop off the bill due to "issues within the lineup." The lineup for ...
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OCTOBER 31 and VINDICATOR have been confirmed for the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, set to take place August 25-26 at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The lineup for the festival is now shaping up as follows: TANKARD HIRAX RAVEN HELSTAR JAG PANZER OMEN STEEL ATTACK DIVISION USURPER AVENGER OF BLOOD IMAGIKA GAIA EPICUS NOCTUARY ...
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German thrashers DEW-SCENTED have issued the following statement: "Hello to everybody, especially to our friends in France possibly attending Metalliance festival this weekend: DEW-SCENTED will not perform after all tonight. The promoter decided to not stand by his contract, so there we go (or rather: we don't, haha!). Too bad really, as we were looking ...
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HELSTAR have replaced EXCITER on the billing of the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, set to take place August 25-26 at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The lineup for the festival is now shaping up as follows: TANKARD HIRAX RAVEN HELSTAR JAG PANZER OMEN STEEL ATTACK DIVISION USURPER AVENGER OF BLOOD IMAGIKA GAIA EPICUS NOCTUARY ...
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Veteran German thrashers TANKARD will be performing at Berlin's Olympic stadium this Saturday, April 29 at the invitation of local soccer team Eintracht Frankfurt. A posting on TANKARD's official web site reads as follows: "There are moments that are almost as great as TANKARD's new album 'The Beauty And The Beer'. For his whole life ...
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RAVEN have been confirmed for the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, set to take place August 25-26 at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: TANKARD HIRAX RAVEN EXCITER JAG PANZER OMEN STEEL ATTACK DIVISION USURPER AVENGER OF BLOOD IMAGIKA GAIA EPICUS NOCTUARY UNDER EDEN COLD COLOURS HEAD ...
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EXCITER, IMAGIKA and UNDER EDEN have been confirmed for the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, set to take place August 25-26 at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Meanwhile, RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER were forced to pull out of the festival "due to personal conflicts and other obligations," according to the organizers. The festival billing is shaping up ...
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TANKARD and OMEN are among the newly confirmed bands for the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, set to take place August 25-26 at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: TANKARD HIRAX JAG PANZER OMEN STEEL ATTACK DIVISION RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER USURPER AVENGER OF BLOOD GAIA EPICUS NOCTUARY COLD COLOURS ...
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Believe it or not, the rating above is a vast improvement for Danish third-stringers IRON FIRE. Their debut, "Thunderstorm" (released after the group won some Noise Records battle of the bands contest), was a laughably generic exercise in power metal with particularly anemic and reedy vocals from Martin Steene, but it at least could be ...
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A new DVD collection of horror music videos (horror films mixed with metal music) from obscure death, thrash and '80s metal bands, entitled "Horror Pain Gore Death", has just been released. The complete track listing for the set is as follows: DVD 1: 01. GORGUTS – "The House By The Cemetery" 02. IRON MAIDEN – ...
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Dutch metallers OUTBURST — who are said to be musically similar to such acts as SHADOWS FALL, THE HAUNTED, TESTAMENT, CARCASS and EXODUS — have inked a deal with Greece's Black Lotus Records. The group's debut album, "Fair and Balanced", is scheduled for release in June. "Fair and Balanced" was recorded at Double Noise studio ...
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MY DARKEST HATE, the German death metal band featuring former PRIMAL FEAR drummer Klaus Sperling, have parted ways with singer Chris Simper and bassist Oliver Schort. Replacing them in the group's current formation are Claudio Enzler (SACRIFICIUM) on vocals and Alex Palma (LUNA FIELD) on bass. MY DARKEST HATE have just released their fourth album, ...
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NAGLFAR, MOURNING BELOVETH, MASTER and KILLING SPREE have been confirmed for the 2006 installment of the Party.San Open Air festival, set to take place August 10-12 in Bad Berka, Germany. Meanwhile, BEHEMOTH have been forced to pull out of the event due to touring commitments in the U.S. The festival billing is now shaping up ...
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TANKARD, CATARACT and MY DARKEST HATE have been confirmed for the Ancient Spirit Festival IV, set to take place May 27 at Universal D.O.G. in Lahr, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: TANKARD CATARACT MY DARKEST HATE FEAR MY THOUGHTS FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING DEADBORN CLUSTER BOMB UNIT (DEADLY) SILENCE ABRASIVE LIES BEHIND ...
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CRYPTOPSY, SIX FEET UNDER and HATE have been confirmed for the 2006 installment of the Party.San Open Air festival, set to take place August 10-12 in Bad Berka, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AKRIVAL BEHEMOTH CRYPTOPSY DESASTER DESTRÖYER666 DEW-SCENTED ENSLAVED HATE HELRUNAR HYPOCRISY ILLDISPOSED KAAMOS KATAKLYSM MARDUK NIFELHEIM ...
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TANKARD and SETHERIAL have been confirmed for the 2006 installment of the Party.San Open Air festival, set to take place August 10-12 in Bad Berka, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AKRIVAL BEHEMOTH DESASTER DESTRÖYER 666 DEW-SCENTED ENSLAVED HELRUNAR HYPOCRISY ILLDISPOSED KAAMOS KATAKLYSM MARDUK NIFELHEIM ROTTEN SOUND SETHERIAL SEVERE ...
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Veteran German thrashers TANKARD have completed work on their new album, "The Beauty and the Beer", with producer Andy Classen at Stage One studio in Bühne, Germany for a May 26 release via AFM Records. "The Beauty and the Beer" is the follow-up to 2004's "Beast of Bourbon", which was recorded at Stage One with ...
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MY DARKEST HATE, the German death metal band featuring former PRIMAL FEAR drummer Klaus Sperling and members of SACRED STEEL, have uploaded the cover artwork for their fourth album, "Combat Area", at this location (artwork by Ahmet Meran Karanitant). "Combat Area" is scheduled for release on March 24 via Massacre Records. The band ...
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Everyone outside the U.S. is probably thinking we're smoking some high-grade Yankee crack over here at HQ right about now — after all, "Time Machine" was released in Europe in early 2004, and AXXIS has a new album coming out this month. What gives with the late review? Well, Locomotive Music is releasing a bunch ...
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MY DARKEST HATE, the German death metal band featuring former PRIMAL FEAR drummer Klaus Sperling and members of SACRED STEEL, have completed work on their fourth album, "Combat Area", for a March 24, 2006 release via Massacre Records. The band recorded the follow-up to 2004's "At War" at Stage One studios in Borgentreich, Germany with ...
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On Monday, October 24, TANKARD's long-awaited very first double DVD, "Fat, Ugly And Still (A)Live", was officially released. The set contains a full live show that was recorded at the band's favorite location, the Batschkapp club in Frankfurt, and more than two hours of bonus material, including the following: * All four of the band's ...
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