Tankard

Tankard are one of those bands where the name says it all. They’re few and far between. The Cure? Arctic Monkeys? The Stone Roses? Each of them say nothing about the music and the themes therein but with Tankard, it’s a pretty easy guess what you’ll find these Frankfurt based Thrash metallers singing about ten times out of ten. That’s right. Socio-economic division and the societal dangers that come from… Yeah, it’s beer. Beer and the imbibing of it. It’s just as well that’s what they’re about as well cos rising as they did to become one of the “big four” of Teutonic Thrash Metal, and if there was ever a group of bands in need of some light to go with all that shade, it was them. However, just because Tankard are a (relatively) light hearted band, that absolutely doesn’t mean that they’re not to be taken very seriously. With thirty three years of experience (the current line up itself has played together for a very respectable fifteen years) they’re an absolutely monstrous live act, every ounce of passion, heart and soul being left on stage with every crushing riff and blastbeat. It’s a truly astonishing site, one that proves that heavy metal bands can still be utterly brutal without being pointlessly dark and brooding. Quite the opposite, this is celebration metal, and it comes highly recommended.