Year : 2010 (High Roller Records Edition 2026)
Style : NWOBHM, Heavy Metal
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 159 mb
Bio:
Tank is a British heavy metal band, formed in 1980 by Algy Ward, a former member of The Damned. The band is known as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Tank was often compared to Motörhead as both bands, trios fronted by singing bassists, played a loose, almost punk-styled metal music with often colourful lyrics.Their 1982 debut album, Filth Hounds of Hades, was positively received by both punk and metal fans as well as most critics, regarded now as one of the best albums of the NWOBHM movement.Allmusic critic, Eduardo Rivadavia; described it as "Tank's best album ever, and qualifying it as an essential item in the record collection of any serious '80s metal fan."As was the case with many other bands of the era, Tank was never able to build on the promise shown by their first album. The band continued on for years through lineup changes and waning commercial fortunes before finally disbanding in 1989. Ward resurrected the band in 1997 playing tour dates around Europe and Japan for a couple of years. A new album, Still At War, emerged in 2002. In August 2006 Ward reported that he was putting the finishing touches on the demos for the next Tank album, Sturmpanzer. The band's website has listed the release date for this album as "TBA" for years.On December 20, 2008, a new lineup was announced. Guitarists Mick Tucker and Cliff Evans were joined by original drummer Mark Brabbs and former Bruce Dickinson bassist Chris Dale. Algy Ward was replaced by former Rainbow singer Doogie White. For 2010 the band replaced Brabbs with Voodoo Six drummer, Dave Cavill and released the new Tank albumWar Machine, with this lineup in released in October 2010. For 2011 the band replaced Cavill with heavy metal drummer, Mark Cross.Algy Ward has resurrected his own version of the band, with all tracks on a new album called Breath Of The Pit being "written, played and shouted" by Ward himself
Album:
"War Machine" originally issued in 2010, marked TANK’s first album after eight years. Founding member, bassist and singer Algy Ward, who died way too early in 2023 at the age of only 63, had left the band in 2008. He was replaced by ex-Rainbow vocalist Doogie White. It was guitarists Mick Tucker and Cliff Evans forming the core of the reborn TANK, both members of the band since the mid-80s. They were joined by Chris Dale on bass (who had worked for Bruce Dickinson’s solo band) and Dave Cavill (ex-Zodiac Mindwarp) on drums.Guitarist Cliff Evans talks about the situation of the band back in 2010: “It was around 2003 that Algy had made the decision not to play live shows anymore and became uninterested in the band’s future. He had some health issues to deal with as well. We had no intention of finding a direct replacement for Algy as that would have been impossible, so we planned to bring in a world class vocalist who could really add something to the band in the studio and on stage. Doogie White was our choice.”Stylistically, »War Machine« was indeed a bit of a departure from the earlier TANK stuff, it didn’t sound as ‘street level’ as in the early days. There would have been no point in trying to re-create the sound on those early original albums. So with Doogie White TANK takes here a classic NWOBHM / hard rock path, metallic at places, groovy all over and plenty of melody.The ultimate remastered re-issue of »War Machine« on High Roller Records comes with three bonus tracks: “Dead Man Walking”, a new recording of “Honour And Blood” with Doogie at the mic, and a live version of “Phoenix Rising”.Cliff Evans comments: “I wrote ‘Dead Man Walking’ with Doogie and it was originally more of a demo song than an album track but it has a cool Saxon vibe to it so we thought it would be a great bonus track. ‘Honour And Blood’ is always a great song to play so we’re very happy to make a new recording of this song. The live version of ‘Phoenix Rising’ I think was recorded in Poland in 2012.”Tons of cheers should be given to TANK for preserving their musical integrity for three decades. Through Tank, NWOBHM is alive here. ”War Machine” will make you stumble all through its steel tracks with old groovy riffs, classic solos, and rhythms that never cease.TANK’s melodic nature, even with their rougher edges, is a memoir that should be nailed onto every band that wishes to follow the same direction. Tracks such as the heart-stopping ballad “After All”, NWOBHM classics like “Great Expectations”, and inner-mind meltdowns like “My Insanity” and the heavy barrages of “Judgment Day”, “War Machine”, and “World Without Pity” will deepen the feel.”War Machine” marks three decades of TANK’s Metal career, even if not continuous, and the release still ends up being a great ride.
Line Up:
Doogie White – Vocals - See also: ex-Michael Schenker Fest, ex-Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock, ex-Cornerstone, ex-Empire, Doogie White, La Paz, WAMI, Maiden United (live), ex-Alcatrazz, ex-John Steel, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, ex-Rainbow, ex-Pink Cream 69, ex-Chain, ex-Demon's Eye, ex-Midnight Blue, ex-Praying Mantis, Long Shadows Dawn
Mick Tucker - Guitars (1983-1989, 1997-2007) - See also: Tank, ex-Axis, ex-Lies of Smiles, ex-White Spirit
Cliff Evans - Guitars (1984-1989, 1997-2007) - See also: Tank, ex-Killers, ex-Paul Di'Anno
Chris Dale – Bass
Dave Cavill – Drums
Tracklist:
01. Judgement Day
02. Feast of the Devil
03. Phoenix Rising
04. War Machine
05. Great Expectations
06. After All
07. The Last Laugh
08. World Without Pity
09. My Insanity
10. Dead Man Walking (Bonus Track)
11. Honour and Blood (Doogie White version) (Bonus Track)
12. Phoenix Rising (Live) (Bonus Track)
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