Germans thrashers Tankards are about to release their new album "Beast Of Bourbon", and after the sight seeing trip through Tankards hometown Frankfurt was blown to pieces for the lack of people that can't do their job proper, namely the tram system mangers in Frankfurt!! Tankard's manager Buffo Schnädelbach took us to the "Speak Easy". A small hard rock pub was we were introduced to the "Beast Of Bourbon".

The album kicks of with "Under Friendly Fire", a song about American jet fighter pilots in a bit of negative way. Very fast song and the vocals of Gerre are in a very good shape. "Slipping From Reality" is next on the menu and starts a bit slower as the last one ended. But don´t let an intro fool you, the song continues in full speed and contains a beautiful "easy" bridge. "Genetic Overkill" about gender manipulatedbeer this one opens with a fat bass that leads this song into thrashworld of Tankard. Screaming vocals and fast pounding double bass drums. Next one up is the dream of many among us, "Die With A beer In Your Hand". ëSwords held higher - who´s the liar´? - I have the beer of fire!, isn´t that what Tankard is all about. Say what you think without fear of anything or anyone at all. Ballad likely intro on this one, but again the guys fool you.

The guitar opens "The Horde" with a big bang, while the pounding bass walks as a red line through this song. I don´t know what you think of when you hear "Endless Pleasure". A kind of "ballad" without loosing the thrash speed. Not a song to dance to with your loved one. Wonderful guitar solo is included. To party the Tankard way, you must understand "Dead Man Drinking" that were not dead yet. The band celebrates themselves during this song and drink another beer to convince the rest.

Full speed thrash with another beautiful guitarsolo and bridge in this "Alien Revenge" to be followed by "Fistful Of  Love". So much aggression in this song that you can´t believe the word Love in the title. Olaf beats the shit out of his drum kitt during this track. "Beyond The Pubyard" is the last but one track and I don´t know how they came up with this weird title. And than it´s time for Tankard to close this album, and they do it with a cover version of British punk rockers

Cocksparrer. This sing along song ended up on Tankards repertoire while it was played on away trips by Frankfurt´s soccer team Eintracht. The end of this song didn´t mean it was the end of the evening, no not at all. Now it was time for the public to enter the Speak Easy pub. Buffo was the DJ for the first half of this evening and it was a great opportunity for the DJ to give the "Beast Of Bourbon" another spin, and the album was introduced to the public. Now Gerre took place on the DJ chair and gave away some beautiful collector items through a lottery.

In the Tankard tradition there was enough beer to guide you through the evening.

And so came an end of a wonderful evening of a wonderful weekend.

We want to thank the guys from AFM Records who invited us, to U.D.O. and Tankard and all the friends we met and made this weekend. And for you out there, be prepared for again two wonderful releases through AFM Records