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2015-08-25
Tank - read the interview with Cliff Evans
Metal Mind Production will release "Valley Of Tears", the new album by the British heavy metal legend TANK, on September, 25th.
An official album teaser is available at THIS location.
You can now read a very interesting interview with Cliff Evans, Tank’s guitarist on the Bonavox Magazine’s website. He comments the work on “Valley Of Tears” album:
“Our last two albums ‘War Nation’ and ‘War Machine’ featured the amazing vocals of Doogie White which really helped to elevate TANK to a new level and open up a whole new audience that previously would never have been exposed to our music. This was the direction that Mick and me had wanted to go in for a long time but were unable to until we brought in a world class vocalist. Doogie’s voice gave us a more classic rock sound but with our trademark guitar growl it still had the TANK edge.
After Doogie departed to join up with Michael Schenker, we decided to take TANK in a much heavier direction. In came former Dragonforce frontman ‘ZP Theart’. Some people thought this was a strange choice for vocalist but we knew what he was capable of and he was definitely one of the best performers around. He was in our touring line up for a couple of years before we started working on material for ‘Valley of Tears’ so he knew where we were heading and what we were about.
This album is a huge step forward from our previous albums and ZP’s vocals, melodies and lyrics have been a major part of this.
Also, the addition of former ‘Sodom’ drummer Bobby Schottkowski to the line up has given us the power and drive that we’ve been looking for. He’s the backbone of the band now. It’s like he’s always been with us.
Working with Barend Courbois was such a great privilege. He joined us on our first ever Brazilian tour and played on the album just before he headed out on tour with his regular band ‘Blind Guardian’.
There’s some very talented and experienced musicians on this album and it really shows in the final result. If you like metal, this is for you!”
You can read the interview in THIS location.
British heavy metal legend TANK return this Autumn with their tenth studio album! “Valley Of Tears” is their first album release featuring the amazing vocal talents of former Dragonforce frontman ZP Theart and marks a new era for the band. The vocalist injected new energy and inspiration into the band since joining them in 2013 and now it’s time to capture this sound on the new record! To complement ZP’s vocals TANK now have one of the best rhythm sections in metal: Bobby Schottkowski, formerly drumming with Sodom and current Blind Guardian member - Barend Courbois on bass. Together with Mick Tucker and Cliff Evans on guitars they ready to take another big step forward in the evolution of TANK and make another metal album of great quality that will surely stand the test of time.
The band’s last two releases ‘War Machine’ and ‘War Nation’ (both released on Metal Mind Productions) were two of their bestselling albums and featured amazing performances from former Rainbow/Malmsteen and current Schenker vocalist - Doogie White. “Valley of Tears” is heading in a much heavier direction and as always will be driven to the max by their trademark Gibson Les Paul/Marshall stack wall of sound. The album was produced by Phil Kinman.
“Valley Of Tears” is scheduled for worldwide release on September, 25th.
Tank
“Valley Of Tears”
Label: Metal Mind Productions
Cat. no.: MASS CD 1511 DG
Barcode: 5907785038981
Format: CD DG
Genre: Heavy Metal
Release date: 25.09.2015
Tracklist:
1. Valley Of Tears
2. War Dance
3. Eye Of A Hurricane
4. Hold On
5. Living A Fantasy
6. Heading For Eternity
7. World On Fire
8. Make A Little Time
9. One For The Road
Tank – line-up:
Cliff Evans – guitars
Mick Tucker – guitars
ZP Theart (Dragonforce) – vocals
Bobby Schottkowski (Sodom) – drums
Barend Courbois (Blind Guardian) – bass guitar
TANK – official website:
www.tankofficial.com
