One Foot in the Grave (Tankard album)

One Foot in the Grave is the seventeenth studio album by the German thrash metal band Tankard. It was released on 2 June 2017, on the Nuclear Blast label.[1]

One Foot in the Grave
Studio album by
Released2 June 2017
GenreThrash metal
Length48:25
LabelNuclear Blast
Tankard chronology
R.I.B
(2014)
One Foot in the Grave
(2017)
Hymns for the Drunk
(2018)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Hammer (Germany)6/7[2]
Metal Hammer (UK Press)7/10
Rock Hard8/10[3]

Metal Hammer Germany called the track "Arena of the True Lies" a catchy continuation of the band's previous album R.I.B and cited "Syrian Nightmare" as being singer Gerre's expression of anger about the current political situation in the Middle East.[2] The reviewer for Rock Hard, too, praised the album as being catchy with strong lyrics, although he found the riffs too unoriginal for a thrash release.[3]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Pay to Pray"5:22
2."Arena of the True Lies"5:08
3."Don't Bullshit Us!"3:56
4."One Foot in the Grave"4:47
5."Syrian Nightmare"4:31
6."Northern Crown (Lament of the Undead King)"4:22
7."Lock'Em Up!"4:10
8."The Evil That Men Display"3:14
9."Secret Order 1516"7:23
10."Sole Grinder"5:28
Total length:48:25

Personnel

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  • Andreas "Gerre" Geremia – vocals
  • Andreas Gutjahr – guitar
  • Frank Thorwarth – bass
  • Olaf Zissel – drums

Charts

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Chart (2017) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] 26
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] 96

References

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  1. ^ "Tankard – One Foot In The Grave". Musicline.de (in German). Phononet. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b Halupczok, Marc. "Tankard – One Foot In The Grave". Metal Hammer (in German). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  3. ^ a b Bittner, Ronny (2017). "Tankard – One Foot In The Grave". Rock Hard (in German). Vol. 35, no. 361. p. 95.
  4. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Tankard – One Foot in the Grave" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Tankard – One Foot in the Grave". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2017.