T.A.N.K

The arts, cheese and fine wine are the immediate thoughts when thinking of France, who knew that the country produced some of the most well written metal to come out in modern times. Few bands these days can be called just pure metal. Well French metal outfit Think of A New Kind (T.A.N.K for short) fit that description along with legends in the making such as Lamb of God and Pantera. T.A.N.K cannot be described by how fast their blast beats are or how slow or how many breakdowns they have in their songs. They are the definition of what it is to just be metal.

Forming in 2007 by guitar players Edd and Symheris after having a popular internet presence on the internet by playing Pachelbel’s “Canon in D”, Symheris and Edd went on to find vocalist Raf and bassist Oli D to form Think Of a New Kind. After two drummers the band found drummer of one way Mirror Clem to complete the lineup. T.A.N.K has been getting new fans ever since and playing shows throughout Europe. People who like Inflames and As I lay Dying thrown in with a little bit lamb of God and Pantera will love this band.

Although unsigned the band has played Metal Camp 2009 in Slovenia with international acts such as Nightwish, Hatebreed and Napalm Death. If you’re still not impressed T.A.N.K played the Wacken Open Air festival in 2009 just before Volbeat and Machine head. Not to mention the band is now sponsored by Schecter guitars. Although the band is still seeking a label, they will be hard to ignore with the release of their debut album in March of 2010 which will have thirteen songs one featuring the lead vocalist of current drummer Clem’s other band One Way Mirror, Guillaume Bideau. The album will be called “The Burden of Will” and will be a refreshing sound of technical listener friendly metal that will surely have heads banging all across the globe. The guitarists Edd and Symheris create melodic riffs that one can appreciate the complexity of it all while not having an aneurism from too many sweeps. The new drummer Clem seems to fit in rather well. He moves away from the stereotypical continuous blast beat throughout entire songs and experiments with unique fills that can be compared to those of Chris Adler of Lamb of God. Bassist Oli D creates a rough slightly distorted bass tone to back up the guitars on the tracks. Raf can scream in all sorts of ranges from low to high and in between, he even sings parts when it seems necessary. Overall T.A.N.K are following in the footsteps of French metal outfit Gojira and should be playing outside of France to the rest of Europe and the United States in only a matter of time.

Sounds Like
As I lay Dying
Lamb of God
Pantera
Inflames

Next Show
T.A.N.K + In Trails + Black Horizon @ Centre Culturel Dourdan (91)- Dourdan, Ile-de-France

Top Song
Destination

Website
www.myspace.com/tgmetal

Stay Brutal
-Dan