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Bassist Algy Ward's mob scored a bull's eye with this successor to its more rudimentary debut, Filth Hounds of Hades. This Means War hits the mark with memorable riffs, vivid lyrics, and razor-sharp production that brightens the sound without sacrificing the bare-knuckled rock approach. Tank epitomized the fuzzier, faster 'n' louder pack aching for a place in the British heavy rock scene -- as its 1977 punk peers had only done several years earlier. "Just Like Something from Hell," "Hot Lead and Cold Steel," and "If We Go (We Go Down Fighting)" remain some of the most evocative looks at the hell of war, a quality that helped Tank stand above its more velocity-oriented peers. Indeed, the subject hangs over much of the album (except "I Won't Ever You Let Down"). The band's graphic lyrics leave little to the listener's imagination (as Metallica and Motörhead did on similar tunes like "Disposable Heroes" and "1916," respectively). Much of the band's lyrical authority stems from a gritty production driven by Ward's grungy bass and liberal use of the bass drum that so aptly defined the style of this era. Guitarists Mick Tucker and Pete Brabbs make an unholy racket that aims to leave the listener breathless and flattened; on this score, the band succeeded, creating a textbook example of '80s thrash metal. ~ Ralph Heibutzki Tank This Means War Songs | 1. | Just Like Something From | |
| 2. | Hot Lead Cold Steel | |
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| 5. | If We Go (We Go Down Figh | |
| 6. | I (Won't Ever Let You Dow | |
| 7. | Echos of a Distant Battle | |
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This Means War Music Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)   The Album that lauchen Tank beyond cult status
Probably more polished than their previous efforts, but still a TANK CD. Mick Tucker adds a needed 2nd guitar, along with the addition of heavy keyboards give this a unique heavy metal sound. In my opinion this is still their best effort, and one of my favorites, which is why I picked up the CD to replace my heavily worn LP.
Submitted by Dreamtheater_60083 (Northern Illinois, USA) 
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 TANK tightens the bolts
After the "Filth Hounds of Hades" and "Power of the Hunter" releases, Tank re-tools the band, tightens down the bolts, and transforms their nuclear reactor into a metallic, chrome-sheened rocket launcher. No longer does Tank rumble, shake & bludgeon it's way through its' breakneck riffing (hey, I LOVED that style too), they now have structured, timed and orchestrated it's nuclear assault in such a way that the musical violence is no longer mindless; it slays with purposeful intent. Bolstered by a beefy recording that could whallop & crush an unsuspecting camp of misdirected pseudo-terrorists into sand dunes, "This Means War" fires up at home base and then defiantly rockets its' way through the burning stratosphere. Despite the superficial polish and elevated professionalism that Algy and his troupe of commanders opted to excecute this time around, make no mistake about it, the heft of This Means War could shake, rattle, & roll your molars and reduce them to a chattering pile of crackling enamel shards. Proudly defiant, boldy daring, and deliciously diabolical, TANK rolled the Panzers and crushed all comers. After my ears were annihilated by this insta-classic, I knew precisley what they meant by THIS MEANS WAR; all weaponry was raised, aimed, and successfully so to maximum bull-dozing effect.
Submitted by ftoop (Spoakne, wA)
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NWOBHM CLASSIC
this is the best tank album with honour and blood, once agian an album you will keep forever at home and never re-sale. released in 1983 less than one year after the falklands war, it's the most war-orientated album from Algy ward and the boys, and many of the songs deal with that stupid war, a
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Purchase This Means War CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Riot Fire Down Under CD (1981) Reissue
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Unquestionably the best offering from New York's Riot, Fire Down Under is considered by many to be an early-'80s metal classic. After two marginally successful LPs, 1977's Rock City and 1979's Narita, bandleader Mark Reale worked out all the kinks in Riot's membership and musical delivery, and the results are dramatic. The songs are tight and memorable, the guitars are flashy, and the production is aggressive and slick on this 1981 collection. ...
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By the time Alibi rolled around, Vandenberg was fast losing steam and creative ideas (though the cover with the Alligator bursting out from underground near ancient temples is a refreshing ode to surrealism in a metal dominated field of leather and makeup). The group had fallen prey to the then-contemporary, overly produced, highly glossed sound that glam metal was to bring to the forefront of commercial hard rock, and failed miserably at conforming to the sound (and the label's) demands. There are moments where the band still show traces ...
| | Vandenberg CD (1982)
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Legend has it after a failed audition with mega-group Thin Lizzy, Adrian Vandenberg went back to the drawing board and decided to start his own band. Poised with an axe to grind and several hard rock influences easily spotted from a mile away, Vandenberg and his band of gypsies were poised to take over the hard rock scene with their 1982 debut. Overall, Vandenberg is a fiery testament to Vandenberg's ...
| | Venom Black Metal CD (1982)
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Newcastle natives Venom had exploded across the U.K. in 1981, unleashing one of the most reviled, unapproachable, and, well, toxic debuts in rock history with their landmark Welcome to Hell opus. An unprecedented example of sonic excess applied to the lowest fidelity recording available (or even imaginable), the album wielded its satanic subject matter and uncontrolled speed like a weapon against all that was considered tasteful and refined in music -- a true Frankenstein's Monster, even by heavy metal standards. Needless to say, it was ruthlessly derided and ultimately doomed commercially, but amazingly influential nevertheless, sowing the seeds of much that would be referred to as "extreme metal" in the coming decades. Released hot upon the heels of this first assault came Venom's nearly as crucial second album, 1982's Black Metal, whose title alone still lends itself to the most uncompromising strain of heavy metal in existence today. Like Welcome to Hell, Black Metal revealed a trio of visionary village idiots grappling with forces beyond their control (i.e., creative developments so groundbreaking they themselves had little control over its final destination, nor the technical ability to match ...
| | Gamma 2 CD (1980)
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The second LP from Gamma, an unlikely hard rock group on Elektra Records, features future Robin Trower vocalist Davey Pattison doing his best to sound like Bad Company during Paul Rodgers' "Rock & Roll Fantasy" period. With Jim Alcivar on synthesizer and Denny Carmassi on drums, you have a goodly portion of the band Montrose, since the guitarist/producer is the guiding hand behind this project. "Skin and Bone" might as well be Bad Company, while the cover of Thunderclap Newman's "Something in the Air" misses the mark slightly. The revolutionary theme of that great tune from the film The Strawberry Statement gets lost in the translation and doesn't have Pete Townshend's clever production. Though the attempt is interesting enough, memories of the original are so strong that this version is a bit of a letdown, the risk of treading on hallowed ground snagging the group here. Ronnie Montrose, Alcivar, and Pattison combine to write the leadoff track, "Mean Streak," which distorts the "Jumpin' Jack Flash riff just enough to create something new with a metal edge. "Four Horsemen" is Black Sabbath with '80s polish, while "Dirty City" goes back to the Ken Scott sound of the first Gamma LP, copying Foreigner's "Hot Blooded" from two years earlier. Ten Wheel Drive vocalist Genya Ravan is listed on "Dirty City," but Pattison's voice ...
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