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Band
Tankard
Title
R.I.B.
Type
LP/EP
Company
Nuclear Blast
YOR
2014
Style
Thrash
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7/2/2014 11:58:08 AM - Review by: Eric Compton
'R.I.B.' is the second straight Tankard release for Nuclear Blast. When you search for 'German Thrash' a handful of bands will appear and most of the time Tankard is in that group. The group have been serving their form of obnoxious, yet entertaining, thrash for over thirty years. This new album embodies the same tenacious riffs and rip-roar vocals that have become the group's signature. Highlight for me is 'Riders of the Doom' with its Teutonic pageantry making the leap from raucous to refined."
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DOR
COMPANY
 REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
R.I.B.
2014
Nuclear Blast
Eric Compton7/2/2014
4
Volume 14
2010
AFM
Eric Compton9/3/2011
3.5

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