One of the early groups in the NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal, for the uninitiated) movement of the early 80's, Tank (definitely not to be confused with the later solo artist by the same name) was effectively described as "bulldog bludgeon". Slamming guitar, hard pounding bass, steady drums. Definitely not your mother's music.

There are basically 7 main tracks on this album, plus a couple of additions. Any one of them will stress your speakers and thump your head. "Echoes of a Distant Battle" is probably the best known song, and one that was featured on the righteous metal compilation

, an album which is ultra-rare these days.

If you like metal, and you hate the whole "let's throw some keyboards into it and make it commercial" nonsense, if you like blaring guitars and songs that will blow your speakers to hell and back, then you'll want to check out this album. If you like this, then you'll also want to check out

by Tank.

Long live rock.

After the release of two excellent albums ("Filth hounds of hades" and "Power of the hunter"), Ward and the Brabbs brother recruited a second guitar player - Mick Tucker - and recorded their third album titled "This means war". With this album, Tank continued their raw, unpolished but still melodic heavy metal. Even if the production could be better, there's plenty of enjoyable stuff here. "Just like something from hell", "Laughing in the face of death", "This means war", "Echoes of a distand battle" and "If we go (we go down fighting)" are all high class metal tunes from the eara of New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and if you are a fan of early Iron Maiden or Motorhead, my guess is that you might find this album irresistible. Get it and crank it up!

These guys are HEAVY! Springing from the late 70's/early 80's underground metal scene they were found in all of the purest's collections. When Metallica was still that little known band these guys were assaulting the senses of countless headbanging, beer-swilling ruffians. The first song of the album says it all, "Just like something from...hell." It is a relentless bounding of guitar, drum, and bass rythem. The title track, "This means war" contines in the same vein drving you into submission. Their multi-album theme of war and miltary makes Tank a great musical outlet for those seeking a hard-driving onslaught of power...I can't recommend them any more than I already have...a must have for anyone who loves pure, hard metal...

Eclectic British sound from a dying era. These guys re-surged on 2000's for a spell, but are best remembered from the past.

Im a HUGE fan of The Damned and The Saints and Ill argue till I die that Machine Gun Etiquette and Prehistoric Sounds are two of the top 10 greatest punk albums of all time. So ive always been curious as to what else Algy Ward had done. Finally got my lazy butt to investigate this question after many years of wondering and came across Tank. I just got This Means War in the mail a week ago and I looove it! It has not been out of my car stereo the whole time. The title track is killer as is the whole album really. Algys voice is great and the guitar playing is great. I mean this isnt gonna blow anything out of the water like Motorhead often does but this is still heavy ass fist pumping anthemic rock n roll without the cheese that usually comes attached to this genre of music. I cant wait to get the rest of the catalog....CHEERS!!