One Foot in the Grave (Tankard album) 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. "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. The reviewer for "Rock Hard", too, praised the album as being catchy with strong lyrics, although he found the riffs too unoriginal for a
One Foot in the Grave bad luck. The audience sees a philosophical ebb to his character, however, along with a degree of optimism. Yet his polite façade collapses when events get the better of him, and a full verbal onslaught is forthcoming. "Victor-isms" include "I do not believe it!", "I don't believe it!", "Un-be-lievable!", "What in the name of bloody hell?", "In the name of sanity!". Despite his grumpy demeanor Victor isn't totally devoid of compassionin "Hearts of Darkness" he liberates elderly nursing home residents that were being mistreated by the staff and in "Descent Into The Maelstrom" he calls the incident room number and