''Tango Umbrella'' is the fourth and final studio album by the American

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, released on March 25, 2016 through

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. It is the band's final album to feature founding member/bassist Chad Hanks, who died in November 2017.

Background

Following the band's 2011 reunion and release of the ''Shoot'' EP in 2013, an IndieGoGo campaign was started in 2014 as to fund the creation of the album; the target was exceeded by over 110%. According to the band, "We touched upon different directions. Our influences come from the early '90s --

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and so forth. We cover a lot on Tango Umbrella. If people dig it -- cool. If not: Go F Yourself!"

Reception

Distorted Sound Magazine rated the album 9 out of 10, stating that the album "isn’t a window back in time, ..but it is solid proof of the strength of AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE can continue with what they do and still produce solid belters through and through". A review from Cryptic Rock awarded the album 5 out of 5 stars. A negative review came from ''Metal Hammer'', who gave the record 1.5 stars out of 5: "After such a long wait, it’s a shame they haven’t made a great nu metal record or moved with the times."

Track listing

Personnel

* Cameron Heacock - vocals * Karma Chema - guitars * Ted Hallows - guitars * Chad Hanks - bass * Chris Emery - drums * Justin Fowler - keyboards, sampling

Credits

Dave Fortman Dave Fortman (born July 11, 1967) is an American record producer and musician. He is the guitarist for rock band Ugly Kid Joe, and has worked with bands such as Superjoint Ritual, Snot, Atomship, Eyehategod, Mudvayne, Otep, Slipknot (on the ...

- production, mixing * Aaron Zilch - "additional audio terrorism" on Antidote * Kenny Schalk - drums on Down And Depraved * Brian Bart - backing vocals *Jeremy Parker - digital editing *Sam Shearon - Art direction, design *Richard Easterling - engineering *Gentry Studer - mastering

References

{{Authority control 2016 albums American Head Charge albums Albums produced by Dave Fortman