Kanonenfieber

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Kanonenfieber
Origin Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany
Genres Blackened Death Metal
Years active2020-present
Labels Century Media Records
Spinoffs Non Est Deus, Leiþa
MembersNoise

Kanonenfieber is a German metal band from Bamberg. They play Blackened Death Metal, characterized by lyrics about World War I. Noise started with Kanonenfieber after reading a diary from his great-grandfather, which was written at the frontlines during World War I.

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History

The head of the band and its only member is "Noise", a musician from Bamberg. At live concerts, he is accompanied by guest musicians and only sings, while he also plays all the instruments in the studio. The starting point for Kanonenfieber was an exchange between "Noise" and a friend, a barefoot historian  [ de ], to write an album about the First World War based on letters and original documents from the period. [1] The group was founded in 2020 [2] and from September to the end of November 2020, the nine tracks of the debut album Menschenmühle were recorded at Noisebringer Studio. Mixing and mastering took another month and a half. Noise was solely responsible for the recordings. [3] [4]

Style

Metal.de describes the style of the debut album as "black/death metal". [5] and Scheppercore calls it "Blackened Death Metal". [1] Jan Jaedike from Rock Hard describes the sound as "epic death metal", other reviewers find "medium-fast, melodic black metal" [2] or "traditional black metal, with interesting interludes". [4] More differentiated, it is pointed out that the vocals and some riffs borrow from death metal and even death-doom [6] and influence of post-rock. [5]

According to Metal.de, the atmosphere created by the band is similar to that of 1914 or Bolt Thrower. [5] In another place, Minenwerfer is mentioned as a reference. [6] Melodies and "meticulous craftsmanship" remind Rock Hard editor Jaedike of Heaven Shall Burn. [7]

Line-up

Noise and his live band deliberately keep their identity secret, which works as a reference to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The band wears World War I uniforms and cover their face with black full face masks.

Studio

Live

Discography

Singles

EP's & Albums

Spin Offs

Next to Kanonenfieber, Noise has 2 other projects called Non Est Deus and Leiþa. Each of these projects also has it's own lyrical theme. Non Est Deus, which was Noise's first solo-project, discusses the "nonsense of the fanatical practice of religion", while Leiþa discusses themes like despair, self-hatred and depression. Similar to Kanonenfieber, Noise also keeps his and his band's identities a secret by using the same alter-ego names and body covering suits, like Religions Habits when they're playing as Non Est Deus.

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References

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  3. ↑ Grave. "Interview mit Noise (Kanonenfieber und Noisebringer Records)". undergrounded.de. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
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