Tanzwut – Silberne Hochzeit (Album – NoCut / SPV)
Genre/Influences: Neue Deutsche Härte, Medieval-Metal.
Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl.
Background/Info: German formation Tanzwut has been set up twenty five years ago now. They celebrate this happening together with their fans unleashing “Silberne Hochzeit” as a retrospective to this successful career.
Content: The work brings a nice selection of Tanzwut songs which have this common element characterized by the power and melody of bagpipes. Imagine a Metal driven formation where next to guitar, the magic of bagpipes emanate. On top of it all you get German vocals by their charismatic frontman ‘Teufel’.
+ + + : Except some very early songs from their debut album we get a nice selection of ‘older’ songs and recently released material. Tanzwut has always been a very unique experience in sound because of the mix between Metal- and Medieval music; the fusion between guitar and bagpipes. Power and melody become one creating while driven by the fast cadence of the drums. “Dämmerung” and “Nein Nein” remain to me exceptional tracks illustrating the sound of Tanzwut. “Der Wächter” and “Lügner” both are other great cuts.
– – – : All over the years the band lost a bit of its initial magic although they remain very successful -mainly in their homeland.
Conclusion: A celebration opus for a very exclusive formation appealing for Metal- and Medieval fans.
Best songs: . “Dämmerung”, “Nein Nein”, “Der Wächter”, “Lügner”, “Labyrinth”.
Rate: 8.
Artist: www.facebook.com/TANZWUTOfficial
Label: www.nocut.de / www.facebook.com/NoCutEntertainment
About Tanzwut
Tanzwut were founded in Berlin in 1997. The band emerged partly from the medieval music scene around Corvus Corax, with the original lineup being Teufel, Castus, Wim Dobbrisch, Der heilige St. Brandanarius, Koll. A., and Tec. The project pushed medieval instrumentation into a heavier amplified setting.
The first attempt to merge medieval music with punk was made with Feeling B, the pre-Rammstein band that included Paul Landers. Landers gave Brandan (Der heilige St. Brandanarius) a guitar for those earliest experiments in combining rock guitar with bagpipes. Teufel then introduced this approach in Corvus Corax, before he and Brandan began writing the first Tanzwut songs.
The self-titled debut album, produced by Jon Caffery, arrived in March 1999 through EMI Electrola.
From then on, Tanzwut released several studio albums that offered their crossover of bagpipes, rock, electronics, and Neue Deutsche Härte: “Tanzwut” in 1999, “Labyrinth der Sinne” in 2000, “Ihr wolltet Spaß” in 2003, and “Schattenreiter” in 2006.
Next came “Morus et diabolus” and “Weiße Nächte” in 2011, “Höllenfahrt” in 2013, “Eselsmesse” in 2014, “Freitag der 13.” in 2015, “Schreib es mit Blut” in 2016, and “Seemannsgarn” in 2019. The band in the meantime moved from AFM in the mid-2010s, to NoCut / SPV in the most recent years.
Recent releases include “Die Tanzwut kehrt zurück” released on May 28, 2021, the retrospective “Silberne Hochzeit” in 2023, and “Achtung Mensch!” on August 30, 2024 after a delay announced by the band. The band went on to release “Herz aus Stein” in September 2026.
The band anno 2026 consists of Teufel, Robin Hund, Der Zwilling, Shumon, Pyro, Manu, and Alexius. This review covers “Silberne Hochzeit,” the 2023 retrospective the band released to mark twenty-five years since their founding.
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