''Tanzwut'' is the first full-length studio album by the German
industrial rock
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/
medieval metal
Medieval metal is a subgenre of folk metal that blends heavy metal music with medieval folk music. Medieval metal is mostly restricted to Germany where it is known as or . The genre emerged from the middle of the 1990s with contributions from ...
band
Tanzwut
Tanzwut () is a German Neue Deutsche Härte and Medieval metal band which originated as a side project of Corvus Corax (band), Corvus Corax members. The band uses a Medieval theme during their live performances which are expressed through their ...
. It was released on 1 March 1999 by EMI Music.
Track listing
# "Exkremento" − 3:42
# "Im Rausch" − 3:43
# "Königreich" − 4:10
(Saskia von Klitzing − drums)
# "Das Schicksal" − 4:08
# "Verrückt" (album version) − 3:53
# "Augen zu" − 4:10
(Saskia von Klitzing − drums, Monique Maasen − vocals)
# "Auferstehung" − 5:27
(Mediæval Bæbes
The Mediæval Bæbes are a British musical ensemble founded in 1996 by Dorothy Carter and Katharine Blake. It included some of Blake's colleagues from the band Miranda Sex Garden, as well as other friends who shared her love of medieval music. ...
− vocals)
# "Eisenmann" − 5:35
(Music and lyrics written and composed by Bill Ward, Geezer Butler
Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler (born 17 July 1949) is a English musician and songwriter. He is best known as the bassist and primary lyricist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He has also recorded and performed with Heaven & Hell ...
, Ozzy Osbourne
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, Tony Iommi
Anthony Frank Iommi () (born 19 February 1948) is a British musician. He co-founded the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and was the band's guitarist, leader and primary composer and sole continuous member for nearly five decades. I ...
)
# "Erinnerung" − 3:52
# "Die Balz" − 4:09
# "Komm her" − 6:04
Personnel
Band
* Teufel − vocals
* Koll A. −
bagpipes
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, flute (
shawm
The shawm () is a Bore_(wind_instruments)#Conical_bore, conical bore, double-reed woodwind instrument made in Europe from the 12th century to the present day. It achieved its peak of popularity during the medieval and Renaissance periods, after ...
)
* Castus − backing vocals, violin (
hurdy-gurdy
The hurdy-gurdy is a string instrument that produces sound by a hand-crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to those of a vio ...
), bagpipes, flute (shawm)
* Wim − bagpipes, flute (shawm)
* Brandan − bass, bagpipes
Other
* Assistant producer - Chris Gardiner
* Programmed by Tec (track 4)
* Music and lyrics composed and written by Tanzwut (tracks 1–7 and 9–11).
* Choir of "Auferstehung" recorded at Master Rock Studios, London.
* Mastered at Skyline Studios, Düsseldorf, Germany.
* The lyrics of "Eisenmann" translated into German by Tanzwut.
1999 debut albums
Tanzwut albums
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