Five Historically Accurate Metal Songs About WWI

Here are 5 traditionally correct metallic songs about World War I, chosen by Noise, the visionary behind WWI-themed melodic black/loss of life metallic band Kanonenfieber.

The band’s identify interprets from German to “cannon fever,” an acceptable identify for a band whose themes are based mostly in a conflict notoriously fought within the trenches on open battlefields.

War is such a prevalent theme in heavy metallic, with many acts taking a critically historic strategy to their lyrics, detailing particular occasions and the like.

We’ll get to Noise’s picks in a second, however first…

What You Need to Know About Kanonenfieber

From: Bavaria, Germany

First Album: Menschenmühle

New Album: Die Urkatastrophe

Formed in 2020, Kanonenfieber’s recording lineup is comprised solely of Noise, who employs his Non Est Deus bandmates as his stay backing band.

Of course, a heavy-handed theme begs for matching visuals, which the German band delivers, wearing WWI-era garb with their faces obscured by a black material. Noise, in the meantime, sports activities a spiked helmet to distinguish himself from the remainder of the group.

Musically, Kanonenfieber’s sound is basically pushed by a mournful ambiance, countered by bitting black metallic to provide a crucial push/pull dynamic that displays the battle of conflict.

The new album, Die Urkatastrophe, is billed as an uncompromising anti-war file because the world fails to be taught from the worst components of humanity’s previous.

“The First World War accelerated the path to modernity and is considered the ‘Die Urkatastrophe’ (= ‘primal catastrophe’) of the 20th century, which was characterized by wars, violence and displacement. Around 17 million people, soldiers and civilians lost their lives, large parts of Europe were destroyed and unresolved problems were left behind, which led to further violent conflicts,” Noise assesses.

“This album is dedicated to the victims of the First World War, so they are not forgotten,” he declares, “May their fates be a warning for all following generations even after more than 100 years.”

Wacth the video for “Der Maulwurf” immediately beneath and get your copy of Die Urkatastrophe (out Sept. 13) by means of Century Media.

Kanonenfieber, “Der Maulwurf”

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Five Historically Accurate Metal Songs About WWI, Chosen by Kanonenfieber

1914, “Arrival. The Meuse Argonne”

This tune is concerning the bloodiest day in American conflict historical past.

Written from the angle of an American soldier, 1914 vocalist Dymtro Ternuschakl manages to make at the present time tangible with the phrases he has chosen. An absolute masterpiece.

By the best way, this tune was written when Dmytro slept in a shell gap for 2 nights to get a sense of what the troopers went by means of in 1917.

Bolt Thrower, “At First Light”

With this tune, Bolt Thrower describe the preparation of an assault unit for the assault. The order got here: “Attack the next morning at first light.”

The tune doesn’t miss its goal. It comes over you want a roll of fireplace. Great.

Minenwerfer, “Der Blutharsch”

Minenwerfer handle to mix insane brutality with stunning, melancholic melodies on their album Alpenpässe. The tune describes the impressions of a machine gunner within the alpine wars.

Front to again an absolute monster of a tune. “And blood covers the snow“.

Porta Nigra, “Es ist Krieg”

Although the lyrics of the tune are very cryptic, the message is unquestionably heard — chaos, despair, hate.

Porta Nigra handle to ship a shiver down my backbone with this tune. This virtually smug, sleek blackened loss of life metallic tune has the whole lot to hammer the conflict into your head.

Scalputre, “To End All Wars”

This is a few juicy loss of life metallic.

The observe “To End All Wars” describes the tensions firstly of World War I and the insane thought to finish all wars with conflict. With a intelligent tune construction and a half shouted, half screamed bridge half, Scalputre burn these phrases into your mind.

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