| Kanonenfieber | |
| Landscape: | yes |
| Origin: | Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany |
| Genre: | Blackened death metal |
| Years Active: | 2020–present |
| Label: | Noisebringer, Century Media |
| Spinoffs: | Non Est Deus, Leiþa |
| Current Members: | Noise |
Kanonenfieber is an anonymous German melodic blackened death metal band from Bamberg. Their lyrics are generally centered around World War I. 'Noise' formed Kanonenfieber after reading a diary from his great-grandfather, which was written at the frontlines during World War I.
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 plays all the instruments in the studio. The starting point for Kanonenfieber was an exchange between "Noise" and a friend, a hobby historian, 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]
Metal.de describes the style of the debut album as "black/death metal",[5] and Scheppercore calls it blackened death metal.[1] Jan Jaedike of Rock Hard describes the sound as "epic death metal", while other reviewers call it "medium-fast, melodic black metal"[2] or "traditional black metal, with interesting interludes". It is pointed out that the vocals and some riffs borrow from death metal and even death-doom[6] and influence of post-rock.
According to Metal.de, the atmosphere created by the band is similar to that of 1914 or Bolt Thrower.[5] Minenwerfer has also been mentioned as a reference.[6] Melodies and "meticulous craftsmanship" remind Rock Hard editor Jaedike of Heaven Shall Burn.[7]
Noise and his live band deliberately keep their identity secret, which is 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.
Apart from Kanonenfieber, Noise has two other projects called Non Est Deus and Leiþa. Each of these projects also has its 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 alter ego names and body covering suits.