Schattenreiter Explained

Schattenreiter
Type:	studio
Artist:	Tanzwut
Cover:	Tanzwut Schattenreiter.jpg
Released:	7 April 2006
Recorded:	2006
Genre:	Industrial metal Medieval metal
Length:	33:40 (CD 1) 40:51 (CD 2) 54:59 (CD 2 with video) 74:31 (both CDs) 88:39 (CDs with video)
Label:	PICA Music
Prev Title:	Ihr wolltet Spass
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Weiße Nächte
Next Year:	2011

Schattenreiter is the fourth full-length studio album by the German industrial rock/medieval metal band Tanzwut. It was released on 7 April 2006 through German record label PICA Music as a two-CD digipak.^[1] The album marks their newfound sound, which incorporates a more down-tuned use of guitars, darker atmospheres and harsher vocals at times than their previous albums, making them lean towards industrial metal.

The album is eclectic in nature, ranging all the way from industrial metal with "Schattenreiter", thrash metal with "Geisterstunde", and even rockabilly with "Im tiefen Gras" to the gothic-influenced "Spieler" with many songs emanating a dance music feel to them.^[2] On the second CD, the song "Toccata" is a reworked version of a J.S. Bach composition which was recorded in a church in Berlin.^[2]

Track listing

CD 1

1. "Schattenreiter" − 4:22
2. "Der Arzt" − 4:12
3. "Im tiefen Gras" − 3:17
4. "Endlich" − 3:23
5. "Dein zweites Gesicht" − 4:21

(extra vocals by Melanie Wiedemann)

1. "Geisterstunde" − 2:41
2. "Spieler" − 3:55
3. "Seelenverkäufer" − 3:41
4. "Immer noch wach" − 3:48 (featuring Schandmaul)

(Extra bagpipes by Birgit Muggenthaler)
(Violin by Anna Kränzlein)
(Extra vocals by Thomas Lindner)

CD 2

1. "Intro" − 0:57
2. "Toccata" − 4:00

(Organ by Dr. Hanno Fierdag, extra vocals by Melanie Wiedemann)

1. "Der Bote" − 4:35
2. "Versuchung" − 5:26
3. "Vulkan" − 3:56
4. "Kaltes Grauen" − 4:10
5. "Du Sagst" − 3:35
6. "Wieder am Riff" − 4:13
7. "Gefangen" − 4:18
8. "Signum Ignitum" − 5:30
9. Video: Tanzwut Live in Moskau 2005 − 14:08

Credits

• Teufel − bagpipes, lead vocals
• Wim − bass, bagpipes, backing vocals, tromba marina
• Castus − bagpipes, shawm, tromba marina, backing vocals
• Ardor − bagpipes, shawm, tromba marina, backing vocals
• Hatz − percussion, key drum, electronic drums, Riesentara, keyboards
• Patrick − guitar, backing vocals, bagpipes, tromba marina
• Norri − percussion, keyboards

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pica Music . 2023-12-03 . Discogs . en.
2. http://www.gothtronic.com/?page=23&reviews=2337 Gothtronic review of Schattenreiter