Memento Mori is enjoyable to listen to once in a while at a party but lacks depth to be explored further. Manowar cover ''Warriors of the World United'' that has been extremely popular in Germany two decades ago gets a revamped folk metal version with additional vocals by medieval rock singer Alea of Saltatio Mortis fame, Swiss power metal singer Thomas Winkler who has been involved in bands such as Barque of Dante, Emerald and Gloryhammer as well as versatile Swiss singer Melissa Bonny who is currently involved in Ad Infinitum, Malefistum and The Dark Side of the Moon.Īs you can read, Feuerschwanz's simplistic mixture of heavy and power metal with medieval folk sounds is quite entertaining but also very predictable. The band is also known for its quirky cover songs and this record's limited edition comes with an additional disc featuring seven cover tunes varying from electronic pop music of O-Zone over German fun punk rock by Die Ärzte to viking metal institution Amon Amarth.
The band keeps things entertaining by inviting guest musicians such as singer Nord of German industrial metal band Hämatom who performs guest vocals on ''Rausch der Barberei''. The band meanders between simplistic party anthems with tongue-in-cheek lyrics in compact three and a half minutes such as ''Untot im Drachenboot, atmopsheric, conceptual and epic pieces like the captivating ''Rohirrim'' and the occasional heartfelt lullaby like ''Das Herz eines Drachen'' that has the pathos of an early Manowar ballad. The only possible compromise is to simply listen to this kind of music without much attention at a party with friends. Feuerschwanz has been getting more and more commercially successful in Germany but their particular style is either going to please potential new fans or alienate them immediately. In that regard, the band has found a niche right between German heavy and power metal bands such as Orden Ogan and Germany's successful medieval rock scene around bands like In Extremo. The band plays simple heavy metal with exotic instruments such as bagpipes, bouzouki, hurdy gurdy and violin. The band is best described as a medieval version of Powerwolf.
Feuerschwanz is a party metal band that doesn't take itself seriously at all.
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