Schattenreiter is the fourth full-length studio album

Studio album

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 by the German

Germany

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 industrial rock

Industrial rock

Industrial rock is a musical genre that fuses industrial music and specific rock subgenres. Industrial rock spawned industrial metal, with which it is often confused...

/medieval metal band, Tanzwut

Tanzwut

Tanzwut is a German Neue Deutsche Härte and medieval metal band which originated as a sideproject of Corvus Corax-members.- History :Their name is the German term for "dancing mania", but is directly translated with "dance-rage". Tanzwut are known for their heavy use of bagpipes, an unusual...

. Schattenreiter was released on April 7, 2006 by PICA Music as a two CD digipack. The album marks their new found 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

Industrial metal

Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and many different types of heavy metal, using repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Founding industrial metal acts include Ministry, Godflesh, and KMFDM.Industrial metal's...

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The album is eclectic in nature, ranging all the way from industrial metal with "Schattenreiter", thrash metal

Thrash metal

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 with "Geisterstunde", and even rockabilly

Rockabilly

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 with "Im Tiefen Gras" to the gothic

Gothic rock

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-influenced "Spieler" with many songs emanating a dance music

Dance music

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 feel to them. 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

Berlin

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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)
6. "Geisterstunde" − 2:41
7. "Spieler" − 3:55
8. "Seelenverkäufer" − 3:41
9. "Immer Noch Wach" − 3:48 (featuring Schandmaul
   Schandmaul
   Schandmaul is a German medieval folk rock band from the vicinity of Munich.As well as using modern instruments like the bass or electric guitar, the band utilizes instruments typically used in Medieval folk songs, such as the bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy or shawm, to produce their trademark folk rock...
   
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(Extra bagpipe by Birgit Muggenthaler)

(Violin

Violin

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 by Anna Kränzlein

Anna Katharina Kränzlein

Anna Katharina Kränzlein, also known as Anna Katharina, is a German violinist. She is most known for her quick and varied technique...

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

Band

• Teufel − Bagpipe, Lead Vocals
• Wim − Bass
  Bass guitar
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  , Bagpipe, Backing Vocals, Tromba Marina
  Tromba marina
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• Castus − Bagpipe, Shawm
  Shawm
  The shawm was a medieval and Renaissance musical instrument of the woodwind family made in Europe from the 12th century until the 17th century. It was developed from the oriental zurna and is the predecessor of the modern oboe. The body of the shawm was usually turned from a single piece of wood,...
  
  , Tromba Marina, Backing Vocals
• Ardor − Bagpipe, Shawm, Tromba Marina, Backing Vocals
• Hatz − Percussion, Key Drum, Electronic drum
  Electronic drum
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  s, Riesentara, Keyboards
  Electronic keyboard
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• Patrick − Guitar, Backing Vocals, Bagpipe, Tromba Marina
• Norri − Percussion, Keyboards