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Fire tail
Fire tail at the Hammaburg Festival (2018)
Fire tail at the Hammaburg Festival (2018)
General information
Genre (s) Medieval rock , metal
founding 2004
Website www.feuerschwanz.de
Founding members
Hauptmann Feuerschwanz alias Peter Henrici
Eysye, the man in the iron mask alias Andre Linke (until 2009)
Walther von der Vögelweide alias Tobias Heindl (until 2005)
Current occupation
Vocals, guitar
 Captain Firebreak
Violin, hurdy-gurdy
Johanna von der Vögelweide alias Stephanie Pracht (since 2005)
Sir Lanzeflott alias Robert Gruss (since 2005)
Hans the Upright alias Hans Platz (since April 2008)
Flutes, Rauschpfeife , bagpipes , singing
 Prince R. Hodenherz III alias Ben Metzner (since 2007)
Jarne Hodinsson alias Jan Jamaszyk (since 2018)
former members
Flute, tin and low whistle, shawms, rauschpfeife, bagpipe, singing
 Richard Hodenherz I alias Bastian Brenner (2004-2007)
Drums
 Tight rhythm (2004-2005)
Flute, shawms, rauschpfeife
 Ronja Hodenherz alias Marina Regulator (2006-2007)
Drum , vocals, bass
 Close latte (2005-2014)
bass
 Felix Taugenix alias Felix Fischer (2014-2017)

Feuerschwanz is a German medieval rock - and metal - band from the area of Erlangen , founded of 2004.

history

Fire tail at the Feuertal Festival 2012 with two "kitties"

The actual idea for "Medieval Folk Comedy" came to Peter Henrici in 2000. He found a large part of the medieval scene to be too humorless and taboo and decided to found a parody band in the tradition of JBO . The realization of the plans began when Tobias Heindl, the violinist of the folk-rock band Fiddler's Green , heard the first material and was enthusiastic about it. So the two founded the band Feuerschwanz together with bassist Andre Linke. All three gave themselves pseudonyms for the project: "Captain Feuerschwanz" (Henrici), "Walther von der Vögelweide" (Heindl) and "Eysye" (Linke). Henrici's colleagues from Merlons Lichter were also involved as musicians . On May 15, 2004 the band made their debut in Erlangen's Omega. After this concert, however, the young band was already on the brink of collapse. Except for Henrici, Linke and Heindl, the other musicians left the group because they could not identify with the humorous concept.

Just a few weeks after the debut concert, Bastian Brenner ("Richard Hodenherz", flutes and shawms) joined them, and Jan Schindler ("Knappe Latte") sat behind the drums; later he switched to bass . In the following time, the band played not only appearances at medieval markets but also as the opening act for Fiddler's Green and thus became increasingly well known in the medieval scene. In November 2005 the first album Prima Nocte was released. After the album was released, Tobias Heindl left the band.

In January 2007, Bastian Brenner left Feuerschwanz after having performed as "Cordoban the Playful" at Saltatio Mortis since September 2006 . It was for him that Marina Regulator ("Ronja Hodenherz") joined the band. In June of the same year, the second album was released under the title Met und Miezen , on which former members also appeared as guest musicians. From November 2007 to March 2008 Feuerschwanz was on tour with Saltatio Mortis. In April, a concert at the E-Werk in Erlangen followed, which was finally released in the form of the live CD Dragon Dance - Live in October 2008. In the meantime, guitarist Hans Platz (who was previously active in bands such as Cyrus Dance, Damn Nero or Sushifarm) joined the band under the pseudonym "Hans der Aufrechte".

Founding member Linke left the band in April 2009. The band's fourth studio album, entitled Wunsch ist Wunsch , was released on March 18, 2011 and reached number 95 on the German album charts. This was followed by a tour through Germany and Austria. The fifth studio album, Walhalligalli , was released on August 31, 2012 and entered the German album charts at number 37.

On April 25, 2014 the band gave their 10th anniversary concert at the E-Werk Erlangen, which was sold out after a short time. During the performance "Hauptmann Feuerschwanz" announced that Jan Schindler would leave the band and that "Felix Taugenix" would take his place on bass. On the occasion of the anniversary, Veit “Vito C.” Kutzer ( JBO ), Thomas Lindner ( Schandmaul ) and Tobias Heindl ( Fiddler's Green ) appeared on stage to play some songs together with Feuerschwanz. The concert was recorded and later released on DVD. The band also announced that a new studio album will be released in autumn 2014.

"Hauptmann" and "Hodi" (2015)

In May 2015, the band was unloaded from the Fairytale Festival , organized by the AStA of the University of Osnabrück, in order to prevent "safety-endangering protests". The band had been accused of misogynistic and sexist texts, compromise proposals by the AStA were rejected by autonomous units . The band reacted with incomprehension and indignation and emphasized the satirical aspect of their lyrics. She also spoke of "unbelievable allegations" and a restriction on artistic freedom. Feuerschwanz reserved legal action for character assassination and defamation.

In August 2016, Feuerschwanz released their seventh studio album Sex is Must . The title of the album and individual songs and text passages should be viewed as an answer to the above-mentioned allegations. In December 2017 bassist Felix Taugenix announced that he was leaving the bands Feuerschwanz and dArtagnan . Jarne Hodinsson took his place at the electric bass .

The eighth studio album Methämmer was released in 2018 . As the band's most successful album to date, it reached number 6 in the German charts. In June 2019, the band signed a new recording contract with Napalm Records and celebrated their 15th band anniversary on the Metfest tour in December 2019.

In May 2020, the band released a song with English lyrics for the first time as an advance excerpt from the ninth album Das Elefte Gebot , which was released a little later, with a cover version of I See Fire , which the band also performed in the ZDF television garden . For the release of the album on June 26, 2020, the band organized an open-air concert under the name "11: O: A" at Abenberg Castle , streamed via Youtube , but due to the ban on events due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany there were no spectators present; the concert was financed through a crowdfunding campaign. The Eleventh Commandment was the band's first album, which was also released on record. There is also an extended edition of the album, which contains seven cover versions ("The Seven Deadly Sins") on an additional sound carrier .

style

Feuerschwanz celebrates various topics by reinterpreting not only supposed medieval professions and customs such as Prima Nocte (album title), but also classic fairy tales. The band, who themselves described their style on the earlier albums as "Middle Ages Folk Comedy", but mostly reduced the subject to a trivial, frivolous and hedonistic core message.

Another issue that always finds its way into the lyrics and is also a part of the band motto, the Met : The eponymous piece of the second studio album Met chicks he is also celebrated in the songs of drinking song , Devil gift , Metmaschine , Metnotstand in Wonderland , Metfest or Lords of Powermet . Furthermore, a saga is built around the warrior of the Mets and he is sung about in Methämmer as part of Masonic- like rituals.

In addition to the self-written pieces, Feuerschwanz's repertoire also contains some songs that were originally written by other bands. The well-known Lord of the Winds was parodied by Schandmaul as well as defender of the true nonsense of JBO, who sang fiery tail under the title Defender of the true Mets .

The fire cantata and the bear dance , which are reworking of a traditional medieval melody, are among the few purely instrumental pieces by the band. The lyrics are often crude or even shoddy and were not only positively received by critics.

Another characteristic of the band and their effect are the so-called "kitties". These are women made up and disguised as cat-like creatures who serve as dancers and animators.

Band members

  • Feuerschwanz live at the Rockharz 2019

  • Singer and guitarist Hauptmann Feuerschwanz alias Peter Henrici

  • Violinist and hurdy-gurdy player Johanna von der Vögelweide alias Stephanie Pracht

  • Drummer Sir Lanzeflott alias Robert Gruss

  • Guitarist Hans the Upright alias Hans Platz

  • Wind instrument player and singer Prince R. Hodenherz III alias Ben Metzner

  • Bass player Jarne Hodinsson

Discography

Studio albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2005 Great Nocte
Deaf Shepherd Recordings 		- - -
First published: November 25, 2005
2007 Met and Kitty
Deaf Shepherd Recordings 		- - -
First published: June 8, 2007
2009 Mead destroyer
Deaf Shepherd Recordings 		- - -
First published: September 18, 2009
2011 A wish is a wish
Deaf Shepherd Recordings 		DE95 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: March 18, 2011
2012 Valhalligalli
F.AME Recordings 		DE37 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: August 31, 2012
2014 To life!
FAME recordings 		DE29 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First release: September 19, 2014
also as an Extended Edition with CD + DVD
2016 Sex is Must
F.AME Recordings 		DE7 (3 weeks)
DE 		AT35 (1 week)
AT 		CH85 (1 week)
CH
First published: August 19, 2016
2018 Methämmer
F.AME Recordings 		DE6 (3 weeks)
DE 		AT26 (1 week)
AT 		CH31 (1 week)
CH
First release: August 17th, 2018
also as an extended edition with 2 CDs
2020 The eleventh commandment
Napalm Records 		DE3 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020DE 		AT7 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH9 (2 weeks)
CH
First release: June 26th, 2020
also as an extended edition with 2 CDs or vinyl double album

Live albums

  • 2008: Dragon Dance - Live (Deaf Shepherd Recordings)
  • 2015: 10 Years of Feuerschwanz - Live (FAME Recordings; also as Extended Edition with CD + DVD)

Compilations

  • 2019: Best Of - 15 Years of Feuerschwanz (FAME Recordings)

Radio plays

  • 2014: Gods of Met (FAME Recordings)

Music videos

  • 2009: I want to dance
  • 2009: By the fire
  • 2011: The executioner
  • 2012: Hurray, Hurray the plague is here
  • 2012: We love bagpipes
  • 2012: Metnotstand in Märchenland
  • 2014: Heart in a storm
  • 2014: Goodbye
  • 2015: Stupid question, binge drinking!
  • 2016: Sex is a must
  • 2016: Warriors of the Mets
  • 2017: Moral (highly reprehensible)
  • 2018: Your horns up
  • 2018: Push dance
  • 2018: Methammers
  • 2018: Operation Dragon Storm
  • 2020: Metfest
  • 2020: The Eleventh Commandment
  • 2020: I See Fire
  • 2020: Ding (feat. Melissa Bonny )
  • 2020: Amen & Attack (Lyric Video)
  • 2020: Master of love
  • 2020: Malleus Maleficarum

occupation

Trivia

Ben Metzner and, until 2017, Felix Fischer are or were also members of the folk rock band dArtagnan , which was founded in 2015 and for which Hans Platz worked as a tour guitarist.

Web links

Commons : Fire Tail  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ noz.de
  2. ↑ Julian Häußler: She is "Johanna von der Vögelweide" . inFranken.de. January 1, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ Robert Gruss - Fire Tail . tama.de. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  4. ^ Richman: Hans Platz “Timestamps” (CD review) . guitarmania.eu. November 24, 2013. Accessed on December 17, 2016: "Some readers will probably be familiar with Platz as the guitarist of the German medieval band Feuerschwanz, with whom he has been on stage since 2008."
  5. ↑ January Jamaszyk: entry "January Jamaszyk" ( s ) metal-archives.com (Encyclopaedia Metallum). June 30, 2020. Accessed July 3, 2020.
  6. ↑ Posting on the band's official Facebook page on April 11, 2018
  7. ↑ a b Feuerschwanz (band introduction) . metal.de. Retrieved on December 4, 2016: "For him, Marina Regulator (" Ronja Hodenherz ") joined the band."
  8. ↑ Profile "Marina Regulator (ronjahodenherz)" . myspace.com. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  9. ↑ Facebook page of "Felix Fischer - Taugenix" . Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  10. ↑ Feuerschwanz - Dragon Dance Live - Finest sound brew from Franconian lands . ( Memento of the original from February 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. seelendiebstahl.de; accessed on February 7, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.seelendiebstahl.de
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  15. ^ Matthias Irrgang: Felix Taugenix leaves Feuerschwanz and dArtagnan. In: mindbreed.de. Mindbreed, December 14, 2017, accessed December 24, 2017 .
  16. ↑ Frank Medwedeff: Napalm Records hired Feuerschwanz. In: beta.musikwoche.de. mediabiz GmbH, June 14, 2019, accessed on August 3, 2019 .
  17. ↑ FEUERSCHWANZ - I See Fire (Ed Sheeran Cover). In: YouTube. Napalm Records, May 6, 2020, accessed June 9, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Feuerschwanz - I See Fire - Making Of. In: YouTube. Feuerschwanz, May 12, 2020, accessed June 9, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Fire tail "I See Fire" LIVE! (ZDF Fernsehgarten 07.06.2020). In: YouTube. youOne, June 7, 2020, accessed on June 11, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Feuerschwanz 'I See Fire' - ZDF Fernsehgarten 2020 Backstage. In: YouTube. Feuerschwanz, June 11, 2020, accessed June 11, 2020 .
  21. ↑ FEUERSCHWANZ - 11OA - "The Eleventh Commandment" album release online open air . youtube.com. June 26, 2020. Accessed July 7, 2020.
  22. ↑ 11: O: A - "The Eleventh Commandment" album release online open air . startnext.com. April 24, 2020. Accessed July 7, 2020.
  23. ↑ 11: O: A - "The Eleventh Commandment" album release online open air (video with announcement of concert and crowdfunding campaign for "11: O: A") . youtube.com. April 24, 2020. Accessed July 7, 2020.
  24. ↑ Anfreas F .: fire tail : commit the seven deadly sins . time-for-metal.eu. March 26, 2020. Accessed July 9, 2020.
  25. ↑ The Pile: The Kitties. In: feuerschwanz.de. Fire tail, accessed June 30, 2020 .
  26. ↑ Chart sources: DE / AT / CH