Image: Kanonenfieber [Official Press Photo]
With “Z-Vor!”, Kanonenfieber present their latest single, once more combining relentless death metal with historically inspired lyrics. The track will appear on the compilation work Soldatenschicksale, out January 30, 2026. The release will not only include two new songs but also reworked versions of the singles “Yankee Division,” “Der Füsilier,” and “U-Bootsmann,” as well as further reimagined tracks. You can find the full tracklist below.
Watch the lyric video for “Z-Vor!” here:
Soldatenschicksale: Tracklist
- Z-Vor!
- Heizer Tenner
- Ubootsperre (2025)
- Kampf und Sturm (2025)
- Die Havarie (2025)
- Der Füsilier I (2025)
- Der Füsilier II (2025)
- The Yankee Division March (2025)
- Die Fastnacht der Hölle (2025)
Kanonenfieber explain the background of their new compilation:
“In school, we learn that war is something bad. From the Defenestration of Prague to the assassination of the heir to the throne in Sarajevo – war always means violence. We hear of political tensions, daring campaigns, and grinding wars of attrition. All of this is underpinned by numbers so vast and abstract that they seem almost unreal: 17 million dead in the First World War alone.
When the gunpowder smoke clears from the battlefield, only the dead remain – no longer people. But who was the man lying shot in the shell crater? Who was the barely 17-year-old boy who suffocated in the dugout after a mine hit, screaming for his mother?
Who was the sergeant, the officer cadet, the engineer – the simple soldier who lost his life and identity within seconds? An individual fate, appearing so tiny in the shadow of the ‘greater whole’ that it barely receives any notice. This is exactly where Soldatenschicksale begins.
From the landing of the Americans on the Western Front to the merciless winter war in the East, to the battles on and beneath the waters of the North Sea – it’s about people. About voices. About stories that fade into oblivion.
Soldatenschicksale gathers reworked versions of ‘Yankee Division’ (2022), ‘Der Füsilier’ (2023), and ‘U-Bootsmann’ (2023), along with two new pieces serving as ‘Skagerrak’.
Skagerrak. The largest naval battle of the First World War.”
All information on the Soldatenschicksale Tour 2026 can be found in our dedicated article.
