More disappointing German folk music (Wiederkehr - Cultus Ferox)

Member Name: dangaroo

Product:	Wiederkehr - Cultus Ferox
Date:	08/04/09 (46 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: nice medieval instruments

Disadvantages: dull overall sound - vocals are poor

A lot of german folk music sounds similar to the Czech stuff that I'm quite a fan of, so far I've struggled to get into it though with bands like Schandmaul disappointing. Cultus Ferox was the latest band that I gave a run out to - their album Wiederkehr was released back in 2003 and was filled with a medieval folky sound.


Musically it's not bad, it's just not all that rivoting either. What would set it apart would be some decent female vocals but I'm saddened to say we don't get that. Instead there is either the brutish male vocals which are supposed to suit the battle songs or the same vocalist going for a more suave approach which makes him sound like a bit of a perv breathing down the phone combined with nauseating female vocals. Whilst this album seems to have done extremely well in Germany, I can't see it catching on - perhaps my failure to understand German is to blame a bit, I've heard that the lyrics are supposedly quite entertaining.

The best track is Gotterdammerung, it has a certain anger about it which breaks up the monotonous bagpipe fuelled folk of the rest of the album. I had a little listen to some songs from their most recent album and from what I can see there is a slight improvement on that. I wouldn't suggest buying either but if you want to dip your feet into the bland sounding German folk music market, perhaps give that a go instead.

1 Tamfane
2 Mutter Erde
3 Brenner
4 Gotterdammerung
5 Godesses
6 Andro
7 Sarah
8 Nordlicht
9 Wolfsbalade
10 Bettellied
11 Heyj
12 Abgesang

Summary: Think I'll stick to Braagas!