German war-themed metal act Kanonenfieber have dropped a new single from their upcoming compilation “Soldatenschicksale” (Soldiers’ Fates), to be released on February 6th via Century Media Records.

“Soldatenschicksale” will feature revised versions of previous tracks alongside two brand new pieces forming the Skagerrak cycle, focusing on the Jutland engagement. The band’s statement outlines their mission: to shift focus from abstract casualty numbers to the individual lives lost in war.

Kanonenfieber comments about Soldatenschicksale: “At school, we are taught that war is something bad. From the Defenestration of Prague to the assassination of the Archduke in Sarajevo – war always means violence. We hear of political tensions, daring military campaigns, and grueling battles of attrition. All of it supported by numbers so massive and abstract, 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 – who are no longer really considered people. But who was the man lying shot in a shell crater? Who was the barely 17-year-old boy who suffocated in a dugout after a mine hit, screaming for his mother? Who was the sergeant, the cadet, the sapper – the ordinary soldier who, in a matter of seconds, lost both his life and his identity? A single fate, so small in the shadow of the ‘greater whole’ that it barely seems worth remembering. This is exactly where Soldatenschicksale begins. From the American landings on the Western Front to the merciless winter war in the East, to the battles above and below the surface of the North Sea – it’s about people. About voices. About stories that are in danger of being forgotten. ‘Soldatenschicksale’ brings together revised versions of ‘Yankee Division’ (2022), ‘Der Füsilier’ (2023), and ‘U-Bootsmann’ (2023), as well as two brand new tracks that work as ‘Skagerrak’. Skagerrak. The largest naval battle of the First World War.”

Soldatenschicksale’s tracklist:
1.”Z-Vor!”
2.”Heizer Tenne”
3.”Ubootsperre” (2025)
4.”Kampf und Sturm” (2025)
5.”Die Havarie” (2025)
6.”Der Füsilier I” (2025)
7.”Der Füsilier II” (2025)
8.”The Yankee Division March” (2025)
9. “Die Fastnacht der Hölle” (2025)

Follow the premiere of the new song “Heizer Tenne”  below: