Fury in the Slaughterhouse
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music |
| Founded | December 1, 1987 in Hanover, Germany |
| Founder | Kai Wingenfelder, Thorsten Wingenfelder, Rainer Schumann, Christof Stein-Schneider, Hannes Schäfer |
| Headquarters | Hanover , Germany |
| Products | Rock music, albums, singles, concerts |
| Website | www |
Fury in the Slaughterhouse is a rock group originating from Hanover, Germany, established in 1987. Notable tracks include "Time to Wonder," "Every Generation Got Its Own Disease," "Won't Forget These Days," "Radio Orchid," "Dancing in the Sunshine of the Dark," "Milk & Honey," and "Trapped Today, Trapped Tomorrow."
The ensemble disbanded in 2008 but reunited briefly in 2013 for a single performance at Hanover's Expo Plaza Festival. They resumed nationwide touring in 2017, commencing with three concerts at the TUI Arena. Their first studio album in over a decade, NOW, was released in April 2021.
History
The band was formed in December 1986 by brothers Kai (vocals) and Thorsten Wingenfelder (guitar/vocals), along with drummer Rainer Schumann, guitarist Christof Stein-Schneider, and bassist Hannes Schäfer. Keyboardist Gero Drnek joined the lineup in 1989. They concentrated on English-language mainstream rock, setting themselves apart from the German Neue Deutsche Welle scene. By 1988, they were performing sold-out shows and had entered the top 50 of the German album charts.
In 1992, their record labels SPV and BMG Ariola launched Slaughterhouse Music. Expanding into European and Anglo-American markets, the band gained significant success in 1993 with tracks like "Radio Orchid" and "Every Generation Got Its Own Disease" from their album Mono. They supported Meat Loaf on his 1994 tour. The US editions of Mono and The Hearing and the Sense of Balance featured modified tracklists.
Bassist Schäfer departed in 1996 and was succeeded by Christian Decker. In 2005, Fury established their own label, Kick It Out, re-releasing earlier albums supplemented with bonus material. The following year, Hanover honored them by adding their name to the city’s Golden Book.
Throughout their initial career span, Fury sold upwards of four million records and performed over a thousand concerts globally. Their farewell tour across Germany took place from March to August 2008; every show was recorded and immediately made available on USB sticks after each performance. The concluding concert in Hanover was issued as a double DVD and CD package titled Farewell & Goodbye.
In 2011, they briefly reunited to perform "Won't Forget These Days" at an event held at Hannover 96’s stadium.
On 8 June 2013, Fury delivered a one-time concert at Hanover’s Expo Plaza before an audience of 25,000 under the slogan One City - One Band.
March 2017 saw Fury celebrate their 30th anniversary with three reunion gigs at Hanover’s TUI Arena. They premiered a new track titled "30 (It's Not Easy)," which opened these shows and appeared on their two-CD compilation 30 - The Ultimate Best Of, including an EP containing six new songs. Due to high demand, they extended their summer tour across Germany but clarified this did not constitute a full reunion.
Later that year, they embarked on an acoustic tour documented on Little Big World - Live & Acoustic, featuring pedal steel guitarist Martin Huch and cellist Anne De Wolff. The band continued to appear at festivals but had to cancel spring 2020 dates due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Instead, they performed two socially distanced concerts for approximately 2,000 fans seated in cars as part of a car culture event in Hanover.
On 22 October 2020, Fury officially revealed their new studio album NOW, which was released on 23 April 2021 through Starwatch Records—marking their debut with a US label and making all their studio albums available in the United States. Their subsequent album HOPE, released in July 2023, became their first to reach number one on the German charts.
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Fury in the Slaughterhouse | Pinpoint |
| 1990 | Jau! | SPV |
| 1991 | Hooka Hey | |
| 1993 | Mono | RCA |
| 1995 | The Hearing and the Sense of Balance | |
| 1997 | Brilliant Thieves | Slaughterhouse |
| 1998 | Nowhere... Fast! | |
| 2000 | Home Inside | Electrola |
| 2002 | The Color Fury | |
| 2004 | Nimby | SPV |
| 2006 | Every Heart Is a Revolutionary Cell | |
| 2008 | Don't Look Back | |
| 2021 | Now | Starwatch |
| 2023 | HOPE | Starwatch |
Singles
| Year | Single | Highest Chart Positions | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | US Mod Rock |
US Main Rock | |||||||||||||
| 1988 | "Time to Wonder" | — | — | — | Fury in the Slaughterhouse | ||||||||||
| 1989 | "Kick It Out" | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1990 | "Won't Forget These Days" | — | — | — | Jau! | ||||||||||
| "One Good Reason (To Go) / Tears and Fears" | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Rain Will Fall" | — | — | — | Hooka Hey | |||||||||||
| 1991 | "Cut Myself into Pieces" | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Trapped Today, Trapped Tomorrow" | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 1992 | "On Alarm" | — | — | — | Jau! | ||||||||||
| "Won't Forget These Days" (SPA only) | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | "Radio Orchid" | 59 | — | — | Mono |
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"Every Generation Got Its Own Disease" | 44 | 13 | 21 |
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"Dead and Gone" | 44 | — | — |
| "Dead Before I Was Born" (US promo only) | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | "Dancing in the Sunshine of the Dark" | — | — | — | The Hearing and the Sense of Balance | ||||||||||
| "Down There" | 83 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Milk and Honey" | 94 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | "Hello and Goodbye" | 97 | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1997 | "Riding on a Dead Horse" (GER promo only) | — | — | — | Brilliant Thieves | ||||||||||
| "Bring Me Home" | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Brilliant Thieves" | 92 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | "Everything I Did" | — | — | — | Nowhere... Fast! | ||||||||||
| "One Way Dead End Street" | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | "Won't Forget These Days (Remix)" | — | — | — | Super Fury | ||||||||||
| 2000 | "Are You Real?" | 91 | — | — | Home Inside | ||||||||||
| 2002 | "Midnight Rider" | — | — | — | The Color Fury | ||||||||||
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Videos / DVDs
- 1991 – Clicksongs & Peppermint Stories (Video)
- 1997 – Especially Ordinary (Video)
- 2002 – Monochrome (Live DVD and Album)
- 2004 – Welcome to the Other World – Nimby Live (DVD)