KMFDM, an awesome heavy metal band from, Hamburg Germany![/caption]For most of you out that are reading this you probably don't generally tend to think about foreign music as being something that people in America would generally listen to... But the truth is, is it is particularly awesome... Although I suspect that the fans that these foreign musicians already have in the United States out there probably know this already!
Well for me it all started one day many years ago when I was a kid and my Dad and I end up listening to a Spanish rap song! Well the truth is, is that I had no idea what they were saying, but in the end, I found that I really enjoyed how the whole song flowed, it was catchy and exciting!
Well the truth is, is that I would not end up listening to another foreign song for a few years, until one day when my sister decided to give me her, 'Rammstein' CD (This was the Sehnsucht album), now at this time, at least in the circles that I was traveling, German heavy metal was just starting to catch on, and you know what? It freaking rocked and still does!
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This may have been the first German heavy metal album that I ever listened to, but in all truth, this album still freaking rocks![/caption]Besides the fact that these groups generally tend to hold themselves to the traditions of excellence that their American counterparts like, 'Metallica', 'Megadeth' and the like have held themselves to. But not just that, one of the things that I have also found that I really like is the way that German heavy metal groups have some times done things different then their American counterparts!
What I mean by this is like take, 'Rammstein' for example, they have done this a few times, but with their song, 'Mutter' ('Mother' in English), they turned a hardcore, completely kick ass heavy metal song, and made it in to this almost industrial epic!
Another thing that I have found that I really like is the fact that some times German heavy metal groups do things that other American heavy metal groups generally tend to shy away from (I suspect it is because of the cultural differences,) but a great example of this is Rammstein's song, 'Pussy'... A song which pushes the boundaries of sexual promotion!
And yet even another one is one that I believe helped influence, 'Marilyn Manson' in to doing all of the Heavy Metal remakes of classic songs, and well... That is remaking songs... A great example of this is, 'Megaherz' (a heavy metal band out of, 'Munich'), they did a fantastic hardcore industrial version of the classic, 'Falco' song, 'Rock Me Amadeus' (1985)!
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Megaherz...[/caption]The truth is, is there are a lot of reasons not just to listen to German heavy metal music, but if you haven't yet, try it out, you might like it... I know I did!
Here is a couple of songs to wet your whistle with:
http://youtu.be/6n5bwHCAuL8
http://youtu.be/Ej3BT8LI9kA
http://youtu.be/M6UoQKi5JSk
