Tag Archives: Oomph!

:2012 Year in Review: William Dashiell Hammett – COMA Reviewer

  By William | December 31, 2012 - 10:30 am | Feature
Leave a comment

2012-doomsday The past year wasn’t particularly outstanding for me as far as music goes. Probably because I took a step back and didn’t pay as much attention as I had been. So I almost certainly missed a thing or two in addition to what normally goes beyond my ken. Generally, my year-end reviews, like all my reviews, are long winded and doubtless overflowing with needless extravagance of language. So this year, I’m going to keep sweet but I can’t say short as I’m sure there will still be a needless extravagance of language. (more…)

:Music Review: OST+FRONT – Ave Maria

  By William | September 7, 2012 - 10:00 am | CD, Review
Leave a comment

OST+FRONT – Ave Maria
Release Date: August 10, 2012 (Digital)/September 10, 2012 (Physical)
Label: Out of Line
Website: facebook.com/ostfrontberlin

Review by: William Dashiell Hammett

They’re German and sing in their native language. They’re from Berlin and play a keyboard-laced guitar driven music that can be termed Neue Deutsche Härte. So let’s get the Rammstein comparisons out of the way. OST+FRONT do sound like Rammstein and acknowledge the NDH style’s most famous and successful practitioner as a major influence—so for me it ends there. (more…)

:Music Review: Oomph! – Des Wahnsinns fette Beute

  By William | May 18, 2012 - 10:00 am | CD, Review
3 Comments

Oomph! – Des Wahnsinns fette Beute
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Label: Columbia / Dragnet / Sony Music
Website: oomph.de

Review by: William Dashiell Hammett

Oomph!

Starting over 20 years ago with a string of albums that are generally credited with defining the Neue Deutsche Härte sub-genre of European Industrial Metal, few would doubt the trio’s music is as equally aggressive as the tone of their appellation. While not nearly as popular as their genre mates Rammstein and (perhaps) Eisbrecher, their music has always challenged the mainstream’s opinion and pushed the boundaries. With their latest release Des Wahnsinns fette Beute Oomph! chose to completely ignore those boundaries and start fresh, ignoring the formula they had established on their previous ten albums. In this reviewer’s opinion, they have only cemented their position as the preeminent NDH group and status as one of the most creative outfits in the music business today. (more…)

:Music News: Oomph! unveiles video for Single Zwei Schritte vor

  By William | April 23, 2012 - 10:15 am | News
1 Comment

The original Neue Deutsche Härte musical group from Wolfsburg, Germany have debuted the video for this single “Zwei Schritte vor” off their upcoming album Des Wahnsinns fette Beute (German: Fat Booty of Madness). Unlike their past albums, 2004′s Wahrheit oder Pflicht, 2006′s GlaubeLiebeTod and 2008′s Monster which dealt with very serious subjects, Des Wahnsinns fette Beute as this video shows, shows the group can step back and offer up some humor too. Below the video we also have the track listing for the album due out May 18th, 2012/

(more…)

:Music News: Oomph! Unveil Cover Art, Video teasers and Announce Release Date for Des Wahnsinns fette Beute

  By William | April 1, 2012 - 7:34 am | News
Leave a comment

The original Neue Deutsche Härte musical group from Wolfsburg, Germany have unveiled the cover art for their upcoming eleventh studio album, Des Wahnsinns fette Beute (German: Fat Booty of Madness) as well having released two video trailers. The album is due out on May 18, 2012 and can be pre-ordered on Amazon. (more…)

:Music News: Stahlmann release new album Quecksilber

  By Gabe | March 27, 2012 - 3:02 pm | News
Leave a comment

German electro rockers STAHLMANN have released their second album, Quecksilber, via AFM Records. Not only due to their unique appearance, STAHLMANN have become a hallmark of the German rock scene, representing a new generation of hard, German music which began in the mid 90s with pioneers like Die Krupps and Oomph!, a formula that was brought to perfection several years later by Rammstein.

To see the people as cold, steely machines that function in their daily lives and hide their emotions, is a perspective that scene pioneers Kraftwerk have been projected on our society. Founded in 2008, STAHLMANN pour this vision into their own personal artistic blast furnace, melding it into their bitter industrial sound, driving rhythms and catchy Gothic-intense melodies, yielding an alloy the ban can call their own craft. STAHLMANN worked with highly-acclaimed Jose Alvarez Brill to construct Quecksilber, the producer well-known for his productions with Wolfsheim and Blutengel. (more…)

:Podcast: The Oontzcast – Episode 25

  By j. ward | July 11, 2011 - 10:00 am | Podcast, The Oontzcast
2 Comments

WOW.  Who can honestly believe we are on our 25th Episode of the Oontzcast?  Did we honestly make it this far without going totally insane?  However, popular belief is that the Oontz girls were already slightly insane before starting this.  However, in celebration, Christina hosted an awesome house party.  This is a drunken mess. Enjoy :)

(more…)