Reviews (page 4 of 8)
Not my style.
This is the kind of thing I was expecting a lot more of. Bands I’ve never heard of from countries I didn’t consider doing weird hybrids of the music of the time and the future, like the missing link between INXS and Rammstein. Definitely interesting but definitely not for me.
In a parallel universe the Cookie Monster now fronts a German Queen tribute rock band! It was a bit of fun and that’s about it.
These guys sound like that one dinosaur themed metal band for kids from Scandanavia... not my thing
Nope
one of the few albums on this list that is actually interesting to listen at least once in your life, its not just very good
Ugh, this is the first album I didn't make it through, gave up with three tracks remaining. Can generally find some redeeming qualities from an artistic perspective but this didn't have many. The synth was cool in track two but the cool moments were far and few between. 1/5 stars
This one’s a dump Lots of marching drums, heavy industrial aesthetic, and bold ideas, but it just comes off as forced and exhausting rather than compelling.
Ameno aunque lejos de mi universo, intenté imaginar una fusión entre Faith No More y Chumbawamba para hacerlo más digerible. La barrera idiomática pega. La producción, algo seca, me permite no abrumarme con la estética oscura que trae este disco. Los temas, disfrutables en su forma, arreglos y algunas melodías también. Difícilmente vuelva a escucharlo pero si un día quiero investigar esta veta, sé que este es un indispensable.
Hey you know what a great song is? “Live is Life” by Opus.
no
Laibach! lol - not my fave LP of theirs. I think I like later Laibach, as the production gets better but the vibe is the same and I prefer to listen to that. There is something about the trash vibe of this that gels well with the Laibach vibes.
It's not every day you get to listen to a Queen cover in German. Rock on?
Strange but intriguing. A Queen cover in German in there threw me a bit of a curveball.
It’s mostly in German, but some of the orchestral arrangements are very good
OK, så coverversjonen(?) av «Life is Life» va passe fornøyelig, men sånn utover det va det helt klart ikke min greie, og så e æ vel egentlig aldri særlig fan av ironisk(?) reappropriering av nazisymbolikk og dets like, så æ tror aldri Laibach kommer til å være nokka æ bruke mye tid på, men nu har æ da i det minste prøvd.
Sameish all the way through
This would go hard if I knew German.
If only there was a 0 stars option.
J'avais oublié ce groupe. Des slovènes qui chantent en allemand, au moins ça me met dans l'ambiance de Berlin. (On y sera à partir de dimanche.) Autrement, je dirait qu'un certain côté quétaine a de la misère à passer à travers le temps.
Rammstein meets ABBA, pas vraiment dans mes cordes ce mélange improbable. La vie chante, la la la la la
11/4/25. Definitely one of the most unique albums I've heard along this journey. I'm aware that this band came before, but it reminds me a lot of Rammstein. Very interesting in the production even if many of the lyrics are in a language I don't understand.
Not a fan of the 80s German rock
Ummm…no. Scary, weird, sounds repetitive.
erst recherche, hat mir eröffnet warum das Album so spannend sein soll
did not like the screaming german man
3/10
Loved this one!
While I didn't love it, it grew on me. I still don't think I'll be re-listening to it anytime soon.
This record might be so weird that I have to like it just for the mental stimulation alone. I am deliberately not reading anything about it before listening to it, but I'm going to assume it's German (turns out the band is Slovenian and Yugoslav, but there's a lot of German language). The eyes on the cover image remind me of a Terry Gilliam cartoon from an animated Monty Python segment. The album opens with chants that segue into (is that blues?) guitar, followed by some Kajagoogoo-reminiscent 80s keyboard and then straight into early (or was it proto in 1987?) industrial beats, then horror organ into circus organ. It's a bit of a confusing mix to think about, but somehow it still works, and the songs always have melody. It's never just noise or aggression for their own sakes. There's a lot of cinema here, horns and driving rhythms which sometimes cross into the sublime. Is this a dark German celebration of life? There's even a brief reading of Churchill's "Never Surrender" speech. That speech was about fighting the Germans, and I can only speculate why it's used here. It's all a bit ridiculous, but I can't help but take it seriously in an absurd kind of way. I can't think of a time when I would choose to listen to this record again, but I kind of love it. Four stars.
Second album in a week I'm comparing to Rammstein, but I guess industrial music in a foreign language gets that. Really liked the epic, march sounding songs like The Great Seal and Opus Dei and a few others. 4/5
has the right mix of violent guitar to keep it weird & confrontational instead of only ridiculous confrontation: appreciated. (⌐■_■)
I’m becoming a broken record about this but sometimes you can tell something is gonna be good, based on the negative reviews on here. No chance I wasn’t gonna come out of this one like “Ha ha. Hell yeah.” Definitely one of the strangest records yet, but kind of weirdly accessible?
p578. 1987. 2 stars. German opera-rock. Amusing for a couple of tracks, then becomes tedious.
Cool album cover. It’s a live album though. And foreign. Yikes. Oh but it’s Russian. I can dig that. I think it’s Russian. No wait, maybe it’s German. It’s similar to Rammstein so ya, German. I’ll go with that. I find this hard to believe that this was drummed up in the 80’s. Kraftwerk doesn’t sound like this and I feel like they are the closest to these guys in comparison since Rammstein hadn’t been created yet. That was a hell of an opening song I will say that. The next song though….a drunk Cookie Monster spurting angry sounding jargon into a live mic while someone drums who hasn’t really drummed before but knows enough to hold a beat. I am becoming worried that the opening track was the best one. Track 3 sounds like a faith no more B side. Which I’d be ok with had this been FNM. It’s not a good one for a new listener to hear three songs in. And more Rammstein sound And more Not as hard hitting though, don’t get to thinking that these guys deserve all the accolades . At the same time, I don’t hate this at all. I don’t have a choice cut since it’s all so exploratory . I guess the first song will do. I’m not spelling it out. Enjoy
Another album I don’t know why it was put on this list. There isn’t anything wrong with it, but it isn’t groundbreaking or very remarkable
Ich liebe das nicht
It’s an acquired taste of genre Opus Dei the title song was the best on the album probably won’t listen again
No.
This was a mess that grew on me. Was surprised how much this music stuck in my head-- Life is Life. Would I listen to again? On a special occasion...
80s Rammstein w/cookie monster singing
It was certainly not boring.
This is interesting in that it’s a big departure from my usual listening but it’s not really something I see myself returning to.
I'll pass. Thanks, but no thanks.
So, I am diggin' this. Seems a little like Rammstein meets 80's era soundtrack -- which is apparently in my wheelhouse today.
I have little to no experience with German music. It makes me happy that every type of person in this world has the opportunity to combine all the things that has made an impression on them and spit out something unique and worth experiencing. That said, this one did not click with me. I found the marching rally aesthetic to be campy and over the top, the slow plodding drums and guitar got old pretty quick. There were moments I enjoyed where the guitar got a little more technical though.
Leben Leben Leben Heist Leben!!! That opening track was incredible. Made me want to go pump iron. Unfortunately the next few tracks didn't hold up. I loved that Opus Dei came in with the Leben motif though. That got me all stoked again. Actually it just seems like Opus Dei is the english version of Leben Heist Leben and according to the internet it's a cover of an Austrian song but the band Opus? So that's interesting. The German version was much better than the English version.
What a trip. This thing was wild. It felt like German GWAR with Gogel Bodello featured. Then I realized that this is just OG Ramstein, which was cool. Honestly, I had a great time with this. Probably not revisiting any time soon, but its weird wild ride. I love the vocals and heaviness of this record. I also really enjoyed the electronic elements.
Certainly is something. Has some funny ones but nothing too crazy
Political and sung in German, some queen links
Laibach's "Opus Dei", was a first-time listen that I found loud and dark. The album delivers a dramatic, cinematic experience, with clearly pronounced martial musical influences. While initially interesting, it's not a relaxing listen, as evidenced by jarring moments like "Trans-National", and the interest doesn't last until the end. For me the album functioned more as a curious novelty than a collection of standout tracks, with the last four tracks, and in particular "Herz-Felde" and "Jägerspiel", testing my patience. Despite finding the experience intriguing, I don't anticipate listening to the album again". Three stars. 1 "Leben heißt Leben" (Live Is Life) (Opus) (4/5) 2 "Geburt einer Nation" (Birth of a Nation) (Queen) (4/5) 3 "Leben – Tod" (Life – Death) (Laibach) (3/5) 4 "F.I.A.T." (Laibach) (3/5) 5 "Opus Dei" (Opus) (4/5) 6 "Trans-National" (Laibach) (3/5) 7 "How the West Was Won" (Laibach) (3/5) 8 "The Great Seal" (Laibach) (3/5) 9 "Herz-Felde" (Heartfield) (Laibach) (1/5) 10 "Jägerspiel" (Hunters' Game) (Laibach) (1/5) 11 "Koža" (Skin) (Laibach) (2/5) 12 "Krst" (Baptism) (Laibach) (1/5) Total - 32 Average - 2.67 136/1001 70/136 albums reviewed were new to me.
Couldn't tell if this was ironically fascist or not.
Я не очікував нічого, але музично мені дуже сподобалось, місцями прям (якщо ми говоримо на LP версію альбому на 37 хвилин). Поєднання індастріалу, крутих синтів та класичної музики перетворюють поп хіт на якийсь тоталітарний гімн. Взагалі альбом дуже просякнутий цим тоталітарним настроєм. Мені це не те щоб подобається, але на контрасті з деякими альбомами тут було щонайменше цікаво. Згадав, що вони мали заїзжати до Києва вже під час повномасштабного вторгнення, але вони позиція по війні в них уєбанська, тому й добре, що концерти скасували.
Не люблю цей гурт.
ну по перше це прикольно і весело
Laibach are the teutonic equivalent of the Mike Flowers Orchestra, best experienced in singles form. Two cracking gag covers. The rest of their sturm and drang rather passes me by.
I'm not sure what's going on here or why they covered life is life twice in one album but I'm kinda messing with it for some reason. Not my favourite at all but surprisingly fun
This is really something different. Don't really know what it is supposed to be. A bunch of bored teenagers trying to get attention? A bunch of grown up boys wanting to be cool but totally missed it? I'm not sure, but what I'm sure about is that it would have been better had they just stayed in their garage and played. The recording was not necessary.
Don’t speak German but this slaps
Feels like I’m about to go to war for the Germans
Maybe it’s because I’ve been playing a lot of Silksong recently, but this gave me epic video game boss vibes. The music is the culmination of the whole thing, and the “singing” is the weird sounds the little bugs make. “How the West Was Won” is weirdly Nazi-ish, and brings my score down.
Well, that was no fun at all. I turned it off about halfway through. I just kept picturing the "Berserker" scene from the movie, "Clerks." "My love for you is like a truck....BERSERKERRRRR Would you like some making fuck....BERSERKERRRRR" "Did he just say 'making fuck?'"
I wasn't sure what a Yugoslav avant garde album with that cover would sound like, but after listening, this is exactly what a Yugoslav avant garde album with that cover would sound like.
Not my thing. It could be that I don’t understand the lyrics, but the music with the lyrics appears to be a joke within a joke.
Who knew I needed to hear Queen's 'One Vision' in Slovenian .... what an unusual album.
This felt like a boss fight soundtrack, in the best way
Like Rammstein if they had some aesthetic subtlety. Pretty incredible that this is on this list.
What a strange and surprisingly catchy album. I don't know how to categorize them, but there must be some overlap with the RAMMSTEIN fandom.
I really didn't expect to like this, but it led me on a deep dive that was quite fun. Fun being a pretty relative term here...
WHEN WE ALL GIVE THE POWER THEN WE ALL GET tHE BEsT! The first half is just so nuts, and then it kinda fades at the end. Never listened to anything like it. I never feel like I’ve been entertained by an album until this one. It was great fun.
Maybe it’s because we’re living during the rebirth of fascism and that I don’t speak German - but this felt like it could be co-opted by a bunch of Nazi Incel Fucks. So it’s a no from me dawg.
HELL FUCKING YEAH
Sounds like a parody
Thought i’d try this in the gym. I felt uncomfortable listening to this in public.
Sounded like propoganda music. Particularly hated the end song Krst (Baptism). Should be renamed Baptism of fire No thanks 1 ⭐️
2 stars for the album cover only, otherwise dear god what did I just listen to
I didn’t understand what the hell they were singing about, but I hope it’s something about nazism being bad
Not for me
Another industrial/experimental album, another album to defend on here because people hate it... Again, I'm very much a fan of Industrial music and everything that's come out of it, love the mechanical textures, repetitive sound and confrontational tone because it's sometimes the best vehicle for many messages, be it political or societal or philosophical or all at once. It's simply something that's been a part of my listening diet for close to a decade plus now. One thing to know about Laibach as a group is that they belong to a Slovenian multi media collective and generally are art performers, so a lot of the music is basically a reflection of those sensibilities as a band that's both trying to talk about their realities during the time of Yugoslavia but also make light of western culture and its expansion. There is an obvious satirical tone to all of this album, the super theatrical and grandiosity of everything, the macho gruff singing wrapping back to campy, the fucking "One Vision" by Queen cover. It's all made to poke fun at all these things while also sounding like a military procession. I hate that so much context get lost, especially if you don't have the book or don't know about the artists, because there are genuine messages and genuine ideals going on in the music despite their "weirdness" and "inaccessibility", there is so much more under the surface and stuff like this is why I'm happy whenever the book adds an odd artist that doesn't fit the typical artists everyone knows and praises from the english-speaking world... sometimes you need a group of Slovenians to poke fun at you.
Unfortunately reading the Wikipedia article about the band and the art movement was more interesting than listening to the album
hard, industrial music and voices; lot of copies from famous songs
At times I felt like I was summoning a demon. At others it was just some German rocking out. Weird experience. 3.5/5
7.5/10 Highlights: Opus Dei F.I.A.T. The Great Seal Geburt Einer Nation
A couple of fun songs (cover of Life is Life) but otherwise a bit of a chore to listen to.
Unexpectedly fun and entertaining. Helped that we listened while driving through Germany.
No private session used for Spotify. Also no idea what I am getting into for the next hour. While listening to this I try to keep in mind that the list doesn't contain the best albums but also contains interesting albums..the kind your hipper than thou college acquaintance mocks you for not loving. I did not like this album horrible voice over orchestra music with some EDM to really screw with me. I can't imagine listening to this, maybe background music at a Halloween party when you get sick of Monster Mash and Thriller.
Good toe tapping music while marching to the front.
The cover and description made me feel this would be enjoyable; it wasn't. Just lots of shouting over awful music with too many brass instruments. One star.
Strange. And kind of creepy. But also a bit fun.
Será que o vocalista do Rammstein se inspirou nessa banda?
Nope
On dirait que ça sort d'un vieux jeu vidéo par moment, et du Rammstein lite par d'autres. Quelques moments cool, mais très vibes based. Musicalement, ça laisse à désirer, surtout la fin qui devient expérimental. C'est correct, mais je ne vais pas y retourner.
The actual music wasn’t that bad but it was very weird.
Apparently foreign language industrial is not my thing.
DNF
Very industrial sounding. Makes me think of Ministry, Skinny Puppy, etc.--all of which I like. This is certainly better than some of the albums in this project. It's interesting and I wouldn't have come across this organically. 3.5, rounded up.
Interesting genre but this is not for me
Not sure it would hit as hard the second time but this one came in crazy the first time
Not sure if it was their intention, but I thought it was funny.
This is great. It makes me want to drink a beer and march off to war.
Interesting ideas musically but wow are the vocals bad
What in the hell did I listen to? I’d never heard of Laibach and I can understand why. It sounded like music for a fictional fascist regime in a movie, or current hate groups in the world today. Laibach is described as avant-garde in Wikipedia, and I agree. Wiki also says they are associated with industrial, martial and neoclassical music. That sums it up. I’ve never been a fan of industrial-type rock and metal. While there are a couple of Ministry songs that tickle me, they aren’t really my type. I’m not even a huge fan of Nine Inch Nails, who dabble in industrial rock. Laibach seems to be a satirical band playing with some really crazy imagery and ideas. The problem is, when you’re creating satire, making fun of something really evil, some people don’t get satire and are legit into the really evil thing you’re just trying to make fun of. Beyond that stuff, which can be scary, Laibach apparently are huge Queen fans. The reason I know this is because on Opus Dei Laibach includes a cover of One Vision and a few samples from Queen’s A Kind of Magic album. It’s weird to hear One Vision sung as a kind of German military song. The whole album kind of gives me the piss shivers. That’s not to say there aren’t some very musical parts, but when the vocalist keeps shouting, “Jawohl!” throughout the song, it can become comical. By the way, Jawohl is pronounced yah-VOL, with the emphasis on VOL! So, if you’re favorite band is Rammstein, Laibach’s Opus Dei is the album for you. Otherwise, you can skip it….I wish I did.
I really don't know anymore.
I mean at least it was unique, but still…painful
Who knew Cookie Monster songs in German? Weird, unique, and interesting for sure. But not for me.
Kinda batshit but I didn't hate it
Just silly, silly music. Silly and shit.
Had never heard this before, I think it's worth knowing about. I have issues with it. I'm not a German speaker and so a few songs in I looked up the bands wikipedia page because the music sounded like idolizing 19th/20th authoritarian aesthetics over top of 80's industrial beats. I guess that was their shtick but the motivation was intended to be ambiguous or unimportant. There have been many 'edgy' bands that run up against the issue of whether or not the wrong type of people are going to 'not get it' and become their fans. I could see that being the case here, I don't really know. Outside of all of that, it's not that great. I like the drums and if there was a version of the album that was just that it would be great. Some of the instrumentation has 1987 cheese oozing off of it and the latter half of the album has some sampling/looping sins that are just irritating. So like taking a second whiff of a weird smell, I guess this warrants three stars for being at least worth hearing once.
Not for me. But i liked it
1.5
The popularity of reviews on this site baffles me. Controversial albums in particular. This record currently sits at a lowly 2.39 average rating after more than 15000 listens. What I have noticed about the reviews on albums like these is that the garbage rises to the top. They almost always contain references to bodily functions, meaning that the average mental age of this platform ranges from 6-13. I’m not saying I’ll like this record. In fact, when it was teased that there will be an industrial cover of a Queen song entirely in German, I suddenly remembered my headphones are broken and I am busy today. With that said, this is a plea to the most dimwitted amongst you. Learn jokes besides “poop” and “sex.” That is all. Be like me. Copy the Simpsons until people forget their jokes and start attributing them to me. THAT’s the adult way. Leben Heißt Leben - New character used in a review. Apparently this band is from Slovenia? What’s with the German? I don’t know man. I wanted to like this; but it’s anthemic German Rock. It SUCKS. Music for Rammstein fans who are somehow more racist. Gebert Einer Nation - Gerber baby nation. Rise up. It’s TIME to divest our stock options with Gerber and invest in a NEW baby product manufacturer. Listen, I like the horns on this one, and the vocals are good, but I’m still just kind of bemused. Leben - Tod - Google, please tell me what Nine Inch Nails is in German. Ahh. Neun-Zoll-Nägel. This is like a worse version of that. It’s a simple riff with gruff, growled vocals. It’s not that bad, but I’m just kind of bored by the repetition and pomp. F.I.A.T - Oh boy! More military sounds. The spoken word sections debut the first English passages of the record. I’m not sure what “Hugger-Muggered” means but I like it. Sounds threatening and adorable. This hooked me slightly but it lost its lustre as it continued. Opus Dei - DEI?? Uh oh. Better call the worst person you know and tell them to avoid this album. They might find out about a woman with a job, and you wouldn’t want to ruin their day. Wait, isn’t this the English version of the first song? Not good. Trans-National - We’re really falling off if a cliff here. When the bizarre, discordant horns show up, the song is much cooler, but the martial, rhythmic chanting can go anytime. How the West Was Won - Not with this track! The Great Seal - Yeah that’s a pretty big seal. There seems to be some visceral hatred for this record. I was looking forward to that because I assumed it would at least give me some extreme feeling one way or the other. It did not. This was just sort of trance-like and any cogent political message was lost on me as a non-German speaker and overall simpleton. I don’t care about this. When this is referenced again as son controversial, divisive record I will have to strain to recall anything about this. No reason for this to be on here. You want to make an impact by being weird? Try being weirder. You want to make an impact by being a band that makes “martial industrial music?” Seek help. 1.5-2 HIGHLIGHTS: i liek wen dey march
Uh this is a record. 2, probably high 1. Confusing to me and I don't enjoy the lyrics
y'all are haters of fun and whimsy. a man can't write an album about hating fascism? smh
Arguably the most interesting listen so far, especially when considering I didn’t realize it was going to be in German until I hit play (I guess the album and song titles should’ve given it away) All things considered, I had a good time with this album The vocals were very unique and powerful while having some really solid production I probably won’t listen to any of the songs from this album again, but this definitely does not belong with the albums I consider 1 star Favorites: None Honorable Mentions: F.I.A.T.
I really dont like this- both musically (so rigid and cheesy) and themeatically (I assume march beats as a commentary on facism?). Singing is more angry chanting, songs all sound the same, and music is sappy. Overall- definitely not for me. 1.5/5
Very powerful 80s industrial rock
Maybe I was just in the right frame of mind on this particular morning, but this scratched an itch for me.
Had a lot of trouble listening to this his… terrible!
Bizarre album and kind of hard to rate. I liked the novelty of it and the goofy cover songs on here are fun, but there's a lot of meandering pounding synths and bongs that don't do much for me. A lot of this album doesn't really do anything. Still, having a Slovenian industrial band on here is a pretty fun thing.
Absolutely the silliest thing I’ve listened to all year.
A for effort. Interesting musical ideas in a symphonic/opera meets metal kinda way. I appreciate their boldness and originality. Parts of it remind me of Kate Bush's Hounds of Love from 1985.
From the, “it’s not what you say, but how you say it,“ department, these guys could be singing about puppies and rainbows and still make it sound like the end of the world. Pretty sure they weren’t singing about puppies and rainbows though. If this style is considered avant-garde, I can’t wait for the apres!
The cover of Queen’s “One Vision” is worth a listen (and only a year after the original). Monotonous, but strangely fun. This guy has the voice for metal.
The musical wing of a Yugoslavian art collective? In the Martial industrial/neoclassical dark wave genre? What's not to like!?! Well, several things as it turns out. I didn't hate it all, though. 2.5* and I am really torn on how to round. Up, I guess?
One hour of this is too much… actually one song is enough.
Neat but not my jam.
Nein. I really gave this a fair shot, but that phlegmy, gravel-gargling, mucousy, over-enunciated growl seriously just grossed me out.
Yeah I don't like this one. I mean it's fine, but very much not my vibe. It might be proto-industrial and a trail-blazer and all that, but a lot of it just creeps me out. The Queen cover with the synths is kinda cool, and I like the English version of the title track, but if I rate this on 'did I enjoy it?', it is a 2 star.
I love ramstein!
They have others I like better
Gave this a 2 last time. Maybe enjoyed it a bit more this time.
Amazing record. Laibach conjures a storm of industrial sounds, samples, and overtly militarized sounds to present a record that would lay a template for Industrial music heading into the 90s. Considering also that this album comes out during New Wave dominance, Liabach is showcasing a completely different way of using synthesizers and sounds to make an in your face, gritty, heavy music. Laibach's Industrial contemporaries were also shaping the sounds of the genre, but Laibach had a clear hand in influencing the Industrial music that would eventually make it to the masses, and even be featured on such MTV staples as Total Request Live: Ministry, NIN, Rammstein etc. Laibach's influence on other Industrial acts that are not as well known is showcased by this album. Songs like "Trans-National" see clear successors in PIG's 1991 album Praise the Lard. The big heavy drum sounds on songs like "Geburt Einer Nation" clearly inspired the ultra heavy beat acts like KFMDM, Front Line Assembly, and Die Krupps. "Herz-Feide" acts as a blueprint for Ministry's trajectory towards their own magnum opus Psalm 69. Though other acts like Front 242, Skinny Puppy, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, and Godflesh would explore different aspects of Industrial Music, Laibach made their mark on the hard hitting, heavy beat and sample laden sound that would become a hallmark of the type of Industrial music that would see the most commercial success.
Almost a parody of industrial at times, and I’m okay with that
I didn't know what to expect with Opus Dei, and it sure took me on a wild journey. Sometimes Laibach covered a well-known Queen song and changed it into some kind of fascist theme song, or they created epic, soaring music that would be well suited to a Star Wars film. Toward the end, the music became very repetitive and I wanted no part of that. The first few songs were at least something far from the norm, and I had a few laughs at the deep vocals in the industrial genre. Go hard or go home, I guess.
There's something about the German language that just goes so well against the backdrop of industrial dark wave music. This music is also very...marchy? Militant? The last few tracks on the album get particularly avant garde in comparison to the rest. This was something a bit different, and I didn't hate it. A low 3, I guess!
Creepy German covers on cheesy synths... why is it on the list?
3/10
Godfathers of Ramstein. Industrial Metal from YU.
Wtf is that???
speaks for itself
Coole albumcover, coole vibe, maar dan voor maar één keer in m'n leven te luisteren. Beter dan Rammstein. Ik weet niet hoe ik me moet voelen bij de cover van Live is life, maar ik heb het op me laten afkomen. Het was een boeiende reis, maar nu niet echt iets dat ik zou opslaan, waardoor het moeilijk is om een duidelijke score te geven. Een 2.5 dan maar.
It was interesting at first. Completely took me out of my comfort zone and I appreciated that. But then it was just was too long.
Not a fan of the singing, but the music was OK (if a little repetitive)
I dont think I understand 💔
The singing was not good, the instruments were not good and they kept repeating the same lyrics over and over in the harshest language
The sounds are synthy and industrial, based around marches/martial rhythms, with artificial electronic horns blaring out and a 19th century national anthem style vocal. The whole thing is like what you'd hear over the course of a dystopian fascist rally. But then it degenerates into dissonant bluesy guitar solos. So sometimes it's stirring, but it's mostly repellent, tedious, and bloated, which was the satirical aim I guess. I found a great RYM review that situates this within the trajectory of late Yugoslav cultural politics, explaining the layers of parody, symbolism, approrpriation and detournement that would've registered to its audience and put this at the forefront of a left critique of Titoism coming from the Slovenian arts world. So that helps position this as a cultural artifact and specifically as a peice of agit-prop. It also means that without a deeper appreciation for that context it's hard to really say anything meaningful about this an album. Partly also because it doesn't seem like it was meant to stand as a discrete album and in fact is part of a critique of capitalist art production and the effects of the commodity form, of which the standardization and fungibility of the album form itself is a major part.
*inhales* So first I like German music although this is not a german band but i like music sang in german. Secondly I found industrial not irritating. And I love Soviet jokes. Lastly this album is supposedly both a huge soviet joke and a huge anti-nazi joke. but the funniest thing is that the authoritarians and the facsists all like this. i live in a half-authoritatian society with pretty much freedom but i don't find this intersting. they are too sincere that it feels like the worst parody of things. when weird al parodies a song he still feels halfway between serious and joking and when i seldomly tried to write parody songs i tried to sound as unserious as possible. it is not possible to parody such a heavy topic with 100% sincerity. especially when it comes to the two covers on the album: Queen's "one Vision" which is literally a song of solidarity and overcoming difficulties, but often used in media (and covered by laibach) in an additional meaning of... well, you know what i mean, and i prefer freddie's clear high vocals in the original version. the other really unorthordox choice is Austrian band Opus's "Live Is Life" which is this really harmless pop rock track that becomes... a military march of all things. but from the musicality i would give this a rounded up 3.5. and hence it starts my controversial opinion on industrial music in this list. 4/5
Leben heißt Leben - 5/5 Geburt einer Nation - 4/5 Leben-Tod - 4/5 F.I.A.T. - 3/5 Opus Dei - 5/5 Trans-National - 4/5 How the West Was Won - 4/5 The Great Seal - 3/5 Average score: 4/5 sounds like the proto-Rammstein album cover is cool. i was a little puzzled while listening. it's giving medieval fanfare vibes but it kinda slaps?? depending on the track at least. i don't speak german so i hope their not sing about some nazi shit
Hell yeah, Slovenia's finest
Enjoyed the anthem feel of the opener and the super cheap synth to support it! Quite a build up to start with. Dramatic to say the least… …and how could I expect the cover of ‘One Love’ WTF?! I mean it’s a kinda fierce start to an album. Albeit with a comical and budget sound. And I totally get what other reviews say about the Cookie Monster sound 😂 And FIAT. What the hell. I can respect genres I don’t usually listen to but this is harder and harder to take seriously and give merit. Yeh, get this is getting close to unlistenable now. Maybe more manageable if it was parody. Gonna leave this at the half way point, which is rare, but I get the picture (1.5)
Dosta smiješan album, ne mogu ovo shvatiti ozbiljno 😶🌫️ 2/5, 3/10
Bizarre. I don’t understand how this could be repeated listening…or even enjoyable listening. This is probably what silence sounds like for Stephen Miller.
Tja… Unerwartet. Ich finde die Platte nicht besonders gut aber sie ist geisteskrank und ganz anders als die langweile Menge von scheißdoofen Britpopplatten die normalerweise hier auftauchen.
Turgid and macho, and they're dressed like doofuses, so it's probably a joke. It’s 2025 though and the joke hits different now. If ever there was a time for Laibach to take the masks off… Those are masks, right? Really weird album, but too tired to think on it much more. Yeah, I know that I gave a five to an actual Nazi (Kanye).
The "are they or aren't they?" debate about this band is enough to turn me off of them - there's just too much other music out there for me to bother. Truthfully, the album wasn't as brutal or unlistenable as I expected, but it gets pretty samey pretty quickly, and I don't intend to revisit it. I guess I appreciate that the list-makers included something of this ilk. Why'd it have to be maybe-fascists, though?
This is what I'm here for... Something I'd have never found that actually at points piqued my interests! It's getting an extra star as it caught me at a good time after wading through literal hours of crap.
KMFDM if they took themselves a tiny bit more seriously.
I appreciate its position in industrial music history, as well as the bands aesthetics. Just not an album for me.
Not sure how I feel about this music. Industrial and militaristic to an almost hilarious level. It feels like a parody of totalitarianism and fascism and then there’s the lingering suspicion that perhaps it’s not and that Laibach is quite serious about enjoying these monstrous ideologies. Side note: I really dislike the chintzy sounding synths on this record…maybe that’s the point.
Una mierda muy rara que a ratos era difícil de escuchar pero me ha sorprendido en muchos temas. De esos discos que no son tu estilo pero disfrutas escuchándolos en cierta manera.
Industri!!!!
No, just no.
Well, that was a thing.
Really good but not something id listen to often. I bet the live touring of thisnis spectacular. 3.5
I'm not sure what this is... a joke? A bad Queen cover band in German? god awful. 1/5
Such an intriguing listen and a band, or rather collective, that has some serious lore both bewildering and disturbing. I'll actually take some time for a listening deep dive.
Angry German metal or sweet love songs … who knows? I just know I did not enjoy that.
not expected, but glad to hear.
A record that satires the war machine and fascism of 20th century Europe should not be this catchy, but it is. Life is life!
Surprising good, not usually my taste but this was quite listenable
Groupe inconnu. Pas sur d’apprécier ce style de musique, ni le chant, qui va certes bien avec l’accompagnement mais qui me rebute un peu. En tout cas c’est une découverte parfois originale (+1) que je n’aurais jamais faite par ailleurs. Par contre je ne pense pas l’écouter de nouveau. =>2/5
I get its art. But, wow, so painful.
regular
It’s ok, not really that bad idk about the average rating
Was zum fick bin ich hörend. So absurd das es schon wieder lustig ist.
Geiler Scheiß. B-Seite leider anstrengend.
Extremely frightened, scared, horrified, alarmed, fearful, terrified, hysterical, beside myself, and horror-stricken.
Martial Industrial made up of a relentless marching beat and campy synths overseen by what can only be described as the voice of a coalmine turned animate. Unfortunately this wears think after half of the album.
This was AWFUL 2/10
The reason I’m doing this list is to listen to Slovenian metal. I have now checked that box and never have to listen to this again.
In the running for best album cover, look at that! This album is all industrial rock with a medieval flair. Lots of gravelly vocals in German, chanting, and trumpets. Good music to March to. I commented to my wife that this sounds like it should be in a warfare video game, and lo and behold, one of the songs was in Command and Conquer: Red Alert. I didn't want to skip anything, as a few of the songs had me giggling for unknown reasons. If you dig industrial Rock, this is for you. If not, it's still an interesting and somewhat entertaining listen. 3/5
OMG how I hated this album. The music and the message. Totaler scheiß.
too out there for me but appreciated its novelty
3.9 - somehow this turned me around by the end. Feel slightly violated for some reason
I certainly haven't heard any other albums quite like this one. Trans-National sounds like Kraftwerk's Trans Europe Express funnelled through a Berlin sex club. This album really goes places. At first I kinda found it silly and campy and a bit scary, but I think I kinda love it, particularly from Trans-National onwards. Fave Tracks: Trans-National, How the West Was Won, Herz-Felde 4.2/5
Interesting.
If I wanted to be shouted at for an hour I'd have stayed at work.
Real faith restorer in the project, this. This is exactly the sort of stuff I want, mad Slovenian political art projects. And I thoroughly enjoyed it, the mad bastards. Best song: Opus Dei
41/1001 Laibach - Opus Dei Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ❎ It's quite clear right from the off that Laibach were a heavy influence on Rammstein from the vocals to (on the first half) the industrial style sound. It is a bit more synthy and less heavy, but it's there. I can kind of manage that, but then it turns into marching music to describe it best followed by nationalistic sounding stuff, sampling speeches/singing or speaking them. This where it completely lost me. Now whilst this was on, I was reading about how they would use the nationalistic sounding music to criticise the Communist government in Yugoslavia at the time. However, it does nothing whatsoever for me to enjoy or appreciate this.
This is #day362 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… in the words of my wife, who's a big industrial music fan: industrial music has its limits. This band is a case in point. Maybe I'm just not a huge fan of martial/military kind of industrial. I find it hard to fully embrace this kind of aesthetic when it's the band's entire identity. The interpretations of "One Vision" and "Life Is Life" are particularly hilarious. Sure, Laibach are the pioneers of the genre and all that, but I just can't. This is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day363.
Strong opening very very weak ending.
Where to start? I was apprehensive as this was my first bottom 20 album and based on some of the albums that didn't make the bottom 20 I was pretty nervous. This band is a living art exhibit that centres around authoritarian imagery and music. They have an amazing history replete with a ceremonial suicide and are the only band to have played in both North and South Korea. All that is to say they are absolutely fascinating. And their music you may ask? So much better than expected but at the same time exactly what you might expect. Top tier.
+1 for singing in three languages: English, German, and Slovene. The trappings of totalitarianism are problematic as there is no clarity as to whether it is a parody, irony, or what. I find the music rather monotonous over all. There are bits to it that are interesting but most of it collapses into a rather plain pastiche. with a kind of pop sound to it in many cases. Needs work.
I was listening to this and thinking the voice sounded familiar, but I couldn’t place why. And then it dawned on me: Cookie Monster. That’s not a compliment.
Is this worse than Sepultura? A real Sophie’s Choice…
I didn’t understand most of this, but I thought it was really fun. Is “industrial camp” a genre? Because that’s what this felt like. I am a little worried this is all pro-Nazi propaganda. Let’s see what Wikipedia says: “Laibach has frequently been accused of both far left and far right political stances due to their use of uniforms and totalitarian-style aesthetics. They were also accused of being neo-nationalists. When confronted with such accusations, Laibach is quoted as replying with the ambiguous response "We are fascists as much as Hitler was a painter".[29] Laibach concerts have sometimes aesthetically appeared as political rallies, and the members of Laibach are notorious for rarely stepping out of character. When interviewed, they often answer in wry manifestos, showing a paradoxical lust for, and condemnation of, authority.” That’s hilarious. I no longer assume this is Nazi propaganda; I think it’s just absurdism or parody. I think I love this band. This is probably a 3.5, rounded down.
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Laibach is why I launched this experiment. Completely new band and genre to me. Industrial music is something I had never encountered before, and it was really interesting to listen to and learn about. I didn't understand most of the lyrics because of the language difference, but I got the gist of what they were going for. A lot of it was really good, even without knowing the lyrics. Would definitely listen again.
well...
Very interesting industrial album, not very often I get to listen to German music but I quite enjoyed this album. Need more stuff like this on my Spotify. Standout Songs: Leben Heißt Leben Leben - Tod Opus Dei
I don’t live industrial music BUT this band is clearly quite unique and culturally significant - so an extra star
No no Nein!
Huh? This is…music?
Hmm... this one is difficult, musically, I did not particularly like it and from a musicians perspective, it is rather boring and monotonous... but as art, I can see (kinda) where they are going... I feel, this is a band, you need to spend time with to see the full picture and maybe I will in the future... for now, didn't love it, didn't even like it that much, so it is OK...
Title track opens like a Universal film. Vocals sound like a 60-year-old Strong Bad.
The production was dope, but the singer's voice and style gets old very quick.
Is this Industrial music? If so, Industrial music is not for me.
Thank god the Soviet Union collapsed.
Omg who cares, I did not enjoy this album. I don’t like the militaristic sounds, and I don’t like the production.
Olihan taas erikoinen. Alussa tuli Rammstein mieleen, ehkä Saksan kielen, mutta myös laulajan äänen ja musiikin tyylin takia. Mutta loppu alkoikin sitten toistaa itseään.
Varsin erikoista
Aluksi ajattelin että ⭐️⭐️⭐️ mutta puolen välin jälkeen alkoi toistamaan niin paljon, että taipuu ⭐️⭐️ puolelle.
I wasn't expecting to hear a German cover of Queen's "One Vision" today. The theme of the album early on is industrial, with very prominent driving drums and some aggressive German vocals. Things change drastically after about three tracks in, bringing more of a nationalist, rallying cry sort of vibe. I didn't hate how the album started, but the direction it took afterwards was a little off-putting.
Dada meets Tito and a load of huge synths. Quite dated, but still refreshingly loco. Love the the abstract disintegration across the final third of the record. Dobar skroz!
I’m not metal enough
I want to start by saying how I understand that the midi horns can be a put off for some people but holy shit I love them. Its goofy as hell but it works for some unknown reason. It gives me the feeling of a kinda less intense rammstein but im fur thats just me not knowing German music at all. They do have some industrial flair to a song or two and so early in the game. Its pretty good. Not my favorite but a good time marching along to it. As a side when you remaster and album do it all or don't call it a remaster. They cut out the 3 or 4 ambient spoken word songs which to be fair are my least favorite but id still rather listen to them than not.
The first record to be in a language other than English, and it's German, one that I am a bit familiar with! Carefully optimistic and very interested. First track is weird and very repetitive, but I kinda like it. I can't understand the lyrics (Entschuldigung an meinen Deutschlehrer), but the title is very true! :) The build-up is amazing, and leads to a crazy finale. Loved this one for that final minute alone. This second track is sounding very familiar, and from what I can understand of those lyrics... is this a cover of Queen's One Vision? What the hell hahahahah. wjat the fuck is this hahaha. I kinda like it though. I'm having so much fun my god. German nationalism should concern me at this point but hey this goes hard. Again, my knowledge of the language is very limited and I do not want to use google for these first listens but this third track seems to continue the "good vibes, love will conquer all, let's be happy together" message that the previous two tracks had so yey. The heavier guitar riffs that come in towards the end really elevate the song. An anti-war song? Oh they know what gets me on board. That being said, this is maybe my least favourite so far. The instrumentals don't do much for me, and the build-up and climax aren't as satisfying. The title track seems to be just the opener translated to English? kind of disappointed in that. It's still good, but there is no need for both versions I think. Trans-National is a mostly instrumental (there are vocals but no lyrics), and damn does it go off. the drums keep a steady fast base while everything else goes crazy. How The West Was Won may be too repetitive for my liking, but it's still good. The closer is a bit unsatisfying as well. The last few notes deliver a good ending, but the song itself is fine. Overall, I was very surprised by this album! Judging by the cover, I was expecting a metal record (which is a genre I haven't really dived into that much), but the first song imediatelly proved me wrong. I had a great time with this thing, and even the songs I didn't love were still good, just not as good as the stand-outs.
74/100. The sound is massive and militant. Marching drums, orchestral swells, industrial synths, and a deep, commanding vocal delivery give the album an unmistakable martial tone. It feels like standing on the edge of something epic and dangerous, like a battlefield dressed in theater lights. That said, its ambition and strange charisma make it a fascinating listen.
Een elektronisch Duits album uit 1984... Het eerste nummer is al zeer kenmerkend Duits. Ik ben benieuwd wat dit album gaat brengen. Tjezus, het 2e nummer is nog Duitser. Mijn god zeg. Opzich is het intrumentaal allemaal wel prima, maar die zang is zo fucking typisch Duits. Zo'n halve schorre stem, maar ook net niet full grunge. Begin mij licht te ergeren en we zijn pas bij nr2.... Oke en nu wordt het in ene jaren 80 film muziek. Wel tof! Zit ook minder zang in, dat helpt. Hahahahaha oke stuk. Opus Dei is een Duitse versie van Life is life. Zie nu een soort Maradonna met een typisch Duits snorretje een bal hooghouden voor mij. Wat is dit! Pfff dit gaat echt alle kanten op. Dit gaat voor mij toch wel richting een 2. Want ondanks dat het soms best tof is, is het voornamelijk gemaakt om te ergeren. En zeker niet iets wat ik nog eens ga luisteren. Nee, af en toe best een leuk stuk met flashbacks naar de muziek van de OG Star Wars films, maar al met al een album om je dood aan te ergeren. 2 reten
My favorite summer BBQ music!
Did I just get enlisted into the Slovenian Armed Forces by way of neoclassical industrial initiation?
It's fine. It sounds like pre-industrial stuff, which I dig, but Laibach is missing that "wow factor" that makes it really stand out to me. No complaints, just not for me.
Eigenartige Musik…
Laughed out loud multiple times throughout at how dreadful this is.
Really not to our taste. You can understand why some people imply this is "fascist music" even if the band say it's just ironic. Even if we did enjoy this deep droning, it was bizarrely repetitive to the point of believing we had restarted an earlier song (we had not).
Hate this shit so much, like an even worse Rammstein. 1/5 giving it a 0,5 out of 5 on rym.
Honestly don't know if this is supposed to be a satire of the sort of music fascists like, but if its such a good one its basically indecipherable from the real thing does it even matter. Physically uncomfortable to imagine teenage Til Linderman pleasuring himself to this in in his childhood home.
I’m in the ex Yugoslavia RIGHT NOW and I feel I should dislike this more as my grandparents were partisans but I can’t quite
Absolutely garbage. Probably the worst album I've ever heard
Meilleure version de Life is Life, deux fois plutot qu'une. Je n'ai pas tant apprécié, mais en effet, faut avoir entendu.
Va falloir que ça s'arrête un moment donné. Ça peut pas continuer comme ça éternellement. J'peux tolérer l'existence de cet album mais personne au monde a besoin d'entendre ça.
I enjoyed this well enough, the bit did wear thin closer to the end but I believe the version I listened to had 4 tracks tacked on which would do it.
bro. I hated this- it sounded like a Kyle Gordon parody of German music. It sounded like if you gave an Eastern Bloc child garage band and access to one nine inch nails song. In a year where I’ve listened to 2 Eminem albums, a bee gees album about an ancient ship and a concept rap album about an alien gynaecologist this is so firmly at the bottom of the list.
I liked it. Reading about the band concept reminds me of other projects like Public Image, Ltd. and The KLF. The songs are good and kept me interested throughout.
Felt like I was being indoctrinated into the military. There is definitely a mastery of the instruments by band members, but did I enjoy actually listening to it? Not really. Fave part was in Jagerspiel when the dudes are going "will they pickle me pickle me pickle me, will they pickle me pickle me pickle me"
unfortunately, i just could not get into this album. not something i would typically listen to
This is just Bowser Castle music with a German dude talking over it. Also, half the songs are also somehow queen covers? This is garbage and probably racist.
Kind of repetitive, doesnt help that I dont understand German. Feels like I'm part of some sort of revolution. There are moments that were bangers (sampling winston churchill's speech) along with some pretty creative moments that spiced it up Favourite Song: The Great Seal
not for me
Having spent all day at a local pub who had hosted an all day festival of young local bands this came as a shock when I got home to listen to this album. Best I can say in its favour is that the 1001 Gods are once again playing a tick box game by including a Slovenian band. A Country (ahem) well known for its outstanding musical output. My advice is listen to Vinyl Friday a young band I was privileged to witness today instead of this muck. 1/5 5/7/25
I guess this is considered an industrial music must listen. Seemed a bit subpar. Ok just not the hype I’ve heard for so long about it.
Proto-Rammstein Theatrical Not bad to listen to once; probably would not listen again
So very unique, I'm not sure it was 100% my thing but I appreciated it very much
damnnn okayyyy. something interesting for once. thank you generator. the best and most evocative songs are the ones where Van Halen Jump synths are combined with this militaristic marching and chanting. this album has more reviews with the keyword "nazi" than any other album besides the three Kanye ones. the whole "posing as a fascist" thing can be offputting, but i have a higher tolerance with industrial stuff since being edgy n shocking is half the point. i'll get proper annoyed when it's clearly genuine. or has a Peter Sotos collage. did you know that Laibach were the first Western rock band to perform live in North Korea? not kidding! deserves to be one of the 1001? yea! i was gonna make a copypastacore joke but Laibach aren't on there wtf deserves to be one of the bottom 20? no! but i'm less offended by its appearance compared to some of the others
50/1001. First I thought this is some joke, kind of like when Gregorians did cover versions of famous pop songs. Ok, this is not a joke, but there is definitely some very very dark humour at play herw. At least I hope there is. Well, of they did the soundtrack to Finnish film Iron Sky that proves this point. But a humor band or a joke album this is not. Beats every wanking brit pop album without question.
It sounds like a soundtrack to a final fantasy game. Not my cup of team but enjoyed it.
Absolutely dreadful
I had never heard of this. It's cheesy as hell. I can see how it influenced rammstein, but it is really not for me.
I can get down with a little industrial rock
Slovenian band singing songs from 80s in German. Sounds like a parody, but I suspect it isn't. I bravely soldiered on until the middle, when I couldn't take it anymore. 1.5/5
Hmm, that’s a lot to take on for casual listening. It seems humorous almost but I’m not sure that’s the intended goal. Very theatrical sonic production but personally, I don’t know how to connect with this emotionally or sonically. Am I glad I listened, I mean, sure?…but to quote the title track “… we’re all glad it’s over.”
I DJed in an all industrial club from like 1995-1997, so I've heard "Guber Einer Nation" dozens and dozens of times at loud volumes*. I never spun it up myself, however. Back then I thought the music and vocal delivery on "Opus Dei" and every other track was all so silly—parodistic even. So, yeah, I didn't really care for Laibach then, and I still don't. What a hilarious undertaking for this group to make quasi-anti-fascist music that sounds so... fascist. What has changed, however, is that I have come to really appreciate and respect them as an art project and creative collective now, especially with offering NSK citizenship, doing weird cover versions, etc. That appreciation, nevertheless, does not inspire me to listen to their albums. Today, sure, it's fun in a sort of nostalgic way that takes me back to my early DJ days, but the distant past seems to be the time and place Laibach fits best. These days, I'm actively trying to escape all the fascist discourse in our daily lives; so I certainly am not trying to invite that aesthetic into the art I look at or listen to as well. Then again, perhaps we all need to get used to this. *I always heard the lyric "Gebt mir ein Leitbild" as "GIVE ME A LIGHT BEER" and it made me laugh every time. If anything, I'm grateful for this listening session to remind me of a dumb joke I hadn't remembered in decades.
lol, I have no idea what’s being said, but I’m kind of digging this. Sounds industrial, sort of. And it’s sort of weird. I can’t tell if it’s a big joke. Even if it is, it’s well executed. By track 2, I’m almost certain it’s a big joke. But I love it so far. I don’t know how many replays it’ll get from me, but I will tell my friends who are into weird shit. Someone commented that it’s like Rammstein sung by Cookie Monster, which is pretty accurate. But it also incorporates weird synth horns and strings. It’s actually sorta catchy, despite this dude grumble-singing about someone getting him a light beer. Honestly, this sounds a little like a Mike Patton project. I have no idea how to rate this record. On the one hand, I doubt I’ll come back for too many re-listens. On the other hand, I can’t turn it off. I feel like I’m on a journey here. This might be the weirdest 4 I rate, because 4s and 5s are usually things that I’ll listen to repeatedly, and this isn’t that kind of record, but it’s also pretty interesting in a psychotic sort of way and I respect the weirdness. 4/5
nice noises but bit garageband for me
It's better than I was expecting but I can't say I'll go back to it again. I was actually surprised to recognise a song from it (the title track)
Kind of liked the first half but good god it got real bad and dragged at the end
[3.5/5] Final impression: Experimental, industrial, and rock-ish in a way that works for me. Interesting album overall, each track has its own tone and genres it leans towards, but theres a strong cohesion with the album's throughline. I like it. Might be a hard casual listen but i could see it hitting in the right mood. Listened to the 2024 remaster [https://laibach.bandcamp.com/album/opus-dei-remastered-deluxe-edition] and the leftover tracks on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/album/3706Kd7JanLR1mzDYrEiqm]. Leben heißt Leben (Opus Dei) - Some sick riffs, im into the instrumentals here. Not sure i would listen to this casually though. The last 30 seconds or so are fantastic. Geburt einer Nation (One Vision) - The tone of the vocals feels like i should not be bopping but i am. Great transition from the previous track. Leben-Tod - Weakest track so far but i don't dislike it. F.I.A.T. (Let It Be) - A bit too relevant to the current political climate. Opus Dei (Life Is Life) - Unfortunately not that into this one even though i can tell its a highlight of this album. Trans-national - Big into this one. Can't tell if that means i have good taste or terrible taste. How the West Was Won - Let's drink love and sing :] unfortunately aside from the lyrics i didn't care for this one much. The Great Seal - Least favourite track so far. Feels reasonably fitting from an audio-narrative perspective. Herz-Felde - Fitting, and establishes a tone really well. I like it. Kind of experimental in the same way as Hana, but the instrumentals remind me of ACC? I like it. Jägerspiel - Im getting a sense that the second half of this album is more on the experimental side than the first half. This track is not as strong as the one just before it. Unfortunate for me since its the longest track. Koza (Skin) - See above, but this one is slightly better. The uncomfortable asmr is working in its favor. Krst (Baptism) - Not as good of a ending track as The Great Seal. Works well with the others of the bottom set of four. Overall notes: Similar in experience as listening to The Wall to me - tells a story, and with tracks that lend themselves to be listened to in order. Vaguely similar to what i imagine would be the result between The Wall and Neyslutrans.
- in german, sounds pretty insane - sounds like comrade music (this isn't a bad or good thing, just a thing lol) quite good, but some songs are very long and repetitive. 3/5
No.
I was not prepared for how German this was.
Not my jam. Not the language barrier.
Listening to this and thought one of the songs sounded like “One Vision” by Queen. Guess it was a German language cover!
I actually didn't mind this.
Overall not for me but very interesting
(пока) Самый смешной альбом в списке. Лучшая песня - Opus Dei.
Oh my. I laughed out loud at certain points cuz it was just so ridiculous. F.I.A.T. is giving me FF7 soundtrack vibes. A lot of these other songs are just creepy weird.
no.
I found this pretty impenetrable, but it was at least novel.
Earlier less heavier version of Rammstein to an American.
2.2 Hahaha wow. That isn't what I was expecting. Fascinating to hear practically the birth of a sub-branch Industrial rock/metal without them even realising that's what they were doing. Title track is the only one I recognise, and it certainly is a tough listen overall. Ending was nice (excluding the 4 bonus tracks on Spotify). It's something new, it helped form a genre, but in isolation is tough to listen to. Nailed on 2 stars.
part auditory hell, part kitchy goofy european rock. sometimes it's too corny sounding for words, sometimes it's really difficult to listen to. a challenging listen but not in the right way for me. i don't know how to describe it really but it's not challenging in a fun way, the harder to listen to parts are just really ugly and dissonant and the easier to listen to parts are kind of dorky and annoying. i dunno. it sounds like a marching band had a baby with a bunch of mechanical noise. not my thing.
💩for the music 1* for the cover
I’m glad an album like this is included on the list as it’s likely not something I would have come across without it I haven’t translated and read into the lyrics but the impression I’m getting is this is some sort of anti (or pro?)war related, industrial, national pride album. I’m not quite sure but these sounds definitely suit that vibe. This album has a strong first half, I’m a big fan of the guitar work on a few of the tracks. Unfortunately the tracks book ending the album feel like half baked ideas that don’t go anywhere. Would of loved if this thing finished as strong as it started. Very unlikely to return to this but it was a fun listen Fav tracks: - Leben heisst leben - Geburt einer Nation - Leben: Tod - Opus Dei - Trans-National - How the West Was Won Worst tracks: - The Great Seal - Herz-Felde - Jägerspiel - Koza (Skin) - Krst (Baptism)
2.5
neka ga. drago mi je da je album iz bivše jugoslavije na popisu, ali vjerojatno samo zato što je na njemačkom i engleskom. fora za poslušat, al vjerujem da bi bolje bilo otići na koncert
List... I mean seriously. What even is this? Why is this something I needed to hear before I die? Why do two of the songs sound like covers from Queen's A Kind of Magic? That's weird.
good
I can't take this very seriously, but it is more listenable than expected. FIAT and Trans-National have some good industrial drive.
The good news is that I had never heard this before. I always enjoy the opportunity to broaden my horizons and have been pleasantly surprised and added things into my musical realm. The bad news is this is not good. I like industrial, I like weird. This is just bad.
Not my cup of tea. But enjoyed some of their songs.
Weird, unsettling and ambiguous. Also pretty cool.
Better than expected
A bold, unsettling, and meticulously crafted album that blurs the line between music and ideological theater. 𝘖𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘪 plays with familiar pop motifs and militaristic elements to create something that’s both hypnotic and slightly unsettling. The reinterpretations of well-known songs feel more like recontextualizations than straightforward covers, leaning heavily on irony and contrast. That said, it doesn’t hit as hard as I expected. For all its conceptual weight, it can come across a bit more restrained — almost too controlled to feel truly confrontational. At times it even feels oddly accessible, like the soundtrack to a fictional totalitarian state rather than something genuinely disturbing. Interesting and well put together, but not as impactful as its reputation suggests.
This is just weird. Lyrics mostly Yugoslavian, I think. Like listening to a fascist industrial march beat. Enhanced by a speech by Churchill sung in an autocratic voice over. I'e heard a different version of 'Live is Life', but nothing like this one, its worth a listen just to... to... maybe not. Yeah, it's different. I never knew albums like this existed, so thanks 1001... I think. Maybe not. I'll go and lay down now, and let the tanks roll over me...
#605. This is absolutely weird as fuck, but you know what? I don't hate it. 3/5: strange
Unexpectedly enjoyable. A little weird, a little symphonic, but very fun.
Crazy Slovenian art-political crew! I've never found it easy to divine where Laibach's provocation departs from and returns to satire, though I have several of their albums in my collection. I'd say this is a good rather than great album, but one well worth a listen.
I think it belongs on the list. It feels essential. I kind of like it, but not really. I have to be in the mood to enjoy this kind of music. It must have inspired bands like Ministry and Rammstein (who somehow are not on the list). Favorite song: geburt einer nation. 3.5 star rounded up because of the low average.
Terrible
Is this what Slovenia is like?
When we all give the power We all give the best Every minute in the hour We don't think about the rest And everyone gives everything And every soul everyone will feel Life is life!
5 star, really enjoyed the lyrics. Shoutout to bands in languages I don't know I love you
First one! German! lots of horns so far, which I like. Very theatrical in a way. A little repetitive which I don't love. Almost sounds like there's an organ?! Being in an another language isn't my favorite and I'm not a huge fan of the singers voice, it's almost comedic in a way? Still loving the horns. The singer sounds like Animal from the muppets to me. Getting sick of it by the 3rd or 4th song. It sounds like a soundtrack from a weird 80s muppet ride or something. I can't imagine sitting down and actually listening to this unironically. It needs visuals or something. It's somehow a bit boring and yet grating at the same time. Not a fan. I do like the horns and the almost march feel to a lot of the songs. I think without the singing I'd like it a lot more.
One of the most memorable and different albums on the list so far. Listening to this in the car without any context was a lot of fun, especially when I got to work and found out the second song was a Queen cover (which made me appreciate it even more. Leben Heisst Leben and Geburt einer Nation are my two favourites (although Opus Dei is a slightly worse version of the first track but in English, which makes it a difficult decision). I was almost going to give this a 4 because the last 4 tracks weren't great, but apparently they weren't on the LP version so I'll ignore them.
This is super cool. I wish I knew what they were saying because it all sounds, well, German.
I cannot tell if this is parody, or serious. Certainly they seem to be performing in earnest. Weird, and not in a good way.
I was prepared for the ***vibes*** but i was not prepared for the cheesy synth lines. 2.5
every once in a while an album seems like it's included on this list for run of the mill music writer "look at the weird shit i know about" reasons. you don't need to hear this before you die, you need to hear this before about 1993 if and only if you live in former yugoslavian republics, and you'll hear someone's version of live is life at every european sporting event anyway.
this was a helluva thing to listen to at 7:30am. def not my thing, but felt the need to google translate the lyrics bc of how fascist vibe was. lyrics seemed ok!
I put this on a bit close to bedtime, which means that I was listening to it while sitting in the bedroom winding down. When my partner came in to the room I was halfway through Herz-Felde and was subjected to very rude questions like "what is that terrible noise?" anyway industrial music go brrrr thunk thunk thunk brrrr