Reviews (page 4 of 8)
Laibach is definitely one of the most interesting bands of the 80s. There were plenty of other industrial groups around the same time, but very few with a history akin to theirs. I interpret their covering of anthemic songs in German such as Opus' 'Live Is Life' and Queen's 'One Vision' is to make a humorous satire of the messages presented in those songs as if they were Nazi-era chants. It strikes me as a way to get a reaction out of those who think Laibach are Nazis, while they themselves laugh, along with anyone who gets the joke. This album seems to be a touchstone within the 'marital industrial' genre, albeit it is a bit less heavy than I would have expected when I saw that genre's name.
An interesting take on the 80s industrial scene. Not easily accessible for the casual listener.
Very interesting. Very different. It's easy to see where the 90s industrial scene got its inspiration from. Rammstein seems to draw heavily from Laibach as well.
It's my 539th album on my challenge and it's the first album from a communist country/behind the Iron Curtain which makes it more interesting to me since I'm also from this region. Slovenia is heavily influenced by German language as part of the former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, and later as a neighbouring country to Austria they were very close to Nazism. Laibach (the German name of their capital, Ljubljana) started their career in communist Yugoslavia, so their music is influenced by all these cultures and politics. Laibach's music is dark, astounding, and different, though not something I enjoy listen to (to me they remind me too much of communist dictatorship under which I was born). Quite many of the songs on this album is a cover, some of which are almost unrecognisable compared to the original. What also bothers me is the late 1980s production which sounds too dated nowadays. Though, they are pioneers of martial industrial music and made big impact on later band like the German group Rammstein. Even if it's something I wouldn't listen to again, it's definitely worth a listen and it's good that it is on this list, because of its uniqueness and overall influence.
Never heard of them. Interesting. Heavy metal oomph devil band!
Laibach and think of England.
outstays its welcome, much like the regimes it satirises/glorifies
Enjoyed this. It was surprising. I assumed when I read descriptions of it I wouldn’t enjoy. But it had an interesting sound.
Interesting… Interesting…
Very different but not completely unpleasant. The reviewer who wrote the singer sounds like Kermit the Frog got it all wrong. It's eastern block Cookie Monster.
Inspiring, weird, electric, odd, energetic. I’m in. This is an album to break out for special occasions to get a rise out people. You need to crush some brick? This. You need to whip up a herd of black goats into a frenzy? This!
Has some fun moments, but there are much better industrial records. Love a bunch of cheeky dickheads in uniform.
-now this is music you listen to if you’re a knight going on a crusade. we must reclaim the holy land -i liked the ominous industrial songs toward the end a lot! -Favorites are Trans-National and Jägerspiel
It's with a heavy heart that I give this one the semi-thumbs down. It's different, and bold and quirky but I really can't find anything in it to like.
Rammstein precursor. LIFE IS LIFE
"Leben - Tod", "Trans-National", and "How the West Was Won" saved this from being 2 stars. I like industrial stuff, I just don't like the flirtation with show tunes and national anthems in this album.
Goofy but slaps. I liked it.
Kindve ate. Never gonna listen again, probably. I had to switch off of this because it was overwhelming to listen to all at once. Interesting blurb on Spotify. "We are fascists as much as Hitler was a painter." collective not individuals. ok then! Glad this was on the list
Don't know how to rate this; it was bad, but at least it was pretty entertaining Also that is a great cover for this album
Favorite: Geburt einer Nation Gravelly vocals were a bit much at times, but overall I enjoyed this album more than I thought I would.
Crazy Slovenes. Congrats neighbours!
3/5. 80s industrial / neo-classical electronic music.
It obviously reminded me of Rammstein but it's not as good. I liked some of the guitar riffs.
Martial German industrial music with some neo classical elements that isn't exactly up my alley but is fine.
Hell yeah Having just gotten back from Germany and listened to Queen's Sheer Heart Attack right before helped me really get into the album. Am I ever generally reaching for industrial music? No. But if I need this, I know it's there.
The cover art is super menacing: way more menacing than the music. Based on the image, I was preparing myself for death metal, black metal, or some heavy thrash. Instead, I was presented with the missing link between Devo's Duty Now For the Future, and Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine. I can appreciate that this work would have been groundbreaking in 1987. And I have no doubt that Laibach was deathly serious about their art and their statement. But in 2024, it all sounds a bit silly: almost like a parody of cold-war inspired Eastern-European art-rock. The album didn't make me a believer.
I can hear there influence.
kann enga slóvensku sem dregur mögulega úr upplifuninni. en býsna gott samt. 3,5
Alku vakuutti mut vahvasti. Keskiosassa tulee ihan jo Pet shop boysia. B-puoli jää jankkaamaan takapotkurumpua ja mörinää. Siksi kokonaisuus ihan vähän notkahtaa ihan lopussa, se ei täysin solmi kokoon teosta, joka tuntui yllättävältä 2/3 ajasta. Tämä(kin) kyllä hymyilytti kovasti! Mut mitä saksalaiset juo, kun ne tekee vain tällasta hyvin industrial musaa?
Am I laughing with them or at them? I think the former.
Jeg er ikke sikker på hvad mine forventninger var da jeg startede albummet... Men det var virkelig ikke det som jeg fik! Underhold ja. Nød jeg dét? Ikke rigtig.. Men endte med at høre det 2 gange, og søge op på lidt historie om den, så det er vel ikke helt skidt. 😅
This shit sounds like I’m watching a WWII Disney cartoon and I’m here for it. Very refreshing.
Never heard this before, but great fun - covers and sampling of Queen songs, ironic takes on extreme nationalism which during the time period and country of origin would have been incredibly important. Very camp and a big influence on Rammstein. Did not listen past the initial LP release
This is a very interesting album. A couple songs in and it's not what I expected. It's super dramatic and almost operatic. Not what I would typically think of as metal or hard rock as it is labeled here. I don't really know what to make of it. It kind of trails off for me towards the end and fizzles out with the last few songs. The vocals are very strange too - like he doesn't have a bad voice but it's not one that I would really want to listen to. It's forceful but not exactly musical. All in all this is a weird album and I think I need more than one listen to really get it. 2.5/5.
I liked this initially very well. It was nice to hear that almost pre-industrial sound. Their persona seems interesting too and they seem to manage balancing their line between seriousness and camp. However, this was beginning to wear on me by the end of the album. May take some getting used to.
Industrial
Different but good
I found the music intriguing, especially the reworking of the queen song. This isn’t something that I will reach for often, but I am definitely glad that I heard it.
I'll admit to liking this more than I wanted to. The last few tracks aside, I was taken in by the musical aesthetic. But in the end, I prefer my music to be unambiguously non-fascist, and not being able to understand what they were saying didn't help in this case. From the little research I did, I'm not certain that would have cleared things up. So, this won't be a band that makes my regular rotation, or even irregular rotation, for that matter.
It is no wonder that eastern European countries would take to industrial genres so well. Hailing from Slovenia, Laibach would invoke a satirical approach to industrial with themes of militarism, nationalism, and it's all done in a relatively clever way. One might see Opus Dei as a sort of Nazi or Soviet influenced album with it's menacing marching beat and hardened vocal delivery. This maintains a pretty unique tone throughout the runtime that likely influenced a similar tone for Rammstein, and presents itself as a sort of force to be feared. And then, at the final track, the band pulls the rug out from under us and delivers Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech. Nationalism goes both ways! In the fallout of WW2, a lot of eastern European art movements had been grappling with the ideological influences that brought them to where they are today. Laibach pushed the envelope in ways that western bands wouldn't dare approach in the 80's, and for that they have gained recognition for their prowess. Well done.
Somewhat gnarly eastern European industrial music. I don't hate it
Feels like they’d play this at an Illuminati meeting in Eastern Europe. Not bad tbh
I think that this album is more interesting than it is good. It reminds me of a mix between Rammstein, early Killing Joke, and a little bit of Type O Negative. This is one of the most interesting and unique album that I have gotten on this list so far, and I want to like it more, but it is just too sloppy. The instruments don't really blend well (especially the horns), the vocals aren't great, the song writing is a little lacking at times, and I think the happy horns clash with the industrial/doomy guitar and drums. I think I would like this album a lot more if it went in a darker more atmospheric angle and sounded more like what Type O Negative would end up becoming. Even with all of those complaints I did enjoy the album, I just wish it was a little tighter. I might check this one out again some day to see if I still feel the same, but who knows. Also shout out to this album cover, it is super sick. Ever time I would scroll by it looking at the albums on this list it would always catch my eye, and I was really curious how it sounded.
This is very good and cool and fun and so Eastern Block. I have a really hard time takin this serious because this guy sounds like a troll motivational speaker. Also the horn quality is real cheeseball.
The strangest album I've heard here s far. Notes of East European industrial, John Williams, Queen, '80s demoscene influenced synth. Cool stuff.
Interesting in a weird way
kinda freaky, i definitely enjoyed it. idk what theyre saying though
Actually enjoyed it more than expected but had to keep lowering the volume in my car because I didn’t want people thinking I was listening to Hitlers speeches. There was a cover from Queen that I liked and I enjoyed how theatrical the album is.
Goofy and fun for a few songs then gets really bonkers. Perhaps a couple songs longer than it needed to be but overall pretty interesting listening. I couldn't help but imagine how you might stage Trans-National for Eurovision.
Very strange but not terrible.
Some is very good, some is meh. Thought provoking & difficult. And it's hard to tell if the militarism is ironic or real, which means I suppose that it's very good irony indeed.
Ok.
Stop what you're doing right now & go read the Wikipedia article for Laibach - not just the one for this album, but the main band article. It's WILD. As for the album my immediate thought as it started was "what in the name of sweet little blue-eyed baby Jesus is this?!?" but then I found myself actually kind of enjoying it. Very different from anything else I've encountered in this project so far, but whatever it is they're doing, they do it pretty well. Definitely some unusual stuff going on here.
I was prepared not to like this album, but it grew on me as background noise…
This is a treasure. I'm not going to go so far as to proclaim it good, but there's something wonderful about the terrible instruments being employed here. Is that some kind of midi syth being tracked directly into this thing? It's like 8-bit Nine Inch Nails in German. I'm glad I got to hear this and I'll be glad to never hear it again.
Awesome sound. Didn’t understand the German and the English stuff didn’t really make much sense but it was a cool sounding record
Totally spooky and weird but pretty good
J'ose le dire, c'était pas si mal
Another one of the lowest rated albums! Don’t think it deserves the malign but it’s also not spectacular. Some decent industrial with martial elements that lie on the edge of being outdated. A very centered 3
Now this is some gourmet Soviet-era sounding s***. 5/10
Wow, the industrial-ness and martial sounds really hit you in the face from the get go. At times you can feel the whole army marching with you, and then there are pockets of a more upbeat yet still industrial sound. Not sure how else to really describe it but it kind of felt motivating. Side note, that album cover really set the tone for what was heard. Best: Opus Dei Worst: Krst (Baptism)
Very industrial, can see where others pull inspiration from(industrial music, TOOL) 80s vibe, with driving drum tracks and heavy bass
3.5
Like a bizarre trainwreck that I couldn't stop listening to!
An odd album, but one perfectly worthy of inclusion in the 1001 list if not only for its uniqueness. A lot about it I found quite strange, the odd Germanic vocals/vocal sound, but some parts were almost hypnotic - the driving and captivating drum beats for instance. Some of it felt like an imperial march, some like a 1970s supervillain's supercomputer
Cover Impressions: oof. This is tough to judge. Is it foreign? Metal? Kinda get retro video game bad guy vibes from like Streets of Rage or maybe a bit of Bald Bull. I'm going to count that guess as a win, because the opening track really has some Rammstein vibes, and now I've got to look up the story of these two bands...... It is a pretty fascinating story of the history with this band, their country, and and the fact there are a whole collection of bands inspired by this style in an obscure genre Neue Deutsche Härte. I had no idea there was another deep voiced industrial band that does clever wordplay with translations to get different meanings a la "Du Hast". But this album has both "Leben heißt Leben" and "Opus Dei" as different takes on the same song in a very similar way. This revelation is very similar to finding out there was a Midwestern 8 member masked nu metal band before Slipknot. There are quite a few songs that are very repetitive to near annoyance, and probably not something that would be a regular playlist item for me, but I did enjoy learning about the existence of this band. Favorite track "Leben heißt Leben" 2.5/5
Interesting. Not more, not less.
Martial drums, guttural voice, orchestral arrangement, industrial and noisy bits here and there. It is easy to hear how this could have been ground breaking and influencial when it came out. It is also easy to get tired of their commitment to totalitarian imagery that they could have tune down from time to time.
What an evocative album cover. I feel like this is something you would see on a Celtic Frost record or some kind of weird European black metally punky outfit. Very interesting sound. I really really enjoyed the guitar solo in the first song, it was chaotic and badass and still tasteful. Really a specific niche of guitar playing that I tend to really enjoy. Holy shit that chord change at 4:30 is AMAZING. WOW! And the vocals that hang over it all out of key is INCREDIBLE. I am blown away by the dissonance and the balls you have to have to start an album with this. My wife Gab had this quote upon hearing that: "it's committed unhinge". This was a surprising enjoy for me. It's been a while since I listened to some artsy avant garde music and this scratched that itch. Probably not something I will reach for but a nice change of pace.
Upon driving my son home from school with this album playing he says "This is LITERALLY the WORST music I have EVER HEARD" He said it w feeling from the bottom of his soul & I make him listen to alot of shit! Hilarious I on the other hand enjoyed it - something different & Wikipedia told me about the martial industrial genre (the subgenres never end do they but how fitting!)
Appreciate what they do... can't get into it musically much...
My initial impressions of this album from the first track initially were not that good. Programmed drums, guitars getting lost in the mix, I was starting to wonder what this is doing on the list. But after reading Spotify's description of the group, I'm "getting" the concept a little more. The generator classifies this as metal or hard rock. I would consider this more like ironic propaganda, industrial art rock. I'm imagining the video for Leben Heisst Leben is a fleet of Vikings on their way to invade England and they're all having their Viking hats and their arms up and singing tune's title the whole time. F.I.A.T. sounds like a soundtrack to a war-based video game. The '80s sampled symphonic sounds seem almost quaint now. The tunes seem anthemic but the theatricality of this hard rock borders on campy. My ears perked up with the industrial sounds of Trans-National.
My only thought while listening to this is wondering if Rammstein would list this band as one of their influences since they are so similar. This is much less hard than them, but it's clearly the building blocks. The songs were wild, I skipped some, others had some moments of good. Overall it didn't grab me, but was more of a curiosity just thinking of these people crafting this album with songs like Trans-National.
I like the industrial genre and had not heard of Laibach and was looking forward to this. A bit disappointed overall, I get the style and atmosphere they create but the quality of the songs just doesn't excite.
I don't know what's happening but I love it.
orchestral Slovakian industrial music? Weird... but kinda entertaining. I bet this one has a miserable average score on here though. Let's see...
Pre-Rammstein
Liked this better than expected. Very growly. Felt like I was listening to a large muppet.
strange but interesting.
Idk if I'd listen for fun, but I'm glad to know they're there
I was not ready for this album lmao. What was this? First things first, the best thing about this recommendation is that it led me to their cover of across the universe and it's better than anything on this album. So, go give that a listen rn. Now, coming back to this album. I wish it was darker and more tribal. The drums could've been deeper and harder. I don't care for the queen cover. Leben Tod feels like a straightforward hard rock experimental song and it's good. I wish the vocals went harder as well. More aggression and energy in the vocals could have elevated the album. There are a few vibes that the album goes for and I wish it picked a lane or two and stayed there. It has this rock opera feel, then it covers queen as well, and then it this dramatic strings and horns and then it tries to mix all that with that German military hardcore chanting and war vibes and it just leaves the album hanging somewhere in the middle. I wish it had gone harder with just the military war rock chanting sound. Okay, so now for what the album is I did warm up to it after a few listens. Opus die is fine but i don't like the strings and the repeated chorus vocals. Same with FIAT. I like the darker experimental songs more. Trans National is great with those drum hits, and staccato strings, and panned synths. And then this great bass line also comes up. It's really good. It's almost an industrial dance song. How the west was won is good too, the main guitar riff with the drum pattern is great. It's a heavy, lumbering, and sharp track. The great seal is meh, sounds very cliche with those overdramatic strings. Herz-felde is great with those marching drums and group chants and repeated strings. Love the vibe of this one and the next track, Jagerspeil. koza skin is just hypnotic with that synth line and whispered vocals and background military vocal snippets. Great atmospheric track. The last track builds on that dark hypnotic atmosphere as well with repeated drum hits, synth or violin line?, some spoken word. It sounds good and then it ruins it all by integrating this dramatic strings during the ending and it kills the entire atmosphere. It's so annoying. It's a decent 3 for me. I like the second half much much better than the first.
Interesting. Enjoyed the first few tracks.
Er ontwaakt een Sloveens nationalisme in het binnenste van mijn ziel
Det här var ett fräscht avbrott jämfört med de senaste dagarna. Lyssnade lite på andra låtar med Laibach och många av de var bättre än detta. Just den här skiva får en trea men tror jag kommer återvända till gruppen för att hitta gudlkornen i deras katalog.
De två första låtarna. Som är covers är också bäst. Tredje låten, Leben - tod, är svagare. Fjärde låten är inte heller lika stark FIAT. Femte låten är samma cover igen, på engelska. Sjätte låten, musiken låter som ett tåg. Hetsigt. Lite lattjo. Påminner om de fyra sista soundtrackslåtarna. Inte dåligt. Men inte svinbra heller. How the west was won är nog deras egna bästa (alltså efter covers). Fan gillae nog herz-feld ändå. Men inte på ett "det här kommer jag sätta på lyssna på"-sätt. Första lyssningen var jag lite besviken, runt en tvåa. Jag tycker det är billigt med covers. Som är albumets bästa låtar. Men de är ändå rätt bra.
Laibach achieves a very avant-garde album where the gothic sound is the one that sounds the most. The covers of Life is Life and One Vision are funny. After that the sound is quite bland and repetitive. Also the lyrics are very weirdo. These people really were nazis.
Most out there album yet. Once I got past the initial stages and began to acclimatise to the weirdness, I enjoyed it a decent amount. No need to listen again but good to have some albums like this on here!
One of the most sincerely confusing albums yet - it began so aggressively weird that I couldn’t begin to imagine how anyone could enjoy the mix of throaty demon music with the almost Princess Bride-knockoff-sounding synthesisers. Then somewhere in the middle (probably during the title track) I think I got it. And I thought it was funny, and I thought it was kind of great. Certainly one of the most unique listens I’ll have on this project, and one I had to meet on its level to appreciate. Don’t know how many times I’ll come back to it, but weirdly I think I’ll suggest this to a lot of people just to experience once. Fave track: Opus Dei
I love the different approaches that are in this album. The orchestral bits are fun. It's not the greatest but I didn't hate it either. I feel it deserves a 3 at the very least so I'll give it that
Enjoyable for the spectacle of it. The dark brooding metal vocals mixed with industrial metal and occasional orchestral flare. Definitely cool in the thing that it is doing.
I can’t tell if this is incredible or mediocre
1. "Leben heißt Leben" - 6,5 2. "Geburt einer Nation" - 6,5 3. "Leben - Tod" - 6,0 4. "F.I.A.T." - 6,5 5. "Opus Dei" - 7,0 6. "Trans-National" - 5,0 7. "How the West Was Won" - 5,0 8. "The Great Seal" - 6,0 TOTAL: 6,06 (61/100)
5/10. Kinda cool, had a really dark sound. Not really my thing, but I can see how someone might like this.
I have no idea but I couldn't listen to any song of the album except Guburt Einer Nation. I'd heard this melody and rhythm, anyone help me. It might be something from rock, 70s or 80s.
I'm sorry, but I really wasn't in the mood for this typa music today. I'll add a rating later. Maybe.
I guess this is what Rammstein was up to before getting into metal.
6/10 - German Rock album - Classical notes with symphony Ramstein Inspiration
Weird almost tribal metal but German.
I spent the 90s playing in a (pretty rubbish) industrial band, so I am very familiar with Laibach. It's one of the ur-texts of industrial. It's pompous and pretentious and bombastic and dramatic. Their cover of Sympathy for the Devil (released at around the same time as this album, but sadly not included on it) is the reason that it seems like every industrial band ever does a cover of that song. My band certainly did. Laibach are hardly the first band to notice the fascist overtones of rock and roll. Bowie and Pink Floyd both riffed on that theme prior to this. But Laibach take it to an extreme, and it doesn't take much to re-frame Queen's stadium anthem 'One Vision' into something much more threatening. I mostly found their covers more compelling than their originals (on this album certainly, their Sympathy single, or their whole album cover of the Beatles' Let It Be LP), although I'm sure I have plagiarized 'Leben: Tod' on more than one occasion. It's a big stomping sound they make, and you can certainly see that bands like Rammstein have taken the baton and run with it. Are Laibach more of an art project and/or political statement than band? If so, I'm not quite sure what that statement is. And are their records better in concept than in practice? I always found it hard to tell whether Laibach are being funny or ironic, because they are so straight faced in their presentation, and they have kept it up for over 30 years at this point. And that makes me uncomfortable, because if they aren't being satirical, well, you, fascism=bad. So, for me, this was an influential album, although it makes me uneasy to listen to. And non-essential.
Rock industrial y alemán. Suena con fuerza, muy de aspecto militar en algunas ocasiones. Música autoritaria. Estilo un poco difícil de definir. Aun así, se puede escuchar por su originalidad.
Fine. In general I love industrial music, but this album didn’t grab me. The militaristic marching band vibe is a clever gimmick, and I know its intent is to mock fascism, but it is a little off putting at times with everything that’s going on these days. Although this album motivated me to listen to Laibach’s album Let It Be (yes, a cover of most of that Beatles album), and that album is a solid 4 out of 5.
this was an interesting album. their whole shtick reminded me of the band Ghost, but like, the 80s german industrial version. i enjoyed the german queen covers. unfortunately, the novelty of the album wore off after a few tracks, leaving the last half of it a real slog to get through. also, the ironic fascism element probably hit different in 1987 than in 2023... :\ with all that said, i get why this is in the bottom 20 or so albums on this site, but I'll stand by my mantra. it's better to be weird and interesting and potentially off-putting than milquetoast. i'd rather listen to my ninth totally off-the-wall album than my ninth neil young album. favorites: leben heisst leben, geburt einer nation, opus dei
Favourite songs: Opus Dei, Geburt Einer Nation, Leben - Tod, Leben Heisst Leben, The Great Seal Least favourite songs: Trans-National 3/5
A fun listen. Obvious big fans of Queen’s ‘A Kind of Magic’.
It's interesting but if I want Industrial German I'll go with Rammstein or Kraftwerk.
Interesting. Sounds like where Rammstein got their sound
There were definitely parts of this album that I really enjoyed. It was powerful and interesting.
Man this album makes me wish I could smoke a blunt with Hitler and show him this album I bet he would love it lol Interesting combination of industrial metal and Wagnerian-style synth music with very gravelly vocals I actually liked the feeling of the music at times, especially on FIAT, Opus Dei, and the Great Seal, those tracks sounded triumphant and heroic. I kinda liked some of the industrial parts I like albums that are interesting experiences so I enjoyed the listen 3
I read the notes before I listened to it and I wish I hadn't because it would have made it even funnier. Absolute piss take with 100% knowledge of what they're doing, amazing.
So I liked this a lot more than I expected
Laibach is one of the biggest will-they-won't-they bands ever. Are they nazis? Are they communists? Are they even musicians? Tough to rate an album that is 2/8 parts 'Life Is Life', 1/8 part Queen cover, 1/8 part Churchill "tribute", and 4/8 parts industrial with raspy baryton vocals suitable for a Nazi propaganda video.
I saw the word “jazz” in a description and my heart sank. I glimpsed the album art and was confused. I listened to the music and I was confounded. What is this? Why is this? Who is this?? I did question myself part way through when the Churchill speech was playing over some Germanic sounding language, especially since I had watched episode one of The White House Plumbers the night before. All in all am experience I am glad I have had.
This seems to grow on you. New Wave Percussionist dub-step Metal
Better than I expected, but let's not get carried away.
3.4 - If Rammstein decided to compete in Eurovision, this might be the result. It’s an interesting blend of sounds, partly fascist propaganda, some Wagnerian classical flourishes, as well as hair metal with a splash of electronics. It’s a bit too thick on the theatrics for me but I might revisit the 4-part “Baptism.”
So weird that it’s actually quite good
I’m not sure if I love this or hate it. I don’t know what this is. But I’m kind of into this.
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: it wasn’t bad, just an extremely niche genre that isn’t my usual thing Favourite song: didn’t have one
Hreggi vinur var mjög hrifinn af Laibach og ég kunni alveg að meta í hófi. Hef hins vegar ekki hlustað í segjum 27 ár. Þessi plata eldist ágætlega, svoldið þurrt og lágt mixað bandið, og svona rymsöngur gerir lítið fyrir mig. En þetta er sjarmerandi miðað við fasíska umgjörðina.
Some of the stuff on this list I can just imagine that one friend sitting you down in front of the Hi Fi for a play and watching for your reaction as you fumble for your more positive impressions that aren't fooling anyone... not an industrial fan (if that is indeed what yous call this), and the kind of satiro-fascist shtick gets old for me quick. The repetitive stuff towards the end bordered on intolerable. Not quite 1-2 star territory but I wouldn't bother with it again.
best way i can describe this is that it feels like if an Orc tried making stadium music
Very strange album. Slovenian death metal with Queen covers and songs in German.
Bit silly really. Queen cover and title track are good tho.
Bizarre military sounding anthems of… I don’t know what. Strangely enjoyable. But not sure I’d revisit it. I also would want to know the translation before playing where others could hear.
Third listen. It's interesting, but after three times, I'm getting over the interesting aspect. Now, it's just ok. Only so much of the Cookie Monster singings 80s rock songs I can stand! LOL. 3/5
Kinda weird. The closest parallel for me is Rammstein. It has its moments but wasn't really that enthralling, especially the last 3 songs. A 2 for overall enjoyment, a 3 for being ahead of the curve.
I didn't hate it but I didn't love it. Freddy's reach knows no bounds apparently.
Geez that's intense. I didn't hate it, which maybe isn't a surprise because I don't mind Rammstein, but I'm not going back for more. Chalk this one up to another interesting entry from the world of music. Maybe I have a soft spot because I enjoyed my time in Ljubljana (the name of the band in Slovenian).
I’m not one that bothers with hating an artist because they’re controversial but I would get it for this album… This is a weird one and the kinda thing I think the list is really meant for! The whole album portrays a dark brooding fascist dystopia something that you’ve really got to be confident musicians in doing something like this especially as while (I think/hope) this is parody, it really is on the edge. Musically I didn’t mind it I wasn’t a massive fan of the electronic drumming but musically the rest was decent. There is filler on the second half but the first half is good. 3/5
Is this the only Slovenian album on the list? A strong representation for the country, if so. Big. Dramatic. Orchestral. Atmospheric. Includes a German language apocalyptic cover of Queen's One Vision. In interesting album. Rating: 3.5/5 Playlist track: Geburt einer Nation Date listened: 05/04/23
If the rest of this album is as good as this first track, I'm all in. Am I supposed to take this as funny? Or at least tongue-in-cheek? I mean, they're covering Queen, so it can't be all that serious, right? This was more fun than I thought it would be. But it's also less good than I wanted it to be. Things got pretty long in the tooth toward the end. A case of out-staying one's welcome.
Rammstein! Well, not actually but now I know how it is that Rammstein exists. Enjoyed it!
Huh, that was an adventure and truly something I’d never have listened to. Not my thing, but who am I to judge?
Good album but it's in German so I can't regularly rotate it.
OK so this one was rather weird for me and I'm not entirely sure what to think about it. There were some parts that I liked musically - in particular the more gothic parts. But I found the lyrics, titles and imagery, as well as the martial sounds, disconcerting and unpleasant. I also really don't know where to place these guys on the political spectrum. According to Wikipedia, that seems to be their goal, but it's definitely unpleasant. I'll give this 3.5 if I don't include the 4 Baptism bonus tracks. But definitely rounding down for those. They're completely unlistenable (1.5 star).
Points for the sheer absurdity of mixing 80s Queen and pop, with industrial metal, and a theme of fascism. It fails to hold attention beyond the first half, and essentially devolves, but still worth a listen. The concept is clear- the anthems of a victorious, industrial, fascist autocracy. 02/03/23
Musically interesting
Ha, het zou zo maar kunnen dat deze jongens wat invloed hebben gehad op Rammstein. Dit klonk best lekker en wisselde wat meer af naar iets vrolijkers.
This was strange but really cool. This is why I have been going through all these album to find new and unusual sound.
Very weird. I liked it but won't listen again.
PREFS : Leben heißt Leben, Geburt einer Nation, Opus Dei, Trans-National, The Great Seal MOINS PREF : F.I.A.T.
Extremely goofy authoritarian pastiche music. Kinda good actually. Not sure about the band's politics though so I hope they aren't wack. 3 stars
I was NOT expecting to like this. 😂 But I was in a particularly pissed off mood, so some of the especially clangy songs went off. It started to drag a bit long towards the end, but it was mostly enjoyable and entertaining (and I understand super basic German, so it was fun trying to figure out what everything was about).
Pretty interesting band. Basically a parody of fascist/authoritarian thoughts. Per Wiki: 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 members of the neo-nationalism movement, which reincarnates modern ideas of nationalism. When confronted with such accusations, Laibach is quoted as replying with the ambiguous response "We are fascists as much as Hitler was a painter". In addition, Laibach also provided most of the soundtrack for Iron Sky, a film that mocked Nazism. That said, I do not enjoy listening to it at all. I really respect the concept though.
Standouts: Lieben Heisst Leiben (Life is Life by Opus), Geburt Einer Nation (One Vision by Queen), Opus Dei (LIfe is Life by Opus (again)). Others: Trans-National, How the West Was Won, 3
What a surprise this one was. Expected dated dark metal, received symphonic and innovative collection of songs by that mixed genres. Not all winners but really quite a revelation.
Unfortunately the CD bonus tracks on here performed in the band's native Slovenian were the best part for me. The opening was strong, but most of the middle tracks didn't impress. The English version of "Leben heißt Leben" was especially unnecessary. The bonus tracks come from another Laibach album titled "Krst pod Triglavom: Baptism", so moving forward I'm going to listen to that album instead, but since it's not on the list, I'll credit those tracks to this album anyway. Drei Stahlhämmer von fünf 🔨🔨🔨
Ik kende de legendarische Opus Dei videoclip en was dus zeker benieuwd naar dit album. Ik moet zeggen dat een heel album wel een beetje veel is. Het is zowel fantastisch als verschrikkelijk. En daarom hoort het zeker thuis in deze lijst. 'Opus Dei' blijft het huzarenstukje. Ik krijg altijd zin om een uniform aan te trekken als ik die hoor.
About as intriguing musically today as late '80s Balkan politics are relevant today. Different, yes, and perhaps worth an occasional consideration in a historical sense. But suitable for this esteemed list? No. This is a musical oddity, a satirical (perhaps bitting – it's hard for one to say when one doesn't speak the languages here) commentary on a political moment in time. It's also just straight-up odd, especialy the vocals and the rather haphazard contrasting of styles, metal chugging with minimalist keyboards and the stagey and bizarre-o vocals.
One listen through and some googling left me wanting to learn more about this band and the cultural context. Loved the intimidating chanting and bullfrog vocals 3/5
Rammstein meets Duran Duran
I think I liked this. I really can’t tell. I started thinking how terrible it was but then found I listened to it a few times over. It is too long, and there is some bits that arent my cuppa tea, but the bits that were good I really enjoyed. A very confusing listen.
The first song is an interesting combination of vibes. Then there were some songs I really enjoyed as well as some that were a bit too experimental for my tastes. A very mixed bag overall.
Weird and interesting enough to earn it's place on the list I think. I enjoyed it.
Well that was fucking weird. Unique, you could say. Wasn't very good, but it sure was fucking weird. I've always wondered why the dude from Rammstein used a non-existent accent... I guess it's because he stole it from a Slovenian. Extra points for the weirdness though. 3/5.
Cet album supposement parmi les pires du générateur a su résonner en moi. J'ai depuis son écoute opéré de grands changements dans ma vie. Tout d'abord, j'ai quitté mes différents engagements associatifs dans le milieu du sport pour créer ma propre nouvelle association, basée sur la culture de la race aryenne. J'espère par ce biais remettre au goût du jour une idéologie jugée désuette par ces détracteurs, mais qui a selon moi encore tout l'avenir devant elle. De plus, je ne communiquerai désormais plus qu'en allemand, la langue suprême, ceci représente donc mon dernier review en français. Enfin, j'ai remplacé mon vieux véhicule, une Renault Clio des plus anciennes, par un Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger flambant neuf.
Hmmm. I did appreciate that this album sounded unique, I’ve never heard anything like it. I generally don’t mind this type of thing, but the growling voice was a turnoff. I was stuck in stop-and-go traffic during “Herz-Felde,” and I don’t recommend repeating the experience.
Felt like I was being trolled throughout the entire album, but maybe not unenjoyably so.
When it starts I’m think what is this. Next phase is: this is cool. Then a few songs later the sound starts to wear. A couple of songs would work in a playlist.
Nice surprise discovery, didn't know them, very experimental record Favorites: Geburt einen Nation, Tod, Opus Dei (Life is Life)
interesting
Very cool album. Never been much of a fan of industrial rock but I can definitely hear why this is a revered album.
wtf
Okay wow, I didn't know exactly what I expected from this album, but kicking it off with a German-language version of "Live is Life" was exactly not it. So, thanks for that, I enjoyed it. I can imagine this as the soundtrack of some dystopian film where the post punks have taken over the state apparatus. I mean that in a good way, believe it or not. This is some weird, wackadoo stuff, but it's actually kind of fun. Laibach has a unique way of balancing some pretty darkwave vibes, militaristic sounds and imagery with the campy and theatrical. It's surprisingly entertaining. I didn't mind this at album all, although I probably can't see myself throwing it on again for any other purpose except to prove to myself that I didn't imagine it. Fave Songs: Trans-National, Leben - Tod, Opus Dei
uh this was fun. i didn't like a lot of it, but some of it was great.
Refreshing, vond het wel goed. Combinatie van militair en Rammstein. Speciaal.
love me some (politically charged?) penis music
Genre: Martial Industrial 3/5 Part-political satire, part-industrial metal, Laibach's Opus Dei is a true standout amongst the rest of the albums here, sticking out like a sore thumb both thematically and sonically. With sort of a proto-Rammstein feel, Laibach mixes straight metal with heavy, tinny instrumentation, and fuses it all together with their own unique anti-fascist politics cloaked in pro-fascist rhetoric. The music, described as Martial Industrial, sounds like the sort of music armies may march to in the battlefield, or sing alongside their compatriots in reverence of their glorious leader. It's certainly different, and sometimes it pays off, while other times it all sounds a bit too similar. Leben heißt Leben, a cover of Opus' Live Is Life, is the perfect opener for an album like this. Loud, semi-classical synth pads mingle with sludging guitars and pounding percussion, eventually giving way to a tremendous guitar solo, hitting an emotional, musical peak that they unfortunately don't hit again in the rest of the album. Geburt einer Nation (Birth of a Nation), their cover of Queen's One Vision, is an interesting take on the pop rock classic, but retreads a lot of the ground covered by the intro. A lot of the songs here do end up meshing together into a sort of dirge of guitars and metallic production. It's all nice and loud, with plenty of energy, but a little too one note for my liking. A really interesting listen, though, and something that I at least would consider essential for anybody who is a fan of Rammstein or any form on Industrial Rock/Metal, European or otherwise.
I don't even know where to start with this album. Is it a work of insane geniuses? Is it over-the-top, pretentious bullshit? Is it a sarcastic joke? Is it a serious work of art? All of the above? I honestly have no idea. I'll just say I enjoyed it at times, laughed at it a couple times, cringed once or twice, and was curious about the lyrics at times. All that said, I'm going with 3 stars.
Совсем не мой альбом, смесь Kraftwerk и Rammstein, но не цепляющий от слова совсем. Но для фоновой музыки к компьютерным играм она бы сошла, наверное.
Weird and kind of gothic
Impressive but not my thing. Occasionally hilarious and thought provoking, but a hard sell to recommend.
In equal parts quirky and unsettling, this sounded like what I thought industrial music from the early 80's would sound like. I'm not sure if this was an essential listening, but you can't try to get this book's logic.
Interesting album, sounds like proto Rammstein. Not sure why it's on this list, but I enjoyed it nonetheless
Interresting album, other than this challenge I would have never listen to it.
Strange but not so bad
This is bonkers. Thanks Germany
If you ever wondered what the slovenians were up to before the Yugoslav Wars, it was apparently... this? Some UNRECOGNIZABLE covers of Queen songs in here. I didn't even know they spoke German! Enjoyable as a bizarre world artifact, but not exactly a toe tapper. My weird-ass wife dug this a lot more than me.
I’m sure you can appreciate the originality and genre inspiring but wtf is this shit
Holy shit, this is some of the weirdest crap I’ve ever heard; field recordings of military speeches, spoken word, harsh tones and dissonant noise. Had to go look these guys up, they’re from Slovenia and this is a type of industrial music I’ve never heard before. Like super severe, I guess it supposed to be satire of the 80s fascist Soviet bloc regime they all lived under? It’s interesting end definitely deserves another lesson
I liked it more than I was expecting to. The industrial edge was really cool though the synth horns did date the album a bit. The first half was definitely stronger than the first. It was like listening to proto-Rammstein
I have always been confused by this musical project - band - paramilitary unit - ancient Greek chorus - dot dot dot. I only knew them from the staid and somber "Life Is Life" mantra. But I'm interested to see so much of this record is in German, and the title of said mantra was "Leben heisst Leben," which harkens to the extradimensional qualities of "Du.. Du hast.. Du hasst mich..." from Rammstein. You could interpret that as "living means to live." I'm not generally in the frame of mind to listen to this on a regular basis (that would be Beach House Depression Cherry on eternal continuous loop). For me 3 stars means I'm not angry at it. It's fine.
Surreal marching songs
Some good music in there
A bit third-reichy, not to my taste at all but still head and shoulders above yesterdays terrible album (Manic Street Preachers) and so by comparison to that I've given it three stars.
This was a very interesting experience. This group has personality and it's different from the majority of the things that I used to listen to and even when compared with the common songs from this list, they have a very distinctive sound. I understand some hate on it, based on the info from Wikipedia, cause they have some controversies in its history, but based only on the music aspects, this was a very nice experience.
Na roba assurda
That was... interesting. Not terrible?
I don't know what I was expecting, but a weird industrial noise, marching cover of Opus' LIVE IS LIFE with a gnarly, shredding, garage-rock guitar solo in the middle was not what I was expecting. Then, while maybe I SHOULD have expected it I also wasn't expecting track 2 to be a weird, dark, doomy, industrial cover of Queen's ONE VISION. Is this whole album a prank? It's a pretty good one. Then... then they cover Life is Life AGAIN halfway through the album. This is either brilliant or a disaster, but I think it might be brilliant. I'm not certain I will listen to it again any time soon? But that was pretty cool and very different from what I've been listening to lately.
Heavy, dark, moody, gravelly, lotta anthems. Feels very German.
Um álbum peculiar, inicialmente parecia um rock pesado devido ao facto de ser cantado em alemão, lembrando Rammstein (esta banda influenciou os Rammstein). Posteriormente parece que o álbum quer provar um ponto, um ponto que não compreendo. No fim termina com uma música em esloveno, julgo eu, com uma melancolia irradiante e imponente. Um álbum relativamente complexo e não julgo ter ido fundo o suficiente nele. Nota: 5/10
Gothic industrial fascist
1987: Leben heisst leben, Geburt einer Nation
Opus Dei is an iconic song I've heard before in an ironic context. I can't exactly place it
Really mixed thoughts on this one. There were some cool grandiose bits mixed in with bizarre and extremely German bits.
What a strange Album. It feels like they just learned some German words and thought "We can make an Album out of this".
7th July 2021 Listened on the way in to horse Guards for the first time in a while which was odd but good. Spent the day not doing much work with private office before going to Wembley to watch England Denmark in the euros! Absolutely hilarious, had no idea who they were and was caught off guard immediately as soon as it started. Although I guess the name should be a give away. I didn't mind it you know. I can see the tongue in cheek humour, the over the top Wagner drama, the politics. Not bad!
Intense and quite enjoyable. Don't think I'd listen again though.
Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Leben heißt Leben, F.I.A.T., Trans-national Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: I see the vision. I don't always like the vision, but I see it.
bijzonder maar ik ben er niet weg van
Wow, not sure I loved it but an interesting listen. They're like the Starship Troopers of music.
Very sonically interesting, like the backstory behind the music and think it's a cool fusion of industrial sound with some more traditional aspects of music.
Semibängeri Intressant metal
industrial pomp. two versions of life is life are a bonus
Pretty odd, but interesting and atmospheric "industrial" music.
Trippy
A captivating but unconventional listen - hard to pin down a genre on this one as it sways between anthemic orchestral tracks to spoken word to overdriven guitar solos. Definitely an album to be consumed in one sitting, as vocal and instrumental leitmotifs weave the LP into one continous narrative. Need to look at the German to see what the overall message is here, but still an enjoyable listen notwithstanding.
conceptually kinda enjoyable, weird as hell to listen to. fav track: opus dei
Not something I would listen to for pleasure but interesting I suppose. It definitely hit a unique style/ aesthetic - especially for the time.
has some interesting stuff not bad but there is a lot of weird shit too
Interesting album. Not an immense fan of the military genre, but I enjoyed some bits of the album!
Lit af
I mean, some of the instrumental stuff in the first song had me smiling. Other parts of this had me really excited that Freddie Mercury went to England instead of Germany.
When this album cover popped up it scared me. The music on this album continued to scare me. There is some interesting instrumentation. It all feels a bit cartoonish. I'm glad I caught that I only needed to listen to 8 songs. I'm sure this is a fun album for people into the industrial sound.
I like silly. This is too silly
This was definitely the influence for Ministry or Rammstein. I got a kick out of the Queen samples on the back half of the album, but that still didn't make it any better.
Strange
It is interesting, but I don’t really like it. You know I don’t like that type of thing.
I really don’t know how to rate this. I didn’t dislike it necessarily but it was odd and I wouldn’t want to listen to it again. A 2 1/2 star for me but I guess I’m rounding down rather than up
Kinda just weird German music.
Duitstalige muziek werkt soms sowieso op de lachspieren, maar dit rariteitenkabinet is next level. Ik moest echt heel hard lachen toen ik het tweede nummer voor het eerst hoorde. Queen wordt op een hele andere manier ontiegelijk fout, in een soort industrial metal versie. Blijkbaar is Laibach Sloveens overigens. Dat zijn van die dingen die je nooit zou weten als dit album niet in deze snoblijst had gestaan. In die zin is het zeker een ontdekking. Maar wie kende dit verder? En waarom moet het dan in de lijst eigenlijk? Het enige dat ze hebben gepresteerd, is dat ze een soort voorloper of influencer waren voor Rammstein. Maar die mogen uberhaupt al blij zijn dat ze zelf in de lijst staan. Ik weet niet zo goed wat ik hiermee aan moet. Het werkt op mijn lachspieren. Goed vind ik het zeker niet, maar er staat veel en veel slechtere muziek in de snoblijst, wat dat betreft schommelt dit ergens tussen de 2 en de 3. Laat ik het eindoordeel van mijn luisterplezier afhangen. Halverwege het album ben ik het wel weer zat met de schijtlolligheid, de bonusnummers sla ik even over. Dus het eindoordeel is daarmee wel duidelijk.
GET ME A LIGHT BEER!
In the mid-’90s, I discovered “Neue Deutsche Härte” through a Rammstein song. Back then, I found it exciting. That’s also when I first heard of Laibach. I really liked the rough sound of the genre back then. These days, though, I find the music unremarkable, the performances affected, and this constant flirtation with right-wing ideology annoying. It’s the same with the album. At first, I found a German version of “Live is Life” amusing. The longer the track—and later the album—played, the more it got on my nerves. In the end, I stopped listening to it altogether. It hasn’t been my taste for a long time now. 2/5
2 novelty covers of a novelty song (OK, harsh on Opus), but I am genuinely baffled at this one. Did it inspire a wave of industrial tracks or something, because, in it's own right as a stone alone piece......................... I just don't get it.
DNF. Had some interesting sounds but often left me feeling like I was listening to The Crystal Maze soundtrack.
#421 / 1089 Heard before? ❌ Revisit? ❌ I'n not really a fan of proto-industrial/-goth music, give me G.G.F.H. or Author & Punisher anytime as I like my indu heavy and loud. I have friends who are/were very much into this stuff, meaing old school industrial and goth music, they tried to teach me the way, but it never stuck with me. It's not horrible, but some of it is so pretentious to me that I feel queasy. I also wonder, has Pet Shop Boys taken influence from Laibach, I feel like I hear familiarities on several parts of several songs? Teetering between 2 and 3/5.
Feels like I’m being sent into war but I don’t want to go to war please I’m too young to die
Hmmmm. The covers of Life is Life and the Queen track are quite fun. The trumpets are also quite fun. Unfortunately quite a lot of dirge and random growly German vocals. Would file under novelty rather than something would come back to.
Umm it wasn't unlistenable but I don't want to join this cult.
Was not expecting a cover of One Vision. Probably wouldn’t recommend their cover of One Vision
german songs from slovenian/yugoslavs what is this def getting the industrial vibes can see how this might have been formative for ministry
Maybe good if you are doing a dnd session and this fits the medieval spirits vibes you’ve got but man this ain’t it.
This album definitely plays differently in the late 1980s under the Iron Curtain than it does now. Parodying a nationalist German military identity onto a deeply totalitarian state of Yugoslavia, it created a piece of dissent without it being too overboard. Hearing it today in the current context takes some of that meaning away. It makes it sound more like subtly suggesting ideas of a strong nationalist Germany that can be interpreted as promoting Nazi ideals (especially their on-stage uniforms and using actual Nazi sound bites) when it isn't. For the music itself, I'm definitely not a fan of this style of industrial military metal, and there is not much praise to give to them for it.
Three great songs ... covers.... nothing original, but still they are great to hear... NOTHING else on the album contributes to anything interesting or unique. 2.5
Every song had an interesting premise that it failed to really build upon.
Very weird, many of them. Heavy rock but still very odd
This was a wild ride
Didn’t translate
это для любителей рамштайна и гроула (это не я)
Not bad if industrial noise is what you’re into. I’m just not. 2.5 stars
Makes me severely question if Rammstein were in any way innovative. Didn’t love this but I do appreciate it for a very unique sound
Felt like I might be able to get into this walking through this Swiss town listening to the first track in the pissing rain but this sound got a little old quite quickly 2
eigentlich ganz scheiße
hahaha
The cover of this was beaut, shame the music didn’t match
2.5 stars
This band kind of reminds me of Rammstein but something is mussing. The songs almost feel empty right next to the singing and the drums. I think I would have enjoyed it more with some added instruments throughout not just at the start of the songs.
Very... interesting..! No clue why the last few tracks are on here, they're a pain to get through. Overall, not what I was expecting and enjoyed some bits
I was very nervous for this one after seeing the words “German” and “industrial”. But it didn’t make my ears bleed like that other album with those descriptors. So an improvement.
The first half was OK 😐🍃. Then the second half made me genuinely question my sanity and my will to live 🌷🥀🤮. They gave subliminal messages to the author to add this onto the list 🤯😱. But because the first half was OK, Overall, I would give it a 2.3/5! 😐🌱🫡
Not for me.
Good albums probably don’t make people laugh at the second track while driving to work. I enjoyed this slightly more than Blonde on Blonde, so it had to be a 2. It was something new and it never felt same-y throughout the time I spent listening. The “do that song again” thing that Green Onions did is here, but it’s nowhere near as effective. Cool sound and a one-of-a-kind voice leading the album but it kind of peaked with the first track for me and I kept waiting for it to sound that good again. Album art’s cool as hell though.
Why..?
Cartoonishly over the top. Fun for 10 minutes but got old fast.
Falls short of black metal
Strange, but kinda grows on you.
This album was... something. Neat they are Slovenian, but industrial music isn't really for me. Poor mans Rammstein.
Some of the songs were okay but I wasn't too into the style.
Not my thing at all
I can respect it for establishing things that would later be improved on by others, but just on its own it is too vague and out there without really coming together as a whole.
2.0
A bit much.
3.0/10 Did not like this at all...
Mediocre at best 2 stars
not my vibe
Interesting but exhausting. Never heard any Slovenian band but the voice was cool, even if the music is not truly incredible, it has personnality.
Laibach has a taste for grandiose, militaristic imagery, and Opus Dei leans hard into that. The result is bombastic 80s rock with a cinematic flavor. There are trumpets, swelling arrangements, the kind of thing that wouldn't sound out of place in a rock national anthem. It's a bit theatrical. The problem is that theatrics without strong melody is just noise with a costume on. The melodies here are generic at best, and no track does enough to justify the bombast. Industrial rock is worth exploring, but there are better entry points than this. Two stars.
This was really difficult to rate. Purely sonically, it's always at least intriguing - the more abrasive textures are abrasive in a way that mostly works, and for a bunch of late Iron Curtain-era industrial it's surprisingly funky in places. But the other half of the equation is the *Triumph of the Will*-style vocals and, arguably, lyrics - somehow these guys made a Queen song sound like an honest-to-God fascist anthem. And yeah, maybe they're joking or trying to be satirical, but if they are it's *bad* satire in that it's not clearly readable as satire. And if they're joking then that joke is in poor taste given the neo-fascist hellscape into which we're all actually, rapidly backsliding. Call me uptight but I got no patience for that particular flavor of edgelord shit anymore.
pretentious art stuff. their "spiel" gets old really fast. I started skipping through songs after song no.6 on the album. These people think they are so clever and insightful. Their wikipedia page has the length of the new testament. And then there is this quote from them: “We are as much fascists as Hitler was a painter.” But Hitler was actually a painter. Not a very successful, skillful one though. So they are fascists but not skilled ones?!
felt like I was in a haunted house
German music just isn’t very pleasant.
I tried not to be a hater, BUT WTF
Heavy Du-Hast influencers...but from Yugoslavia.
3/10
In the "Vacation" movie series, Clark Griswold had moments when he made his voice deeper, and sang tunes. Now, imagine listening to tunes with that voice, along with Industrial Rock playing in the background for about a half hour; that's this album in a nutshell. On another note, I have nothing against the closing track being a national anthem. Favorite Track: "Opus Dei".
en medio de una batalla campal en la época medieval. Esa es la sensación que me dio escuchar este álbum. No sé determinar si me gustó o no, lo volvería a escuchar? No. pero como dije, armoniza a la perfección con un escenario de película de época. Hasta en algunos momentos me resultó medio creepy, la voz grave, los bajos, medio oscuro y con aspiración a música de secta. Fuera de lo que estoy acostumbrada a escuchar.
Certainly something, not for me. Title track was uplifting. 3.1/10
Gothic rock. Instrumentals are fine. Vocals are weird.
This is the kind of album I have to Google first to make sure it isn't secretly for Nazis. If it isn't secretly for Nazis, then I kind of weirdly like it. Though I will never listen to it again, Nazi or no Nazi. And now I will stop saying Nazi.
Here we've got some unadulterated cheese mixed with some harder industrial. Kind of the purest answer to the question: What were drugs like in the 80s in Yugoslavia? Or the answer to the question: Why did Yugoslavia break up? Anyway, not sure this is the best album to listen to the day after daylight's saving. I was surprised that I actually recognized a hit here in the title track after the first few songs. A super clever one on lyrics too: Life is life. Hmmmmm.... Certainly a relic of a certain time and place. 2/5
Perfect for those times when I'm both cookie monster and a Latvian political dissenter living in Germany before the fall of the wall which is never
I like F.I.A.T and herz-felde but apart from that some of the songs are jarring and slightly scary ima be honest
After reading a bit about them I begin to see the outlines of the joke, but it's about as funny as Monty Python in Dutch.
More ridiculous than awful. It helps to imagine it being performed by Muppets (primarily Sweetums).
This one was weird man. Very strange. It's on the edge of being good I think... just not quite there for me. The vocalizations are interesting and some of the instrumentation is cool too. Anyway it just didn't do it for me personally.
This made me laugh, I had no idea it was when it hit play. A couple tunes were legit catchy (the opening track in particular somehow stuck in my head for days). Big chunks of the album were pretty meh, and didnt really like it when they switched in english. I was entertained at least. Laibach walked so Rammstein could run?
Idk. 2.5
Definitely a weird one again.
Okay...... So two different covers of the same song by Swiss band Opus, that had a moderate hit in the late 80s called, "Life is Life". These versions sound like the singer is belching all of the lyrics as part of a bar bet as the jackboots march on Stalingrad. This album is wall-to-wall WTF.
I'm only familiar with Laibach from Rather Good (Laibach Kittens)
Heb het echt een kans gegeven. Niks voor mij. Snap ook niet waarom het hier in staat, want het meest beluisterde nummer is 1.5 miljoen keer beluisterd. Da's ja niks. Vind het wel erg grappig dat het eerste nummer de Duitse versie is van Life is life. En later kwam ook nog de Engelse versie langs. Zal wel het origineel zijn? Correctie: het is niet het origineel. Dat vind ik erg jammer. DNF
This album does one thing and it does that thing really well. That thing gets a 3. Unfortunately that's all the album does and that thing gets old after a few tracks. Overall a 2.5
I enjoy industrial music but, for me, this is not it. The concept is interesting but over forty minutes the vocal affect becomes extremely irritating.
It's kinda funny they bust out fascist iconography for what essentially sounds like edgy Bowser music.
Well, I don’t even know what to say or what to think about Opus Dei by Laibach, because it’s so different from anything I’ve ever heard. Of the 12 tracks, I only saved two, Trans-National and The Great Seal. I had a lot of difficulty with the album, and it took me over three days to finish it because it’s very complex, very dense, and very challenging, especially if you’re not drawn to that style. The language barrier was also something I struggled to overcome. I can recognize what’s there. I can tell there’s a lot of intention behind it, and that it was crafted with great care. But it’s not for me, and I don’t see myself returning to it. Still, I think there’s value in having experienced it. In that sense, it feels like a small victory. In the end, I’m giving this album two stars.
2.5 stars. Some weird, chanty, avante-garde industrial stuff by a Slovenian band and a lot of it is in German. It's different, but not something I'll come back to.
Interesting album. There were a few tracks I was really sold on...but then there were a few too many tracks that were just German speech over some noise. I wanted a little more thumping in this industrial album.
**An ok album
German operatic hair rock left me cold.
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