Reviews (page 8 of 8)
Nope
This was a joke, right?
The author deserves to be punished in some way for putting this Cookie Monster-sung piece of garbage on the list.
Nope
Not my jam. Lead singer sounds like a frog. ‘The Great Seal’ was alright. I’ll be fine not hearing “Herze-Felde” on repeat. This album sounds like it knows more about world history than I do.
Well this was certainly an album for your next war time bombing showcase. Not quite what to make of it. Didn’t understand much of it. The instrumentals were pretty good and menacing for much of the album. Overall though it wasn’t enjoyable and I am gladly moving on. 2.2/10
Idek what to say man. It was miserable
couple of decent songs but a ton of thid is just miserable
No
Rammstein style German rock....not my jam....
"Militaristic sounding industrial compositions"? Not my version of industrial.
Are you having a laugh? This is NOT the work of God. I can’t tell whether this is a right-wing parody or they’re trying to BE Hitler Youth. I am trying to admire their attempt at avant garde as much as they are trying to be ambiguous but my hackles are raised.
This one’s a no from me, dawg
HAHA. I hate this. The 80’s reverbed-out drums make nothing hit hard. He sounds like a frog croaking.
The political messaging is intriguing, but the music is utter shit.
Two stars initially because I quite liked it but then started to find it really stressful. And then one star less for being too long.
¿En serio esto es uno de los mejores discos? Me parece una tomadura de pelo que esté en este listado, encima, siendo de versiones.
I can’t tell if this is a serious album or if it is intended to be parody. The musical style - it’s what I would imagine emanating from Giede Prime, but with the Cookie Monster as the lead singer. It was a trip.
That was an experience. Musically it’s a train wreck, comically heavy, overly dramatic, simplistic and repetitive. Their whole gig is trying to be edgy, and push people’s buttons.
Stupid crappy
I found this similarly inaccessible to The Young Gods. Clearly I have a blind spot when it comes to post-industrial stuff being roared at me in another language. Thought I'd be able to get on board with the humour at least, after the two openers, and FIAT was ok but after that I couldn't wait for it to end!
Listened Before? N German.... wow. Interesting background music I suppose but I'm good on this one pretty much forever. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Opus Dei (only because it's in English)
I don't like his voice and I don't like the music behind it
Woke up in a bad mood today so this could be harsh but I genuinely think I hate this.
Nein!
Not good
Stumping
Almost convinced me with the first song, but the more it continued, the more it wasn’t something I enjoyed at all. 1/5
Ummm kay no thanks 0.23 stars
Unbearable listening. I guess parody fascists make just as bad art as the real thing.
This album has two cover versions of the annoying one hit wonder “Live is Life” by Opus, sung in guttural German accents, which is probably two too many I think. There’s also a cover of One Vision by Queen which ends up sounding like a world war II era propaganda speech. The rest of the album continues the totalitarian theme with pounding drums, grandiose orchestral stings, industrial noise and speech samples. It all makes me feel a bit queasy.
All a bit coarse and in parts interpreted listlessly. Like you want to blend Rammstein and Front 242, but order it on Wish … Some songs started promising, e.g. "Jägerspiel", but this one too was very monotone later.
I never heard of this band before. The album is pretty wild, but reading their Wikipedia page is even wilder.
Not my thing
Great for a chill Slovenian wine night
Pretty strange for my taste. I did manage to listen to the whole album though.
No
Not sure I have the words for how bad this is…
Persevered (I want a medal) to track 7 and then gave up and started looking up the slovenian for awful (grozno) and rubbish (smeti). A collection of "that" song from Eurovision, but without the visuals that make you chuckle. Truly Hudo (dire)
No
this was terrible
Not for me. It was all in German and super dark. Not sure how this is in the list. 1/5
I think I'm mostly trying to figure out how tongue-in-cheek this is. I've listened to industrial a bunch before, but never so... heavily militaristic? Song one I enjoyed, but then the record even had an alternate version entirely in English... I think I should have been wary about the metal on this record when one of the first Maiden records was on here, as opposed to... not the first one. Also, holy shit, are the keyboards on this thing dated. Must've been the first synthesizer horns ever invented. The more I think of this one, the more I'd rather never listen to it again, and would kind of side-eye anyone who would want to.
So bad it was a painful experience.
Well, I can’t say “Opus Dei” wasn’t interesting. Or learning about Laibach and the NSK State. But I can say it was confusing. Both the music and the story behind it. Totalitarianism, facism, and communism did weird things to Eastern Europe. The harshness of the political and economic climate seems to have seeped into everything, which is the only way I can explain the direction rock and industrial music evolved in Germany and points eastward in the 70s and 80s. As much as I may have learned in the process, “Opus Dei” is still a one star album. And so a replacement must be nominated. For every one-star album, I pick a personal favorite 5-star album that didn’t get recognition from the list. And the last couple months, I have repeatedly lamented each time an overrated British band came up and found one album continuously coming to mind: Bloc Party - “Silent Alarm” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The energy on this 2005 debut album is unmatched. It begins with the brilliant cascading entry on “Like Eating Glass” of the whirling guitars followed by a driving bass beat and then finally the drums kick in. And it never lets up.
These deep dark grumbly vocals can go crawl back into the deep dark hole from which they emerged.
Nope. Nope. Nope. Ironic fascism (?) blended with electronic/industrial repetition....An absolute slog to get through and had a hard time finding anything note worthy that would save it from this rating.
Felt like I was being serenaded by Cold War propaganda music that at times had some slight redeeming qualities. But no thank you still. 1.5
lol wut
I've probably given a 2 for worse, but I just can't...
What a waste of fuckin time. I don't need to know another language to know this is just bullshit thrown on a track. Feel bad for the engineer that had to sit in studio and record this. 1/10.
sounds like a shitty german version of stomp or some shit. I can only assume this is included because its an early version of what would become 'industrial' music or something. It sucks, and every song sounds like there are dudes banging metal trash cans. I bet Rammstein listened to a lot of this. 1.3.
¡Con la Obra hemos topado! 😂😂😂😂😂
An interesting concept for a band for sure; industrial metal parodying fascist dictatorships (god I hope it’s a parody and I didn’t just give fascists views/listens/clicks). Unfortunately between the singer’s Arnold Schwarzenegger sounding voice and music that sounds like it would fit into an 80’s movie training montage it’s hard to take it too seriously. Also, as a non German speaker, if you make very militaristic sounding music and sing in German while wearing nazi uniforms I can’t tell if you’re making fun of them/making a statement or are legit just a bunch of nazi and I almost have to err on the side of caution. Sorry not for me
Nope.
1.1
Rating: ** 1 ** Notes: Really really unpopular band (70k monthly listeners on spotify). Did remind me of Rammstein, but their music is not as melodical. I did not like the mixture of german singing with slovenian accent, also I had the feeling that the songs are eithr not original or just the same beat and kind of experimental and very weird and also annoying. I find it funny that in their Wikipedia page it says that one of their albums is in the book 1001 albums... like this is their greatest achievement...So far, the worst listening experience for me (especially Herz-Felde), several times I thought about quitting. But for the people who liked it: they have a concert in Vienna on 21.11. Songs which stood out in no particular order (credits to Uncle Gue for the idea): "The Great Seal" (would rate this song 4) ------------------------------------------------------------- Rating Scale: 1- very bad 2- bad 3- neutral 4-good 5-very good additonaly -/+ sign if necessary
Schrecklich! Mit dem ein oder anderen Song kann ich mich vielleicht noch anfreunden, aber allgemein würde ich es mir nie wieder anhören. 1.8/10
Just not for me at all.
Album 208 of 1001 Laibach - Opus Dei Rating : 1 / 5 Opus Dei is the third studio album by Slovenian band Laibach, released in 1987. That is all I have. If you want something different, check this out. Why should I suffer alone?
Ahh now.
Meh
Haha could not get through the first song. Just really not my style at all
Hasta el momento… malo… no es de mis gustos. Lo escuché completo y no es de mis gustos.
Rubbish!
Not once during this hour longer run time was I enjoying myself. If I was doing something that I regularly would enjoy, my mood was dampened by this wet blanket of an album. I thoroughly believe that this was created as an elaborate joke to annoy people. Or maybe I’m just not German enough. 1/5
🗑️
man they was rlly tryna piss me off w this one.....
No way this should be in a 1001 album list.
Very weird
Kind of wanted to like this but can't take it seriously. Not keen on the drum sound or the vocals.
This is definitely something. after reading about it, I enjoyed it more because it’s not serious it’s just goofy
what on earth
I remain curious about Laibach's concept; There is absolutely nothing to bring me back to the music. This feels like one of those historical popularity oddities: The industrial sounds are standard, covers and gimmick dominate the tracklist, and the political project is niche in time and space. Martial industrial remains an entry in my list of music to get to, but there's a reason it's languished there for some time. I hear the four extra-vinyl tracks are different or better; They're unheard and don't factor into this ranking.
I appreciate the list expanded outside of the US and UK, but not like this. Outside of the off-putting belchy vocals, the first half or so of the album was acceptable as something a little different. The track "Trans-National" was not bad. It sounded sort of like a spy movie soundtrack. But the remainder of the album was just atrocious, a boring repetitive slog. I really hated it. Disliked the album cover art as well. Edit: Just looked at the wikipedia page and it seems the last four tracks (probably the four worst on the album) were bonus CD tracks. With those excluded, that might put my rating closer to 1.5, but I'm leaving it 1/5.
I don't even know how to respond to this. All I know is my pee tastes different after listening to it.
Nope nope nope
Yikes
Just not my thing.
No thanks. (considering I used to listen to 90s industrial metal)
Wild choice.
I don't even know
Un album slovène avec des chants patriotiques et des harmonies qui font comme si tu étais dans une guerre de tranchées. Weird quand même.
La verdad no me gustó, lo uno que rescató son las partes donde parecía haber una orquesta, pero después parece el sountrack de un videojuego de lucha de los 80
Not for me
i gave the first 3 tracks a go... but had to bail! not for me...
Truly awful listening experience.
Yh en olis millään jaksanu kuunnella loppuun. Todella raskasta jotenkin tämmönen tykittely.
It sounds like if SNL was doing a parody about german music
It's what happens when you cross 80s pop with Wagner chants. And it's just as strange as you would think it would be. But just because it's strange does not make it good. And I really didn't enjoy it at all.
Musica de bad trip. Se quer ter uma bad trip soh tomar 5 cafe e ouvir esse album. Se ja esta tendo uma bad trip essas musicas ja tao tocando na sua cabeca
Rammstein light.
Sounds like background music to a bad Game of Throne parody porn film. Holy fuck this is awful!!
Wow
what is this
No ty
Not interested in Fascists. Pass.
Uit betrouwbare bron heb ik vernomen dat deze plaat op repeat in Guantanamo Bay zeer goede resultaten heeft opgeleverd.
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Duitstalige muziek heb ik sowieso altijd al erg veel moeite mee. Duitstalige over-de-top covers van jaren 80 nummers: dubbel ellende.
Wat een stuk verdriet; deze plaat.
Couldn't finish it -- not at all my cup of tea.
Literal Nazi propaganda. "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." - Kurt Vonnegut
pas mon style
I didn't mind this at first but later on there were some songs that I hated - HATED!! I could not bear to listen to them - it started with "Herz-Felde" and continued through the end. I've never felt so tortured listening to a song. Supposedly they claim not to be fascists, but try not to imagine a Nazi rally listing to this bullshit.
I gave this album 5 attempts, no exaggeration, and could not finish it. At first I thought, “oh this is different and fun” and within a couple minutes, it just felt like a weird, fevery nightmare soundscape that induced anxiety spikes. NAH THANKS
At first I was excited by this, but then quickly found it unlistenable. I really like noisey music, but this didn't really click.
So tired of Germany
Are you having a laugh? It’s nice to have a diversion from English, but why this???
Takiego picku czlowiek nie mogl sie spodziewac, martial industrial, neoclassical dark wave z rocznika 87 od slowenskiej bandy Laibach, ktora dodatkowo swoje wyjcowanie tworzy po niemiecku, jeszcze bardziej rozwala fakt tego, ze pierwszym i jedynym skojarzeniem z banda byl narodowy socjalizm, a potem gugluje neue slowenische kunst, co do samego nagrania to spotifajowa wersja to prawie rowna godzina ciezkich meczarni w jekach i trzaskach maszynowego grania, gdzie orginalne wydanie to jedynie 37 minut, ktore i tak w wiekszosci bylo coverami spiewanymi po niemiecko/angielsku w zaleznosci od traka, pomimo tego ze nie byl to jakis hardkorowy polityczno fanatyczny material, bo jednak dziwnie sie sluchalo tak surowego i dziwnego brzmienia, bo o takie gatunki jeszcze chyba nie mialem okazji zachaczyc, a po przesluchaniu raczej nie bede brnal w nie glebiej, bo odbilem sie na kazdej plaszczyznie tego nagrania od jezyka i wokalu, przez instrumentale, do socjorealizmu ktory widocznie sie dobrze sprzedal, bo banda tym nagraniem otwarla sobie droge do tourowania po zachodzie i robienia kariery w wielkim swiecie, wiec ciekawe nagranie, ale w zadnym wypadku przyjemne
Don't like, definitely not for me.
¿En serio esto es uno de los mejores discos? Me parece una tomadura de pelo que esté en este listado, encima, siendo de versiones.
One song had a section that interested me on the “Trans-National” song. The rest I could have lived the rest of my life not listening to.
This is why I didn't watch MTV in the 80s. I would be really upset if my album did not make the top 1001, when this does.
Cover versions...in German...performed in heavy rock. 😆
The way that this is on the list but Lana del Rey isn't...
Oh no..
Serieusement c'Est album est un peu WTF. La fin ma complètement découragé. Il y a quelque chansons qui passent et c'est pourquoi l'album n'est pas un 0.5 ahha. L'allemand ne m'aide pas non plus car je ne comprend rien
Totaal niet mijn metal, erg saai en herhalend
Didn’t get past track 3. Just awful.
Weird
Not my bag
Wtf did I just listen to? I kinda wanted to like it but in the end will probably never try again.
Weird. Definitely woke me up. Not in a good way.
Não é atrativo. As vezes dá agonia.
Some interesting moments, but on the whole, totally unlistenable.
Kyllä tällä mestariteoksella saavutetaan paskuuden ultimaattinen kuninkuusluokka. Herää kysymys miksi ja kenelle tämä levy on tehty?
Smh
Track 01 - 1/5 Track 02 - 1/5 Track 03 - 1/5 Track 04 - 2/5 Track 05 - 1.5/5 Track 06 - 1/5 Track 07 - 2/5 Track 08 - 1.75/5 Track 09 - 1.25/5 Track 10 - 1/5 Track 11 - 1/5 Track 12 - 1/5 Overall: 1.25/5 Album Art: 3.5/5
I remember their Life is Life/Leben Heißt Leben cover from back in the day. Sounds really rather tame in retrospect to be honest. Let's face it, Rammstein did this kind of thing much better (and funnier) later on. I am not sure if there's any value in being first with a particular sound if that sound is so ugly. 3/10
No
Damn. Slovensk industri er nok ikke mig.
slovensk industri, teatralsk, covers
Really bizarre, strange album.
What...is this?
I was picturing a big blue muppet singing.
“Avant-garde, a French phrase meaning "vanguard" or (literally, "advance guard"), describes movements or individuals at the forefront of innovation and experimentation in their fields. Implicit in the term are the rejection of the status quo, a critique of popular convention and taste, and a striving for originality that can be intentionally provocative or alienating.” allmusic.com
Not a fan.
Neil.
I find this album and music borderline offensive. Not my thing AT ALL.
German rock, exactly what it sounds like 3/10
Don't like Industrial metal, so I didn't like the album at all. Listened through the first two songs, then snippets of the others. Not a great start but excited for the next ones nonetheless!
I had never heard of this group or album, so I gave it a listen. I tried to find things in it that I liked, but didn't hear much of anything I would ever want to listen to again. I suppose maybe as absurdist theater it might be interesting, but not to me.
Yeah, couldn't get through this one, even with this being the first partially-non-English album that I could somewhat understand. A little investigation brought me to the conclusion that these guys *probably* weren't pro-Nazi, but that doesn't make this any less suspect. Actually spending more time on this review than I did listening to the album, so you can guess where this rating is going.
Hab das abgebrochen, mich zwischendurch bei Front242 & Project Pitchfork rück-vergewissert, warum mir EBM/Dark Wave mal wichtig waren und dann nur noch lachen müssen, als ich dieser Satire Zirkus Nummer der Artistengruppe Ljubljana beim Kinn-erigierten Prä-Rammstein „R“-Rollen zuhörte. Kann ich bei aller Liebe zu Theatralik im Genre echt keinen Meter ernst nehmen, ertragen oder zumindest für die Anmaßung Respekt zollen. Dümmliche 0.1
Weird
Terribile
That's a nope from me.
Euro trash tv music
tbh it sounded like nazi propaganda. there's literally a song called how the west was won
Awful.
terrible
Nope.
Not my type of music.
det här var det sämsta jag någonsin hört
It tastes like an old bunny