Trying to find a song to express how I feel about the debate is a losing battle, mostly. English doesn't seem up to the task. So here is a song from Eiscbrecher (Icebreaker) a Neue Deutsche Härte band (New German Hardness)
And so we have a special Friday edition of Metal for Mondays.
I like a lot of the stuff Eisbrecher produces, though I can only listen to so much German Heavy Metal in one sitting. They have been very prolific the past few years, putting out several albums. About 1 a year, even through COVID.
And since the song is in German, here's a link to the lyrics and their English translation.
The start of the refrain (in English) is:
What's going on here - what?
What has happened - what?
How can it be,
That that doesn't concern anybody here?
This song is „Was ist hier los?“ by Eisbrecher from the 2017 album Sturmfahrt (which is "Storm Ride" in English). The song title translates as "What's Going On Here?"
A note on the lyrics...
*A reference to the game Wahrheit oder Pflicht - Truth or Dare, but literally "truth or obligation"
Also, when does what the Democrats have been doing to Joe Biden constitute elder abuse?
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ReplyDeleteRammstein-esque, right down to sounding like lead vocalist Till Lindemann. I like it!
ReplyDeleteRammstein is certainly the best-known band in the Neue Deutsche Härte genre, and they may even have been the 1st, but they aren't alone. Eisbrecher, and Stahlmann (Steel Man) are 2 I can think of off the top of my head.
DeleteEuropean bands mostly sing in English as it gives them (potentially) access to a larger market. There are exceptions. Kent, which sadly called it quits in 2016 or 17, sang in Swedish. Rammstein's success in German have gotten a few bands to sing in that language outside Heavy Metal. Eisenfunk is hardcore techno dance, and they sing in German. (I'm never sure if I like them or not.) There are others.
And the folk/acoustic genre includes bands that sing in their native language Faun (German), Eivør (Faroese), and more. The band Omnia sings in English, French, Breton, Finnish, German, Dutch, Swedish, Latin, and Hindi. I could go on.