Des Wahnsinns fette Beute

Oomph! are one of the longest running 'neue Deutsche Harte' bands, a precursor to the goliath that is Rammstein, and while Rammstein pursue darker and heavier sounds with each album, Oopmh! favour a more commercial, accessible and experimental style. Not tied down to just rock and industrial, they throw all kinds of elements into their sound and just see what happens. It's a brave approach that works more often than it doesn't, so while this new album is a bit of a mixed bag, I'd always prefer a band try to do something different than stick to a tired formula. They don't sound like a band who've been going since 1989, that's fer dang sure.

Really enjoying this album after just a few listens although it is a little different from Oomph of old! Going to see them in concert soon so looking forward to hearing some of these sang live! Theres quite a few dancey tracks and theres only one track I'm not overly keen on and thats the last one, Unendlich but absolutely love Kleinstadtboy. All in all though a great listen.

While OOMPH!'s latest offering isn't their best (in my opinion at least), it is nonetheless a very strong album with some great tracks. There's a good mix of dancey tracks and a couple of ballads and as usual Dero's vocals are absolutely perfect on every track! I could happily listen to him sing all day...

There are a one or two songs I'm not too keen on, such as "Deine Eltern" (mainly because of the stupid lyrics: "Onanie führt meistens zu Rückenmarkschwund" - come on Dero, is that REALLY the best you could come up with?...) but that said, the majority of the tracks are great - I am totally addicted to "Kleinstadtboy" (their cover of Bronski Beat's "Small Town Boy") and "Unendlich", which is a gorgeous song that gives me goosbumps and a great album closer.

It's certainly quite different to their earlier albums but I like a band that's not afraid to experiment with different styles and that don't take themselves too seriously, which is what OOMPH! have done with their 11th studio album. Definitely worth buying if you are a big fan of OOMPH!

Regarding the deluxe edition: the two bonus tracks are good, in particular "Der Tod Ist Nur Ein Herzschlag Entfernt". However I must say I was a bit disappointed with the bonus DVD. The entire thing is only around 20 minutes long and a lot of it I had already seen as they had posted it on their Facebook/YouTube page. I ordered my copy from Amazon.de and there it is rated 16 because of the "Zwei Schritte Vor" video. However, the version on the DVD is heavily censored but you can easily find an uncensored, albeit age-restricted - version on YouTube - surely it should be the other way round?!