Germaniac.com will present 100 new bands in 2008
I don’t know about you, but I always notice whenever there’s a new band posted on this blog because I have to make a new category for it. The thing is, I have also noticed that I’m making new categories much less often recently. Just look at the numbers. We had about 6 or 7 months of solid posting time in 2007 since the site was created and made 167 new band categories, but so far in the first 3 months of 2008 we have only listed 19 new bands. Yes, this is partially explained by the fact that a lot of the news now is about bands we’ve already talked about before so there won’t be a new category, but I think it’s necessary to keep talking about new bands and keep the content fresh for you… and hopefully present some new and interesting musicians that are less known.
So here’s the plan: Germaniac.com will present 100 new bands in 2008. We are going to pick up the pace to show you just how deep and varied German music can be in our never-ending quest to give you new music you never knew about. 100 bands new to Germaniac with 100 new band categories, that’s our goal for this year. And by the end of the year, we will have discussed over 250 bands in total. Sound good?
The image above is a collage made with just some of the albums we have covered so far
The 100 new bands for 2008 are…
001. Jeans Team
002. Slime
003. Deep Imagination
004. Alec Empire
005. Wolfsheim
006. Hämatom
007. Sara Noxx
008. Cascada
009. Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
010. Down Below
011. Mr. Irish Bastard
012. Seabound
013. Doro
014. Piscide
015. Carlos Perón
016. Eisschock
017. Totenmond
018. Chandeen
019. Yendri
020. Uebermutter
021. Tyske Ludder
022. Schandmaul
023. Neu!
024. Sub Dub Micromachine
025. Emil Bulls
026. In Extremo
027. Feindflug
028. Kiew
029. Patenbrigade Wolff
030. Der W
031. E Nomine
032. Admirabilis
033. Amnistia
034. Eden Weint Im Grab
035. Soman
036. Hecq
037. Die Happy
038. Miss Construction
039. Dementi
040. Welle: Erdball
041. Stigma
042. Tokio Hotel
043. Daloco
044. Sopor Aeternus
045. Eisblume
046. Shnarph!
047. Endanger
048. Dornenreich
049. Audiomat
050. Neuroticfish
051. King’s Tonic
052. Scooter
053. Donots
054. Straftanz
055. Rinderwahnsinn
056. Wrongkong
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April 2nd, 2008 at 11:53 am
Yes, really awesome idea! Hope it will be realized soon!!!!!
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:31 am
Heh, it’s already looking pretty good I think. Four new bands in just a few days.
Remember everyone, if you find something interesting or think there’s a band that should be covered, you can always comment or email Greg or me about it! We can’t possibly know everything
August 7th, 2008 at 8:57 am
Should definitely add Solar Fake - Sven from Zeraphine/Dreadful Shadows’ latest project. Great stuff.
August 17th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Ah, this is a great idea! Right, I thought I’d contribute to this list. It appears as if Obscenity Trial (www.otrial.de) haven’t been mentioned so far. A great Synthpop band from Germany that fans of Depche Mode should consider checking out. Also another German Synthpop band by the name of Melotron (www.melotron.com) - I’m sure many And One fans will have heard of them before. And of course the ever so popular band Alphaville (www.alphaville.de), who made their name in the 80s with hits such as “Big In Japan”, “Sounds Like A Melody” and “Forever Young”. How about the project from Umbra Et Imago’s lead singer Mozart? Dracul! (www.dracul-music.de). Certainly a band worth checking out for those that like the heavier EBM sound. All bands I have mentioned are still active to this day.