10 days until Oomph’s 10th album Monster
Oomph! is back in the news. Their new album Monster will be released in just 10 days on August 22nd, and has 13 tracks including the single “Wach Auf!” which was featured in the German version of the movie Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem. A second single “Beim ersten Mal tut’s immer weh” has already been released as well, with the third single “Labyrinth” still to come.
To some of their (former) fans’ dismay, Oomph! has continued with the more mainstream sound introduced on their hit album Wahrheit Oder Pflicht, causing mixed reactions to previews of Monster. The band’s image has also come under scrutiny, the most amusing example of which was a comparison of Oomph as an older version of the pop-rock boy band Tokio Hotel.
Take a listen to some of Oomph’s new songs from Monster. Take a look at their image. What do you think? Is the band headed in the wrong direction?
If you ask me, well, let’s just say I’m not listening to Oomph as I write this. At least their album cover is decent this time, but then again it was the result of a fan contest. Maybe they should let the fans make their music, too.
Oomph! - Monster tracklisting
01. Beim ersten Mal tut’s immer weh
02. Labyrinth
03. 6 Fuß tiefer
04. Wer schön sein will muss leiden
05. Die Leiter
06. Lass mich raus
07. Revolution
08. Auf Kurs
09. Bis zum Schluss
10. In deinen Hüften
11. Wach Auf!
12. Geborn zu sterben
13. Brich aus
August 12th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
My friend, you and I differ greatly on this particular album. I do not like their early work, and like them better the later the album. I love GLT, and based on the singles so far Monster is probably my most anticipated German release this year
Thanks for the update though
August 13th, 2008 at 1:21 am
Honestly, I’m very excited about this album! I didn’t like GLT and WOP so much, although there were some great songs in both albums but from what I heard from the “Monster” samples I expect something better and diverse. There are some heavy songs, some ballads, some new elements, so I think this album will worth buying anyway.
But yes, their image is not appropriate for an album called “Monster”. It’s not a big deal for me while they don’t look extremely gay but I expected some blood, monsters, etc. And now… look at Flux & Crap - they look like pimps
Anyway, whoever compares them with the gay pop hermafrodites from Tokio Hotel is not right. Oomph! are not pop and still keep their more metal sound here and there.
So it’s not about the cover or the image. Eisbrecher’s “Sunde” has incredibly stupid cover, Ruoska use almost funny make-up, Turmion Katilot look disgusting but all these bands make good music. I believe “Monster” will be good, too.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:28 am
Same here.
…Well, not quite the very same but almost, I enjoy their earlier works a lot as well. I still think, though, that the very best Oomph!-albums are the Virgin-era ones, Unrein, Plastik and Ego. WoP and GLT have been great too, although especially on WoP the claims of a more mainstream sound are definitely not completely off-base.
Hmm… I can’t say I’m not TOTALLY FIRED UP FOR MONSTER AND I CAN’T WAIT ARHGH!, but I do have some lingering doubts. For example the song Revolution which I was anticipating greatly because it was promised to be a heavily electronic track in the vein of the first album doesn’t seem like it’s that different after all, judging by the samples I’ve heard. In that respect, a bit of a letdown, but Revolution doesn’t sound bad per se. Also, where’s my successor to Menschsein, the without doubt most brutal and ass-kicking piece on GLT? On the other hand, tracks like Die Leiter, Wer schön sein will muss leiden and In deinen Hüften sound totally awesome. Soon we’ll see what the final product is like.
All in all, even though it’ll most likely be very difficult to keep my pants on when I finally get Monster, there’s still that one German release I’m expecting even more and can’t help but salivate at the thought of it. It’s the one that will be released on the very same day as Monster… Come already, you 22th of August! Or actually, the week after because that’s when I’ll get the package from EMP.de!
August 13th, 2008 at 3:15 am
I’m glad Oomph! hasn’t lost all their fans. I started listening to this band over 10 years ago and they had a very different sound then. That’s what I remember from my “golden years” of discovering new German music, so that’s what I love the most and their recent work just doesn’t come close for me.
Having said that, there are 2 tracks which I do kinda like the samples… “Die Leiter” and “Revolution”. So I think this one will probably be better than GlaubeLiebeTod or Wahrheit Oder Pflicht, but still not as good as Unrein or Plastik.
August 15th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I would tend to disagree too. I’ve been following OOMPH! since 1999, but to my taste, WoP was their best album. It seemed to me like the result of years and years of experimentation into many directions, to finally get an accessible sound of their very own. I love Plastik and Ego a whole lot, and Defekt has some amazing highlights (I was never a big fan of Unrein though), but I wasn’t disappointed by their more commercial sound in WoP. I expected a bit more from GLT, but still liked it a whole lot. I am once again expecting a lot with Monster, hopefully I won’t be disappointed!
Another thing I’d disagree on is the album covers
I think WoP had a great cover, Plastik’s cover was really cool too. And Ego really wasn’t that bad. I actually think some covers submitted by fans for Monster were better than the one they picked, but yeah, it’s a decent choice.
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