DeutscheMusik.net has all kinds of great things for German music fans, from album reviews to forums, and they just keep making it better. Today, the site proudly announced the launch of their very own music shop. The DeutscheMusik.net Shop has a lot of very unique features that most online shops don’t have, so it’s definitely worth a look.

• Good CD prices - The shop can offer you very good prices on CDs because it’s not run for a profit. The guys running the shop are German music fans, too, so they don’t want to rip you off.
• Shipping rates are fair - They charge you only what it actually costs to ship your CDs to you. Once again, this is because they’re not overcharging and trying to make a profit.
• Lots of metal, rock, and industrial CDs - The selection of CDs available are mostly metal, NDH, and industrial/EBM releases. That’s just the kind of music they love to listen to, so that’s what they sell.
• Rare CDs are available - The shop has a lot of older music and CDs that you usually can’t find in most online stores. This is because the guy who runs the shop is a real person living in Germany and can look for CDs in the real world.
• Ask for a CD - It’s not a feature of the website, but I’m sure you can email them asking for a certain CD you’re looking for. It might not be readily available online, but they may be willing to look around the shops there in Germany and see if it can be found for you that way.

Check out the new DeutscheMusik.net Shop

DeutscheMusik.net has just interviewed Joachim Witt. In this rare English-language interview with Witt, this German music mastermind answers many questions submitted by fans about his history and future plans. Included in the interview are Witt’s own favorite musicians, how he teamed up with bands like Oomph! and Peter Heppner from Wolfsheim, and how he would love to work with either Rammstein or Marilyn Manson. To read the full interview text, please visit this page.

As you learn more and more about German music on the internet, you will soon discover that there are many websites about the topic. One of the best is DeutscheMusik.net which has many useful features to help you explore the best German bands. The site is perhaps best known for their forums where fans around the world come to discuss all kinds of German music topics, but I would like to point out another special feature of the site: the album reviews.

DeutscheMusik.net offers a number of great album reviews on a variety of bands, from ASP to Richthofen, and from Eisbrecher to Heimataerde. But beyond the wide range of reviews that are available, I think the best aspect of DM’s review page is that it is fan driven. By this, I mean that German music fans (that’s you) are encouraged to write and submit reviews for the site. Don’t see your favorite German album reviewed? Write one. Disagree with someone else’s review? Write another one. This review page puts you in control, which I think is really great.

So go check out DeutscheMusik.net’s review page. Read some for yourself. Write some for others. Everybody wins.