OOMPH! Ritual

For almost 3 decades, OOMPH! has stood for self-renewal, pioneering spirit and unbridled creativity. What was based on EBM, Rock and New Wave, which in the 90s rather casually created a new subgenre (Neue Deutsche Härte) and was crossover when there was no crossover yet, many years later appeals to thousands of fans from the most diverse camps and is a regular guest in the most dizzying heights of the German charts. Meanwhile the trio has arrived at album number 13, and it can be stated again: everything remains different on rituals. "It's getting harder and darker than it has been for a long time", oracled frontman DERO in advance, and he should be right! With the whipping staccato triumvirate thousand men and an order, attention! Achtung! and Kein Liebeslied there is a highly aggressive start into a meandering beast from an album, which shortly afterwards leads into the over-catchy Europe and the dancefloor filler Im Namen des Vaters. The over-twisted electro-metal-teaser TRRR - FCKN- HTLR, quasi OOMPH! in a nutshell, is the only ironic number on ritual: a record that usually deals with difficult topics like politics, war and abuse. Eloquent, contentious, unpredictable and inevitable.