published: 27 /
9 /
2003
Label:
Mute Records
Format: CD
Dark, doomish Goth rock on first album in 7 years from long-serving German trio, Laibach
Review
Laibach have been around since 1980, and 'Wat' is their first new album since their last album, 'Jesus Christ Superstar', of 7 years ago.
Laibach's music is very dark and Gothic. Most of the album sounds like it escaped from a horror film. You can't really say that there are any songs on this release. Vocalist Ivan Novak's vocals have a storytelling style, and are not sung at all.
'Wat' falls largely into the category of dark wave, which was not originally my cup of tea, but, as I am a Cure fan, it has grown on me. The bulk of the album is, however, in German, which may alienate a lot of people. It is mostly keyboard-based, very doomish in tone and reminded me of the soundtrack for the 1976 film, 'The Omen'.
One for the fan club only or for Goths !
Track Listing:-
1
B Mashina
2
Tanz Mit Laibach
3
Du Bist Unser
4
Achtung!
5
Ende
6
Now You Will Pay
7
Hell: Symmetry
8
Das Spiel Ist Aus
9
Satanic Versus
10
The Great Divide
11
Wat
12
Anti-Semitism
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