Thanks-that is interesting-like I said in another post, it is pretty obvious that my skinhead co-worker is not listening to mainstream stuff-the CDs he likes are from Germany and have German lyrics. The American Death Metal he listens to is mainstream, but I really still can’t get into it-one of the few genres of music I don’t like-but it doesn’t make me want to run out into the road screaming-only rap crap does that...
I have been listening primarily to German music for the last couple of years myself: Rammstein, Oomph, Eisbrecher, Blutengel, Nachtblut, Feuerschwantz, D’Artagnan, Xandria, Megaherz, Nena Hagen, Faun, and many others.
I’ve seen Within Temptation, In Flames, Smash Into Pieces, Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, and Beyond the Black live in the last year.
The Wacken festival is way up there on my list of “to go”: 3 days, 8 stages, over 120 bands all live in a farmer’s field in the middle of nowhere Germany.
Somewhere between 70K & 100K folks like me all there for a good time! Look up some live performances on youtube. Ghost Love Score by Nightwish is EPIC, yet somehow a fair sample of one style (symphonic metal, if you care to know) of the music played.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYjIlHWBAVo