I have been thinking that I have gone a little soft on you all, bringing you postpunk or dancey dark electronic music that meets my political standards, while laying off the dood-laden stompy music that many of us love and crave. Yet, what shall those of us do when we need some ridiculous, over the top, hypermasculine, rolling EBM basslines with DEUTSCHE lyrics shouted in our face till it falls off, but we don't want to listen to that Portion Control's "Amnesia" for the 5 billionth time (yeah, I know it's not auf Deutsch, though that song does deserve it's own post, I don't have a reason why I have never given it one), enter Wulfband.
These guys are fairly new but not 2016 new. The great folx over at idieyoudie already did a piece featuring them, so I am gonna link you to that since my current knowledge of them is slim. But, in my early listening, I do have to agree with this article when it says:
Wulfband is hyper-aggressive to the point of parody, and the boneheaded lyrics yelled in German just take it over the top. Proof positive that if you take every EBM cliché and amplify it, you might end up with something that goes beyond ridiculous and transforms into the spectacular.
Though, I'd replace "boneheaded" with "FANTASTISCH," personally.
As the title of this piece indicates, I can only make out so much of the lyrics with my really schlecte(r?) Deutsch so if you notice something absolutely oppressive and jacked in this music or videos, please let us know in the comments (even if it DOES ruin my new FAVE.) I would not call this band radical in terms of politics because I don't know their politics. But, as far as I can tell currently, this is how you do (what so many defenders of shitty bands that have made it to this blog call) "artistic" and "edgy" and "it's just a joke" things with the kind of satirical skill that holds my attention (and makes me laugh- which might be more important) . Take note, nachtmarzis and combichristians, I'm lookin' at you.
Enjoy.
And, there's even one you'd think I might not approve of, but I do, if only for the ridiculousness of the lyrics.
If I don't stop, I will post them all. So, check out their youtube for the rest.
Hi guys,
ReplyDeleteI love Wulfband and I'm anti-racist (as a black man, it's usually the case) I did some research and I'd check out Wulfband's label is Progress Productions. Clearly quite a few skinheads but whether they're boneheads or not remains in question but...it doesn't like it. Most of them are Swedish and they're sense of humour is dark/tongue in cheek.
One band who you'll probably like who is also on this label is called
Vanligt folk...I listened to them and instantly loved it. However there is a live video where the lead singer is clearly making swastikas with arm and doing nazi salutes. But for a couple reasons this is probably just the absurd swedish sense of humour.The song translates of 'idiots of assembly' so it seems like it's a joke. the first paragraph of the song lyrics are:
'Good vs. evil
You against Mej
We meet
Judgment against them
Different to the Equal
Sites against Sites
East against West
Left to right
All against All'
quite ambiguous. this is the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Q6BDVB7LU and I thought 'oh fuck they're nazis...bit surprising cus the music is ace and sounds intelligent.'
however they also have a dub reggae track...maybe you've been hit with the same confusion as me, yeah? and he wears a rastafari balaclava and dances with a butterfly knife, as someone with a jamaican parent i can't help but find it fucking hilarious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX5OpgxnCsU
I recommend you to look into the other bands in the label though. Cus I think if even one band is white supremacist, it makes all the other bands on the label dodgey.
http://www.progress-productions.com/artists.php
Any updates on Wulfband's politics and welcoming people that look different? I almost don't want to know because I love the Revolter album so much, but I do want to know. I guess I had started to wonder a while ago when I noticed that their album cover looks similar to something I've seen associated with hate groups that looks like the lion of flanders. There were other animals done in this style on crests long ago that weren't racist, but it seems concerning.
ReplyDeleteI like Fiendflug, but also feel weird listening to them now after learning that the angry German guy that they sample, seemingly a lot, is Hitler. Their stance is that they aren't racist and you should "Use your brain and think about it!", but there are reasons to questions this. It's unfortunate.
So for some reason blogger never sent me a notification for your comment and I've just found it now. I haven't looked into them in a while but will. I know the cover you're talking about and Id be cautious just because there can be a lot of overlap between animal symbolism.
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