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German Gothic/death metal/black metal band From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eisregen is a German Gothic/death metal/black metal band formed in 1995. The members are from Tambach-Dietharz, a village in Thuringia. Four of the band's albums are banned in Germany, with different restriction levels.[3]
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Origin | Tambach-Dietharz, Germany |
Genres | Death metal,[1] black metal[2] |
Years active | 1995–present |
Labels | Massacre |
Members | Michael "Blutkehle" Roth Michael "Bursche" Lenz Franzi "Dr. Franzenstein" Ronny "Yantit" Fimmel |
Past members | K. Matthes Michael "Der Hölzer" Brill Sebastian "Berg" Morbach Theresa "2T" Trenks Daniel "DF" Fröbing |
Website | fleischhaus |
In English, Eisregen translates to "ice rain". The band received scrutiny from the German authorities due to their morbid lyrics, causing three of their albums to be banned in Germany by the Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons.
Eisregen originally planned to disband after releasing a final album called Menschenmaterial (in direct translation means "human resources", a dehumanizing reference towards humans being "spendable" like mineral or natural resources), but announced that they will continue to work together.
Eisregen's old albums were more black metal-influenced than the newer ones. Their gothic influences which includes violin sections first came with 1998's Krebskolonie ("cancer colony"), which is also considered the band's best album by many of their fans, is now a typical addition to the band's discography.
Unlike regular banning (referred to as "indexing"), which prohibits playing the songs in public, selling to minors and any kind of advertisement, Krebskolonie is not allowed to be sold at all in Germany. The reason given by the Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons were the lyrics, which were described as cruel, inhuman, misogynistic and violent. The band could not fight the ban as their label Last Episode (which they left afterwards) did not inform them.
Interviews show the reasons giving for the ban differ from lyricist Michael Roth's intentions. As an example, an excerpt from the ban report referring to the song "Futter für die Schweine" ("food for the pigs"):
Roth himself stated:
The ban of the 2001 album Farbenfinsternis ("color darkness"), which along with Krebskolonie was one of their most important releases, inflicted financial damages to Eisregen. The album Menschenmaterial, originally thought to be their sixth and last album, was not released. The band announced to release one more album called Blutbahnen ("bloodlines") before, as they found new motivation to make music.
On 1 February 2007, their release Wundwasser ("water from wounds") was banned due to "youth endangering and condemnable contents".
In order to circumvent the banning rules, Eisregen retitle songs when playing them live. "Meine tote Russische Freundin" and "Futter für die Schweine" became "Meine schwedische Freundin" and "Nonnen für die Schweine". "Krebskolonie" is often played as "Leprakolonie" ("leper colony").
Although Eisregen were criticized for their morbid horror and splatter-influenced lyrics, their songs also have some humorous undertones and sometimes even deal with social or historical topics (e.g. "Schwarze Rose", "vom Muttermord", "Ripper von Rostow", "Eisenkreuzkrieger", "17 Kerzen am Dom") in a fictional way.
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Ronny Fimmel founded a gothic metal band called Ewigheim in 1999 (Michael Roth and Theresa Trenks were featured as session musicians). Michael Roth and Michael Lenz play in a melodic death metal band called Eisblut since 2004, and Ronny Fimmel and Theresa Trenks founded Transilvanian Beat Club in 2005.
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