The bizarre duo known as Hanzel Und Gretyl formed in 1993,
opting for a techno/industrial style foucusing on futuristic/sci-fi
themes.
They released two albums in the late nineties, and in fact
opened for
Marilyn Manson on a couple of tours, but
their record label, Energy Records, folded soon after the
second album (Transmissions From Uranus, in 1997), and due
to legal troubles between the label and band, Hanzel Und Gretyl
were dormant for several years, until Metropolis Records signed
them in 2003.
Reborn,
the band has since recorded two more albums, most recently
Scheissmessiah.
The songs here are anthemic, simplistic yet catchy, heavily
industrial
metal sung in both German and English (an industrial band singing
in German will, of course, invite numerous comparisons to
Rammstein,
and sure enough, these guys aren't a million miles away from that
sound).
Though hardly complicated or revolutionary,
it's pretty cool stuff, infectious and a solid bet for industrial
metal fans.
