William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

1102 Eisbrecher - Mein Blut Pick #2 in my "Also Known as Rammstein" theme week, i.e. bands who have been mislabeled as Rammstein here in America. I first found out about Eisbrecher's music a little over 5 years ago; this was the first song of theirs that I heard; it was also their first hit single. Almost immediately everywhere I looked people were attributing this track to Rammstein. Other than it being another German act in the Neue Deutsche Härte genre I have no idea how people could mistake this for being a Rammstein track. First of all to my ear Alexander Wesselsky's vocals are just as distinctive as Till Lindemann's and secondly, Eisbrecher's music, at least on their debut album, contains much more electronic synth. Anyway, long story short, this track got me into the band's music and made me a fan. Although, admittedly, I haven't closely followed them since their '06 Antikörper album; I have heard material off of their two album...

The first thing that hit me about this song when I first heard it is the smoothness and harmonies compared with their other songs by them that I have heard before. The musicianship might seem odd to someone who is not familiar with European music; especially using keyboard with heavy music, which can be a taboo here in America. I really like the arrangements a lot and the overall feeling of the song. The song is a love song with very deep lyrics. Here is the studio version on YouTube. +