Stahlgewitter
Stahlgewitter | |
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| Origin | Germany |
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| Years active | 1995-present |
| Labels | Freie Meinung Göttingen W & B Records PC Records[1] |
| Members | Daniel Giese Andreas Koroschetz Frank Krämer |
Stahlgewitter is a controversial German hard rock and Rock against Communism group founded in 1995.[2] Despite the genre's name, RAC song lyrics rarely focus on the specific topic of anti-communism. Rather, RAC lyrics typically feature nationalist themes.[3][4][5] Stahlgewitter is listed by the group 'Netz gegen Nazis' (Network against Nazis) as one of the more popular contemporary Rock against Communism groups.[1] This categorizes Stahlgewitter in amongst other more historical Rock Against Communism groups such as the English band Skrewdriver which played a lending role in the formation of RAC and the fellow German band Landser who are now deemed a "criminal gang organization" in Germany.[6]
Lyrics
For their supposed Nazi-ties, the band has been investigated by the German police for supporting hate-speech.[7] The band is listed as a hate-group for these reasons by the US organization the Anti-Defamation League.[8] However, the band's lyrics never directly attack or demean any race or nationality, which then means it is not categorized as hate-speech outside of Germany.[9] This has led to the band's music being used to create fan-made music videos which then can be uploaded to YouTube without censorship.[9]
Stahlgewitter's lyrics, however, do promote extremism by promoting and praising National Socialism or organisations that were under the German Nazi-party, who engaged in crimes against humanity through the means of both genocide and democide.[9] In their lyrics, they complain about "Zionist-occupied governments" as well pay homage to today's neo-Nazis as "political soldiers" by proclaiming them to be today's Sturmabteilung (SA) or "Brownshirts",[1] a paramilitary organization of the Nazi-party that played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power in the 1920s and 1930s.
One example is the praise in their song "Ruhm und Ehre der Waffen-SS" of the Waffen-SS who committed numerous war crimes, particularly civilian massacres (see Waffen-SS § Criminality).
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Discography
- 1996 - "Das eiserne Gebet"
- 1998 - "Germania"
- 2001 - "Amalek"
- 2002 - "Politischer Soldat"
- 2003 - "Germania über alles"
- 2006 - "Auftrag Deutsches Reich"
- 2008 - "Politischer Soldat - Neuauflage"
- 2013 - "Das Hohelied der Herkunft"
- 2013 - "Stählerne Romantik" (MCD)
See also
References
- ^ a b c http://www.netz-gegen-nazis.de/lexikontext/stahlgewitter Woran man sie erkennt – Stahlgewitter
- ^ "Stahlgewitter Lyrics & Videos". Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ Stewart, John (19 December 2000). "Nazi accusations against members of 3RAR". abc.net. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015.
- ^ "Johnny Rebel and the Cajun roots of right-wing rock". Popular Music and Society. Archived from the original on 3 November 2007.
- ^ "Motkraft.net". Archived from the original on 23 October 2010.
- ^ "Neo-Nazis rally for jailed singer". BBC News. 21 October 2006.
- ^ Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Inneres und Sport: Verfassungsschutzbericht Niedersachsen 2006 (PDF), S. 94f.
- ^ "White Power Music Groups - Overview". Archived from the original on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ^ a b c d "» What should Google do with nazi propaganda on YouTube?". Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2011. What should Google do with Nazi propaganda on YouTube?
Literature
German
- Christian Dornbusch/Jan Raabe (Hrsg.): RechtsRock. Bestandsaufnahme und Gegenstrategien. Unrast Verlag, Münster 2002, ISBN 3-89771-808-1
- Antifaschistische Infoblatt-Autoren: White Noise. Einblicke in die internationale Neonazi-Musik-Szene. Unrast Verlag, Münster 2004, ISBN 3-89771-807-3
External links
- Stahlgewitter discography at Discogs