Wer Bist Du

Megaherz

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 30, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: zyx
• ASIN: B000003E95
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #102,436 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Es ist nicht leicht ein Gott zu sein......, January 31, 2000

By	Betsy Koenigsberg "metelfrogg" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Why I have taken SO long to write a review of this album is beyond me! Anyway, I first became introduced to MEGAHERZ a while ago. Anyone who is a fan of Rammstein will instantly fall in love with MEGAHERZ! Their sound is similar to Rammstein - but they are not clones. The music is hard (lots of guitar "crunch") with just enough keyboard/samples to give it an industrial feel. A lot of people discover MEGAHERZ through the song "Gott Sein" which is the lead-off track on this album. It can be found in several places on the WEB and is misidentified as belonging to Rammstein. I have been listening to "Wer Bist Du" constantly ever since I purchased it! The vocals are sung in German which I believe gives the music an added dimension and harder feel...

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not all german music is rammstein, March 24, 2002

By A Customer

First off, I am not "bashing" Megaherz in this review- their music is good. I own all of their released albums. By far, their best is "kopfschuss", and I recommend you purchase it first. There style is consistent, but the intensity changes from album to album. Many reviews I have read regarding Megaherz relate them to Rammstein- which hurts my feelings. Just because the lyrics are in german does not mean these two bands have anything else in common. That would be like comparing STP to Ministry. Rammstein is heavily immersed in mixage and electronica, while Megaherz is more your traditional 4-piece rock band. they have a mellower sound, and lighter lyrics (rammstein has some truly evil themes). If you like german hardcore, I recommend a band called "Schweisser". as a devout rammstein fan, i find this a little more to my liking than Megaherz.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This isn't Rammstein, and it DOESN'T NEED TO BE, October 3, 2001

By	"harmfulwave" (Fort Oglethorpe, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This is the album featuring Megaherz's infamous "Gott Sein", the song so often mistaken as Rammstein's work. While the similarities between this song and so much of Rammstein's work are obvious, the discriminating metal fan will recognize that Megaherz is a triumph in their own right.

"Wer Bist Du" has a much cleaner sound than Rammstein. They are certainly more guitar-oriented than R+, with lots of nice crunchy metal sounds. The most important difference is lyrical.

Rammstein traditionally sings songs of love, even if they are as twisted as "Weisses Fleisch" and "Heirate Mich". "Wer Bist Du" features a collection of very, very well written lyrics which address deeper questions of self-identity and self-assertion. I've been listening to this album's powerful "Schlag Zurück" ("Fight Back") almost constantly since discovering Megaherz.

The music is good enough for *any* metal fan to appreciate, whether or not they know German. German speakers (and those who can be bothered with translations) have the added bonus of wonderful lyrics. There are a plethora of reasons to buy this album, and a passing similarity to Rammstein isn't one of the bigger ones.