This book argues for the importance of popular music in negotiations of national identity, and
Germanness in particular. By discussing diverse musical genres and commercially and …

Bezugnahmen auf den Nationalsozialismus haben in der populären Musik auch jenseits der
extremen Rechten eine lange Geschichte: Bands wie Throbbing Gristle, Joy Division …

Mass migration and the so-called refugee crisis have put questions of national identifications
high on political and social agendas in Germany and all over Europe, and have ignited …

Germany's premier rock music export Rammstein has been controversial since its formation
in 1994. This article analyzes Rammstein's sonic signature from the perspective of the “art of …

[A] lthough Rammstein productions emphasize some specific German stereotypes in their
sound, their overall aesthetic is rather international. This carefully crafted fine line between …

This article explores how the most recent works of the German Neue Deutsche Härte band
Rammstein express a Vergangenheitsbewältigung that is not limited to the history of the …