List of popular artists from Germany

У Germany rich and varied historyespecially when it comes to musics. This huge, proud and forward-looking. nation in the heart of Europe has spawned innovators in the field of cabaret and opera, and - let's not forget - many of the greatest classical of the world's composers, including Beethoven и Bachwere also Germans. Indeed, over the centuries. best German musicians have created many workswho have influenced Western music. In this article, we have compiled best music groups from Germany that you're most likely to know about, heard.

"Rammstein"

largest Germany's rock exports, the Neue Deutsche Härte Rammstein band broke into international radar in the late '90s with his 1997 breakthrough album "Sehnsucht." and its accompanying hit "Du Hast.". With their aggressive mixture heavy metal riffs, dramatic. orchestrations and electronic music (mostly synthesiser), the band quickly turned from aspiring musicians into a reliable, powerful carwhich continues confidently to move down the road of show business. After dizzying the success of the 2001 album "Mutter", "Rammstein" firmly entrenched at the top of the German charts over a long career that has secured a loyal international following. fan base, a few albums with platinum certificate and no less than a dozen singles occupying the first places on the charts. Despite the fact that their songs are mostly on the German language, they're a constant presence in the charts. UK и U.S.A..

"Scorpions"

It's gone 50 years since little Klaus. Maine, Rudolph Schenker and Mathias Yabs wandered the streets of Hanover, only awakening from the post-war paralysiswith a trolley carrying their instruments and amplifiers. Over the years, they've become the most successful a German rock band, or even continental Europe, a living proof that not only Mercedes or BMW can compete internationally, but also classical rock music made in Germany. Countless groupsThe Smashing Pumpkins, as well as Green Day, Korn, System Of A Down or Queensryche, have performed for many years. covers to Scorpions songs. For example, "Rock You Like A Hurricane" has been sung by various musicians over 150 times.

Tell me about it of a career similar to the Scorpions' success in simple figures practically impossibly. Nevertheless, one figure that should still be mentioned is more than 100 million of records sold to date. That makes the Scorpions the most successful continental European rock band.

"Tokio Hotel"

В 2007when young people all over the world wore long black and pink. fringes и dark Tokio Hotel became a trendsetter. emo fashionand lead singer Bill Cowlitzwhich failed eyes with a black pencil, - idol for millions of girls and boys. Today, the German band performs synth-pophas topped the charts and still does. collects full halls of fans.

"Blind Guardian"

"Blind Guardian" appeared in West Germany in the middle of 80-хtheir style. combined is European power metal with a touch of gothic and fantasy. Since their debut in 1988 with the thrashy and raw album "Battalions of Fear" the band became an authority in musical circles largely at the expense of progressive and neo-classical metal, introducing the classics genre, Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998), A Night at the Opera (2002) and A Twist in the Myth (2006), as well as the orchestral workssuch as Legacy of the Dark Lands (2019), which skilfully combine fantastic storytelling with first-class musicianship.

"Kreator."

Perhaps the most influential and successful European thrash metal act. groupdespite some competition With bands such as Sodom, Destruction and Tankard, German band Kreator is by far the most colourful of all. Like many of their European counterparts in speed metalKreator combined the thrash innovations of The Big One. fours Kreator's career also reflected that of Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer. Kreator's career has also reflected take-offs and the fall of fortune speed metal: movement upwards throughout the '80s and climax in two now-classic albums: 1989's "Extreme Aggression" and "Coma of Souls." As the new decade brought forth grungeKreator felt the need evolvehaving spent most of the rest of the decade researching various combinations industrial, gothic rock and alternative sounds, leading to 1999's post-metal. Their new musical the reception was the beginning of a creative revival at the dawn of a new century, which testimonies universally recognised return in 2001. In the twenty-first century, Kreator are. certified the world's superstars who. touring as widely and frequently as bands half their age, releasing such iconic labourslike 2012's Phantom Antichrist and 2017's Gods of Violence.

"Helloween."

Along with the Swiss "Celtic Frost" and Swedish "Bathory."German "Helloween."is probably the most influential a heavy metal band from 80s Europe. By taking the hard riffs and melodies of the minor tonalities inherited from craftsmen of metal bands such as Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, and infused them with the speed and energy brought by the burgeoning movement thrash metalHelloween put together a sonic. ingredients of what is now known as power metal. The band had reached its commercial peaked in the late '80s with the album "Keeper of the Seven Keys," which helped make their benchmarkby which almost every group is measured power metal. Their swift take-off was interrupted by internal disputes и unsuccessful business decisions, but Helloween have quietly internalised their harsh lessons and continued flourish on the international metal scene in the 2010s and even into the 2020s.

"Accept."

Vocalist Udo Dirkschneider formed "Accept." in your hometown SolingenGermany in the late '60s (originally known as "Band X"), but not until the middle of the 70-х the group has formed quite stable Composition. Well-accepted performance at the "Rock am Rhein" festival in 1976 attracted them attention all over the country, and they finally, after the arrival of guitarist Jörg Fischer, got the contract on the record. Their namesake debut the album, released in 1979, was badly produced, contained mostly substandard of the song and had no effect on success of the group. But with the arrival of a new drummer Stefan Kaufmann in front of a much improved album "I'm a Rebel" from the 1980s, Accept got the latest ingredientthat they were looking for, and their popularity began to grow like a yeast.

"Kraftwerk"

"Kraftwerk" have not developed a new musical doctrine or religion. By mixing man and machine, they helped to create a new kindby taking a leap in evolution musics. Not their own music, but sound и approachthat they've spawned make Kraftwerk significant. event in the development of popular music. One of the most famous albums "Autobahn." (1974) was a turning point not only in the band's work, but also in the modern the world as a whole by demonstrating possibilities synthesisers and electronics of the time.

"Sodom."

Deemed alone of the Big Four of thrash metal, Sodom is one of the oldest and the most influential groups in this genre. Appearing at the beginning of 1980-хthe band took example with Mercyful Fate, Accept and Venom, among others, as well as from the New Wave of British heavy metal to create a harder and more compact musical mould. This was followed by the following iconic albums like Persecution Mania (1988) and Agent Orange (1989), as well as later works such as Tapping the Vein (1992), Sodom (2006), Epitome of Torture (2013) and Genesis XIX (2020). Despite the numerous personnel changes, the band remains activeand the only one permanent member is bassist and vocalist Tom Angelripper.

"Gamma Ray"

Kai Hansen formed "Helloween." in 1984, played guitar and was the lead vocalist in the first four albums group. However, in early 1989, he gone and founded "Gamma Ray" with vocalist Ralph Schippers (formerly part of the group "Tyran Pace."). The duo intended to record one-off a project that Hansen invented while working at Helloween. They hired bassist Uwe Wesselsand drummer Matthias Burhardt and a few other musicians. Album "Heading for Tomorrow" was released in. 1990. and became hit among fans and critics alike. The record is so liked to the public that Hansen, Schippers and Wessel had decided to commit tourduring which "Heaven Can Wait" was released. К 1991. "Gamma Ray has released another album called "Sigh No More." "Gamma Ray" is back to raging A new wave of British heavy metal style in 2001's No World Order. "Gamma Ray" In 2005, they brought Majestic to the public, with a world-wide release tour. Two years later, "Gamma Ray" released "Land of the Free II" and went on tour with "Helloween." for promotions album. In spring 2014, the band released their eleventh studio album, "Empire of the Undead," in which the band's sound took on a more thrashy.