Eisbrecher

This band's invariably one of the first bands that German students in the United States will have access to, since, for whatever reason, Eisbrecher has achieved some measure of the success that Rammstein's had abroad. Ironically, Eisbrecher isn't at all as popular or well-known within Deutschland, most likely as a result of both their style and the way they portray themselves. Eisbrecher is Neue Deutsche Härte in the same tradition as Rammstein or OOMPH!, and so much of the same theatricality and aggressive attitude is heard within Eisbrecher's songs. I'd say that Eisbrecher can be useful to the beginning German student because of their very clearly enunciated (if sometimes disturbing or offensive) lyrics, but after a time they quickly become monotonous and tiresome, since there's little variation between albums. Eisbrecher's suitable as part of an introduction to German music and to the language in general, but in reality little more than that.