LAIBACH

Non-Metal / Industrial Metal / Metal Related • Slovenia
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Laibach is an industrial project that started in Trbovlje, Slovenia, in 1980. Their name is taken from the German name for Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana, and this reference to World War II occupation was the first of many provocative and ambiguous statements in their long and chameleonic career. Laibach were founder members of the art movement NSK (Neue Slowenische Kunst — “New Slovenian Art”) and are one of the few musical groups able to claim real influence on the history of their home country.

Laibach are best known for their cover versions of pop songs which have been rerendered in such a way as to reveal formerly hidden or unnoticed messages, often commenting on political totalitarianism or rock stardom’s own forms of dictatorship. This was done most successfully on Opus Dei, especially on their cover of One Vision. Named Geburt Einer Nation after D. W. Griffith’s classic film The Birth of
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LAIBACH albums / top albums

LAIBACH Laibach album cover 3.25 | 2 ratings
Laibach
Non-Metal 1985
LAIBACH Nova Akropola album cover 3.83 | 3 ratings
Nova Akropola
Non-Metal 1986
LAIBACH Opus Dei album cover 3.80 | 5 ratings
Opus Dei
Metal Related 1987
LAIBACH Let It Be album cover 2.17 | 2 ratings
Let It Be
Non-Metal 1988
LAIBACH Macbeth album cover 3.17 | 3 ratings
Macbeth
Non-Metal 1989
LAIBACH Kapital album cover 2.50 | 1 ratings
Kapital
Non-Metal 1992
LAIBACH NATO album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
NATO
Non-Metal 1994
LAIBACH Jesus Christ Superstars album cover 3.75 | 2 ratings
Jesus Christ Superstars
Industrial Metal 1996
LAIBACH WAT album cover 4.00 | 2 ratings
WAT
Non-Metal 2003
LAIBACH Volk album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Volk
Non-Metal 2006
LAIBACH Laibachkunstderfuge album cover 2.00 | 1 ratings
Laibachkunstderfuge
Non-Metal 2008
LAIBACH Spectre album cover 4.25 | 2 ratings
Spectre
Non-Metal 2014
LAIBACH Also Sprach Zarathustra album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Also Sprach Zarathustra
Non-Metal 2017
LAIBACH The Sound of Music album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Sound of Music
Non-Metal 2018

LAIBACH EPs & splits

LAIBACH Panorama / Die Liebe album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Panorama / Die Liebe
Non-Metal 1985
LAIBACH Die Liebe / Panorama album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Die Liebe / Panorama
Non-Metal 1989

LAIBACH live albums

LAIBACH The Occupied Europe Tour 1985 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Occupied Europe Tour 1985
Non-Metal 1985
LAIBACH Neu Konservatiw album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Neu Konservatiw
Non-Metal 1985
LAIBACH Ljubljana-Zagreb-Beograd album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ljubljana-Zagreb-Beograd
Non-Metal 1993
LAIBACH Occupied Europe NATO Tour 1994-1995 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Occupied Europe NATO Tour 1994-1995
Non-Metal 1995
LAIBACH M.B. December 21, 1984 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
M.B. December 21, 1984
Non-Metal 1997
LAIBACH The John Peel Sessions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The John Peel Sessions
Non-Metal 2002

LAIBACH demos, promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs)

LAIBACH re-issues & compilations

LAIBACH Rekapitulacija 1980-1984 album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Rekapitulacija 1980-1984
Non-Metal 1985
LAIBACH Slovenska Akropola album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Slovenska Akropola
Non-Metal 1987
LAIBACH Anthems album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Anthems
Non-Metal 2004

LAIBACH singles (15)

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Boji / Sila / Brat Moj
Non-Metal 1984
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Panorama / Decree
Non-Metal 1984
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Die Liebe
Non-Metal 1985
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Geburt einer Nation
Non-Metal 1987
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Life Is Life
Non-Metal 1987
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Across the Universe
Non-Metal 1988
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4.00 | 1 ratings
Sympathy for the Devil
Non-Metal 1988
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3. Oktober
Non-Metal 1990
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Wirtschaft ist tot
Non-Metal 1992
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Final Countdown
Non-Metal 1994
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In the Army Now / War
Non-Metal 1995
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Jesus Christ Superstar / God Is God
Industrial Metal 1996
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Tanz mit Laibach
Non-Metal 2003
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Das Spiel ist Aus
Non-Metal 2004
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Anglia
Non-Metal 2006

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LAIBACH Reviews

LAIBACH Let It Be

Album · 1988 · Non-Metal
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Laibach has a history of bizarre cover versions, from their Nazi-esque cover of Queen's "One Vision" to their entire EP of "Sympathy For The Devil" revisions, but this one probably takes the cake for most daring and weirdest. For some reason, they thought it would be a good idea to redo the Beatles' "Let It Be" album in its entirety, in their characteristic stomping Slovakian style, no less. Why did they pick what is arguably the worst Beatles album? Only Laibach knows, but the results are, if nothing else, interesting.

"Get Back" is one of the more successful versions here. It really rocks, and the melodey lends itself well to this interpretation. Other tracks are less fortunate. "Dig a Pony," "I've Got A Feeling," "Two of Us," and "Dig It" are all pretty awful. However, "I Me Mine" works great and "Across The Universe" is utterly gorgeous, with its chorus of Eastern European choir girls. "One After 909" is funky fun and the whole thing ends with a charming native folk song (for some reason.)

This concept album is moderately successful at best, but it has enough good tracks (not to mention the general amusement of the whole ridiculous ordeal) to warrant two stars. Check it out if you like the Beatles and Teutonic marching rhythms.

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