German Music Scene of the 21st Century

The german culture includes much of the same music as in the United States (although the artists are much different). thier music includes various forms of rock and metal, punk, electornic, techno, reggae, and even hip-hop and R&B.

ROCK/METAL

Source: http://cannibalviking.deviantart.com/art/Rammstein-Feuer-Frei-246017470
Video: http://youtu.be/8eM2W56tv2o

• considered by many to be one of Europe's heaviest contributors to the scene
• Neue Deutsche Härte (New German Hardness): a form of Industrial Metal
• Rammstien, Oomph!, Megaherz (very popular bands)
• Goth: notable artists for example are Lacrimosa, Lacrimas Profundere, Sieben Siegel, Xmal Deutschland, Das Ich, Deine Lakaien, Illuminate, Untoten
• Neue Deutsche Todeskunst (New German Death Art): a German death-obsessed style of music
• restricted to Germany where it emerged in the early 1990s
•  Das Ich, Lacrimosa, Relatives Menschsein (populat bands)

ELECTRONIC/TECHNO

Sensation White, a Dance/Trance Event in Germany
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Germany#Popular_music_from_reunified_Germany

• Germany has the largest electronic music scene in the world.
• Kraftwerk: poineer of electronic music in Germany
• Monika Kruse, Marusha, Blümchen and MIA (popular mainstream artists)

REGGAE

• Some popular reggae artists of Germany
• Adé Bantu
• Boundzound
• Culcha Candela
• Dr. Ring-Ding
• Gentleman
• Hans Söllner
• Jan Delay

HIP-HOP/R&B

Source: http://196096.homepagemodules.de/t7f2-Neues-Album.html

• arrived in the early 1980s
• peak of success in the early first decade of the 21st century
• Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt: a rap group from Rödelheim who tried to establish the USA-like rap sound in Germany