In 1996, EMI decided to place Die Allergie under contract with their industrial sublabel, Spin Records. After an intensive 2 years of working together, the band decided to go their own way and leave Spin Records, which dissolved a short time later anyway.
In the beginning of 1998, the band released their self-produced MCD, "Demokratie", which was well received by fans and press alike, and resulted in many labels showing an interest in the band. It takes time to do something well, so Die Allergie took plenty of time to examine the numerous offers in depth. In July of 1998, the decision was made in favor of Rise Up, a sublabel of Last Episode Productions founded especially for Die Allergie.
Rise Up offered the up and coming quintet act, through keyboarder Danny Böhm, every possibility to resume their own path. In February of 1999, the label released Die Allergie's second album, "Dunkelgraue Lieder für das Nächste Jahrtausend", which, through aggressively ironic lyrics and the brutal, painfilled dark wall of music, held a mirror up to humanity showing the ugly face of daily reality. 10,000 copies were sold across Europe.
In the beginning of 2000, the band spent 3 months in the Roth Recordings Studio in order to produce their album "Virus III" under the direction of Dieter Roth. Musically, the band had lost none of their hardness, and the song material also appeared more mature and tighter than ever before. Various journalists showed euphoric "allergic" reactions based on the band's studio report in March 2000.
After the recording of "Virus III", bassist Markus Knapp (ex-Atrocity) left the band due to personal reasons. Die Allergie found a new comrade in arms with Jan Beckmann, but due to his professional career, he had to leave a short time later. Markus Knapp decided to take the bass in hand once again with Die Allergie, and he has been a solid component of the band ever since.
Die Allergie parted ways with Rise Up because the sales numbers of "Virus III" did not meet the expectations that the label had imagined. The band also felt that they did not have full support from the label which should have recognized that "Virus III" was a first class album from the start!
The singer, Albi, was arrested by the police due to false evidence and sat in jail until September 2001. Because he had drug problems at this time, he had to go through a drug rehab program which he successfully completed.
The members close to Albi were unsettled and brought to a halt. No one quite knew what would happen next. Once again, they found themselves without a label or tour. Once it was known how long they would be without a front man, they decided to use the time as creatively as possible in order to have some new songs to work on after his return. Albi is again walking free and clean!
In their lyrics, Die Allergie deals with the deviancies that exist in all of us such as egotism, megalomania, greed, obsession, and destructive urges even as far as necrophilia. Musically, Die Allergie is hard to categorize. The wide range goes from Pantera or Pro Pain (with whom Die Allergie completed a successful 4-week European tour in the Spring of 1999, along with Temple of the Absurd) to Fear Factory and Crowbar, through all shades of the extreme, without allowing themselves to fit into a definitive classification. The term Industrial Metal-Core is the most fitting category that comes straight to mind.
Das grosse Sterben
Die Allergie Lyrics
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Wie der boden unter deinen füssen bricht
Wie es böse aus den bäumen rauscht
Der tod liegt in der luft die du zum atmen brauscht
Wie das licht das leben schenkt
Nun deine augen und deine haut verbrennt
Spürst du's auch wie die zeit verinnt
Das grosse sterben beginnt
Krankes fleisch das in mutterbäuchen wächst
Schwarze zunge die an offner wunde leckt
Trübes wasser aus den quelen fliesst
Grauer regen sich über uns ergiesst
Spürst du's auch wie die zeit verinnt
Sich grauer regen über uns ergiesst
Spürst du's auch wie die zeit verinnt
Das grosse sterben beginnt
Hier kommt die see und deckt alles zu
Macht aless rein und schenkt ewige ruh
Spürst du's auch wie die zeit verinnt
Sich grauer regen über uns ergiesst
Wie die welt sich aus den angeln hebt
Vom mensch erholt und sich ohne ihn dreht
Spürst du's auch wie die zeit verinnt
Sich grauer regen über uns ergiesst
Spürst du's auch wie die zeit verinnt
Das grosse sterben beginnt
The lyrics of Die Allergie's song Das grosse Sterben poetically describe the apocalyptic imagery of a world on the brink of collapse. The first stanza opens with the imagery of the ground breaking beneath one's feet and a malign force rustling out of the trees. This is followed by an unnerving allusion to the air we breathe, carrying death within it. The chorus then comes in, ominously announcing that the great dying has begun. The second verse further amplifies the stark sense of decay, featuring twisted flesh growing in mother's wombs, a black tongue lapping at an open wound, and dirty water pouring from the sources.
This song is highly evocative of the ecological collapse and subsequent eco-anxiety increasingly affecting our society. The vivid, disturbing nature imagery of the song mirrors this fear and terror. There is a sense of overwhelming and impending doom that looms over the listener throughout the song, amplified by the dark, foreboding melody. The ultimate resolution offered is that of the cleansing of the seas, alluding to a potential rebirth and renewal, replacing the old and corrupted with the pure and fresh.
Line by Line Meaning
Spürst du schon wies in deiner lunge sticht
Can you feel the agony being inflicted in your lungs?
Wie der boden unter deinen füssen bricht
As the ground beneath your feet crumbles away,
Wie es böse aus den bäumen rauscht
As the sounds produced by the trees seem ominous,
Der tod liegt in der luft die du zum atmen brauscht
Death is present in the very air you breathe,
Wie das licht das leben schenkt
Just as light gives birth to life,
Nun deine augen und deine haut verbrennt
Now, your eyes and skin are searing with pain,
Spürst du's auch wie die zeit verinnt
Do you also perceive time slipping away?
Krankes fleisch das in mutterbäuchen wächst
Sickly flesh growing inside mother's womb,
Schwarze zunge die an offner wunde leckt
A black tongue licking at an open wound,
Trübes wasser aus den quelen fliesst
Murky water flowing from the springs,
Grauer regen sich über uns ergiesst
Gray rain pouring down upon us,
Hier kommt die see und deckt alles zu
The sea arrives and covers everything, offering eternal rest,
Macht aless rein und schenkt ewige ruh
Purifying all and granting eternal peace,
Wie die welt sich aus den angeln hebt
As the world shifts off its axis,
Vom mensch erholt und sich ohne ihn dreht
Recovering without humanity and turning anew,
Das grosse sterben beginnt
The great dying is beginning.
Contributed by Austin G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@dee66daniel72
YUPP.. Jetzt hat der Song ... Einen realen Bezug zur Realität bekommen ...
@christophhorn2842
Schade das es die ganzen geilen Gruppen nicht mehr gibt schweisser Allergie und Co...
@dee66daniel72
@@christophhorn2842 Der Lauf der Dinge ... hab erst jetzt das Feedback zufällig gesehen - Y-Tu benachrichtigt nicht mehr .. auf Antworten .. ZENSUR -...Frohes Neues !
Dee