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.
Der letzte Held
Die Allergie Lyrics
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Sonnenstrahlen
Quälen sich durch die eisife luft
Im kalten fenster
Spiegeln sich kristalle
Das licht verliert
Sich in tiefer depression
Den leeren kopf voll mit watte
Starrer blick in die andere welt
Kein gedanke ist bei euch
Denn ihr habt nie auf mich gezählt
Alle trauer ist verflogen
Ich fühl mich wie im vakuum
Bevor mich dieser raum erdrückt
Und die kälte mich erstarren lässt
Ich lasse los
Ich gehe weg von dieser welt
Ich lasse los
Denn ihr habt nie auf mich gezählt
Ich lasse los
Ich gehe weg von dieser welt
Ich lasse los
Denn ihr habt nie auf mich gezählt
Lasse ich mich
Einfach fallen
Bis der schmerz mich
Endlos schlafen lässt
Ich lasse los
Von euerer welt
Denn ihr habt Nie auf mich gezählt
Ich lasse los
Ich gehe weg von dieser welt
Ich lasse los
Denn ihr habt nie auf mich gezählt
Ich lasse los
Ich gehe weg von dieser welt
Ich lasse los
Denn ihr habt nie auf mich gezählt
The lyrics of Die Allergie's song Der letzte Held are about someone who feels ignored and unimportant in the world. The first stanza describes a cold, depressing atmosphere with weak sunlight filtering through the window and reflecting off crystals. This setting sets the tone for the rest of the song, which conveys a sense of hopelessness and isolation. The second stanza suggests that the singer is lost in their thoughts and disconnected from the people around them. They feel like no one has ever relied on them, and as a result, they have disconnected themselves from the world emotionally, emotionally detaching themselves from it.
The chorus, "Ich lasse los" ("I let go"), repeats throughout the song, emphasizing the singer's desire to detach from the world entirely. They feel like they are being suffocated by their environment, and so they choose to remove themselves from it. In the final stanza, the singer decides to let themselves fall and let the pain overwhelm them, finally letting go of the world. The repetition of "Ich lasse los" is a powerful and emotional statement, emphasizing the singer's decision to detach themselves from the world and escape their suffering.
In summary, the lyrics of Der letzte Held explore themes of isolation, loneliness, and the desire to escape. The singer feels ignored and disconnected from the world, and ultimately decides to let go and remove themselves from the world entirely.
Line by Line Meaning
Milchig schwache Sonnenstrahlen
Weak and cloudy sunlight
Quälen sich durch die eisige Luft
Struggle through the icy air
Im kalten Fenster spiegeln sich Kristalle
Crystals reflect in the cold window
Das Licht verliert sich in tiefer Depression
The light loses itself in deep depression
Den leeren Kopf voll mit Watte
Empty head filled with cotton
Starrer Blick in die andere Welt
Staring into the other world
Kein Gedanke ist bei euch
No thought is on you
Denn ihr habt nie auf mich gezählt
Because you never counted on me
Alle Trauer ist verflogen
All sorrow is gone
Ich fühl mich wie im Vakuum
I feel like in a vacuum
Bevor mich dieser Raum erdrückt
Before this space crushes me
Und die Kälte mich erstarren lässt
And the cold makes me freeze
Ich lasse los
I let go
Ich gehe weg von dieser Welt
I leave this world
Denn ihr habt nie auf mich gezählt
Because you never counted on me
Lasse ich mich einfach fallen
I just let myself fall
Bis der Schmerz mich endlos schlafen lässt
Until the pain allows me endless sleep
Von eurer Welt lasse ich los
I let go of your world
Denn ihr habt nie auf mich gezählt
Because you never counted on me
Ich lasse los
I let go
Ich gehe weg von dieser Welt
I leave this world
Denn ihr habt nie auf mich gezählt
Because you never counted on me
Ich lasse los
I let go
Ich gehe weg von dieser Welt
I leave this world
Denn ihr habt nie auf mich gezählt
Because you never counted on me
Contributed by Eli P. Suggest a correction in the comments below.