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.
Star
Die Allergie Lyrics
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Sieh zu ihm auf mach seine träume wahr
Er saugt sich wie ein egel
An deiner habe fest
Er singt sich in dein hirn
Bis du alles fallen lässt
Verraten verkauft perlen vor die säue
Wilkommen im club der huren dein
Trip uns abenteuerland
Bück dich in jede richtung und zahl dich krank
Komm küss mein poster feucht
Kauf mich und meine lügen lass
Deine hosen runter lass dich von mir betrügen
Verraten verkauft perlen vor die säue
Wir sind des monsters leichte beute
Brainwashed getäuscht das kleinhirn an der kette
Wir der monsters fette beute
Verraten verkauft perlen vor die säue
Wir sind des monsters leichte beute
Brainwashed getäuscht das kleinhirn an der kette
Wir der monsters fette beute
Ich sehe dinge die du nicht erkennst
Ich öffne türen die du nie siehst
Ich zeig euch die welt wie ihr sie sehen wollt
Ich spreche es aus drum sei still denn
Wir sind verraten verkauft perlen vor die säue
Wir sind des monsters leichte beute
Mein körper ist so schön und reich
Mein blick macht tausend knie weich
So wie ein star gesicht in der sonne
Ich scheisse rosen die nase voller schnee
The lyrics of Die Allergie's song "Star" speak about the powerful influence of someone who is idolized and worshipped. The song starts by addressing this person as the "lord and star," urging the listener to look up to them and make their dreams come true. However, this person is also described as a leech, sucking the listener dry and singing their way into their brain until they lose everything they have.
The song then takes a darker turn, speaking about being betrayed and sold out, likening oneself to pearls thrown before swine. The chorus repeats the idea that they are easy prey for monsters, brainwashed and misled, with their minds held captive by a "kleinhirn" or small brain. The song is a warning against blindly idolizing and following someone without questioning their motives and actions.
The final verse of the song shows the singer as someone who can see things that others cannot, opening doors that are invisible to others and showing them the world as they want to see it. However, the warning still stands that they, too, can become easy prey for the monsters that lurk in the shadows.
Line by Line Meaning
Sieh auf zu ihm zu deinem herrn und star
Look up to him, your Lord and star
Sieh zu ihm auf mach seine träume wahr
Look up to him, make his dreams come true
Er saugt sich wie ein egel
He sucks on you like a leech
An deiner habe fest
Holding onto you tightly
Er singt sich in dein hirn
Singing into your brain
Bis du alles fallen lässt
Until you drop everything
Verraten verkauft perlen vor die säue
Betrayed and sold pearls to the pigs
Wir sind des monsters leichte beute
We are easy prey for monsters
Wilkommen im club der huren dein
Welcome to the club of your whores
Trip uns abenteuerland
Take us on a trip to adventure land
Bück dich in jede richtung und zahl dich krank
Bend over in every direction and pay until you're sick
Komm küss mein poster feucht
Come kiss my poster wet
Kauf mich und meine lügen lass
Buy me and my lies, let
Deine hosen runter lass dich von mir betrügen
Take your pants off, let me cheat on you
Brainwashed getäuscht das kleinhirn an der kette
Brainwashed, tricked with the cerebellum on a chain
Wir der monsters fette beute
We are the monster's fat prey
Ich sehe dinge die du nicht erkennst
I see things that you don't recognize
Ich öffne türen die du nie siehst
I open doors that you never see
Ich zeig euch die welt wie ihr sie sehen wollt
I show you the world as you want to see it
Ich spreche es aus drum sei still denn
I speak it out, so be quiet because
Mein körper ist so schön und reich
My body is so beautiful and rich
Mein blick macht tausend knie weich
My gaze makes a thousand knees weak
So wie ein star gesicht in der sonne
Like a star's face in the sun
Ich scheisse rosen die nase voller schnee
I shit roses with a nose full of snow
Contributed by Miles D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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лет 10 уже с ними.
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great fucking song too bad the band isn't active still...