Stahlgewitter | |
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| Origin | Germany |
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| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Freie Meinung Göttingen W & B Records PC Records[1] |
| Members | Daniel Giese Andreas Koroschetz Frank Krämer |
Stahlgewitter is a controversial Germanhard rock andRock Against Communism group founded in 1995.[2] Despite the genre's name, RAC song lyrics rarely focus on the specific topic ofanti-communism. Rather, RAC lyrics typically featurenationalist themes.[3][4][5] Stahlgewitter is listed by the group 'Netz gegen Nazis' (Network Against Nazis) as one of the more popular contemporary Rock Against Communism groups.[1] This categorises Stahlgewitter in amongst other more historical Rock Against Communism groups such as the English bandSkrewdriver which played a lending role in the formation of RAC and the fellow German bandLandser who are now deemed a "criminal gang organisation" in Germany.[6]
For their supposedNazi ties, the band has been investigated by the German police for supporting hate speech.[7] The band is listed as a hate group for these reasons by the US organisation theAnti-Defamation League.[8] However, the band's lyrics never directly attack or demean any race or nationality, which then means it is not categorised as hate speech outside of Germany.[9] This has led to the band's music being used to create fan-made music videos which then can be uploaded toYouTube without censorship.[9]
Stahlgewitter's lyrics, however, do promote extremism by promoting and praisingNational Socialism or organisations that were under the GermanNazi party, who engaged in crimes against humanity through the means of bothgenocide anddemocide.[9] In their lyrics, they complain about "Zionist-occupied governments" as well pay homage to today's neo-Nazis as "political soldiers" by proclaiming them to be today'sSturmabteilung (SA) or "Brownshirts",[1] a paramilitary organisation of the Nazi party that played a key role inAdolf Hitler's rise to power in the 1920s and 1930s.
One example is the praise in their song "Ruhm und Ehre der Waffen SS" of theWaffen SS who committed numerous war crimes, particularly civilian massacres (seeWaffen-SS § Criminality).
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