Trollkotze (videos)
Did the world need a German version of Impaled Northern Moonforest? It seems it did, and so Trollkotze (Troll Vomit) came into being, making black metal-inspired noise, or something like that, with song titles like "I Fucked Legolas!!!", "My Ice Cream Fell Down", "The Mic Fell Down", "The Mic Fell Down, pt. 2", "The Mic Fell Down, pt. 3", "The Mic Fell Down Again", "It's Varg Vikernes' BurzDay", and "Fix Yourself A Toast". These are very different from typical Impaled Northern Moonforest titles (like "Lustfully Worshipping The Inverted Moongoat While Skiing Down The Inverted Necromountain Of Necrodeathmortum"), and Trollkotze doesn't exclusively play "acoustic black metal", but the two bands still have much in common in terms of their roots and attitude.
Trollkotze releases were limited to 10, 25, and 50 copies, respectively, and they are all out or print, so you probably won't be able to pick up a CD. However, a lot of their songs are available as free MP3 downloads through their website, and you should go there and listen to them. (It is all in German, but you'll be able to figure out where to click regardless.) If you are not convinced yet, check out their two amazing music videos. The first and more conventional video is Märchenwald (Fairy Tale Forest, 10 Meg AVI video, alternative YouTube link), the second one is Die Knödelmiliz (The Dumpling Militia, 14 Meg AVI video, alternative YouTube link), a stop-motion Lego animation video about a guy being held up by a gang of dumplings on the street. Fortunately he carries a sword with him to chase the dumplings away.
ha! that's great! the Dumpling Militia video is excellent! The music kinda reminds me of die Todliche Doris!
Posted by: fatty jubbo | January 28, 2007 at 11:49 PM
Their artwork is well, um.... SPECIAL!
http://static.last.fm/proposedimages/sidebar/6/1214089/48257.jpg
Posted by: Steve PMX | January 30, 2007 at 12:33 PM