''Eisbrecher'' is the debut album by German rock band
Eisbrecher
Eisbrecher (; German for "icebreaker") are a German Neue Deutsche Härte band that consists primarily of Alexander Wesselsky (vocals) and Noel Pix (lead guitar/ programming), with live support from Jürgen Plangger (guitar), Rupert Keplinger ...
, released on 26 January 2004 via
ZYX Music
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in Europe and
Dancing Ferret
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Discs Inc. in the US. Original shipments of the CD came packaged with a
region-free
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multimedia DVD and two pressed, blank CDs intended to show the band's position on
copyright infringement
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. The album hit the Deutsche Alternative Charts at No. 13.
Track listing
# "Polarstern"
(Polaris) – 2:32
# "Herz steht still"
(Heart Stands Silent) – 3:55
# "Willkommen im Nichts"
(Welcome to Nothing) – 4:08
# "Schwarze Witwe"
(Black Widow) – 3:52
# "Ruhe"
(Peace) – 0:57
# "Angst?"
(Fear?) – 4:17
# "
Fanatica
"Fanatica" is a song by German rock band Eisbrecher, released as the second single from their self-titled debut album. It is the first of only three Eisbrecher songs so far that include a line in English ("This Is Deutsch" from ''Sünde'' is th ...
" – 3:22
# "Taub-stumm-blind"
(Deaf – Dumb – Blind) – 5:14
# "Dornentanz"
(Thorn Dance) – 4:14
# "Hoffnung"
(Hope) – 2:17
# "Eisbrecher"
(Icebreaker) – 4:04
# "Frage"
(Question) – 4:20
# "Zeichen der Venus"
(Sign of the Venus) – 4:09
# "
Mein Blut
"Mein Blut" (German for "My blood") is a song by German Neue Deutsche Härte band Eisbrecher
Eisbrecher (; German for " icebreaker") are a German Neue Deutsche Härte band that consists primarily of Alexander Wesselsky (vocals) and Noel Pix ...
"
(My Blood) – 4:24
# "Sakrileg 11"
(Sacrilege 11) – 4:22
# "Fanatica (Club Mix)" – 5:15
Personnel
*
Alexander Wesselsky – vocals
*
Noel Pix
Jochen "Noel Pix" Seibert (25 March 1972) is a German rock and house musician, best known as the lead guitarist and programmer
A computer programmer, sometimes referred to as a software developer, a software engineer, a programmer or a c ...
– instruments
* M. Smart – co-wrote various songs
References
2004 albums
Eisbrecher albums
German-language albums
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