Oomph! release new music video for ‘Richter und Henker’

OOMPH! have released a new music video!

The new music video, for the track Richter und Henker, is the title track from the German Neue Deutsche Härte band’s upcoming new album, which is scheduled to be released in September this year.

Speaking about the new song and its accompanying music video, the band says, “Richter und Henker deals with communication and behavior, especially on social media these days, where dissenters get defamed: ‘If you don’t support my opinion, you’re against me. Then you are stupid and I hate and insult you and won’t listen to you anymore’. This can easily lead to a loss of objective discussions, which are crucial in a democracy. Irresponsible populists sow hatred and discontent in order to make political and monetary profit from it.

Germany, the so-called land of poets and thinkers, is in danger of becoming the land of judges and executioners [ger: Richter und Henker] – and we’ve been through that before… In the video for the song, we perform in an old, run-down mansion, which symbolizes the impending decay of society. In the calm interlude, reason – personified by our young performer – is put up against the wall by an execution squad.”

Watch the official music video for Richter und Henker here: 

Richter und Henker is set for release on September 8th via Napalm Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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