Laibach explained.

A video essay about the Slovenian pioneers of industrial music - LAIBACH.
A band synonymous with political scandals, unending controversies, shocking visual presentation and superb music, that inspired industrial metal bands such as Rammstein.
Making this video was very hard, but I am sure it was worth it. I hope I was able to show my appreciation for the band, while being as informative and obejctive as possible. If you have any questions, feel free to message me, thanks!
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LAIBACH: ESSENTIALS
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LAIBACH: INDUSTRIAL AND NOISE
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LAIBACH: ELECTRONIC
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LAIBACH: BALLADS
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LAIBACH: METAL
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00:00 Intro
02:11 History and album releases
15:09 How to start listening to Laibach? (Music recommendations)
17:35 What does Laibach mean to me? (Personal opinion)
#Laibach #Industrial #Slovenia
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[@briantrain6315]

Fun fact: Members of Laibach and Test Department worked as soldier extras in the Kubrick war film Full Metal Jacket!

[@politikilter6446]

My intro to Laibach was Opus Dei... I would recommend this as a first album.

[@dannycheek8118]

On a melodical note, i find them interesting because of Rammstein. I've listened to Rammstein since childhood.

[@hofstb]

so long, farewell. I have followed this band 20 years. I am 42. They formed on my birthday. but when i found them... just congrats. The art. These guys are artists.

[@blackfeathers2166]

Extremely underapreciated band, thank you so much for this awesome video!

[@Zlatovlas]

Totally agreed. Thanks a lot for watching it!

[@vandalking8341]

Laibach are the most underrated band of all time. Their cover of The Sound Of Music title track is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever made.

[@Zlatovlas]

Absolutely agreed

[@TheWaveofThings]

I have read this now several times here. May I ask why do you think Laibach is underrated? They played in front of politicians, were guests for the Graz cultural Autumn, had even a chart hit with "The Whistleblowers". At least in Central Europe they are quite known and appreciated.

[@janhavlis]

i know laibach since 1987 or 1988 when i heard them on czechoslovak radio station vltava, in a courageous show called "větrník" focused on rock music (time to time they played stuff you would hardly meet anywhere else than semi-legal discotheque by non-conformist DJs like jiří černý). and it was love for the first hearing. song like "leben heisst leben", ""geburt einer nation" or titular "opus dei", it was such a fresh experience. i craved for more, but wasn't successful until the fall of the regime in 1989 and the appearance of music CD rentals here in czechia in the very early 90ies, where i was able to catch will all the laibach stuff i missed. then i saw them in brno for the first time and honestly, until WAT, i liked it all they created. i became a citizen of NSK in cca 1997 (i had some extra fun with their passport on czech-german border). WAT album was still partially ok, but the shift in the style was not much for me (i am an old headbanger with a taste for raw noise, although i love "across the universe" cover and whole "let it be" in fact), "volk" was a disappointment, i was never able to tune to it, not to say "spectre". since then i am paying less attention to new laibach stuff, although i keep track. thnx zlatovlas for the video :) ja, es gibt ein leben vor dem tod!

[@Zlatovlas]

Hello, thanks a lot for the comment! I love that Laibach is a band that transcends generations, given I am "only" 19. (Actually 18 when I made this video haha) Sorry to hear Volk and Spectre was a disappointment. Musically it definitely isn't "old Laibach" but I think bands should change their sound from time to time. Cheers and thanks for watching the video!

[@ntr10me]

I feel like you are telling MY story in some ways. I mean, I only began my journey with Laibach in 1988, but even in an internet-absent world, I was an obsessed 15-year-old trying to learn anything I could about this band. Thank you for helping me revisit that journey.

[@Zlatovlas]

Wow, that's great. Your journey of discovering Laibach was probably way harder, given the absence of the Internet. But maybe because of that, it was truly more of a "quest". Anyways - Thank you so much for watching this video.

[@aroxchannel]

I love this! Laibach is the best band in the world.

[@Zlatovlas]

Thanks a lot for watching the video. Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, personally - Laibach is one of my top bands as well.

[@walteredstates]

While they would, and in fact: do, reject that definition - personally I fully agree. Because they are utterly transcending that concept

[@DJ_Pigg]

I've been into Laibach since I first heard John Peel playing tracks from Nova Akropola in 1986. I bought that album, my fist non-English language album, as soon as I could and have enjoyed every album since. I've seen them 14 times, 7 times in the UK and, more recently, have been using them to discover Europe (Amsterdam, Den Haag, Berlin, Frankfurt, Wien and Bratislava and I would also have seen them in Kyiv and Ljubljana if COVID hadn't destroyed those chances). In 2024, I hope to visit more European cities and see their Opus Dei (Revisited) tour. No other band could make me travel so far and so often to see them, I hope they carry on until I'm too old to travel and beyond!

[@alrado4803]

Using them to discover Europe😂

[@DJ_Pigg]

@@alrado4803 Damn right! Since that post, I've visited Bologna and Copenhagen to see Laibach. Later in the year I'm going to see them in Dordrecht and Arnhem and, possibly a summer trip to Pula as well! It's the ideal way to see towns and cities I'd otherwise not visit!

[@user-zv9wd7yf7z]

I've always admired the band's individual approach to each album.

[@Zlatovlas]

Agreed!

[@lententhoughts]

I've been following Laibach since they were in the UK in the mid 80s, and I saw them in November 2023 for their only gig in the UK. For me, they are THE band, never predictable, always re-inventing (Alamut!). This was a great video tribute. Long may their music continue.

[@zalafinari]

Perhaps it's self evident but attending their live performances is a powerful experience. I've only had the opportunity twice, once for their WAT tour and once for the Spectre and there's no way to convey the feeling of them live.

[@Zlatovlas]

Thanks for watching the video. I got tickets for a twice postponed concert, so hopefully I'll be able to attend haha.

[@gilmonteiro6080]

I didn't know Laibach untill today! This is just the second video I see related to them (the first being their version of "Sympathy for the Devil" by The Rolling Stones, and I loved. Then I foind this video and became curious about the band and loved yoy descriptoon and research work. Really well done! Congrats from Portugal.

[@Zlatovlas]

Thank you! And I am really happy that you have discovered Laibach - hope you'll enjoy this amazing band for many years to come!

[@Zlatovlas]

Sorry for the editing error in 13:44 - the audio of the background track is loud for a few seconds. Must have overlooked it in the editing software. To make a small update, the following is my comment bellow the post on the official Laibach Facebook page, where the band's management decided to share this video. "No way, thanks for sharing this! ❤ And for edgy people in the comments here - I am an 18 year old from Czech republic, who's favourite band is Laibach and wanted to sonehow show my passion. Not a corporation, wanting money. The title "explained" might have been missleading, but "talking about Laibach" doesn't sound so good. History of Laibach can be explained (as I did in the video), and my take on Laibach can be explained - what do they mean to me. (As I did in the video) Laibach itself of course not. Thanks, once again, for sharing the video and thank you all for watching it. Love you." (facebook.com/Laibach/posts/10157939596081765. )

[@J.X.Sanchez777]

A very subliminal musical outfit that revolutionizes the spectrum of music with each passing album. Been a fan of Laibach since '2000 and still impressed with how much they evolve their majestic sound.

[@williamkilber8853]

Hello, thank yoü for this very informative and bennificial video. LIFE IS LIFE Is by far my personal all time favorite song from them. And the müsic video of that song is haünting beaütiful , in my opinion. Cheers from Denver, Colorado U.S.A.

[@TheMOV13]

I remember seeing the Laibach "Leben heisst Leben" video on The Tube, a Channel Four pop music programme here in the UK, sometime in the mid to late 80s. I was instantly smitten and soon thereafter went up to the huge HMV store in London to buy the CD (No digital downloads then of course)

[@NoahSpurrier]

Thank you for this. I’m glad to learn more about my favorite band.

[@Zlatovlas]

Thanks a lot for watching the video!

[@RHR199X]

I found them when I was 12 when Iron Sky came out and and later discovered the rest of their music in high school, a lot of inspiration over the years

[@Zlatovlas]

Very cool! Personally I was about 15/16 when I first heard Laibach.

[@InvasionAnimation]

Same! I first found them from Iron Sky the coming race.

[@marcsaturnino1041]

Outstanding review. Danke

[@mont5144]

I loved Laibach with the song B-Mashina, Tanz mit Laibac, the cover to Sympathy for the devil from Rolling stones and Vojna Poema. My favorite whole album is Volk and from the album Spectre I like The Whistleblowers and Eurovision.

[@U24B6]

Great vid man. Well researched and delivered. Especially given the complexity in describing such a band. I agree with many of your interpretations and opinions, especially in the realisation that Laibach aren't easy to introduce people to. I'm surprised that you didn't discuss the album, WAT. This was my first Laibach experience and I've never looked back. Thanks for your work!

[@Zlatovlas]

Thanks a lot for your comment. About WAT - while I do like the album, especially songs such as Das Spiel Ist aus and Du Bist Unser, it's not my favourite.

[@VisceralUtarefson]

Thank you so much. This video shows me I'm not so lost about understanding laibach. It would be great making individual videos about each album.

[@Zlatovlas]

When I get more free time (currently starting university) I'll totally make them!

[@Extortionism]

That was the best 20 minutes I have spent today! Beautiful timeline and your voice sometimes matched the intensity of where you were in the story... I learned a bunch, and I first listened to Laibach in 1988 growing up in Denver, Colorado (USA) because of Teletunes, a locally produced music video program. I have been lucky enough to see them twice, Amphi-Fest and Los Angeles.

[@Zlatovlas]

Hey, thank you very much for this wonderful comment! It truly means a lot to me and I am glad you enjoyed your time with this video! I am almost jealous you've been able to see them twice haha, I've finally seen Laibach this December in Prague. It was truly wonderful! Cheers Adam/Zlat.

[@arclight2012]

What a great video! I really relate to your thoughts at the end. Well done, sir!

[@Zlatovlas]

Thank you!

[@stonehorsegaming]

Great video, I got into Laibach in the early 00's thanks to the Leeds Gith scene. Trans Mit Laibach being a big hit on the dance floor. From there I listened to as much of their music/art as I could find. I think I have settled upon Volk as being their best album, just love the concept and the ideas it provokes. Even to this day itnis an album I will happily (if one can do that to a Laibach album) listen to it.

[@LauraTheNightOwl]

Going down the Laibach rabbit-hole right now and found this vid. Thanks for the history behind the band!

[@djouji7620]

This was fabulous! Thanks so much.

[@Zlatovlas]

Thanks for watching!

[@RepublicWineland]

Thanx for this video. Great !

[@Zlatovlas]

Aww, thanks

[@zencat999]

i hooked into this band when I was a kid watching public tele......."life is life" transformed my view of music. thanx for this history. cheers&aloha.......btw.....im 62 yrs old and still appreciate this.

[@Zlatovlas]

First of all, thanks a lot for watching the video. Secondly: I do agree, it's crazy how trans-generational Laibach is. And that's good!

[@_TheMax_]

Laibach is all but not parody. Propagation of state Authoritarianism is sending strong message to audience about future of humanity.

[@derbeak545]

man u did such a good job with this one! Thank you!

[@Zlatovlas]

Thank you!! ✨

[@daniellecoonery7869]

Great job!! Love this.

[@Zlatovlas]

Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bootshausk39]

I’ve been on their concert last year. Amazing performance. You need to see it and hear it. Amazing. ❤

[@ffarkasm]

Thank you for the explanation. I just discovered the band in the Fekete Zaj (meaning "Black Noise") festival in Hungary. Laibach was one of the headliners, and perfectly fit in the festival's atmosphere because many more unusual experimental darker toned bands played.

[@ServantOfOdin]

Well explained. I've followed Laibach since a long while and I like their way of really peeving everyone.

[@Zlatovlas]

Thanks a lot!

[@kennypcolin]

Great video. Once saw an art installation on Laibach and it was utterly fascinating. Keep talking, keep debating.

[@Zlatovlas]

Thanks a lot!!

[@butterbagboy]

Thanks for a great video

[@Zlatovlas]

Thanks!!

[@schizo601]

Excellent job explaining Laibach

[@Zlatovlas]

Thanks a lot!

[@jino9421]

This is great! Thank you

[@Zlatovlas]

And thank you for watching!

[@nicolavanrhyn1726]

Well done video! Great!

[@Zlatovlas]

Thanks a lot!

[@alkinart7834]

I really love The Sound of Music

[@parrata]

As a poser who got into Laibach like 4 years ago because of Zizek analyses (old and new) and also the Pyongyang concert, your recommendation section for is welcomed. Great video and you have a new sub!

[@Zlatovlas]

Don't call yourself a poser! Don't let elitists define how you enjoy this amazing band. Thanks a ton for watching, I am very glad you enjoyed the video!

[@CHo-ro7rw]

Thank you, thank you. Anything that sheds light deserves a thumbs up.... at least.

[@Zlatovlas]

Thanks a lot! I am glad you've enjoyed the video!

[@butler9727]

this helped soo much, i have a presentation tomorow on Laibach and im glad i learned about them.

[@Zlatovlas]

Aw! Thank you so much!

[@mont5144]

Great Video!

[@redwildrider]

Great video! Thank you for this! Got into Laibach back in 96 with the JCS album... coming from a metal background, it was certainly the correct introduction point for me. Overall, though, my favorite Laibach song would be "Hymn to the Black Sun" from "Kapital"... and their cover of "Across the Universe" is hauntingly beautiful.

[@Zlatovlas]

Thank you for watching the video! Though I found Laibach much later, I also came from a metal background and Laibach greatly expanded my horizons.

[@redwildrider]

@@Zlatovlas I also got into Neubauten around the same time period and was also getting introduced to electronic music so it was very much a horizon-expanding period for myself as well!

[@TheBlackHelicopterRevue]

Excellent band and concept, love 'em!

[@Zlatovlas]

Absolutely.

[@DavidBrianDobbsArt]

Sympathy for the Devil was the first Laibach song I heard over 30 years ago. Let It Be is my favorite followed by Spectre and Sound of Music. I guess I like both the experimental and more accessible Laibach.

[@mikestelzer2027]

Fantastic video

[@Zlatovlas]

Thanks!

[@ab-rw9jk]

My favourite song is Brat Moj from their first album. Most breathtaking lirycs and sound ever. I don't speak Slovenian even a little bit, but I can quote it from my memory from beginning to the end.

[@raamn4654]

Here from their Facebook page as well! Wonderful job. I found myself nodding and agreeing with much of what you said lol. There is no one way to explain their art! I think "explaining" Laibach involves going through their history and presenting the facts, then allowing others to form their own opinion based on those facts. Everyone's unique perspective adds a different meaning to their work. You shared the basic facts very cleanly and created a valuable intro video for anyone curious about diving into the world of Laibach. Thank you, I'll be sharing this with anyone who asks me "What's Laibach?" : ) Cheers! Top 3 albums: Opus Dei The Sound of Music Also Sprach Zarathustra (or Spectre, depending on my mood lol)

[@Zlatovlas]

Wow, thanks a lot. I am really glad you have enjoyed the video! Interesting picks for top 3 haha! Very diverse!

[@somthingbrutal]

yup first came across them on a late night music/culture show in the 80's amazing group

[@jcmartin961]

Mina Špiler has the most exciting and exhilarating voice.

[@industrialmonk]

The Occupied Europe Tour 1985 LP but I like most of their stuff. Since the mid 1980s I have been fascinated with Laibach & NSK arts but you didn't mention their humanitarian work eg the food & tents + more during the yugoslavia breakup never forgetting all the other bands from the former Yugoslavia.

[@butterbagboy]

This is a great video, thank you. Also I really wish they would just cover “ let it be”. Their explanation of why the title song of the the album was left off was always odd.

[@allenhook3042]

They are indeed a interesting band, I like them a lot.

[@dasnegatyiv3410]

Good work! Laibach are huge, so dense and controversial that all explanations and constructive opinions are important to enlighten common people! And yes, the photo is of Boris Benko, but not of the Laibach's Boris Benko, but of the digital artist Boris Benko ;)

[@Zlatovlas]

Oh, shit - i fucked up sorry. :D either way, thanks a lot! Yes, Laibach is an incredible hard topic to do a video about, so I hope I did it justice at least partially.

[@ludwigfeuerbach]

This is awesome. Thanks! I got into them when Opus Dei came out, and saw them tour in 1988 or so. I was with a friend who interviewed them in '87, and this was clearly in their "world domination" stage. When my friend said "good luck with that,'" Milas Fras proclaimed: "you better hope not!" I love the earlier industrial sound, but I think the most recent stuff really shows their artistry. The Sound of Music is a masterpiece, esp. the video for "So Long, Farewell." I don't have a favourite album - it tends to be whatever one I am listening to. You did not discuss the Sympathy for the Devil EP, which rates VERY highly for me, and I think is a clear manifesto of their intentions in general.

[@Zlatovlas]

Thank you a lot!!

[@bhs8732]

Opus Dei my first Laibach album in the 80’s 👌

[@jeromealthoff2650]

Thanks for making this video. I became a Laibach fan a few months ago. A friend of mine told me about a western band which played a concert in north korea. And I thought, okay that must be a band worth to check out what they're singing about and which music style they use. So I was introduced to the song Whistleblowers. After that my interest was awaked. I startet searching and listening to other songs of them. As a man who grow up hearing electronical music (later switched to punk and hardcore) I´m very comfotable with that part of Laibach's music. Over all I think I found a new band for me to listen to. Your video helped me a lot on my new travel with Laibach. I appreciate that. Thanks.

[@Zlatovlas]

Hey, Thanks a ton. This comment made me really happy, since I know how lost was I, when I started listening to Laibach haha. I am very glad to hear that you enjoyed the video and that you enjoy Laibach. Cheers

[@CrakShaft]

They got me with Whistleblowers and Tanz mit Laibach, and when I saw their live performance for the first time....I cried. It was such an undescribable transcending experience, that all else paled in comparison. Go see their concerts. They will change something in you, for the better ;)

[@Etron-qs7mn]

I fully agree on RESISTANCE IS FUTILE as one of the best songs of one of their best albums SPECTRE

[@goatboat2807]

Very well made video

[@Zlatovlas]

Thank you!

[@rubenverheij4770]

.......................................... GREAT_WORK_THIS_VID! My_love_for_old_Laibach! ..........................................

[@Zlatovlas]

Thanks!!

[@nicholasblahblahblah1913]

Laibach is a really catchy pop group.

[@MrAdrienmartinez]

I watched with critical lenses and you delivered a fantastic experience.

[@Zlatovlas]

I am very glad to hear that! Thanks!

[@McFlyTheKiller]

Bro this video is very fucking good And Laibach are for sure one of the best art creaters ever to exist

[@Zlatovlas]

Thanks a lot!! Totally agreed haha

[@TheLokiBiz]

"Most will have first heard Laibach through the song Wat" If that's true, that's surprising to me. I'm older, so my first exposure to them was when i got the "Blackbox" VHS from Wax Trax! Records (they were a cool record label back in the day with a bunch of industrial bands). It had the music video for "Geburt Einer Nation" on it. Honestly, me and my friends found it as hilarious as we found it bad ass - it became an in joke in our friend circle to shout "GIVE ME A LIGHT BEER!" lol. I honestly figured either that song or "Life Is Life" would be their most well known.

[@evilvespa]

Hey I'm late to the party on this but just wanted to say nice job! A hard band to boil down to 20 minutes. I seem to like all the Laibach stuff you don't. Nova Akropola, Krst Pod Triglav Baptism and Macbeth are super interesting to me but not in here. I lost interest when things got a bit techno with them but am back on board for the Sound of Music and Revisited. It was great to see your opinions and a newbie could do worse than check this out.

[@magnuszetterqvist5936]

Thanks 👍🇸🇪😘

[@Zlatovlas]

Thank you for watching!!

[@MorbiDarkAngel]

I Love this band!!!!

[@Zlatovlas]

Glad to hear that!!

[@daucher316]

Your Spotify is cool and your hair is 👌👌👌😊

[@Zlatovlas]

Thanks! ✨✨

[@gnnylme]

I love laibach I've been listening to them scince I was a baby and I just enjoyed the music but I think its very interesting to see all the political controversies they have been in.

[@kristynah.7640]

Díky, především za ty playlisty. Laibach jsou jedna z kapel, do kterých se mi nikdy nepodařilo proniknout. Teď jsem se dozvěděla o existenci 300 000 V.K. - jako side projekt, přijde mi to stravitelnější, ale potřebuji doplnit klasické vzdělání a konečně naposlouchat i Laibach :-)

[@Zlatovlas]

Není vůbec zač! :) 300 000 V.K.zase nemám naposlouchané já. :D je pravda, že některá alba Laibachu jsou na první poslech prostě moc zvláštní. Nejjednodušší na poslech bude ze začátku nejspíše Spectre :) a nebo jeden z těch playlistů. Díky za sledování videa!

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

I love the record with Pope John Paul in armor on the cover!

[@meatharbor]

Started listening to Laiback back in, like, '97, maybe...? I think I was 14 at the time and picked up Nova Akropola. I can't remember why. I probably saw the Wax Trax label and, already being into KMFDM and, to a lesser extent, FLA and Thrill Kill, snatched it up. Oddly enough, it was really their only album I could really get into. I especially enjoyed Krvava Gruda - Plodna Zemlja and Država.

[@23malaise]

The 7 minute plus disco chorus version of "Sympathy for the Devil" which sports a sample from the Jean Luc Godard film of the same name. Also....1992's "Kapital" holds up well amazingly enough despite it being largely colored by the electronica of that zeitgeist.

[@markothefrog728]

Great slovenian band original from Trbovlje, a small village in small european 15:44 country Slovenia ❤❤❤

[@wellstuffed1976]

God or Emptiness As a 90’s kids I was deep into Death Metal and Fast Heavy Industrial (metal and electronic) and then I discovered single in a second hand record shop and took a random punt. God of Emptiness by Morbid Angel remixed by Laibach blew my tiny 16 year old mind and I never looked back

[@walteredstates]

Nice video - I appreciate it! "If you are a fan..." I reject the idea of fandom - and LAIBACH is the exception I make, though the word/idea is still ill-fitting. As an artist, German and generally conscious human being trying to understand human life around the 20th century, I look up to LAIBACH with utter respect and admiration. 'Kapital' is still my favourite album - but I deeply appreciate their considerations about everything they do. Though it took me a fair while to come around 'The sound of music'. I came all the way 'round, especially when I learned and discovered the entire context of the why, and the how. If you haven't, already, the song 'Adieu, farewell, auf Wiedersehn, goodbye' really takes off when you understand the references of it's video....pop-cultural historical deeply dark philosophical shit-posting - as usual. Also: while not an album and a collaboration, you somewhat missed 'Volkswagner' which is very worth mentioning, for it's concept and 'historical' connection of Wagner and jazz, especially in the way these genres have been attributed to cultural values, as well as the music itself, of course. Laibach, orchestral music - and jazz guitar..... >edit< PS: I forgot, and you did, too: 'Macbeth', 1987 - it is beautifully b rutal and majestic, and for years was my favourite album.

[@steved1387]

Very cool video. I was around pretty early with Laibach, so for me, Nova Akropola is their finest album, with Die Liebe and the scary Vade Retro as my favorite songs. When Opus Dei was released, I thought, "Laibach wimped out!" ;D I learned to like it more as time went by. I also had many laughs from their Let It Be cover, especially I've Got A Feeling. The first time I heard Rammstein, I thought, "Laibach's gone industrial metal!" Then later I heard God Is God. Of course! It also didn't escape my notice that Rammstein has used some of Laibach's visual iconography. Clearly there is an influence here. I never collected all the Laibach albums, but I started collecting DVDs, where I had a chance to see their brilliant live performances, and hear some of their newer material. Big fan of Alle Gegen Alle. Laibach is a special band to me, one of the greats. I'm going to try catching up on their material. Thanks for this comprehensive overview of their career. Well done!

[@Zlatovlas]

Wow, that sounds like an awesome journey. Must have been amazing to experience it all firsthand. Thanks a lot!

[@jcmartin961]

And their Künst der Fuge and Also Spracht (etc) are masterpieces.

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

I dont listen to my laibach albums that often but they are probably my favorite band. To me, the band is llike an older, wiser brother that warns uplifts and comiserates with you. Their creative response and actions within several countries w/overt idealogies does not get commended enough, imo.

[@Zlatovlas]

True words. Thank you for watching the video.

[@user-zv9wd7yf7z]

This is the most interesting band in the whole world! Volk, Opus Dei, WAT, Krst Pod Triglavom and The Sound of Music are MASTERPIECES!

[@ShaulRosenzweig]

Laibach, similarly to einstürzende neubauten, also pioneers of industrial, had a very heavy, anarchic, dissonant and experimental early work, and they became much "softer" and mms on any day. Albums I listened the most was my "new Laibach" playlist from 20 years ago. WAT, NATO, Volk and Iron Sky soundtrack. For einstürzende, equivalent is Silence is Sexy, Perpetuum Mobile and Alles wieder offen. If you like new melodic Laibach, I recommend listening also to new melodic neubauten. Also, check out other forms of NSK art, Laibach are a part of NSK art collective, their visual art and costumes are NSK. To get "more" about Laibach, watch documentaries Victory under the Sun, which was made in 1988, while communism still existed, it is a look on how they understand them as a communist dissident band, and Predictions of Fire, 1996 Canadian documentary, about NSK and Laibach predictions of the coming wars in the Balkans. BTW, not that communists were so much worse then western democracy, neuenbaten got one of their songs, haus der luge (house of lies) put on ban list by pope John Paul II, and since then, Blixa, frontman, insists on singing the song on every concert, in honor of pope Paul's enlightened decission.

[@237homer238]

So, so you think you can tell Heaven from hell? Blue skies from pain? Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell????????? Explaining Laibach, is like explaining Love. Or live. You can try. But you have to feel it yourself. See you guys in Frankfurt. Laibach is love Laibach is live You have Our hearts.

[@kobaltocr6927]

Una bandu mega completa🖤🦇💀

[@DasCollective2.0]

I❤LAIBACH

[@commanderkruge]

I dare say that the first Laibach tune MOST people have ever heard is the intro music of the wrestler "Bonesaw" in the first Spiderman movie (the guy Peter Parker fights). :) Even I first recognized it after reviewing the movie several times! :D Great video - I think it gives good starting points for "newbies" that are interested in the band and it's history.

[@commanderkruge]

Me I saw them live for the first time here in Bonn back in 1986.

[@Zlatovlas]

Thanks a lot for your comments and additional information!

[@tanjaloesch6629]

I think they are great, artistic and creative. I love their version of Queen's "One Vision" because they twist the whole thing from a super positive ,"la la-ha ha...gimme fried chicken" into something that sounds dark, serious and worrying and for some people, shocking. All they actually did was to translate the song into German and sang it in a different way, with a different energy, to totally polarize people's opinion about their art: you love them or you hate them. But nobody is indifferent towards them, wich is total genius! Only very few changes, very well thought out and done in the right way to reach the maximum effect, to get people's attention, making them think and talk about it. That's real art and still impressed me, no matter how much time passes...!

[@Zlatovlas]

Absolutely agreed haha. Thank you for the comment

[@commanderkruge]

Oh you missed two, no wait - three albums - by mistake or by choice? The first is "Krst pod triglav baptism" (I hope I spelled that correct), the second "Macbeth". Both are soundtracks for theatre productions. In the video to "Geburt einer Nation" you see scenes from "baptism" and they also shot the band on the stage. The last four tracks on your copy of "Opus Dei" are actually from that album, they got added to some CD releases of "Opus". Macbeth is similar in style and atmosphere, probably, because it also was to be background music to actors on a stage. Nova Akropola kinda is somewhere between Opus Dei and more experimental stuff like Baptism. A Proto-Opus Dei? :)

[@zalafinari]

I came to post the missing albums too. I own Macbeth on vinyl and I feel it adds a quality to the music I really enjoy.

[@zalafinari]

Oh and there's no mention of the various single releases or compilations that include many remixes or have tracks not found elsewhere. Two of my favorite Laibach tracks are Die Liebe and Die Grosse Kraft, the latter of which is from the compilation album Slovenska Akropola.

[@albertspeer7069]

Pěkné video. Hodilo by se podobné shrnutí, průřez tvorbou Laibach i v češtině. Nechcete udělat CZ verzi? :)

[@Zlatovlas]

Díky! Ač video na KZbin dělám i v češtině, nemyslím si, žeby to bylo v tomto případě potřeba. Předělání video do češtiny mi by zabralo minimálně týden, nejspíše i více. Také upřímně neočekávám, že cílová skupina Laibachu neumí anglicky. :) I tak, děkuji moc za sledování videa!

[@mrYal-xb5yv]

wat, volk, nato, spectre, fav album 🖤

[@Zlatovlas]

Nice!

[@MediaFaust]

I bought Nova Akropola way back in the day when it was first released and I've stayed with Laibach ever since. What can I say? To my understanding they are to music what David Lynch is to movies.

[@MUZAKFORCAGES]

Generally speaking, we think their albums with original material, are far more interesting than their cover-versions. It is very hard to explain young people of today, who are glued to their smartys and are trapped in a malicious circle of dis-information, why this band in particular, is an important one. Their controversy makes you think - and living on planet earth nowadays, you have to have a certain age to even remember HOW to think. Laibach has a lot of concept in all aspects of their products and it is well worth it, to dig deeper. This video is a real help and well done for those, who don't know much of the band. Who wants to go further might also like the two Peter (Mlakar) albums and the albums by 300 000 Verschiedene Krawalle (or 300 000 V.K.). Good work, Zlad!👍

[@Zlatovlas]

Thank you for the comment and thoughts. (As well as recommendations) I wouldn't be do harsh on the younger generations though. New technology always comes, changes, usually goes. (Not to mention I was 18 while making the video haha)

[@MUZAKFORCAGES]

@@Zlatovlas Dear blessed young friend. Yes it was this way with technology in the past. But what's already gone now are the brains of many, many youngsters. Maybe you want to have a listen to what David Icke has to say. Go to his site, but don't look on YT, he's banned here. PEACE be with you, friend.

[@tayloranderson550]

Really good video. I am a born again Christian so I don't agree with all their lyrics, but I find them interesting. I think of them as an art collective as well

[@ertugrulorbayyazanlar4079]

Favorite album and song, Wat - Now you will pay

[@MLCrow]

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[@cutthr0atjake]

Favourite Laibach albums: Let it Be Jesus Christ Superstar Sound of Music Favourite Laibach song; See That My Grave Is Kept Clean

[@tristanvoltaire2058]

15:08 had me having goosebumps all over my body

[@Zlatovlas]

Haha yeah - the song is amazing