Götter auf Abruf is the fourth album released by the German medieval metal/industrial rock

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 band Letzte Instanz

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Letzte Instanz, founded in Dresden, Germany in 1996, is a German metal band particularly noted for their use of the violin and cello. The founding members included Hörbi, Tin Whistle, Muttis Stolz, Kaspar Wichman, Holly D. and Markus G-Punkt. Benni Cellini and Robin Sohn entered the group a year...

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Overview

As one of the most stylistically diverse albums of all time, Götter auf Abruf follows Letzte Instanz

Letzte Instanz

Letzte Instanz, founded in Dresden, Germany in 1996, is a German metal band particularly noted for their use of the violin and cello. The founding members included Hörbi, Tin Whistle, Muttis Stolz, Kaspar Wichman, Holly D. and Markus G-Punkt. Benni Cellini and Robin Sohn entered the group a year...

's trend of releasing virtually unclassifiable music. After the introduction of a new guitarist (Das O), a new bassist (FX), and a new drummer (Specki T.D.), the band departed from the style of Kalter Glanz (which itself had dramatically shifted from the medieval metal of their debut album, Brachial Romantik) to a heavier sound, much closer to progressive metal

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 than any of their previous albums.

Yet classifying Götter auf Abruf as a metal

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 album would be grossly inaccurate, as the album contains tracks that draw upon numerous influences. metal

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 is, indeed, the overwhelming element in "Salve Te" and "Bittere Nacht," and traces of metal

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 present themselves in almost every track; however, songs such as "Showtime," "Position im Kosmos" and "Der letzte Schrei" lean more toward rapcore

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 reminiscent of early Linkin Park

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 and Limp Bizkit

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, and others tend to resemble a heavier version of Herbert Grönemeyer

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. Though slightly toned-down, the string-stylings which originally defined the band are still highly prevalent on the album, giving it a unique sound that no other band has accomplished.

Though the album's title, Götter auf Abruf (which means 'Gods on Call'), and the Roman divinities

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 depicted in its cover art

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 would suggest a concept album

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, few of its songs follow a common theme, and almost none focuses on religion

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 or mythology

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Track listing

1. Initium – 0:31
2. Salve Te – 3:50
3. Bittere Nacht – 3:44
4. Jeden Morgen – 4:22
5. Showtime – 4:02
6. Position im Kosmos – 3:51
7. Am Fluss – 4:06
8. Himmelfahrt – 4:17
9. Einbahnstraße – 5:01
10. Der letzte Schrei – 3:10
11. Sprachlos (Opus No. II) – 3:45
12. Spurlos – 4:36
13. Zwei Wege – 3:37
14. Der Kaiser – 3:40
15. Kopf oder Zahl (Bonus Track) - 3:01