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Europop acts from Opus to Baltimora to Nena got huge after Brits brought their songs home from their summer breaks. But despite returning to obscurity, the artists say they’re not (sun)burnt by fame
How anyone could say bad energy when we have the exquisite “Leeebeeen” serotonin hit, tsk tsk.
Laibach version brings out the essence of that song and phraze "life is life" Its far more optimistic and far more happier than original. But it takes an ear and at least 20% working brain to hear and understand. With all due respect to fellow humans who mostly use 5-10% 😂
Haha I just heard the original on a holiday boat in Corfu
Everything that Laibach does promotes happiness, joy, ecstasy and quality of life. 🙂
The opposite is true: The original has no positive feeling and more a dark, bad energy.
The annoying original got so much airtime in the UK it was a blessed relief when Laibach’s version came about. In a twist of fate I now live near the Opus home of Graz. Laibach did a fantastic show there a few years ago
It’s darker than the original but… I still find it mostly positive lol. Definitely the most positive laibach song I can think of
Well, it’s hard for me to not be biased but factually speaking, one group is still around making compelling music, the other is making royalties off the cover of one of their songs.
Yeah well although I was a fan of Laibach, I like the original more.
It has oodles of irony. It makes me smile. When I heard Laibach's cover of Queen's "one vision" I was on the floor in tears of laughter because of what they highlighted as already existing content in the song. In this aspect they a very positive force.
I thought Laibach's version was the original. No matter what, Life is Life is better.
I'd just ask people to compare "Life is Life" with another Laibach cover, "God is God." The latter pulses with a dark but holy majesty, one of my personal favorites from Laibach. Your take on it may be different, and that's okay. Same applies to "Life is Life" - it's all in what you take away from the song. Art is like that. Remember what Laibach said about art and totalitarianism - they're not necessarily mutually exclusive.
Read the article. Ewald Pfleger might not Like the Laibach interpretation or re-imagination of his piece, but it's quite clear that Michael Hann, the writer of the article, does. And knows a little bit about Laibach. In an article of the Guardian nonetheless. 🙂 Noice. 🙂
It's actually much better than the original!
It’s more accurate to say Laibach fashioned something magnificent out of a piece of shit - like only Laibach could.
Pfleger’s response is exactly why the Laibach version is necessary.
Laibach is far from a one hit wonder!
The original version is poor
He‘s from Austria - dark, bad energy should be familiar.
Today, Saturday July 12th at 1600 to 1700 CEST, I play excerpts from LAIBACHs recent lengthy orchestral work ALAMUT, as well as tracks from LOVE IS STILL ALIVE, OPUS DEI remaster/live, OPUS DEI re-recording/remix and SKETCHES OF THE RED DISTRICT. We speak Norwegian, but mainly play a LOT of records. Rerun Monday at 1800 CEST. Link to streaming, only at broadcast time: radiorakel.no/
It’s a beautiful and deep work which reconnects Laibach with its early orchestral inroads.
Rerun from Saturday: Today, Monday July 14th at 1800 to 1900 CEST, I play excerpts from LAIBACHs recent lengthy orchestral work ALAMUT, as well as tracks from LOVE IS STILL ALIVE, OPUS DEI remaster/live, OPUS DEI re-recording/remix and SKETCHES OF THE RED DISTRICT. We speak Norwegian, but mainly play a LOT of records. There´ll be a part 2 this coming Saturday at 1600–1700 with selections from Peel Sessions EP and digital singles. Link to streaming, only at broadcast time: radiorakel.no/
Can't argue with the opening line "Laibach is one of the most important bands, not only in the East, but in the world," Alamut is visionary and bold, in short a masterpiece
Res je, bil osebno septembra 1983 v Domu radnika v Zagrebu, na bienalu, ko so Laibachom sredi prve skladbe in video projekcije preprosto odklopili zvok in razsvetljavo. Se v živo spomnem, kot bi bilo le kakih 5 let nazaj... In koncert je bil samoprepovedan
It's not difficult to know the direction of Capitalism. It just requires the removal of rose tinted glasses.
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That album is even more relevant at this very moment, of the Iranian people being killed for political reasons.
Nothing is true, everything is permitted
Long live IRAN and protect it from the zionist, terrorist entity israel
Way back in 1988 I went to a nightclub for the first time. That night I discovered Laibach’s and Nitzer Ebb’s music.
I was shocked, yesterday, to read the news about Douglas
😢
Sorry to hear this, a band that was a big part of my electronic music listening journey.
We'll miss him so much 🖤🙌
such a great loss, RIP Doug
I got a ❤️ from him earlier the day he passed!! Sad I’ll never get a chance to catch see him perform!! So wished they came too the Winnipeg show with Ministry/DieKruppz/TKK 🫡😢❤️🔥💐 Much condolences 💐 too his family and his band fam
Laibach has one day Birthday before me? wow. Herzlichen Glückwunsch. 🎂🎶➕
Krasen dan ste izbrali za svoj začetek, prvi rožnik. Hvala, ker ste točno to, kar ste. Naj vas kreacija podpira še naprej!
Happy 45 ("For The Record") Anniversary to Laibach.
I’ll wear one of my Laibach shirts tonight in honor when I go to see Simple Minds😜🫠🖤
HEIL LAIBACH!!!!!
Spremljam vas vse od Novega Rocka od začetka sept.1981, in nato po koncertih spet v Ljubljani 1982, Zagreb 1983, Amsterdam in London 1987, Washington 2004, New York 2005... Laibach je kot vrhunsko vino iz hrastovega soda! Vedno boljši. Čestitke in hvala za vso ustvarjalnost, Heil Yourselves!
I told you not to add any Laibach here!! But it'll get a laugh!!
HBD! Thx for existing, live long and prosper! 🖤➕️🔥
Die Lieb ❤️
sieg heil
Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! ➕
Happy Birthday, Laibach - and Heil yourself! 🥸
🎊🎈🎂🎁🎉
Whether they revered or loathed him, industrial music bands Laibach and Muslimgauze wrote songs about Wojciech Jaruzelski, last communist leader of the Polish People's Republic.
"General Jaruzelski's, leader of communist Poland during the eighties, had met his biggest failure on August 31st 1980 – the anniversary of the Gdańsk agreement, which led to a series of strikes that led in turn to the creation of Solidarność and to the fall of communism."
Jaruzelski became the first secretary in October 1981. Until then, he was the defence minister.
So his biggest failure was what happened when he wasn't in power and resulted in him becoming a dictator until the "fall" of communism when he was elected president.
I've seen more coherent texts written by AI.
Please let's not forget Walter Ulbricht! But it's true that oblast je morda nesimpatična, a edina nesmrtna pot miru in stabilizacije !
Last? 😉
łukasz korolkiewicz, 13 grudnia rano, 1982
painting on the front pic
Das Orchesterwerk, das Laibach 2023 im Rahmen der Frankfurter Buchmesse zur Aufführung brachten; damals ist Slowenien Gastland der Literaturveranstaltung gewesen. Als Hörerlebnis eine Herausforderun...
Še v letu 2025 je ta nastop zelo poseben in nenavaden; kako dekadenten in prevratniški se je moral zdeti l.1983!! Bi bila rada zraven takrat, ampak z glavo in izkušnjami sebe zdaj.
Best show ever
(Waiting for vinyl pre-order)
This is the greatest experience for any Laibach fan! 🔥❤️➕❤️ 🔥
This was such a privilege to experience. Grateful 🖤
Absolutely extraordinary. Ambiguous messages for unambiguous people (or vice versa) 💜
I need to listen to that!!!
Wow, that must have been terrible, unfortunately, it was impossible to be there. BRAVO
"This is huge."It's going to take me some time to find any sort of a concise idea of this album. But it is definitely in my top favorites of the year. We've been waiting for this release since it's announcement in 2022.
Alamut was a massive undertaking to create, and that is understood by just a simple listening (as if that's applicable to this sound), regardless if you know the artists or not. This is huge.
Laibach, a Slovenian/Yugoslavian avant-garde group, notable for their early militaristic-industrial beginnings (Opus Dei is a must-listen), would grow to evolve their sound into other realms such as interpretations of soundtracks (Jesus Christ Superstar, The Sound of Music) as well as their album, Volk, a collection of national anthems of various countries. It's truly an amazing musical journey and a very interesting perspective into just what "music" can be.
But here, with Alamut, comes something even I didn't expect. The very first word that came to mind was "cinematic", oweing to the source of the inspiration for the album: the story of Hassan-i Sabbah and the Hashshashin, and named after their Alamut fortress. The maxim of the story: "Nothing is an absolute reality; all is permitted"., which is an expression recognized especially in occultism.
It is evident that this work, boldly standing at 1½ hours long, is a work of absolute passion. It is a true showmanship of a craft that has been built up over many decades. And for it's length, it almost seems to come and go in a few breaths. I literally lost track of time listening to this. Alamut is a rare type of album that makes me ecstatic to have ears.
About the musical artists behind the album, from Laibach's Bandcamp:
"The album was recorded by Laibach and the musicians who performed Alamut live at a former Crusader castle in Ljubljana in 2022. The musicians involved include the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, the Human-Voice Ensemble vocal group from Tehran, the Gallina Women’s Choir, and AccordiOna, a women’s accordion orchestra backed by additional accordion players, conducted by Iranian conductor Navid Goharib."
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In my opinion this is Soundtrack the way, that only Laibach can do a soundtrack to. Nevertheless it is about german anthems or JP2 sampling - it is always unique. And that piece of music, and hell 95 minute piece of music, brings me there where Ulver stopped. Congrats on this one - this is a masterpiece. Beautifully issued CDs and LPs - damn Laibach should be way beyond other bands already on the market! Love Alamut!
I received my copy today and I’m eager to listen to it ! The copy is still unsealed, but not for long ! 😉
So perfectly writen description! I can still feel all the emotions going through my body while listening the concert in Cankarjev dom and can't wait to get the album. Thank you for this masterpiece 🤍🙏
Thank you so much for sharing this, it means a lot to me!
Got mine lat week, beautiful record!
Ive got mine, nice work, book and music is amazing.
Cannot wait to receive my copy! Thank you Laibach!
yeah it is
I hate that it’s not working for me, have been waiting so long. I like all the different styles from Laibach but this is not for me. I’m very happy it finally got released and that so many of you like it.
Join us for a discussion on the occasion of the micro-exhibition "LAIBACH VERBOTEN! Sketches, Matrices, Documents" with Elk Eber (aka Dejan Knez), founding member of Laibach. Mezzanine, Cukrarna Gallery, Ljubljana, 21. 5. 2025 @ 18.00 ... See MoreSee Less
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Wish you were still here: what happened to the one-hit wonders of 80s package holiday pop?
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Now ask Brian May about Geburt Einer Nation
How anyone could say bad energy when we have the exquisite “Leeebeeen” serotonin hit, tsk tsk.
Laibach version brings out the essence of that song and phraze "life is life" Its far more optimistic and far more happier than original. But it takes an ear and at least 20% working brain to hear and understand. With all due respect to fellow humans who mostly use 5-10% 😂
Haha I just heard the original on a holiday boat in Corfu
Everything that Laibach does promotes happiness, joy, ecstasy and quality of life. 🙂
The opposite is true: The original has no positive feeling and more a dark, bad energy.
The annoying original got so much airtime in the UK it was a blessed relief when Laibach’s version came about. In a twist of fate I now live near the Opus home of Graz. Laibach did a fantastic show there a few years ago
It’s darker than the original but… I still find it mostly positive lol. Definitely the most positive laibach song I can think of
Well, it’s hard for me to not be biased but factually speaking, one group is still around making compelling music, the other is making royalties off the cover of one of their songs.
Yeah well although I was a fan of Laibach, I like the original more.
It has oodles of irony. It makes me smile. When I heard Laibach's cover of Queen's "one vision" I was on the floor in tears of laughter because of what they highlighted as already existing content in the song. In this aspect they a very positive force.
I thought Laibach's version was the original. No matter what, Life is Life is better.
I'd just ask people to compare "Life is Life" with another Laibach cover, "God is God." The latter pulses with a dark but holy majesty, one of my personal favorites from Laibach. Your take on it may be different, and that's okay. Same applies to "Life is Life" - it's all in what you take away from the song. Art is like that. Remember what Laibach said about art and totalitarianism - they're not necessarily mutually exclusive.
Read the article. Ewald Pfleger might not Like the Laibach interpretation or re-imagination of his piece, but it's quite clear that Michael Hann, the writer of the article, does. And knows a little bit about Laibach. In an article of the Guardian nonetheless. 🙂 Noice. 🙂
It's actually much better than the original!
It’s more accurate to say Laibach fashioned something magnificent out of a piece of shit - like only Laibach could.
Pfleger’s response is exactly why the Laibach version is necessary.
Laibach is far from a one hit wonder!
The original version is poor
He‘s from Austria - dark, bad energy should be familiar.
Great review.
Make Opus great again
It is simply the best cover ever
That's what makes it so great.
“I don’t like it” 🙄
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"I don’t believe in any music album being mandatory, but for 2025 Alamut is as close as it gets to that."
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VoS | Laibach - Alamut
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Today, Saturday July 12th at 1600 to 1700 CEST, I play excerpts from LAIBACHs recent lengthy orchestral work ALAMUT, as well as tracks from LOVE IS STILL ALIVE, OPUS DEI remaster/live, OPUS DEI re-recording/remix and SKETCHES OF THE RED DISTRICT. We speak Norwegian, but mainly play a LOT of records. Rerun Monday at 1800 CEST. Link to streaming, only at broadcast time: radiorakel.no/
It’s a beautiful and deep work which reconnects Laibach with its early orchestral inroads.
Rerun from Saturday: Today, Monday July 14th at 1800 to 1900 CEST, I play excerpts from LAIBACHs recent lengthy orchestral work ALAMUT, as well as tracks from LOVE IS STILL ALIVE, OPUS DEI remaster/live, OPUS DEI re-recording/remix and SKETCHES OF THE RED DISTRICT. We speak Norwegian, but mainly play a LOT of records. There´ll be a part 2 this coming Saturday at 1600–1700 with selections from Peel Sessions EP and digital singles. Link to streaming, only at broadcast time: radiorakel.no/
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Laibach – Alamut – Metalfan Romania – Online Metal Magazine
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Can't argue with the opening line "Laibach is one of the most important bands, not only in the East, but in the world," Alamut is visionary and bold, in short a masterpiece
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Res je, bil osebno septembra 1983 v Domu radnika v Zagrebu, na bienalu, ko so Laibachom sredi prve skladbe in video projekcije preprosto odklopili zvok in razsvetljavo. Se v živo spomnem, kot bi bilo le kakih 5 let nazaj... In koncert je bil samoprepovedan
It's not difficult to know the direction of Capitalism. It just requires the removal of rose tinted glasses.
English subtitles pleaseeeeeeeee!!🤔😉
youtu.be/-RXB3fvg7dg?si=eJr7Zt-mXuzaryBL
Our Millennial Nation!
Full interview with Ivan Novak ➕️ youtu.be/-RXB3fvg7dg?si=eJr7Zt-mXuzaryBL
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Mitropa Tour?
VOD-Festival bound!
Come to south america already 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇱🙏
Vidimo se u Nišu! +
See you at VOD-Festival.For me, a jubilee ((20th Laibach concert since 1988, if the counted correctly;-)➕
Please come to Istanbul❤️
If you could fit in a Scottish show that would be excellent
See you in Friedrichshafen ✨
Dođite opet u sibenik... 🙂
That VOD event is something else.
Kad ćete do Rijeke?
11. 7. Kranj (LG Khislstein) - Gre kdo iz Ljubljane, pa ima morda luft še za enga?
E na Malveira, Portugal..?? ✌️
10 years has been long enough, time to bring the show to the North Korea of the West: America.
Téhéran missed.
VOD festival it will be 🙂
Ready to catch
See you VOD Festival
Das wäre was, wenn die Kulturhauptstadt Europas LAIBACH wieder mal hier her holt! Viele wunderbare Erinnerungen, als ihr hier wart. ➕🖤
🔥🤘🔥
19-07. Yeah. And maybe an old show
Laibach has sucked since 1989.
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Chronique | Laibach - Alamut
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Since Krst Pod Triglavom in 1987, Laibach have been staging multimedia shows on historical subjects. In 2022, the Slovenian collective worked with...Comment on Facebook
That album is even more relevant at this very moment, of the Iranian people being killed for political reasons. Nothing is true, everything is permitted
Long live IRAN and protect it from the zionist, terrorist entity israel
Farewell to our dear friend, Douglas McCarthy!
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"where is the youth?"
Way back in 1988 I went to a nightclub for the first time. That night I discovered Laibach’s and Nitzer Ebb’s music. I was shocked, yesterday, to read the news about Douglas 😢
Sorry to hear this, a band that was a big part of my electronic music listening journey.
We'll miss him so much 🖤🙌
such a great loss, RIP Doug
I got a ❤️ from him earlier the day he passed!! Sad I’ll never get a chance to catch see him perform!! So wished they came too the Winnipeg show with Ministry/DieKruppz/TKK 🫡😢❤️🔥💐 Much condolences 💐 too his family and his band fam
So sad 😭😭😭💔💔💔
'I've got to say that it hurts'
R.I.P Meine Jugend
I cannot find words only tears in my heart 🖤
🖤 R.I.P. 💕
R.I.P. Doug 😢🖤
Fun To Be Had
Dark day
Blessings
🖤🖤🖤
🗝️
💔
🖤
🥀
😢
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzG9C2e15zc
We will not forget www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1097788679048546&set=pb.100064522726643.-2207520000
I’m so saddened by this. Crushed.
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but it's seems it's not the new pope "leone" , it is ?
There is no news like bad news - except when it’s Laibach News ✨🖤this became my favourite news to read!
Got it a few minutes ago. 😎➕
Best ever video: the perfext "click" about real, actial USA . . .
František Želváček? How come?
A-men!
Dobro, y buen provecho, buon appetito fratelli e sorelle.
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Kada ste bili u Beogradu, ponadao sam se da ćete organizovati sličnu izložbu. Ima li šanse da sličnu (istu?) izložbu priredite i u 011?
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From the criterion community on Reddit: "Heil myself!" from To Be or Not to Be (1942)
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Happy birthday ➕
Laibach has one day Birthday before me? wow. Herzlichen Glückwunsch. 🎂🎶➕
Krasen dan ste izbrali za svoj začetek, prvi rožnik. Hvala, ker ste točno to, kar ste. Naj vas kreacija podpira še naprej!
Happy 45 ("For The Record") Anniversary to Laibach.
I’ll wear one of my Laibach shirts tonight in honor when I go to see Simple Minds😜🫠🖤
HEIL LAIBACH!!!!!
Spremljam vas vse od Novega Rocka od začetka sept.1981, in nato po koncertih spet v Ljubljani 1982, Zagreb 1983, Amsterdam in London 1987, Washington 2004, New York 2005... Laibach je kot vrhunsko vino iz hrastovega soda! Vedno boljši. Čestitke in hvala za vso ustvarjalnost, Heil Yourselves!
I told you not to add any Laibach here!! But it'll get a laugh!!
HBD! Thx for existing, live long and prosper! 🖤➕️🔥
Die Lieb ❤️
sieg heil
Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! ➕
Happy Birthday, Laibach - and Heil yourself! 🥸 🎊🎈🎂🎁🎉
Happy Birthday !!
Long live Laibach !! 🖤➕
❤️❤️
❤️🖤💥
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ➕️ 🥂
Sretno!
HB and thanks for 45 years of great music
Herrrrzlichen Glückwunsch! 😉➕
Only da Best,my Friends🤘
happy birthday!!! love uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu 💓
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How Laibach and Muslimgauze Made the Last Communist Leader a Music Icon
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"General Jaruzelski's, leader of communist Poland during the eighties, had met his biggest failure on August 31st 1980 – the anniversary of the Gdańsk agreement, which led to a series of strikes that led in turn to the creation of Solidarność and to the fall of communism." Jaruzelski became the first secretary in October 1981. Until then, he was the defence minister. So his biggest failure was what happened when he wasn't in power and resulted in him becoming a dictator until the "fall" of communism when he was elected president. I've seen more coherent texts written by AI.
Please let's not forget Walter Ulbricht! But it's true that oblast je morda nesimpatična, a edina nesmrtna pot miru in stabilizacije !
Last? 😉
łukasz korolkiewicz, 13 grudnia rano, 1982 painting on the front pic
Dziękuję
Regards from Poland 🇵🇱
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lets make Communism great again
Jaruzelski... ugh.
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Das Orchesterwerk, das Laibach 2023 im Rahmen der Frankfurter Buchmesse zur Aufführung brachten; damals ist Slowenien Gastland der Literaturveranstaltung gewesen. Als Hörerlebnis eine Herausforderun...Comment on Facebook
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Še v letu 2025 je ta nastop zelo poseben in nenavaden; kako dekadenten in prevratniški se je moral zdeti l.1983!! Bi bila rada zraven takrat, ampak z glavo in izkušnjami sebe zdaj.
Best show ever (Waiting for vinyl pre-order)
This is the greatest experience for any Laibach fan! 🔥❤️➕❤️ 🔥
This was such a privilege to experience. Grateful 🖤
Absolutely extraordinary. Ambiguous messages for unambiguous people (or vice versa) 💜
I need to listen to that!!!
Wow, that must have been terrible, unfortunately, it was impossible to be there. BRAVO
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"This is huge."It's going to take me some time to find any sort of a concise idea of this album. But it is definitely in my top favorites of the year. We've been waiting for this release since it's announcement in 2022.
Alamut was a massive undertaking to create, and that is understood by just a simple listening (as if that's applicable to this sound), regardless if you know the artists or not. This is huge.
Laibach, a Slovenian/Yugoslavian avant-garde group, notable for their early militaristic-industrial beginnings (Opus Dei is a must-listen), would grow to evolve their sound into other realms such as interpretations of soundtracks (Jesus Christ Superstar, The Sound of Music) as well as their album, Volk, a collection of national anthems of various countries. It's truly an amazing musical journey and a very interesting perspective into just what "music" can be.
But here, with Alamut, comes something even I didn't expect. The very first word that came to mind was "cinematic", oweing to the source of the inspiration for the album: the story of Hassan-i Sabbah and the Hashshashin, and named after their Alamut fortress. The maxim of the story: "Nothing is an absolute reality; all is permitted"., which is an expression recognized especially in occultism.
It is evident that this work, boldly standing at 1½ hours long, is a work of absolute passion. It is a true showmanship of a craft that has been built up over many decades. And for it's length, it almost seems to come and go in a few breaths. I literally lost track of time listening to this. Alamut is a rare type of album that makes me ecstatic to have ears.
About the musical artists behind the album, from Laibach's Bandcamp:
"The album was recorded by Laibach and the musicians who performed Alamut live at a former Crusader castle in Ljubljana in 2022. The musicians involved include the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, the Human-Voice Ensemble vocal group from Tehran, the Gallina Women’s Choir, and AccordiOna, a women’s accordion orchestra backed by additional accordion players, conducted by Iranian conductor Navid Goharib."
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In my opinion this is Soundtrack the way, that only Laibach can do a soundtrack to. Nevertheless it is about german anthems or JP2 sampling - it is always unique. And that piece of music, and hell 95 minute piece of music, brings me there where Ulver stopped. Congrats on this one - this is a masterpiece. Beautifully issued CDs and LPs - damn Laibach should be way beyond other bands already on the market! Love Alamut!
I received my copy today and I’m eager to listen to it ! The copy is still unsealed, but not for long ! 😉
So perfectly writen description! I can still feel all the emotions going through my body while listening the concert in Cankarjev dom and can't wait to get the album. Thank you for this masterpiece 🤍🙏
Thank you so much for sharing this, it means a lot to me!
Got mine lat week, beautiful record!
Ive got mine, nice work, book and music is amazing.
Cannot wait to receive my copy! Thank you Laibach!
yeah it is
I hate that it’s not working for me, have been waiting so long. I like all the different styles from Laibach but this is not for me. I’m very happy it finally got released and that so many of you like it.
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"Honesty Laibach, you’ve outdone yourself here – Alamut is a striking masterpiece." ... See MoreSee Less
Laibach – Alamut – Freq
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reviews Laibach – Alamut Published 12/05/2025 Mute I’ve been waiting for another symphonic blowout from Laibach — Macbeth, Also Sprach Zarathustra and Wir Sind Das Volk all crafted a superb sens...Comment on Facebook