anti'christ
2002, Danse Macabre

reviews (in german) are also found within the discography on Das Ich's site.

Das Ich's energetic "Destillat" is actually played almost every time I go clubbing. And this, one of the best EBM songs of all times in my honest opinion, always makes me long for new twisted Das Ich hits. I was indeed very pleased with Das Ich wizard Bruno Kramm's solo album "Coeur" from last year. But it has certainly been too long since we last heard from Das Ich.

"Antichrist" is their 13th release and the first on Massacre Records. This magic piece of music is not likely to disappoint anyone. On the other hand, this album can open some doors for a band still far from real stardom. Das Ich deliver nine state of the art compositions in their truly unique fashion. The album is ended with the 17 minute piece "Der Achte Tag", simply the opposite of pop. Das Ich draw from centuries of classic music and let the sounds from conventional instruments meet the technology of today. The result is nothing less of stunning. I can't help but wonder why so many electronic music artists are stuck with just machine sounds, imitating their idols to death. Stefan Ackermann's voice delivers the poetic lyrics in German in the usual impressive manner. On the aforementioned "Coeur" Kramm showed us he could sing and sing well. His voice can be heard here as well, even if it's ever so briefly. The well-crafted and multi-layered music is threatening, dark, weird and extreme. But at the same time we are actually talking about real song structures, dance patterns and a morbid groove. The end result is also some über-cool kind of hi-tech pop. It's previously unheard of, at least in this world.
Mikael Kahrle, releasemagazine.net

What Das Ich delivers here are extremely dark and dramatic orchestrated electronic songs with a touch of industrial, EBM and darkwave. The music is made up of well textured electronic programming, heavy beats, haunting melodies and angry snarling male vocals that growl out the lyrics with spite.

While the songs are rather energetic, they don’t really come off as dance tracks. They’re very orchestrated with a lot of dramatic moods and emotions creating an atmosphere of power and passion. But that’s not to say that the album is completely void of club tracks as there are quite a few here.

There’s not a bad track to be heard here. They all manage to bring in their own unique elements to allow them to stand apart from each other. This is one of the few albums that I don’t mind all the lyrics being in German as the singer doesn’t sound like the usual deep and dreary German singer with an overly thick accent. While I would have liked some songs to have English lyrics, I admit that the all German lyrics keep the album consistent from beginning to end.

If you like dark, angry and aggressive German electro-industrial music with a dramatic orchestrated edge, this Das Ich CD can’t be missed. But be warned that this album is not nice and friendly for shiny happy people. It’s quite evil- only meant for those who have a dark side.
Darklight, on wrappedinwire.com