Neue Deutsche Härte ("new German hardness", /nɔʏ̯ə dɔʏ̯tʃə hɛrtə/), also known as Tanzmetall (dance metal, a term popularized by Rammstein), is a direction in hard rock/metal music that developed in Germany in the 1990s that was inspired by electronic dance music. The combination of deep, clean vocals with a sound based on heavily distorted electric guitar and drums also usually includes keyboard and the use of synthesisers, samples, and sometime...
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Neue Deutsche Härte ("new German hardness", /nɔʏ̯ə dɔʏ̯tʃə hɛrtə/), also known as Tanzmetall (dance metal, a term popularized by Rammstein), is a direction in hard rock/metal music that developed in Germany in the 1990s that was inspired by electronic dance music. The combination of deep, clean vocals with a sound based on heavily distorted electric guitar and drums also usually includes keyboard and the use of synthesisers, samples, and sometimes drum machines.
Several bands were important to the eventual sound, but OOMPH! is generally considered to be the original NDH-band, starting with their second album, Sperm. Another important early NDH band was Fleischmann.
Although there is no single defining characteristic of NDH, there are a number of features that are often present in NDH songs.
Instrumentation:
NDH bands generally have serious lyrics, dynamic tempos, complicated chord progressions, and eschew solos.
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