Liebe Macht Monster is the 8th studio album by Eisbrecher. It was released on 12 March 2021.
Album chronology
Information
The title "Liebe Macht Monster" had been around 6-7 years before it only really fit for this release.
Production
The first 4 tracks created for the album were Leiserdrehen, Systemsprenger, Wer bin ich, and Es lohnt sich nicht ein Mensch zu sein.
In an interview with Deadline Magazine, Alexander Wesselsky stated that "Noel Pix wanted to ignore all the established sounds for the new album. That is, take away all the presets, bring in more analogue, new drums, new bass. He wanted to do something different and set up the production technique in a new way". This would lead to Alex wondering if he was being left behind, if this was even Eisbrecher anymore, and if he was comfortable with a new direction. But in the end, it came to fit like a comfortable shoe.
During Autumn 2019, Rupert Keplinger met up with Dero Goi to work on some tracks together for a project. During this time, Dero presented Rupert with some lyrics for a track that Rupert enjoyed and a recording of Dero singing was sent to Alex who enjoyed the lyrics a lot. Rupert threw together an instrumental and the track was built up from there, finally reaching Pix once a demo was created. This track became Dagegen. A reversal of the typical Eisbrecher method of instrumental followed by lyrics.
The album was finalised in March of 2020 with a planned release date of October 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the band decided that it would be best to release the album at a more secure time for a tour to follow. This in turn rushed the creation of Schicksalsmelodien which would have originally come after, giving Noel 2-3 weeks rest before starting production. Mixing and mastering of Liebe Macht Monster would resume after the release of Schicksalsmelodien.
Promotion
The first mention of work being done on the next Eisbrecher album came from Alex in an interview with rock.de, saying album 8 will begin work in the new year.
The first hint of work on a new album from an official Eisbrecher page was an Instagram post on 5 February 2019.
Eisbrecher made numerous social media posts teasing the creation of Liebe Macht Monster, these are listed below:
7 February 2019: Eisbrecher Instagram post .
13 February 2019: Eisbrecher Facebook post .
5 March 2019: Eisbrecher Instagram post .
2 June 2019: Eisbrecher Instagram post .
27 June 2019: Rupert Instagram post .
13 August 2019: Eisbrecher Facebook post .
3 December 2019: Eisbrecher Instagram post .
10 February 2020: Rupert Instagram post .
10 February 2020: Rupert Instagram post .
24 January 2021: Max Facebook post .
Noticeably, on 25 July 2019 and 2 August 2019 , Noel Pix uploaded 2 snippets of a new song on the official Eisbrecher Instagram . However, this track was not to be found on an upcoming album. It is unknown whether it was discarded or remade into a track that was eventually released.
On 15 August 2019, an instrumental snippet of Systemsprenger was shown in a studio report featuring Alex singing alt lyrics, though it is unknown if they were serious considerations or a funny line solely for the viewers of the report.
On 28 September 2019, in a now-deleted interview with Rock Antenne at Oktoberfest, Jürgen Plangger stated that there would surely be something that Eisbrecher would be releasing next year, which was the original plan before the Covid-19 pandemic.
On 3 July 2020, in a video announcing the, then upcoming, Schicksalsmelodien album, the title of the album was mouthed silently by Noel Pix and a release date was given.
On 25 October 2020, in an interview with DunkelFunkTV, Alex revealed the title of the album as "Liebe Macht Monster".
On 7 January 2021, Eisbrecher posted a video to the official Eisbrecher Instagram , showing the band in yellow hazmat outfits covered in EIS//LMM//2021 stickers and patches, moving and injecting barrels, with a message at the end "Es Beginnt".
On 15 January 2021, along with the release of the FAKK single and the FAKK music video, the album was announced officially . Alongside its limited edition fan box.
Starting on 18 February 2021, the band uploaded snippets of all tracks that weren't released as singles on the build-up to the album, with the final snippet releasing on 11 March 2021.
Other songs
During studio work for the album, the band would release studio reports to show the creation process for the album. In 2 studio reports in particular, 25 July 2019 and 2 August 2019 , Noel Pix used 2 snippets of a new song. However, this track was not to be found on an upcoming album. It is unknown whether it was discarded, remade into a track that was eventually released, or if it was entirely created to be used for the studio report.
In a podcast with metal.de , Alex stated that the track Kaltfront was originally created for the album, but Noel did not like the track and so it was not included. It would later be the title track for the album Kaltfront°!.
Tracklist
Formats
CD - Jewelcase
Germany - 1 disc, 14 base tracks.
CD - Digipak
Germany - 1 disc, 14 base tracks.
Vinyl - Gatefold
Germany - 2 discs, 14 base tracks.
CD - Tin box
Germany - Digipak with 1 disc, 14 base tracks. Gym bag. Beanie. Flag. Tube scarf. Condom. Sticker. Postcard.
CD - Jewelcase
United States - 1 disc, 14 base tracks.
Original pressings of the album incorrectly had a Die Krupps album instead of the Eisbrecher one.
Vinyl - Gatefold
United States - 2 discs, 14 base tracks.
Alternate cover art. EU import versions were made available on 19 December 2022.