Die Schlinge

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"Die Schlinge"

Single by Oomph!
from the album GlaubeLiebeTod
Released	August 4, 2006
Format	CD
Recorded	2005
Genre	Industrial
Length	14 min, 43 s
Label	Gun
Oomph! singles chronology
"Das letzte Streichholz" (2006)	"Die Schlinge" (2006)	"Gekreuzigt 2006 + The Power of Love" (2006)

"Die Schlinge" (German for The Noose) is the third single from German industrial metal group OOMPH! off of GlaubeLiebeTod. The single version of the track itself features the Finnish cello metal group Apocalyptica. Along with the single version of the song, the single also includes and English version of the song "Gott ist ein Popstar!", as well two unreleased tracks and the music video for the single.

[edit] Music Video

The music video itself is set in the American Wild West. The premise of the video is that during a prison break, Dero is shot by a deputy and is wounded. Crap and Flux take Dero to a Native American medicineman who attempts to heal the injured vocalist, while the other two members await in angst. The fowarding of the plot leads the viewer to believe that Dero is upon his deathbed, and the lyric "Spiel mir das lied vom tod." (In English: "Play me the song of death.") near the end seems to allude to Dero dying of his wounds. Also, the deputy finds him again, and shoots him again, presumably finishing him off. Crap and Flux are shown digging a grave outside in belief that Dero has died, but in an ironic turn of events, Dero walks out of the shack as if he had just awoken from sleep. The video cuts away after showing the perplexed expressions of Crap and Flux at Dero's apparent resurrection.

The video also features the members of Apocalyptica throughout the video playing their cellos. Meanwhile, the band then plays on gallows, complete with nooses, a tie-in with the title. Later in the video, at about 2:55, for a split second, you can see Dero, Flux, and Crap, hanging from the three noose on the gallows, feet off the ground.