Feindflug

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Feindflug
"Use your brain and think about it" — the Feindflug logo and slogan. The logo is composed of two 'F's in the typeface, American Type by leading American type designer, Morris Fuller Benton.
Country	Germany
Years active	1995-Present
Genres	Aggrotech Industrial/EBM
Labels	Black Rain Records
Members	DJ Felix DJ Banane

Feindflug (pronounced "Find-floog"), is a controversial German aggrotech band founded in 1995. Translated, the name means "attack-raid" or literally "foe-flight" ("flight against the enemy"). In historical use the name also translates to the English/French word "sortie".

The band has been associated with the German neo-nazi scene by critics in the past due to the themes presented in their music and their album cover graphics. The band members, while aware of the association, oppose this critique and have stated that their music is intended as a reflection of the issues it describes, not as support.

Reoccurring themes and topics are authoritarian regimes, the death penalty and total war, especially World War II and the Third Reich.

Feindflug's music is entirely instrumental, a rarity in the modern industrial/EBM scene. The only vocals that can be heard are in samples[1], mostly taken from movies dubbed in German or excerpts of Adolf Hitler or Klaus Kinski. The music tends to be on the harsh side, verging on power noise at times.

In 2004 the band was invited to perform at the 13th Wave-Gotik-Treffen music festival in Leipzig, Germany.

In 2006 the band performed at the 15th Wave-Gotik-Treffen music festival in Leipzig, Germany.

As of 2006, the band's website's flash intro features photographs of several German World War 2 scenes, an electric chair and President George W. Bush in between the voice samples "Von hier gibt es kein Entkommen" ("From here, there is no escape") and "Schluss damit!" ("Stop it!") with the band's slogan "Use your brain and think about it!" appearing in between.

[edit] Discography

Feindflug (CD-R, 1997, private release)
I. / St. G. 3 (MCD, 1998)
Feindflug 'Vierte Version' (1999)
Im Visier (MCD, 1999)
Sterbehilfe (EP, 2000)
Hirnschlacht (2002)
I. / St. G. 3 (Phase 2) (MCD, 2003)
Kollaboration (Vinyl, 2004)
Volk und Armee (2005)
Supreme Court feat. Feindflug (2006-02-24)
...hinter feindlichen Linien (Boxset) (2006-06-05) features Liveclips, Bonusclups, Concertfilm and more.

Feindflug's first official release, I. / St. G. 3, was released on the radical right-wing VAWS label. They say they regret this, and didn't know what VAWS was about, but that no-one else was willing to release their work due to the controversial name, imagery, and use of samples.

All subsequent releases have been made on the Black Rain label, but not without trouble. The Dutch producer for the Sterbehilfe EP refused production because of explicit images of an execution with an electrical chair, and the Austrian producer for Hirnschlacht refused production later because of the right-wing accusations.