{"id":35090,"date":"2025-10-20T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T05:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/the-me-fanal\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T07:55:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T05:55:16","slug":"the-me-fanal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/en\/the-me-fanal\/","title":{"rendered":"THE ME &#8211; &#8220;Fanal&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Das-Ich-Fanal-550x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Das-Ich-Fanal-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Das-Ich-Fanal-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Das-Ich-Fanal-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Das-Ich-Fanal-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Das-Ich-Fanal.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Orkus! album of the month October<br\/>Apocalyptic fire<br\/>DAS ICH<br\/>&#8220;Fanal<\/strong>&#8220;<br\/>Album (Danse Macabre)<br\/>Release: October 31, 2025<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>A permanent goose bump<\/strong> comes over you when listening to &#8220;Fanal&#8221;. Das Ich let the dark abysses of the world, humanity and the soul flare up like a mighty inferno. An oppressive apocalyptic mood, coupled with the sound that Das Ich created out of nothing to form the New German Art of Death and developed further in &#8220;Fanal&#8221;. Cello and other classical elements provide more space for harmony. Stefan Ackermann in absolute top form spits the dark, multi-layered lyrics contemptuously, menacingly and passionately, blending fabulously with Bruno Kramm&#8217;s melodic vocals to create an apocalyptic manifesto.    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Claudia Zinn-Zinnenburg<\/p>\n\n<p>In our September\/October issue, we also feature an interview with Stefan Ackermann and Bruno Kramm:<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Orkus0925_U1_ohneBarcode_1024-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33411\" style=\"width:302px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Orkus0925_U1_ohneBarcode_1024-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Orkus0925_U1_ohneBarcode_1024-389x550.jpg 389w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Orkus0925_U1_ohneBarcode_1024-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Orkus0925_U1_ohneBarcode_1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Order the September\/October issue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orkus-shop.de\/c\/aktuelle-ausgabe\" style=\"background-color:#2e5f5b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Orkus! shop<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Listen to Das Ich in our &#8220;Black Scene&#8221; playlist on Spotify:<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/4XhO6p4kgiKoKqAurMi9ZS?si=5c1f441c714949fd\" title=\"Spotify Embed: SCHWARZE SZENE :   Gothic \/Industrial\/ Dark Electro \/ Dark Wave \/ Dark Rock\/Mittelalter Rock &amp; mehr\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/4XhO6p4kgiKoKqAurMi9ZS?si=5c1f441c714949fd&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orkus! album of the month OctoberApocalyptic fireDAS ICH&#8220;Fanal&#8220;Album (Danse Macabre)Release: October 31, 2025 A permanent goose bump comes over you when listening to &#8220;Fanal&#8221;. Das Ich let the dark abysses of the world, humanity and the soul flare up like a mighty inferno. An oppressive apocalyptic mood, coupled with the sound that Das Ich created [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":33613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1202],"tags":[1556,6806,1208,1213,1880],"class_list":["post-35090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-album-review-en","tag-beacon","tag-review-en","tag-review-en-2","tag-the-i"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>THE ME - &quot;Fanal&quot; - Orkus1.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This is what the new album by DAS ICH sounds like: &quot;Fanal&quot;. 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