The time has come (album)
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Studio album by 
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| Label (s) | Metal Enterprises | |||
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CD, MC, record |
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Hard rock , heavy metal |
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10/11 |
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45:34 / 49:32 |
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| occupation | Singing: Kevin Russell Drums: Peter Schorowsky |
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Ingo Nowotny |
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Tanith Studio Lindheim |
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The time has come for the fifth studio album by the German rock band Böhse Onkelz . It was released on August 1, 1990 on the Metal Enterprises label . Within two weeks of its release, 30,000 copies of the album were sold.
History of origin
With this album, the band completed a musical development, as the style is for the first time consistently oriented towards elements of metal . The lyrics also got more profound, as they deal with more than just having fun with alcohol and violence. It was the last album for Metal Enterprises as the contract with Ingo Nowotny expired after the release. The Böhsen Onkelz separated in a dispute from the label, which shortly afterwards was to follow the same path as Rock-O-Rama and became a right-wing rock label. Shortly after the album was recorded, Andreas Trimborn, known as Trimmi , the band's best friend, was murdered. The band then arranged for the album to be dedicated to him. The accompanying text, however, is only on the LP, as the CD covers were already printed at that time.
Some pieces on the album, such as Nothing is for Eternity , 10 Years or Wilde Jungs have become particularly popular with fans over the years and were always played at the concerts until the band split up in 2005.
After years of litigation, the Onkelz managed to regain the rights to this album, which previously belonged to Metal Enterprises. The album was then reissued on Onkelz's own label Regel23 Recordings .
Cover design
According to the drummer Peter Schorowsky, the cover of the album is a collage from an unpublished comic by Prof. Jean-Ullysses Völker from the Mainz University of Applied Sciences , which is divided into four parts. At the very top is the lettering Böhse Onkelz , at the bottom right is the lettering It is applied so far . On the CD version there is also another lettering on the left, which refers to the additional bonus song Leiden .
Track list
| # | title | length |
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| 1 | ten years | 4:13 |
| 2 | Necrophile | 4:01 |
| 3 | Wild boys | 4:10 |
| 4th | Nothing is forever | 5:33 |
| 5 | When you are lonely | 4:14 |
| 6th | Nobody is like you | 3:13 |
| 7th | Are you longing for the needle? | 3:48 |
| 8th | paradise | 3:37 |
| 9 | Life is a game | 4:01 |
| 10 | The time has come | 4:46 |
| 11 | Leiden (CD bonus) | 3:58 |
Background information on individual songs
- ten years
This song was written for the 10th anniversary of the Onkelz. It was meant to express the band's anger over media coverage. In the studio version, “Trimmi” sings along in the chorus of the refrain.
- Nothing is forever
“Nothing is for eternity” is largely about Onkelz's own past. Text passages such as “Do you think I can kill children?” And “Do you think I'm necrophilic?” Refer to previous releases by the band. The former refers to the title track of the first album, The Nice Man . The latter refers to the song "Nekrophil" .
- Nobody is like you
In the beginning, Stephan Weidner said this song was about the first sex and the first tattoo in concert announcements. However, he later said it was only about the first tattoo.
- Are you longing for the needle?
The song is one of the Böhsen Onkelz's first confrontations with Kevin Russell's heroin addiction . The text was written by Stephan Weidner. The CD bonus track Leiden also goes in a similar direction.
- The time has come
The song is the namesake for the album. The song describes the situation of someone who was sentenced to death and is now about to be executed. In this song the Onkelz experimented with violins for the first time.
Individual evidence
- Jump up ↑ Onkelzvinyl - album "It's ready". Website accessed on August 16, 2010 ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Edmund Hartsch: In: Böhse Onkelz, Thanks for nothing. Original edition, 1997, p. 152.
- ↑ Album cover on amazon.de
- ↑ Weidner, Röhr, Russell, Schorowski, Werner: Böhse Onkelz Fanzine No. 13 . 2003, p. 14.
- ↑ Dunklerort.net ( Memento from June 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Dunklerort.net ( Memento from June 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Dunklerort.net ( Memento from February 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Dunklerort.net ( Memento from June 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
