Which heavy metal bands have umlauts in their names?

March 30, 2007 11:39 AM

Which heavy metal bands have umlauts in their names? Apart from Mötley Crüe and Motörhead, of course.
posted by tombola to Media & Arts (21 answers total)

The answer is none. None more black.
posted by phaedon at 11:45 AM on March 30, 2007

Some more.
posted by Blue Buddha at 11:47 AM on March 30, 2007 [1 favorite]

This oughta give you something to chew on(why you wouldn't look there first, I don't know).

[on preview - I got beat by the Buddha!]
posted by a_green_man at 11:50 AM on March 30, 2007

Ümlaut has an umlaut, but I don't know if you can categorize them as metal.
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 11:55 AM on March 30, 2007

wow. theres a whole wikipedia article that is the exact answer to your question. way to go!
posted by ElmerFishpaw at 12:01 PM on March 30, 2007

Free jazz saxaphonist Peter Brötzmann played with Last Exit, which is considered metal by some people's standards.
posted by hydrophonic at 12:26 PM on March 30, 2007 [1 favorite]

Moxy Fruvous.
posted by acoutu at 12:33 PM on March 30, 2007

Er, heavy metal. Sorry. duh.
posted by acoutu at 12:33 PM on March 30, 2007

Deathtöngue
posted by bondcliff at 12:36 PM on March 30, 2007

Assück, which were grindcore, I suppose, but whatever.
posted by hominid211 at 12:44 PM on March 30, 2007

From Neal Stephenson's Zodiac, there's "Pöizen Böizen". They were described as "not bad, for a 2 umlaut band."
posted by cosmicbandito at 12:57 PM on March 30, 2007

Späcë Ägë Hïtlër änd thë Näzï Sÿnthësïzërs
posted by Alt F4 at 1:28 PM on March 30, 2007

Benumb
posted by The Straightener at 1:39 PM on March 30, 2007

Blue Öyster Cult.
posted by 6550 at 2:30 PM on March 30, 2007

have you seen jon udells' awesome screencast about the evolution of wikipedia?
just by coincidence, the page he follows is the wiki rockdots page (which i guess has since been renamed "heavy metal umlaut").
it's very much worth a look.
posted by twistofrhyme at 2:57 PM on March 30, 2007

Bondcliff - Deathtongue! Awesome, I was totally going to post that. How about Spinal Tap? I just wish I knew how to code an umlaut over the "n" like I'm supposed to...
posted by ZakDaddy at 6:30 PM on March 30, 2007

Woops posted too soon. Have a look.
posted by ZakDaddy at 6:30 PM on March 30, 2007

There are LOTS more than are listed on the wikipedia page. Here are a few:

Aäkon Këëtrëh, Ampütator, Förgjord, Godüs, Gravewürm, Hangöver, Helcaraxë, Infernäl Mäjesty, Kältetod, Lüger, Moëvöt, Mütiilation, Nehëmah, Pyöveli, Stürm Kommand, Ülfengard...

Check the Metal Archives in a couple of days (they've run out of monthly bandwidth again) and you should be able to find tons more!
posted by vorfeed at 8:17 PM on March 30, 2007

BlöödHag.
posted by pdb at 10:56 AM on March 31, 2007

Spinal Tap, with an umlaut over the "n" in Spinal.
posted by LilBucner at 11:29 AM on April 2, 2007

Queensryche?
posted by drstein at 1:34 PM on April 2, 2007