Synthetic Aggressive Trilobite

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Neurotarkus

on Dec. 13, 2009

Umlauts are always nice to make your band sound TOUGH and GERMANIC. The first use of umlauts for reasons other than pronunciation was the amazing band Amon Düül II, and after that BOC and Sabbath did it, and following them were Motorhead and Motley Crue, and here we are today. Hawkwind, another excellent band, also used the little circly things above the A (å. And then there's Magma, who created an ENTIRE LANGUAGE, with umlauts aplenty, and put the album titles, song titles, and lyrics in this made-up language. Well, just flaunting my prog rock obsession a bit. I'll shut up now.