OOMPH! is a German industrial metal band. The band was formed in 1989 in Wolfsburg, Germany. They are (next to KMFDMand Die Krupps) founders of the new fusion of hard metal music and industrial sounds known as Neue Deutsche Härte, though OOMPH! owed a lot to Nitzer Ebbin their first album. (It is interesting to note that Die Kruppsand Nitzer Ebbreleased a single - "The Machineries of Joy" - together in 1989, the same year OOMPH! was founded.) OOMPH!'s change of style between their self-titled debut (1992) and its successor "Sperm" (1994), leaning more heavily to a guitar-driven metal sound without ever giving up their electronic roots, inspired numerous musicians, most famously Rammstein, to follow their lead. ( Rammsteinhave quoted OOMPH! in several interviews as their main inspiration.) OOMPH! released their first album on Jor's Machinery label, then releasing their consecutive albums on its sister-label Dynamica.
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