Scheissmessiah!

{{Short description|2004 Hanzel und Gretyl album}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Scheissmessiah | type = studio | artist = Hanzel und Gretyl | cover = Scheissmessiah.jpg | alt = | released = October 12, 2004 | recorded = Kinderland Studios, New York City<br/>2004 | venue = | studio = | genre = Industrial metal | length = 39:59 | label = Metropolis Records | producer = Hanzel und Gretyl | prev_title = Über alles | prev_year = 2003 | next_title = 2012: Zwanzig Zwölf | next_year = 2008 }} '''''Scheissmessiah''''' is the fourth full-length release by American industrial metal band Hanzel und Gretyl. It was released on October 12, 2004, via Metropolis Records. It is a concept album that parodies Handel's ''Messiah'' with a satanic metal twist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Popke |first=Michael |date=2004-12-08 |title=Review: "Hanzel Und Gretyl: Scheissmessiah" - Sea of Tranquility |url=https://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=1942 |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=www.seaoftranquility.org}}</ref>

{{Music ratings |rev1 = Metal.de |rev1score = {{Rating|8|10}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metal.de/reviews/hanzel-und-gretyl-scheissmessiah-9575/|title=Hanzel und Gretyl - Scheissmessiah|website=Metal.de|date=February 22, 2008|access-date=November 28, 2022}}</ref> |rev2 = Sea of Tranquility |rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=1942|last=Popke|first=Michael|title=Review: "Hanzel Und Gretyl: Scheissmessiah"|website=Sea of Tranquility|date=December 8, 2004|access-date=November 28, 2022}}</ref> }}

== Track listing == # "Lust" – 2:12 # "Fikk dich mit Fire" – 3:23 # "Kaiser von Shizer" – 3:13 # "Disko Fire Scheiss Messiah" – 4:19 # "Blut! Sex! Fire!" – 3:22 # "Burning Bush" – 2:54 # "Scheissway to Hell" – 4:00 # "And We Shall Purify" – 3:38 # "10th Circle" – 4:06 # "Hellalujah" – 3:00 # "Purity" – 5:47

== Credits == *Kaizer von Loopy: lead guitar, lead vocals on tracks 3 and 6, programming *Vas Kallas: lead vocals, guitar, additional programming *Anna K: Bass *Mixed by Arun Venkatesh, at Big Blue Meenie, Jersey City, New Jersey *Mastered by Tom Hutten at Bionic Mastering, in Soho, New York

== Reception == The album received some positive reception for its heavier metal sound than the previous album, ''Über Alles'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sopor |first=Pierre |date=2004-10-12 |title=Chronique {{!}} Hanzel Und Gretyl - Scheissmessiah |url=https://www.verdammnis.com/reviews/hanzel-und-gretyl-scheissmessiah |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=www.verdammnis.com |language=fr}}</ref> with Metal.de noting that "[it is] blessed with an appropriately eardrum-massaging production."<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2008-02-24 |title=Hanzel und Gretyl - Scheissmessiah Review • metal.de |url=https://www.metal.de/reviews/hanzel-und-gretyl-scheissmessiah-9575/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=metal.de}}</ref> There was also negative reception, with some critics dismissing the album and band as a novelty act.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coombe |first=Tom |date=2004-12-04 |title=HANZEL UND GRETYL "SCHEISSMESSIAH" (Metropolis) |url=https://www.mcall.com/2004/12/04/hanzel-und-gretyl-scheissmessiah-metropolis/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=The Morning Call |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Spencer |first=Amy |date=2005-03-12 |title=Review: Hanzel Und Gretyl – Scheissmessiah - SLUG Magazine |url=https://www.slugmag.com/music/national-music-reviews/review-hanzel-und-gretyl-scheissmessiah/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=www.slugmag.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

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== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080306074514/http://hanzelundgretyl.com/ Official Hanzel und Gretyl website] *[http://www.metropolis-records.com Metropolis Records] *[http://www.bigbluemeenie.com Big Blue Meenie Studios] *[http://www.bionicmastering.com Bionic Mastering]

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