Laibach is a Slovenian artistic collective formed in 1980 in Trbovlje, active in music and multimedia. They are known for martial-industrial aesthetics, provocative reinterpretations of popular songs and their association with the NSK art collective.

Founded in 1980, Laibach originated as a multimedia art collective; Milan Fras is their prominent vocalist. Their work often uses totalitarian imagery, martial rhythms and radical covers (e.g., reinterpretations of Queen, Opus, the Beatles). They are associated with the NSK (Neue Slowenische Kunst) project and have influenced industrial and experimental music scenes.

Laibach are a Slovenian artistic collective formed in 1980, known for martial-industrial aesthetics and provocative reinterpretations of popular songs. Reviews highlight their cover projects (Opus Dei, Let It Be, Volk), evolutions across styles (industrial, electronic, metal) and their NSK conceptual framework. Critics praise their intellectual provocation and influence while noting occasional stylistic shifts and divisive albums. The body of reviews frames Laibach as seminal and contentious in contemporary experimental music.

For:Fans of industrial/experimental music, listeners interested in political and conceptual art-music and provocative reinterpretations of popular songs.

 The Laibach are a media mystery, and there is no definite answer to the question of their true cultural and musical identity.

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 Laibach responds by dehumanizing rock, blending it in their ruthless operation of sound butchery and returning it to us in a "totalitarian" form, bare and limping, devoid of all pathos and poetic intent.

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 it is in fact a collection of national anthems reinterpreted by Milan and company, with the help of the excellent Silence (a semi-unknown Slovenian electronic band) and Mina Spiler.

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 Laibach is an artistic collective born in 1980 in Trbovije (Yugoslavia, from 1992 Slovenia) dedicated to theater, painting, and, what interests us most, also to music.

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