ALBUM CONCEPT
with obsession as sharp as glass, steinschlag confronts injustice, abuse, and the profanity of human cruelty. It is a relentless indictment to expose divine betrayal – a blasphemous descent into holy sins and sacred transgressions, where judgment strikes with the force of an avalanche.
musically, steinschlag blends cold, hypnotic electronics with eruptive bursts of sound that blame god for the sins of his own creatures. the cover, marked by a rockfall warning on a desolate mountain road, warns of the moral collapse ahead. every track is a stone hurled in defiance, every lyric an indictment written in rage.
SINGLES COVER ART

steinschlag

  • artist: stahlnacht
  • label: stahlkombinat
  • production start date: dec 22, 2010
  • release date: oct 16, 2021
  • genre: dark electro / ebm
  • Tracks: 10

LYRICS

SIDE A
folgt jemand nur dem herz
treibt unzucht unverfror‘n
dann waehlt er einen schmerz
verteilt mit gottes zorn

vergraben bis zum rumpf
das urteil wird vollstreckt
die treffer hart und dumpf
der grund von blut befleckt

steinschlag – am vormittag
stein fuer stein – bis auf‘s mark
steinschlag – am nachmittag
stein fuer stein – kein grab, kein sarg

wozu diese tortur?
hast du denn nichts gelernt?
letztlich bist auch du nur
einen steinschlag entfernt!

du trittst das menschenrecht
wir nehmen dich auf‘s korn
in diesem endgefecht
bleibst du nicht ungeschorn.

steinschlag – am vormittag
stein fuer stein – bis auf‘s mark
steinschlag – auch am naechsten tag
stein fuer stein – weil es gott so mag
tears fall down on scripture's face
small hands clasped in silent grace
father’s “love” – a cruel disguise
where are you, god, who hears no cries?

scruples rot in holy greed
charity cloaks the darkest deed
what was sacred now defiled
morals crossed, and truth reviled

why do you make bodies shiver?
why do you make young hearts break?
why do you let monsters slither?
why do you leave love in their wake?
i scream your name into the sky
while angels choke on every lie

still the Bible drinks their tears
still the silence fuels our fears
drawn in blood with trembling hands
is this your will, your promised land?

you turn your gaze, you let them fall
while evil dances in your hall
so if you speak, then hear me now
i’ll break your throne and show you how

no more delay – you will be chained
no more escape from children's pain
if you remain...

i will make your heaven shiver
i will make your sick heart cry
i will break your crown forever
and I’ll watch your kingdom die
with every scar, with every breath
i raise this hymn of holy death
we want to stop the world from burning,
name the cause and keep it turning.
so we switch the fuel, but not the game,
just pour new oil into the flame.

corn and wheat for western gain,
fed by sweat and choking pain.
from broken lands, the crops are ripped,
third world dreams are sunk and stripped.

reap! reap! grain is what we crave!
feed! feed! but not the ones we save!
not the hungry, not the poor,
we fill the tanks and close the door.
blind! so blind! it’s comfort we abuse,
this is the way of life we choose!

a hundred loaves could feed the line,
but now they fuel our grand decline.
one more ride, one more escape,
while others starve, we still take shape.

forests fall for greener lies,
grasslands drown in corporate ties.
empty plates in silent towns,
while golden grain is burned to ground.

reap! reap! grain is what we crave!
feed! feed! but not the ones we save!
not the broken, not the bruised,
we feed machines, we stay amused.
blind! still blind! it’s comfort we excuse,
this is the way of life we choose!
dirty steel to a trembling throat
precious flesh in a deathbound coat
naked violence steps in stride
innocence meets beast inside

vital signs in a fist of pills
mind gave in to the silent kills
crushed beneath the social weight
grief was traded in for fate

again there are questions, no explanation
again there are roads with no destination
open your eyes! It’s right before your face
don’t lose sight! in a world that’s lost all grace
open your eyes!
And don’t lose sight!

shaved heads fed with borrowed fear
hatred drilled in a young man’s ear
rage erupts when the fire’s fed
marching into warlike tread

again there are victims, no accusation
again there are monsters, no condemnation
open your eyes! It’s right before your face
don’t lose sight! in a world that’s lost all grace
open your eyes!
And don’t lose sight!

party's done, and the roads run red
teenage ghosts in a headline spread
glass and blood where the lanes collide
now they're saints in the drunkards' pride
you’re petty puppets, all the same
dancing in a death-marked game
servants of an insane master
you won’t stop his planned disaster

rules won’t save you, ‘cause none apply
you are blind rats chasing a lie
your time will end, it’s far too late
crucifixion will be your fate

break the chains! burn the lie!
spit your prayer into the sky!
tear the veil! deny the throne!
bleed the truth from blood and bone!
submissive worms! you crawl, you bend!
but this obedience must end!
stand and strike! refuse! defy!
now or never, live or die!

rusty nails driven through the core
pain like steel, unfelt before
your screams will echo, cracked and dry
hung on beams, left there to die

reject your soft, submissive life
or march into the butcher’s knife
your prayers are lies, you always knew
this game was lost before it grew

tear it down! light the pyre!
drown their altars, purge the choir!
crush the cross! defile the crown!
drag your demons underground!
submissive herd! your time is through!
the ash will speak the end of you!
stand and strike! refuse! defy!
kill the master, live or die!
SIDE B
you wrote your laws in stolen blood,
enforced by flame, enforced by flood.
you claimed the womb, you silenced choice
but now you’ll hear our rebel voice.

you caged the kiss of love unblessed,
condemned the hearts that you oppressed.
you called it sin, you built your walls
but truth is louder when it calls.

reformation! break the chain!
recreation! end the reign!
no more silence, no more guilt
we burn the throne their lies have built!
reformation! rise as one!
resurrection! what’s begun
will tear their kingdom stone by stone
their golden idol overthrown!

your robes conceal the hands that harm,
you hid the wolves inside the charm.
you sold redemption, lie by lie
now feel the wrath you can't deny.

above the law, behind the veil,
your doctrine forged the prison’s jail.
but no decree can stand the storm
the black-clad night will now reform.

reformation! break the chain!
recreation! end the reign!
no more silence, no more guilt
we burn the throne their lies have built!
reformation! rise as one!
resurrection! what’s begun
will tear their kingdom stone by stone
their golden idol overthrown!

they ruled with fear, they named it grace,
then turned abuse to god's own face.
but we’re the proof their time is done
the blackened age has just begun.
rain is pouring, the street lies wet,
you march again to spread your net.
you seek out victims, silence their say,
then cast them out to clear your way.

contempt instilled now turns to hate,
vengeful rage fuels your cruel mandate.
brute force bred in extremist minds,
to draw your rule in terror lines.

you want us to fear you, you want us to flee,
but we are many! we stand and we’re free!
you want us to fear you, you want us to flee,
but we won't retreat! we won’t let it be!

discrimination at its worst,
you feed again your violence thirst.
blind fanatics, your fury unchained,
the ones you blame left bruised, defamed.

you want us to fear you, you want us to flee,
but we are many! we stand and we’re free!
you want us to fear you, you want us to flee,
but we won't retreat! we won’t let it be!

you forged your lies in sharpened tones
your speeches came before the stones.
the orders slid to pamphlets fast,
campaign lines burned the truth at last.

you mimic hate to steal its flame,
you trade your spine to play their game.
the line between the sides is gone,
your borrowed words have led them on.
you tried to make me a believer
made me think you‘re the retriever
but your advice is of no use
there’s no more power to abuse
time’s up for telling us what to do
here’s my confession: i’m hating you

give me one more reason
give me one more cause
do another mistake
and i’ll burn down your cross

you tried the human subjugation
that’s your sick way of revelation
you searched for little faithful lambs
to round them up in sacral camps
time’s up for your biblical battue
here’s my confession: i’m hating you

give me one more reason
give me one more cause
do another mistake
and i’ll burn down your cross

you tried to cramp your eyelids with blame
but don’t hold back the tears of shame
you are trying to close your eyes
it‘s time for you to realize
time’s up for strutting fame’s avenue
here’s my confession: i’m hating you
her eyes lose their lustre in tears
the horizon starts to blur
a sea of black despair appears
pain drips in a trickle of blood

evil rises, lines are trespassed
promised mercy stayed away
wine of innocence in a frail glass
just shattered by brute force

what has become of you?
what came to your mind?
you’re so strange and diseased
and just so blind
your pleasure means my pain
cause you'll break me again

god's sense of humor, he can’t restrain
branches broken, a dress was torn
feelings suppressed by torturing pain
cries for help fall silent

i’m sick of your creatures
this scum of your kind
without mercy and scruples
hatred’s unconfined
your pleasure means my pain
cause you'll break me again

you revel in causing grief
hatch pain in your sick mind
watch your victims suffer
as you leave them behind
your pleasure means my pain
a never-ending strain
a strange, peculiar breed you are,
just laughable, if not so grave.
some say it’s forged within your labs,
or chased a bat into the cave.
comedy stitched with tragedy,
the stage of earth, the play you write.
if it weren’t sad, so deadly clear,
your folly might amuse the night.

then came the panic, masks and walls,
a thousand rules, yet none held firm.
cities silenced, and hearts withdrew,
counting bodies, then waiting turns.
so overwhelmed, you stumbled blind,
no compass for the storm you made.
the world stood still, the hours bled,
a fragile species, unprepared.

you fight in shadows, blind with rage,
as if no end would ever come.
division builds a binding cage,
a requiem without a drum.

and still you fight against your fate,
as if the death were not enough.
if not by war, then by your hate,
you’ll grind the world in fury rough.
but hear this call: together stand,
the fire waits to claim the free.
the only shield is human hand,
the strength of true humanity.

but worse was yet to tear you wide,
not virus, but the minds it found.
the cure was offered, hands held out,
yet rage refused, and truth was drowned.
denial screamed, the anger burned,
a war of tongues, of tribes, of lies.
the sickness ruled your tiny world,
while you betrayed your own demise.