and the words "More German Than German" found on their backdrop and T-shirts Hanzel und Gretyl performed to a capacity crowd on the main stage at M'era Luna Festival in Hildesheim, Germany. Born to Be Heiled, Hanzel und Gretyl's sixth full-length CD release on November 27, 2012 was launched as a debut release for the newly formed Metropolis Metal Records, a subdivision of Metropolis Records that focusses on their more metal based electronic and industrial bands. Beginning in June 2012, Hanzel und Gretyl followed up the completion of Born to Be Heiled with multiple extensive headlining tours including Australia, New Zealand, US, Canada, Russia, and Europe. Hanzel und Gretyl für immer, an album composed entirely of remixes of their previous CD, Born to Be Heiled, was completed by Kaizer von Loopy in July 2013 and slated for worldwide release by Metropolis Records on October 8, 2013. Grimm Shiza (2014–2017) October 2014 saw the release of HuG's 7th album, Black Forest Metal and the beginning of a new era for the band. Perhaps their darkest and most metal sounding release to date, BFM employs satanic themes cross-referenced with forest motifs from the original Brothers Grimm fairy tale. U.S. and European tours followed the release. 2015 found Hanzel und Gretyl playing select dates in the US and returning in October to Europe, UK, Russia and also Greece for the first time in the band's history. September 25, 2015, Hanzel und Gretyl appears in the DVD / Blu-ray release Rammstein in Amerika, being interviewed amongst the likes of artists Steven Tyler, Kiss, Marilyn Manson, Iggy Pop, Korn, Slash and others discussing Rammstein's first shows in America with Hanzel und Gretyl in 1997 and 1998 and eventual ascent which led to Rammstein's sold out show at Madison Square Garden on December 11, 2010. 2017–present On July 26, 2017, Loopy released the solo album Reichstar under the name 'KyzrWölf', also stating a new HuG album coming in 2018. On February 24, 2018, a new album titled Satanik Germanik was available for pre-order, with another album titled Hexennacht being released in 2019. Members Kaizer von Loopy / KyzrWölf – guitars, programming, vocals Vas Kallas – vocals, bass Discography Machines Good People Bad Kindermusik, (200 cassette tapes) independent release, 1994 Ausgeflippt, Energy Records, 1995 Transmissions from Uranus, Energy Records, 1997 Oz Faktor, Energy Records, *unreleased* 1999 Fukken Über Über alles, Metropolis Records, 2003 Scheissmessiah!, Metropolis Records, 2004