▁bands ▁such ▁as ▁Joy ▁Division , ▁The ▁C ure , ▁and ▁Si ou xs ie ▁and ▁the ▁B ans he es , ▁and ▁the ▁synth es izer - based ▁new ▁wave ▁sound ▁of ▁bands ▁like ▁De pe che ▁Mode . ▁The ▁words ▁often ▁paid ▁deep ▁hom age ▁to ▁German ▁philosoph ers ▁like ▁Andreas ▁G ry ph ius , ▁Johann ▁Wolfgang ▁von ▁Go ethe , ▁Friedrich ▁N iet z sche ▁and ▁Gott fried ▁B enn , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁international ▁po ets ▁such ▁as ▁Georg ▁Tra kl , ▁Ed gar ▁All an ▁Po e , ▁Charles ▁Baud ela ire , ▁and ▁Jean - Paul ▁S art re . ▁The ▁concert s ▁of ▁these ▁groups ▁put ▁a ▁great ▁emphas is ▁on ▁cost umes , ▁lights ▁and ▁py rote chn ics . ▁The ▁performances ▁were ▁designed ▁to ▁stim ulate ▁all ▁the ▁sens es ▁and ▁convey ▁an ▁overall ▁dark , ▁bro oding ▁atmosphere . ▁L yr ical ▁them es ▁include ▁trans ience , ▁evil , ▁n ih il ism , ▁sur real ism , ▁expression ism , ▁exist ential ▁philosophy , ▁criticism ▁of ▁religion , ▁violence , ▁mad ness , ▁isol ation , ▁de pression , ▁and ▁especially ▁death . ▁As ▁part ▁of ▁this ▁movement , ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁bands ▁use ▁classical ▁Latin ▁for ▁their ▁lyr ics ▁and ▁album ▁names . ▁ ▁The ▁greatest ▁Neue ▁Deutsche ▁T odes k unst ▁hits ▁include ▁" G ott es ▁Tod " ▁by ▁Das ▁Ich ▁( 1 9 9 0 ), ▁" Ver fl ucht " ▁by ▁Rel atives ▁M ensch