incorporated many styles of music such as metal, industrial, alternative rock, electronica and gothic to create their sound.

This guitar-driven and electronic accompanied sound inspired numerous musicians, most famously Rammstein, Megaherz, and Eisbrecher, to follow their lead.

This fulfilled their contract with Virgin; the band did not continue with the record company, feeling that it never fully explored their potential.

gained a larger following and toured with labelmates Skunk Anansie in 1999, later opening for Finnish rock band HIM in fall 2001.

Tobias "Tobi" Gloge, their first live bassist, was exchanged for Hagen Gödicke in 2002.

played at the Ozzfest in Germany, alongside Black Label Society, Tool and Ozzy Osbourne on 20 May.

"), from their eighth album Wahrheit oder Pflicht on a new label, this time on Supersonic Records, part of the Sony BMG group of music companies.

It marks their first number one hit in Germany, eventually bringing forth their major commercial breakthrough.

The band's ninth album, GlaubeLiebeTod ("FaithLoveDeath"), was released in March 2006, including the controversial single "Gott ist ein Popstar" ("God is a popstar"), its follow-up "Das letzte Streichholz", "Die Schlinge", and "Träumst du?".

's official best-of album, Delikatessen (Delicacies) was released under the GUN label.

On 9 February 2007, the band released their final GlaubeLiebeTod single "Träumst du?

The band released their tenth album, Monster, on 22 August 2008, which peaked in the Media Control Charts at No.

The album's cover art was designed by a fan who won a contest the band held through their Myspace page.

On 26 February 2010, the band released their fourth compilation album, Truth or Dare, with their German songs re-recorded in English.

[8] From 24 April to 22 October, the band toured Europe to promote the new compilation album.

debuted the song "Sieger" ("Winner"), which was written for the ESL Pro Series 17, to a worldwide audience.

The band announced on their official website that their next album is going to be titled Des Wahnsinns fette Beute.

gained two new live members in 2012: Okusa (percussion) and El Friede (keyboards).

Dero mentioned in an interview with Global Metal Apocalypse on 16 May 2014[9] that the band had been working on a new album slated for an early 2015 release and that a 2015 UK tour was also planned.

announced via their official Facebook page on 23 May 2014 that they have a new live drummer, Martin Bode, and will perform with the band for the first time in June at the Wave Gotik Treffen Festival.

In September 2015, GlaubLiebeTod attained Gold status after selling more than 100,000 copies in Germany, nine years after its initial release.

The band remained quiet throughout 2017, only going on a small tour in Russia early in the year, Faine Misto fest in Ternopil, Ukraine on 21 July,[10] and Gothic Meets Klassik festival in Leipzig in November.

), as well as another post announcing a number of radio interviews in Berlin and an expected release date for the new album on 18 January 2019.

[12] The album's first single, "Kein Liebeslied", was released on 30 November 2018 with an accompanying lyric video.

[14] Richter und Henker reached No.7 on the German Album Charts in its first week after its release.

On 21 September 2023, the band announced two new live members: Simon Schröder (drums) and Lajos (keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals), with the former replacing Michael 'Silvestri' Merkert, who recently moved to Canada.

Lajos was initially meant to replace Felix Vonk in 2020, but this was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the band to cancel all remaining tour dates for 2020.

On 2 November 2023, the band embarked on a one month-long European Tour to support the album.

Additionally, the band also appeared on various festivals across Germany and Luxembourg, including Wacken Open Air and M'era Luna in August, Lordfest in December and Rockharz in July 2024.