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			{{short description\|Gratuitous diacritic used in the names of some rock bands}}
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			A '''metal umlaut''' (also known as '''röck döts''')<ref>{{cite book \| last=Gray \| first=R. \| title=Great Brand Blunders: The Worst Marketing and Social Media Meltdowns of All Time...and How to Avoid Your Own \| publisher=Hodder & Stoughton \| year=2014 \| isbn=978-1-78059-230-5 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FtLnDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT164 \| access-date=May 10, 2024 \| page=164}}</ref> is a ] that is sometimes used gratuitously or decoratively over letters in the names of mainly ] or ] bands—for example, those of ], ], ], ], ] and the parody bands ] and ].

			==Usage==
	A '''heavy metal umlaut''' is an ] (not to be confused with a ], the name given to the same symbol when used on the second of two vowels to show that both are pronounced) over some of the letters in the names of a ] band — although the names might then sound odd to people who use languages in which umlauts are common, such as ], ] or ].
			Among English speakers, the use of ] and other diacritics with a ] ] is a form of ], which has been attributed to a desire for a "]" feel.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Garofalo \|first=Rebee \|title=Rockin' Out: Popular Music in the USA \|publisher=Allyn & Bacon \|year=1997 \|isbn=0-205-13703-2 \|page= \|quote=Some groups, for example Blue Öyster Cult and Motörhead, added gratuitous umlauts to their names to conjure up a more generic gothic horror, a practice that continued into the 1980s with Mötley Crüe and others. \|url-access=registration \|url=https://archive.org/details/rockinoutpopular00garo_0/page/292 }}</ref> The metal umlaut is not generally intended to affect the pronunciation of the band's name, unlike the umlaut in German (where the letters ''u'' and '']'', ''a'' and '']'', as well as ''o'' and '']'', represent distinct vowels) and the Scandinavian languages (where å/ä and a, ö/ø and o are distinct letters).

			==History==
	Umlauts are often used in concert with a ] or pseudo-Blackletter ] in the band logo to give it a more ] feel. Many bands have taken to using umlauts and other ]s, often gratuitously, in their names.
			The first gratuitous use of the umlaut in the name of a hard rock or metal band appears to have been by ] in 1970. Blue Öyster Cult's website states it was added by guitarist and keyboardist ],<ref name="Blue_Öyster_1">{{cite web \|url=http://www.blueoystercult.com/History/history3.html \|title=BÖC Retrospectively: Stalk Forrest Group 1969–1970 \|access-date=September 12, 2006 \|publisher=blueoystercult.com}}</ref> but rock critic ] claims to have suggested it to their producer and manager ] just after Pearlman came up with the name: "I said, 'How about an umlaut over the O?' Metal had a ] aspect anyway."<ref name="Sandy_Pearlman">{{cite web \| url=http://www.spiraling.com/words/umlaut.html \|title=Hell Holes: Spin̈al Tap's main man explains the importance of the umlaut \|access-date=September 12, 2006\|author=Lisa Gidley \|publisher=CMJ \|year=2000}}</ref>

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			Speakers of languages which use an umlaut to designate a pronunciation change may understand the intended effect, but perceive the result differently. When Mötley Crüe visited Germany, singer ] said the band couldn't figure out why "the crowds were chanting, 'Mutley Cruh! Mutley Cruh!{{'"}}<ref name=boobs>{{cite news \|author=Eric Spitznagel \|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2009/11/motley-crues-vince-neil-is-finally-bored-with-boobs \|date=November 27, 2009 \|magazine=Vanity Fair \|title= Motley Crue's Vince Neil is Finally Bored With Boobs }}</ref>
	==The heavy metal umlaut in popular literature==

			These decorative umlauts have been parodied in film and fiction; in an interview about the ] film '']'', fictional rocker ] (]) says, "It's like a pair of eyes. You're looking at the umlaut, and it's looking at you."<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zioEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22looking+at+the+umlaut%22&pg=PA11\|title=CMJ New Music Monthly\|date=Oct 29, 2000\|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.\|access-date=Oct 29, 2020\|via=Google Books}}</ref> The heavy metal band ] parodied the use of metal umlauts in a lyric insert included with its first record, stylizing the song names with gratuitous diacritics.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.discogs.com/Gwar-Hell-O/release/1973195\|title=Gwar - Hell-O!\|website=Discogs\|date=1988 }}</ref> In 1997, the satirical newspaper '']'' published an article titled "Ünited Stätes Toughens Image With Umlauts."<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theonion.com/united-states-toughens-image-with-umlauts-1819564308\|title=Ünited Stätes Toughens Image With Umlauts\|website=The Onion\|date=30 April 1997 }}</ref>
	In the mid-1980s, cartoonist Berke Breathed parodied the heavy metal umlaut in the comic strip ] with the fictional group Deathtöngue, fronted by the depraved and unwholesome singer/'lead tongue' ] and infamous for the songs "Let's Run Over Lionel Richie With a Tank" and "U Stink But I Love U". Breathed eventually has Deathtöngue change their name to the umlaut-free ] following pressure from congressional hearings on porn rock led by one "Tippy Gorp", an obvious reference to heavy metal bête noire ] and the ].

			==Band or album name examples==
	The novel '']'' (1988) by ] features a fictional band called Pöyzen Böyzen, who another character describes as ''"pretty good for a two-umlaut band."''

			===English-speaking countries===
	In 1997, ] newspaper ] published an article called ''Ünited Stätes Toughens Image With Umlauts'', about a ] attempt to add umlauts to the name of the ] to make it seem tougher to the rest of the world.
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			* ] – American ] band.
			* ] – American ] band.
			* ] – Australian metal band.
			* ] – California thrash metal band.
			* ] – American ] band.
			* ] – American ] band.
			* ] – American hip-hop band.
			* ] – American ] band released their ninth album in 1991 titled '']'' with band's name contracted to dä.
			* ] – British dark folk/experimental band used umlauts and accented "e"s in their name and titles on the original releases of their albums ''The Wörld Thät Sümmer'' (1985) and ''Thé Wäll Öf Säcrificé'' (1989), spelling their name, Deäth In Jüne and Déäth In Jüné, respectively on each.
			* ] – ]/] band.
			* ] – fictional metal band from the cartoon ''Metalocalypse'', sometimes spelled as "Dëthkløk" in the band's logo.
			* ] – comedy metal band, originally spelled (and still pronounced) Green Jellö.
			* ] – Experimental band, their logo design has umlaut marks over only the consonants.
			* ] – American ] band (the game "]" was published with ]s instead of umlauts).
			* ] – Canadian thrash metal band.
			* ] – American ] DJ duo, side group and collaborative project, consisting of ] founder ] and ] founder ].
			* ] – Canadian punk metal band.
			* ] – Scottish band sometimes used a three-dot "umlaut" in some of their artwork, over the "i."
			* ] – American thrash band. German pronunciation would roughly be "Let's rock it."
			* '']'' – album by ], used an umlaut in its title.
			* ] – American ] band.
			* ]'s stylized logo has an umlaut over the ''u''.
			* '']'' – ] EP
			* ] – British indie rock band.
			* ] – British ]/] band.
			* ] – American ] band.
			* ] – English rock band.
			* ] – Canadian political satire band.
			* '']'' – debut album by American progressive metal band ]. Apparently a reference to the German mountain ], which is not spelled with an umlaut.
			* ] – American progressive metal band.
			* '']'' and '']'' – albums by Canadian thrash metal band ]. They also used it for their songs "Korgüll the Exterminator" and "Chaosmöngers", which appear on ''Rrröööaaarrr'' and ''Dimension Hatröss'' respectively. The band's name is also occasionally spelled “Voïvod” such as on the cover of the album ].
			* ] – American ] uses a ] over the "e" in its logo, as seen on its album covers.
			* ] – British semi-fictional band, with a ] and a ].
			* ] – American ] band.
			* ] – American laser punk band from New York City.
			* ] – American ] band.
			* '']'' – album of ], used an umlaut in its title.
			* ] – ] band from Los Angeles
			* ] – American thrash band.
			* '']'' – album of ], used an umlaut in its title.

			===Other countries===
	] and ] ] coined the term "] and umlaut circuit" in ] to describe the heavy metal touring scene.
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			* ] – Russian rock band, whose name is stylized as "Åквариум" on their logo, and they use "Å" as their symbol.
			* ] – German band, correctly spelled with an "ä", whose logo features a triple dot over "a" instead of the correct two dots.
			* ] – Swedish glam metal band.
			* ] – French progressive rock and ] band.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Booklet CD Eros \|url=https://musicbrainz.org/release/83c5c266-ed14-425d-ac9d-1b5613d33291/cover-art \|publisher=Soleil Zeuhl \|date=2000 \|language=en, fr \|access-date=2024-04-10}}</ref>
			* ] – Japanese rock band often stylise their name with an umlaut over the a.
			* ] – Danish electronic band, was stylized as ''Infërnal'' on their album '']''.
			* ] – Liechtenstein-based old school heavy metal band who use gratuitous umlauts, but pronounce them nonetheless.
			* ] – French ] band ] sings in this ], which has many diacritic symbols in its written form.
			* ] – Japanese rock musician.
			* ] – Spanish folk metal band.
			* ] – Finnish heavy metal band, the umlaut in ''Moottörin'' is gratuitous, but the one in ''Jyrinä'' is not.
			* ] – Bahraini thrash metal band.
			* ] – French black metal band.
			* ] – Polish rock band.
			* ] - Norwegian electronic duo (the correct Norwegian would be "Røyksopp")
			* ] – Czech black metal band.

	==Other ~~musical usages of gratuitous diacritics~~==		==Other examples==
			===Video games===
			* '']'' – action-adventure video game
			* '']'' – a beat 'em up video game
			* Lars Ümlaüt – a character in the '']'' series
			* '']'' – a crowdfunded in 2014 pre-released ] multiplayer ]
			* '']'' – a Pinball game featuring the music of ]

			===Other===
	* the band ].
			* ] – an ice cream brand (introduced 1961)
	* the Australian ] band ]
			* ] - the skateboard / punk / streetware brand started by Shawn Stussy (introduced 1984)
	* the German punk band ] used three dots (triaresis?) over the "A" in ''Ärzte'' to distinguish from its normal spelling with a (double dot) diaresis. This can be represented in Unicode: Die A⃛rzte.
			* ] – a discontinued breakfast cereal (introduced 1988)
	* the ] band ]. (The name is a ] phrase meaning "Do you remember?". However, ü is not used in Danish and the correct phrase would be "husker du?" The band took their name from a ], which added ]s over each u in the phrase, replacing these macrons with umlauts.)
			* ] – the Tongan telephone company (introduced 2002)
	* the French band ] used a fictional language, the Kobaïan, for its lyrics. The umlaut appeared in several album titles (''Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh'' and ''Köhntarkösz'', for instance).
			* '']'' – film by ] (2009)
	* the ] ].
			* ] stylised his stage name as "Jason Derülo" on his 2010 debut album and its promotion
	* the term "nü-metal," used to describe ] with added umlautness.
			* Löded Diper – name of the fictional band that ] plays in the '']'' book series
	* gay heavy metal band/cabaret act ] have two ''consecutive'' umlauts, the first such instance in a band name.
			* Deathtöngue – the original name of a metal band in the comic '']'' (changed, after media publicity, to "Billy and the Boingers")
	* the accents in the name of the French electronica band ] are also gratuitous.
			* Krëfel - Belgian chain of consumer electronics. In this case the intention is however not to project a 'gothic' quality but rather 'quality'.
	* ] band ] used umlauts in their name on the 1985 release ''Chasing the Storm''. (For Swedes the tour T-shirts from this time are particularly amusing, as "Tröjan" in Swedish translates as "the shirt".)
			* ] - Canadian automobile brand
	* the Finnish hardcore punk band ].
			* In a series 8 episode of '']'', ] and ] created the fictional 1980s band "Shoë" (pronounced "show") in a task to design an iconic album cover. Thomas's description of using a "rock 'n' roll umlaut" coined the episode's title.
			* ] - a Tunisian island which hosted the 28th ] (OIF) summit from 19th to 20th November 2022 stylised its event logo as "{{lang\|fr\|Djerbä - XVIIIe Sommet de la Francophonie}}".<ref>{{cite web\|title=2022, Djerbä Francophonie summit 1v \|url=https://www.postbeeld.com/sttp32214-djerba-francophonie-summit-1v \|publisher=PostBeeld \|date=1 September 2023 \|access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
			* ], heavy metal hand signal
			* ]
			* ] (Faцx Cyяillic)
			* ] (], ])
			* ], also stylized as ''nü-metal''
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]

			==References==
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	==External links==		==External links==
			{{Spoken Misplaced Pages\|Heavy_Metal_Umlaut.ogg\|date=2006-06-13}}
	* '''' by Steve Almond
			* by Steve Almond (excerpt)
	* http://www.rockdots.com/thedots.html
			* (Dave Krinsky)
			* (PDF) by Bruce Campbell
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			* (screencast) by ]

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Gratuitous diacritic used in the names of some rock bands

A metal umlaut (also known as röck döts) is a diacritic that is sometimes used gratuitously or decoratively over letters in the names of mainly hard rock or heavy metal bands—for example, those of Blue Öyster Cult, Queensrÿche, Motörhead, the Accüsed, Mötley Crüe and the parody bands Spın̈al Tap and Green Jellÿ.

Usage

Among English speakers, the use of umlaut marks and other diacritics with a blackletter typeface is a form of foreign branding, which has been attributed to a desire for a "gothic horror" feel. The metal umlaut is not generally intended to affect the pronunciation of the band's name, unlike the umlaut in German (where the letters u and ü, a and ä, as well as o and ö, represent distinct vowels) and the Scandinavian languages (where å/ä and a, ö/ø and o are distinct letters).

History

The first gratuitous use of the umlaut in the name of a hard rock or metal band appears to have been by Blue Öyster Cult in 1970. Blue Öyster Cult's website states it was added by guitarist and keyboardist Allen Lanier, but rock critic Richard Meltzer claims to have suggested it to their producer and manager Sandy Pearlman just after Pearlman came up with the name: "I said, 'How about an umlaut over the O?' Metal had a Wagnerian aspect anyway."

Reactions

Speakers of languages which use an umlaut to designate a pronunciation change may understand the intended effect, but perceive the result differently. When Mötley Crüe visited Germany, singer Vince Neil said the band couldn't figure out why "the crowds were chanting, 'Mutley Cruh! Mutley Cruh!'"

These decorative umlauts have been parodied in film and fiction; in an interview about the mockumentary film This Is Spın̈al Tap, fictional rocker David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) says, "It's like a pair of eyes. You're looking at the umlaut, and it's looking at you." The heavy metal band Gwar parodied the use of metal umlauts in a lyric insert included with its first record, stylizing the song names with gratuitous diacritics. In 1997, the satirical newspaper The Onion published an article titled "Ünited Stätes Toughens Image With Umlauts."

Band or album name examples

English-speaking countries

The Accüsed – American сrossover thrash band.
Assück – American grindcore band.
Barbariön – Australian metal band.
Beowülf – California thrash metal band.
Blue Öyster Cult – American hard rock band.
The Crüxshadows – American alternative rock band.
Dälek – American hip-hop band.
Daniel Amos – American Christian alternative rock band released their ninth album in 1991 titled Kalhöun with band's name contracted to dä.
Death in June – British dark folk/experimental band used umlauts and accented "e"s in their name and titles on the original releases of their albums The Wörld Thät Sümmer (1985) and Thé Wäll Öf Säcrificé (1989), spelling their name, Deäth In Jüne and Déäth In Jüné, respectively on each.
Deströyer 666 – thrash metal/black metal band.
Dethklok – fictional metal band from the cartoon Metalocalypse, sometimes spelled as "Dëthkløk" in the band's logo.
Green Jellÿ – comedy metal band, originally spelled (and still pronounced) Green Jellö.
G̈r̈oẗus̈ – Experimental band, their logo design has umlaut marks over only the consonants.
Hüsker Dü – American punk band (the game "Hūsker Dū?" was published with macrons instead of umlauts).
Infernäl Mäjesty – Canadian thrash metal band.
Jack Ü – American EDM DJ duo, side group and collaborative project, consisting of Mad Decent founder Diplo and Owsla founder Skrillex.
Kïll Cheerleadër – Canadian punk metal band.
King Creosote – Scottish band sometimes used a three-dot "umlaut" in some of their artwork, over the "i."
Lȧȧz Rockit – American thrash band. German pronunciation would roughly be "Let's rock it."
Läther – album by Frank Zappa, used an umlaut in its title.
Leftöver Crack – American anarcho punk band.
Living Colour's stylized logo has an umlaut over the u.
Løvë – Aaron Carter EP
Maxïmo Park – British indie rock band.
Mïngle Härde – British hardcore punk/noise rock band.
Mötley Crüe – American glam metal band.
Motörhead – English rock band.
Moxy Früvous – Canadian political satire band.
Night on Bröcken – debut album by American progressive metal band Fates Warning. Apparently a reference to the German mountain Brocken, which is not spelled with an umlaut.
Queensrÿche – American progressive metal band.
Rrröööaaarrr and Dimension Hatröss – albums by Canadian thrash metal band Voivod. They also used it for their songs "Korgüll the Exterminator" and "Chaosmöngers", which appear on Rrröööaaarrr and Dimension Hatröss respectively. The band's name is also occasionally spelled “Voïvod” such as on the cover of the album Phobos.
Ruste⃛d Root – American jam band uses a three-dot umlaut over the "e" in its logo, as seen on its album covers.
Spın̈al Tap – British semi-fictional band, with a dotless letter i and a metal umlaut over the n.
Stöner – American stoner rock band.
Toilet Böys – American laser punk band from New York City.
Ünloco – American nu metal band.
Up 2 Më – album of Yeat, used an umlaut in its title.
Yächtley Crëw – Yacht-rock band from Los Angeles
Znöwhite – American thrash band.
2 Alivë – album of Yeat, used an umlaut in its title.

Other countries

Аквариум – Russian rock band, whose name is stylized as "Åквариум" on their logo, and they use "Å" as their symbol.
Die Ärzte – German band, correctly spelled with an "ä", whose logo features a triple dot over "a" instead of the correct two dots.
Crashdïet – Swedish glam metal band.
Dün – French progressive rock and zeuhl band.
Girugämesh – Japanese rock band often stylise their name with an umlaut over the a.
Infernal – Danish electronic band, was stylized as Infërnal on their album Waiting for Daylight.
Insidiöus Törment – Liechtenstein-based old school heavy metal band who use gratuitous umlauts, but pronounce them nonetheless.
Kobaïan – French progressive rock band Magma sings in this constructed language, which has many diacritic symbols in its written form.
Közi – Japanese rock musician.
Mägo de Oz – Spanish folk metal band.
Moottörin Jyrinä – Finnish heavy metal band, the umlaut in Moottörin is gratuitous, but the one in Jyrinä is not.
Motör Militia – Bahraini thrash metal band.
Mütiilation – French black metal band.
Püdelsi – Polish rock band.
Röyksopp - Norwegian electronic duo (the correct Norwegian would be "Røyksopp")
Törr – Czech black metal band.

Other examples

Video games

Brütal Legend – action-adventure video game
Dynamite Düx – a beat 'em up video game
Lars Ümlaüt – a character in the Guitar Hero series
DieselStörmers – a crowdfunded in 2014 pre-released steampunk multiplayer platformer
Crüe Ball – a Pinball game featuring the music of Mötley Crüe

Other

Häagen-Dazs – an ice cream brand (introduced 1961)
Stüssy - the skateboard / punk / streetware brand started by Shawn Stussy (introduced 1984)
Cröonchy Stars – a discontinued breakfast cereal (introduced 1988)
Tonfön – the Tongan telephone company (introduced 2002)
Brüno – film by Sacha Baron Cohen (2009)
Jason Derulo stylised his stage name as "Jason Derülo" on his 2010 debut album and its promotion
Löded Diper – name of the fictional band that Rodrick Heffley plays in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series
Deathtöngue – the original name of a metal band in the comic Bloom County (changed, after media publicity, to "Billy and the Boingers")
Krëfel - Belgian chain of consumer electronics. In this case the intention is however not to project a 'gothic' quality but rather 'quality'.
Asüna - Canadian automobile brand
In a series 8 episode of Taskmaster, Joe Thomas and Sian Gibson created the fictional 1980s band "Shoë" (pronounced "show") in a task to design an iconic album cover. Thomas's description of using a "rock 'n' roll umlaut" coined the episode's title.
Djerba - a Tunisian island which hosted the 28th Francophonie (OIF) summit from 19th to 20th November 2022 stylised its event logo as "Djerbä - XVIIIe Sommet de la Francophonie".

References

Gray, R. (2014). Great Brand Blunders: The Worst Marketing and Social Media Meltdowns of All Time...and How to Avoid Your Own. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-78059-230-5. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
Garofalo, Rebee (1997). Rockin' Out: Popular Music in the USA. Allyn & Bacon. p. 292. ISBN 0-205-13703-2. Some groups, for example Blue Öyster Cult and Motörhead, added gratuitous umlauts to their names to conjure up a more generic gothic horror, a practice that continued into the 1980s with Mötley Crüe and others.
"BÖC Retrospectively: Stalk Forrest Group 1969–1970". blueoystercult.com. Retrieved September 12, 2006.
Lisa Gidley (2000). "Hell Holes: Spin̈al Tap's main man explains the importance of the umlaut". CMJ. Retrieved September 12, 2006.
Eric Spitznagel (November 27, 2009). "Motley Crue's Vince Neil is Finally Bored With Boobs". Vanity Fair.
"CMJ New Music Monthly". CMJ Network, Inc. Oct 29, 2000. Retrieved Oct 29, 2020 – via Google Books.
"Gwar - Hell-O!". Discogs. 1988.
"Ünited Stätes Toughens Image With Umlauts". The Onion. 30 April 1997.
"Booklet CD Eros" (in English and French). Soleil Zeuhl. 2000. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
"2022, Djerbä Francophonie summit 1v". PostBeeld. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2024.

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