I love Lacrimosa, at least the older CDs.
Echos was okay, but not really my music.
However:
I highly recommand
Die Ärzte. It's a German Punk Rock band with a really great humor.
It's sometimes a little stupid, but at the same tame really great. Their last release was "Jazz ist anders" and there is an "Economy Version", which makes fun of each and every single song.
Something I like to link whenever I talk about them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf_hbPO6GFo
It is the German song "Friedenspanzer" with English subtitles. And as a little hint: a lot of their music includes a hint of irony. Not everything, but I would like to add that anyway, because it makes the song a lot more enjoyable - even though the subtitles are a tad hard to read.
Plus:
They have really amazing lyrics. Okay, some of that stuff sounds a little stupid, if you go for the content, but they have a real talent with the German language. Which in turn makes it worth while to listen to it, beside the fact that they make some downright amazing music, at least in my eyes...
