Haudegen's first album
Schlicht & Ergreifend was an impressive success: it entered the German charts at number nine and stayed in the Top 100 for 23 weeks. Sixteen months after the release of their debut,
Haudegen released a follow-up, 2012's
En Garde, which finds them headed in the same musical direction. Their Deutschrock has little to do with the music of
Böhse Onkelz or
Frei.Wild, but instead sounds like a tougher, heavier version of
Klaus Lage or
Westernhagen.
En Garde, which is also available as a two-disc edition with a bonus track ("Tintenfass & Feder" featuring German Liedermacher
Reinhard Mey) and a DVD, entered the German charts at number five. ~ Christian Genzel