Album number 8

[Vallor]

well it was pretty interesting music video, song was so-so.

[Waidmann]

I'm looking forward to the ZickZack premiere at 18:00 today

I guess there are some problems on the platform here or else not much excitement over the upcoming album

I'm definitely going to buy it, but in a record store, like I always do. I like to have the hard copy, as well as I will always like the feeling of buying a new album in the music store. I will probably buy the special edition: the extra booklet / pictures are a nice feature for me.

[Waidmann]

I like it! And I like the artwork as well.

And I too still hope the Ramm4-studio version will end up somewhere, even if it where on a B-side.

[Wolfie138]

really like the new single, disappointed in the "special edition" album again though, bigger booklet but no 2nd disc. still hoping a studio version of Rammvier will turn up somewhere :-/

[The Rose]

I remember the Puin-incident. I also think he'll have Richard's statement count as coming from the whole band. Unfortunately. As you said, it would have been stronger in Russia a least, had it come from him.

[Chrisss Nofff]

Indeed. I've seen more ask for a response from him. Somehow I don't think we will get it. do you?

A few years ago Sputnik News photoshopped a picture of Putin on his t-shirt, and attributed political quotes to him about how Russia is getting unfairly treated by the western powers. Till later went to the german press to debunk this whole story. I remember him saying in those interviews that he will never do any political commentary.

Furthermore, he very rarely does interviews. So chances are we will not get a response. However, he could have a change of heart and speak out. The unkown variable for me, is the fact that he has a social media account. So he can choose when and how to comment.

[The Rose]

The elephant in the room is of course Till. It would probably be a lot more powerful for his Russian audience if he made the response.

Indeed. I've seen more ask for a response from him. Somehow I don't think we will get it. do you?

[Chrisss Nofff]

The elephant in the room is of course Till. It would probably be a lot more powerful for his Russian audience if he made the response.

[Chrisss Nofff]

Richard has made a statement regarding the inprisonment of Andrej Borowikow. Borowikow published the Pussy-music video on a social media site, causing him to get arrested for distributing pornography in Ruissa. He is a close ally to opposition-leader Alexej Nawalny, which causes many to believe this was a political move by the Putin-government.

Here is a link to his statement: https://www.instagram.com/p/COQ-vsfHxaH/

[Waidmann]

This sounds very good and promising indeed. I don't think the band would've done another record without the pandemic (although Till mentioned many leftovers, but I always thought it was more to downplay the thought of a last round - a thought awakened by Richard).

[Chrisss Nofff]

Sven Helbig has uploaded a photo on Instagram showing him working on the new Rammstein-record. Helbig is a composer and has been working with Rammstein since the "Reise, Reise"-album. He usually adds additional arrangments like orchestra, choir, additional singers etc. to the songs.

I guess we can assume that means that album nr. 8 is already approaching post-production. A late 2021 release really does not seem unlikely anymore.

[Waidmann]

It's definintely an unprecedented thing, so we can't know yet - nor do they. A lot will depend indeed on how the summer works out. They might still cancel the entire thing and pay everyone back, but it might be wise to combine it with the option to attend another planned gig instead. It's a pickle they wouldn't have if tickets weren't sold yet; then they would just cancel the plans and focus on new album and new tour.
Anyway, the option of having a 1) new album - 2) tour from the previous album - 3) tour from the latest album seems weird as well.

Some german festivals are already confirmed as being Coronaproof (e.g. outside, with less attendants than usual) and therefore 90% sure to go through (like the Strandkorb-festivals), but not the big ones. But who knows. In Belgium, vaccination goes very slow at the moment, so it's not very promising.

[Maya]

I think they'll try to postpone the tour, and not for album nr 8, they will lost money that way. But I want to be wrong

[Chrisss Nofff]

^Very promising , this more or less confirms a full record that's already finished (or the band's part is finished anyway). The main question is: when will it leave the vault? Not very soon, I fear.

Really depends on a lot of things. They have some post production left to do (mixing, mastering etc.) and they still are schedueled to play concerts this summer. At this point I am pretty sure the entire tour cannot take place, even the North America leg. So the big question is if it will be postponed to 2022 or cancelled. There was an article a few weeks ago where the promoter for the show in Norway said he was sceptical about the 2021 tour, and there was already dialogue with the Rammstein managment to postpone the show in Norway once again.

Either way, I think a late 2021 release for album nr. 8 seems plausible. In case the tour gets succesfully postponed, the 2022 tour will probably promote album nr. 8.

[Waidmann]

^Very promising , this more or less confirms a full record that's already finished (or the band's part is finished anyway). The main question is: when will it leave the vault? Not very soon, I fear.