Rammstein's new Album

[Maya]

Probably they have enough music for a new one, we have been listening they were working for the new album for a long time, anyway I’m sure they we’ll be touring for a long time.

[Chrisss Nofff]

The DP of the "Radio" video teased on his instagram account that a new Rammstein music video will be out on May 15th. Some rumors about this being the video for "Ausländer" that was shot in South Africa.

[S.C.Reams]

Wonder if this album will get its own Rosenrot equivalent. I always heard Rosenrot was cut Reise, Reise tracks. Which is funny, because it was my favorite album for a long time. With the exception of Te Quiero Puta!, I just never did like that song very much.

[Salmari]

There is already a bunch of reviews of this album. The common verdict seems to be that it's a good-quality but safe Rammstein album with no big suprises. The ratings seem to set around 8/10 or 3-4/5.

[Waidmann]

Wonder if this album will get its own Rosenrot equivalent. I always heard Rosenrot was cut Reise, Reise tracks. Which is funny, because it was my favorite album for a long time. With the exception of Te Quiero Puta!, I just never did like that song very much.

Haha, I know, I do like the Rosenrot album very much as well; it has more layers and depth than most Rammstein songs. It was also the first record the media overall described as a very decent album, even the more traditional, often provoked critics called it a solid album. But it wasn't actually cut Reise, Reise tracks in strict sense; they just had 5-6 songs extra and decided which ones they'd keep for later after some discussion. Paul said it had the weird outcome of Rosenrot being a very melancholic album, which they didn't meant to do at all. It was just coincidentially that the darker songs remained together for the next record, and were followed by some other melacholic work.

[The Rose]

The DP of the "Radio" video teased on his instagram account that a new Rammstein music video will be out on May 15th. Some rumors about this being the video for "Ausländer" that was shot in South Africa.

Beginning to doubt this.

[Maya]

A list of reviews:

English – NME.com
English – Kerrang
English – The Soundcheck
French – RockUrLife.net
French – RadioMetal.com
French – MetalObs.com
French – Musikuniverse.mu
German – Berliner Morgenpost
German – Sonic SeducerGerman – Chronicle Kurier.at
German – Waz-Online.de
German – Augsburger Allgemeine
German – Spiegel Online
German – Zeit.de
German – Frankfurter Allgemeine
German – Der Standard
German – Tagesspiegel
Spanish – Rammstein Mexico
Spanish – Mariskalrock.com
Spanish – Rockzonemag.com
Spanish – Rafabasa
Italian – LoudAndProud.it

[Snake]

Volta LIFAD, estás perdoado.

[Salmari]

I did not simply have the patience to wait for tomorrows release, so I've listened the album through a few times now.

I'm happy to say I like the album very much more I thought I would after the first two singles. I've grown to like Radio more and more with time, and Deutchland is also a decent song, but still bit of disappointment. In my opinion it might be the weakest song in the album.

It's not as heavy and dark album as LIFAD was, which should already be clear after the singles. It's very balanced album, none of the songs made me feel that I want to replay this immediately, (though now there are already few favourites I like to play more than others) also none of the songs were lame or made me feel disappointed. They are very good quality songs, but there are no clear blockbusters. Maybe some of the songs will grow on me more over time, like always happens with new music.

After 10 years of waiting I thought it would be impossible for the band to deliver anything else but a disappointment, but I was wrong. It's no Sehnsucht or Mutter, but no LIFAD either. I'm very happy with this.

[Chrisss Nofff]

One thing I haven't done in this forum, is rank all the albums from best to worst (or "least good" in this case). Once "untitled" comes out, I will write a review and place it in rank with the other albums.

1.Mutter (10/10)
I know it's a cliche choice, but like many other I think this is Rammstein's strongest album. More or less every track is a fan-favourite, with maybe the exception of Nebel and Adios (although they are classics among hardcore fans). Those two might be the weakest songs on the album, but they are still very good. The album has also a perfect blend of Rammstein's strongest sides. There is good variation between songs, and I am pretty satisfied with the length of the record.

Every tour since this album, has had a setlist with almost half of Mutter's songs. Even the long forgotten bonus track "Hallelujah" has now become a classic.

2. Herzeleid (9/10)
This album might not show Rammstein at their most sofisticated level. Many songs have a very monotone and repetitive structure. However, this works perfectly for the tone of this album. It might still be the band's darkest and most agressive album, there is no shred of irony or humor, which sets this apart from the newer records.

Every single track is superb, despite the fact that I am not a huge fan of "Das alte Leid".

3. Sehnsucht (9/10)
Despite being a lot stronger musically, and despite the fact that this album shows a lot more of Rammstein's talent, the reason why I rank it below Herzeleid is because of the album's last three tracks. "Alter Mann", "Eifersucht" and "Küss Mich" are not bad, but they simply can't hold up with the first 8 tracks of Sehnsucht. This album has overall better lyrics, production and variation than Herzeleid, however in my opinion Herzeleid has 10 strong songs as opposed to Sehnsucht's 8.

4. Reise, Reise (9/10)
The four singles (Mein Teil, Amerika, Ohne dich and Keine Lust) together with "Reise, Reise", are some of the bands all time best songs. The fourth album is usually were bands start to dissapoint fans, however Rammstein managed to hold up. They really took some chances. Musically this album is much softer in some places, but still keeps the Rammstein sound. "Morgenstern" and "Los" are also great, but the rest of the album is only decent.

I had a real hard time to overcome my nostalgia for this album because it used to be my favourite. But I finally decided to rank it below Sehnsucht, main reason being that this album has only 5 really strong songs, and a bunch of good ones, but doesn't come close to the level of Sehnsucht, which is an overall stronger album.

5. Liebe ist für alle da (8.5/10)

This album has the most consistent theme and visual style the band has ever had for a album cycle. I always defend this album because it still gets shit from a lot of old-school fans. In my opinion, the production value on this album is the best I have ever heard from Rammstein. Especially the drum and guitar sound are amazing. "Ich tu dir weh", "Waidmanns Heil", "Haifisch" and even "Pussy" became instant classics for the fans, which is a big achievement for a 20 year old band.

Sadly the album has some weaker sides as well. A lot of the songs are a bit too long and repetitive ("Rammlied", "B********" and "Wiener Blut"). To be honest, I don't really care about the album's two last songs "Mehr" and "Roter Sand". I would even go so far to say that If they were replaced by "Donaukinder" and "Führe Mich" then LIFAD would be right up there with Herzeleid and Sehnsucht.

6. Rosenrot (7,5 / 10)
Not much to say about this one. It has 4 strong songs "Benzin", "Rosenrot", "Mann gegen Mann" and "Zerstören". There are some decent as well like "Ein Lied", "Te quiero puta" and "Feuer und Wasser". The rest is not that memorable and I must say that I have realised that "Stirb nicht vor mir" and "Wo bist du" are very weak songs.

It's very obvious that this song consisted of leftovers from "Reise, Reise" and was completed by some remaining demos. According to some close to the band, Rammstein wanted to complete this album as quick as possible to finish their "5-album contract" with Motor Music.






It will be interesting to see were "Untitled" lands. If the album does not lose steam after "Deutschland" and Radio" which were incredibly impressive, it might be the best since record since "Mutter". That would be my most optimistic but still realistic prediciton.

[Chrisss Nofff]

I wrote a somewhat lengthy post earlier that got removed by the anti-spam detector. Could the mods reupload it?

See you guys here between 01:00 and 02:00 CET for some first impressions!

[The Rose]

Just realised tomorrow is a holiday here in DK, so no mail, Saturday = no mail, so I wont get the album til Monday

[Maya]

Chrisss Nofff Great post
The Rose I’m sure it Will be on Spotify

[Chrisss Nofff]

I will be listening "Deutschland" and "Radio" 10 minutes before Midnight. That way I can exactly at 00:00 CET start listening to "Zeig Dich" and the rest of the album on Spotify. After ten years of waiting, I truly have become this desperate.

[The Rose]

Chrisss Nofff Great post
The Rose I’m sure it Will be on Spotify

I know, but I like to have the cover and look at what's there when I hear a new album, and the sound on my phone is not good at all