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Rammstein (2019)

Where the lyrics of Rammstein take you, and where it was really made.

The band released the album without a title, and it became their first album to reach the top 10 in the United States.

Key places

Recorded at La Fabrique (2019)

Recording site La Fabrique studio — The album's recording location is listed as La Fabrique in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France. The point marks the building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Seventh studio album by German band Rammstein
• Titled Rammstein on digital platforms and CD-Text devices; released without a title at first
• Released 17 May 2019 through Universal Music
• First studio album in ten years
• Distributed by Vertigo/Capitol in Europe, Spinefarm Records in the United Kingdom, and Caroline International in the United States
• Physical release: double 180-gram vinyl and two CD versions with digipak packaging

Background

• In January 2019, Richard Kruspe said five music videos would be made for the album
• Lead single 'Deutschland' released 28 March 2019, with a 10-minute music video
• Track list revealed on the band's YouTube channel between 16 and 19 April
• Third single 'Ausländer' released 31 May 2019

Recording

• First Rammstein album not produced by Jacob Hellner
• Produced by Olsen Involtini, guitarist of Emigrate, who also serves as the band's live sound engineer
• Recording location listed as La Fabrique, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

Cover

• Album cover revealed on the band's YouTube channel on 18 April 2019
• Teaser clip with the cover featured shots of Kakhovska square in Kherson, Ukraine

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Rammstein is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band formed in Berlin in 1994.
• Before forming, some members were associated with the punk acts Feeling B and First Arsch.
• The band won a Berlin amateur contest in 1994 with a 4-track demo, which earned them a week in a professional studio.
• The band was first called Tempelprayers; the name Rammstein came from an early song about the 1988 Ramstein air show disaster.
• The band was signed by Motor Music and recorded its debut album Herzeleid in 1995 with producer Jacob Hellner.

Members

• Lineup: Till Lindemann (vocals), Richard Kruspe (lead guitar), Paul Landers (rhythm guitar), Oliver Riedel (bass), Christoph Schneider (drums), Christian "Flake" Lorenz (keyboards).
• The lineup has remained unchanged throughout the band's history.
• Lindemann writes and sings the lyrics over instrumental pieces the rest of the band completes beforehand.

Career

• Sehnsucht (1997) debuted at No. 1 in Germany and led to a worldwide tour lasting nearly four years.
• After signing with Universal Music, the band released Mutter (2001) and Reise, Reise (2004).
• Liebe ist für alle da (2009) was placed on the German Federal Review Board's index over the song "Ich tu dir weh".
• The untitled seventh album (2019) reached No. 1 in 14 countries; the eighth album Zeit was released in April 2022.
• The band is considered the most successful German-language band of all time.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• The album received positive reviews from critics
• Metacritic average of 82/100 from 11 reviews, indicating 'universal acclaim'
• NME wrote that the album is 'undoubtedly a resounding triumph'
• Kerrang! critic Nick Ruskell praised the record for its care and craft
• Wall of Sound gave the album 9.5/10, calling it a culmination of the previous six studio albums
• Rolling Stone's Kory Grow wrote that the band grew up during their decade of hibernation but mostly kept their puerile impulses, and that 'Deutschland' is the only song of lyrical consequence
• Exclaim!'s Lukas Wojcicky called the album a welcome addition to the discography, noting the members are around 50 years old

Records

• Debuted at No. 1 on the German album chart dated 24 May 2019
• Moved 260,000 album-equivalent units in its first week in Germany, the best first week by a band in the 21st century
• Spent 127 consecutive weeks on the German chart
• Best-selling album of 2019 in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
• Certified Diamond by the BVMI in 2025 for sales of over 750,000 in Germany
• Peaked at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart with 12,130 copies sold, and spent three weeks at No. 1 on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart
• Peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 with 28,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, the band's first top 10 album in the United States
• Topped the Hard Rock Albums chart, the second Rammstein album to do so
• Topped the World Albums chart, the first German-language studio album to do so
• Reached No. 1 in over ten countries

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album was released untitled, and the digital platforms list it as Rammstein.
• The 10-minute music video for 'Deutschland' was uploaded to YouTube on the day the single was released, and it drew 19 million views in its first four days.
• The band teased the 'Radio' music video less than a week after the lead single, and it was released on 26 April.
• The album cover presentation teaser showed Kakhovska square in Kherson, Ukraine.
• The band's first German-language number one on the World Albums chart came with this record.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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