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Zeit (2022)

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

This album was not planned: it was recorded while the tour was postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Key places

Recording at La Fabrique Studios (2022)

Recording site La Fabrique studio — The band recorded the album here in late 2020 and early 2021, at the same studio where they had recorded their previous album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Cover staircase at the Trudelturm (2022)

Album cover Trudelturm — The album cover shows the band walking down a staircase connected to this monument at Aerodynamic Park in Adlershof, Berlin. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Zeit: eighth studio album by German band Rammstein
• Released 29 April 2022 through Universal Music
• Produced by the band with Olsen Involtini
• Recorded late 2020 to early 2021 at La Fabrique Studios, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
• Unplanned album, written and recorded in spontaneous sessions
• Title track released as the lead single on 10 March 2022

Background

• Preceded by the sixth studio album Liebe ist für alle da (2009), followed by nearly a decade of touring and festival shows
• Untitled seventh studio album released in May 2019, ending a lengthy recording hiatus
• Stadium Tour postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic, first to 2021 and then to 2022
• Band began writing new music during the initial lockdown in Germany to fill the void left by the postponed tour
• Members Till Lindemann and Richard Kruspe released music with their side projects Lindemann and Emigrate in the same period

Recording

• By September 2020 the band returned to La Fabrique Studios, where they had recorded the seventh album
• Keyboardist Christian Lorenz described the sessions as spontaneous
• Recording concluded by February 2021

Cover

• Cover shows the band members walking down a staircase connected to the Trudelturm
• Trudelturm is a monument dedicated to aerial research, located at Aerodynamic Park in Adlershof, Berlin
• Cover photograph taken by Canadian musician Bryan Adams

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

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

• Zeit was released on 29 April 2022 through Universal Music, in both physical and digital formats
• Physical releases: standard and deluxe CD, both in digipak, plus a double heavyweight vinyl edition
• A CD edition packaged with a teen-style magazine designed after the music video was released on 14 April, alongside a standard 7-inch vinyl
• A listening event was held at certain movie theaters around the world on 28 April
• The second single, Zick Zack, was released on 7 April 2022 with a music video
• The title track's music video was directed by Robert Gwisdek and contains allegorical scenes about death and the passage of time
• The album's release was preceded by this listening event, which marked the start of its promotion window
• The album was announced on 10 March 2022 together with the lead single

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Eleven Zeit capsules were placed in eleven cities around the world, each with a code; the finder received two concert tickets plus travel and accommodation for the chosen concert.
• The title track's music video was directed by Robert Gwisdek.
• In October 2021 a song from the album was shared with astronaut Thomas Pesquet while he was aboard the International Space Station.
• The cover photograph was taken by Canadian musician Bryan Adams, who is also credited in the personnel list.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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