It took 10 years for the Germans Rammstein will release a new album after the overwhelming success of ‘Liebe ist für alle da’ 2009. Throughout a decade of almost absolute silence, the band preferred to focus on playing live, releasing compilations, and living off their successes rather than having to undergo the torture of entering a recording studio. Fortunately, Rammstein He has ended this wait with an album that is not pretentious, very enjoyable and that will surely surprise one more. For better or worse.
The album begins fun and moved with the already known ‘Deutschland’ and 'Radio’, the first singles on the album and who will surely also be in charge of opening the band's shows during their new tour, which begins on May 27. The first, intense and with the bombastic choruses that the band usually delivers. The second, much simpler, a sound tribute to his compatriots Kraftwerk and with lyrics that allude to his times in East Germany.
The third time comes the powerful ‘Zeig Dich’ a harsh and acid criticism of the Catholic Church with everything and sacred voices. Hard, scratchy and with a lyrical structure very similar to that presented by the band in ‘Zerstören’ de 2015, totalmente contrastante con ‘Ausländer’ a completely pop theme worthy of any strawberry nightclub worldwide. If Rammstein had previously flirted with these types of sounds, now he does it in a totally blatant way and it works! the chorus is catchy, well done and is sure to shake your head at the most recalcitrant fan of Germans harsh sounds.
‘Sex’ is completely what we thought it would be: A song to fuck hard all night. The sound of an industrial more typical of people like Ministry and Rob Zombie, inviting the listener to get rid of all taboos and catch like never before while screaming “Komm zu mir! Komm mit mir!”. Very enjoyable, a song without risks and within the typical cut of the Teutons.
Point aside, the brightest song in the entire production is without a doubt ‘Puppe’, where the band offers us the most macabre subject in its history. Thought to be a kind of lullaby, it precedes the dark voice of Till Lindemann telling the story of a little girl, whose prostitute sister is murdered before her eyes while she sees everything through the door lock. Dam, dam. Lindemann He reaches the highest point in his entire career in the chorus of this song, sounding with a power never seen before and a tone so evil that it really scares. If the devil sang you a song to send you to bed, it would be this.
Some will like others, but it is undeniable that the singer's alternate projects Till Lindemann and the guitarist Richard Kruspe have greatly influenced the “nuevo sonido” of Rammstein, especially in songs like ‘Weit Weg’ with a sound similar to ‘Closer’ of Nine Inch Nails with fairly obvious inlays of the structures Kruspe uses in his Emigrate. With a monotonous and to some extent tedious sound, it is the most forgettable of the album along with ‘Was Ich Liebe’, a theme that already existed for several years in demo but that the band wanted to rescue. They would have left her where she was! The new version is annoying and head and foot, delivering the worst song of the entire production [or the entire career of the band, perhaps] where the only redeemable is the performance on the drums of Christoph Schneinder.
‘Diamant’ it is the only quiet cut on the album; simply the voice of Till accompanying the chords of the acoustic guitar for just over 2 minutes. “Eres bella como un diamante, como jamás ha visto el hombre pero por favor, déjame ir…”. Doesn't live up to songs like ‘Ohne Dich’ or ‘Seemann’But surely you will be able to find the beauty behind the melody after a couple of listens.
The album closes with two songs much more in line with the line of Rammstein. ‘Tattoo’ She is energetic, strong and will surely be a favorite of the band's fans. ‘Hallomann’ it returns us to the electronic sounds that permeated throughout the entire album; however it has so many elements tucked into the song that it can sound jammed.
Throughout this new album, Rammstein ha vuelto a sus origenes electrónicos de manera – tal vez – un tanto abusiva, restando importancia a las guitarras y las orquestaciones que tanto estuvieron presentes en sus últimos tres discos, para darle un protagonismo inusitado a los efectos de teclado creados por Christian ‘Flake’ Lorenz, which makes it sound much less aggressive, but getting closer to what was done in ‘Herzeleid’ (1995) and 'Sehnsucht' (1997) con suficiente dinero como para pagar una producción premium. Además, el mero hecho de que el álbum sea homónimo parece una declaración de identidad – El álbum se llama ‘Rammstein’ because this is Rammstein. This is our sound, take it or leave it.
‘Rammstein’ It will be available in deluxe and vinyl versions in Mexico from May 17 through Universal Music. The standard version will not be for sale in our country except for online stores such as RammsteinShop and Amazon.
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