"French might be the language of love, but German is the language of anger"-Oliver Reidel.
The Heavy metal bands of 80's and 90's have given way to the new age death metal or melodic heavy metal bands. Probably only 'Metallica' and 'Iron Maiden' have their own niche and fans will continue to worship them decades after decades.
'Anthrax', 'Megadeth', 'Slayer' of old times are now equally popular with the wave of Scandinavian bands, 'Eluvitie', 'Children of Bodom', 'Kalmah', 'Meshuggah'.
The lyrics and theme of all these bands are almost same, very dark, loaded with witchcraft, mythological reference to Satan worshiping and all the evil cult that looks so cool!
But somehow i found that very synthetic; as if done on purpose to attract listeners. In my opinion if any band that has truly pushed the boundaries, played with file(quite literally ;) ) , experimented with their sound infinitely and curved their own place at the heart of listeners is 'Rammstein'.
The band was founded by Richard Z. Kruspe, lead guitarist with Oliver "Ollie" Riedel, Christoph "Doom" Schneider and THE MAN Till Lindemann circa 1989. Till was a basket weaver in east germany. They won a contest on 1994 and caught the eyes of Paul H. Landers. He along with Christian "Flake" Lorenz joined the band and thus 'Rammstein' was complete. None of the band members have left the band so far.
The band was named after 'Ramstein' airshow disaster that took place in 1988, when a fleet of Italian airplanes crashed in the place 'Ramstein' near kaiserlautern.The extra 'M' gives the band name a meaning 'Ramming stone'.
Their hour of reckoning came in 1995 when they released the singles "Du riechst so gut","Hierate Mich".These two along with another single "Rammstein" skyrocketed the band into popularity. Though 'Herzeleid'(95) was their first studio album it was not quite as popular their following 'Sehnsucht'(96) which included all the above singles along with the ground breaking hits 'Engel' and 'Du hast'.
One can very easily have an idea how much Rammstein likes to play the audience's mind by looking at the lyrics of the song 'Du hast'. the lyrics is a wordplay on the German marital vows, where the groom is asked 'will you have (her)?'(Du hast),
'Willst du bis der Tod euch scheidet, treu ihr sein für alle Tage?'
'Willst du bis zum Tod, der scheidet, sie lieben auch in schlechten Tagen?'
which translates as "Will you promise to be faithful to her, love her until death even in her bad days?" , instead of a traditional 'Yes'(Ja) the reply in the song is 'No' :)
Also its very confusing whether the song translates as 'You have' or 'You hate' ,because in Deutsche there is only a subtle difference in pronunciation. To add to that Rammstein themselves released a single 'You hate' in English :D
In following years Rammstein produced several hit studio albums 'Mutter', 'Reise, Reise'(Journey,jorney), 'RosenRot','Liebe ist für alle da'.
'Mutter' had another popular Rammstein track 'Links 2,3,4'(left,2,3,4). The song re-affirms the belief that they are actually not Nazis and their heart belongs to left.("In an interview Till confessed that initially they were far right and attracted to Fascism but now they would rather be left").
The lyrics of Rammstein is generally very strong, hard hitting and bold; the lyrics of 'Buck Dich', 'Mann gregen mann'(Man eats man/man versus man) and 'Ich hab Keine Lust'(I don’t feel anything) are so blunt that i will have to break infy rules to post the meaning ;)
But then again there are songs like 'Spieluhr' which is so heart-touching and gut-wrenching that it will bring tear to your eyes.
Rammstein live performances are awesome, they have taken Pyrotechnics to a whole new level. The fire and lightworks in their show are jaw-dropping. Till once said "99%of the people in the audience does not speak German, we need alternate ways to get their attention". Their live performances in Nimes (Volkerball tour) and Berlin are full of adrenaline.
They released a great album 'Pruzhniki' with russian two-girl band T.A.T.U and also did a great show, but for some strange reason i see all reference to that album(wiki page) has been deleted!!! (wonder why!!)
Till radiates such a brutal masculine power that his presence is enough to get the crowd charged.He was a good friend of English midfielder Owen Hargreaves when he used to play for Bayern Munchen.
To me Till Lindemann is the greatest human on earth. Rammstein is my life.
Here are my top 10 Rammstein songs ..
10.Asche Ju Asche
9.Mein Hertz Bernt
8.Amor
7.Mutter
6.Das Model
5.Amerika
4.Keine Lust
3.Du Hast
2.Links 2-3-4
1.Spieluhr (It means a small clocking device in germany, the lyrics of the song tells a story of a small child who is buried alive, his little heart has stopped, but fortunately at the end of the song he is rescued.
The Heavy metal bands of 80's and 90's have given way to the new age death metal or melodic heavy metal bands. Probably only 'Metallica' and 'Iron Maiden' have their own niche and fans will continue to worship them decades after decades.
'Anthrax', 'Megadeth', 'Slayer' of old times are now equally popular with the wave of Scandinavian bands, 'Eluvitie', 'Children of Bodom', 'Kalmah', 'Meshuggah'.
The lyrics and theme of all these bands are almost same, very dark, loaded with witchcraft, mythological reference to Satan worshiping and all the evil cult that looks so cool!
But somehow i found that very synthetic; as if done on purpose to attract listeners. In my opinion if any band that has truly pushed the boundaries, played with file(quite literally ;) ) , experimented with their sound infinitely and curved their own place at the heart of listeners is 'Rammstein'.
The band was founded by Richard Z. Kruspe, lead guitarist with Oliver "Ollie" Riedel, Christoph "Doom" Schneider and THE MAN Till Lindemann circa 1989. Till was a basket weaver in east germany. They won a contest on 1994 and caught the eyes of Paul H. Landers. He along with Christian "Flake" Lorenz joined the band and thus 'Rammstein' was complete. None of the band members have left the band so far.
The band was named after 'Ramstein' airshow disaster that took place in 1988, when a fleet of Italian airplanes crashed in the place 'Ramstein' near kaiserlautern.The extra 'M' gives the band name a meaning 'Ramming stone'.
Their hour of reckoning came in 1995 when they released the singles "Du riechst so gut","Hierate Mich".These two along with another single "Rammstein" skyrocketed the band into popularity. Though 'Herzeleid'(95) was their first studio album it was not quite as popular their following 'Sehnsucht'(96) which included all the above singles along with the ground breaking hits 'Engel' and 'Du hast'.
One can very easily have an idea how much Rammstein likes to play the audience's mind by looking at the lyrics of the song 'Du hast'. the lyrics is a wordplay on the German marital vows, where the groom is asked 'will you have (her)?'(Du hast),
'Willst du bis der Tod euch scheidet, treu ihr sein für alle Tage?'
'Willst du bis zum Tod, der scheidet, sie lieben auch in schlechten Tagen?'
which translates as "Will you promise to be faithful to her, love her until death even in her bad days?" , instead of a traditional 'Yes'(Ja) the reply in the song is 'No' :)
Also its very confusing whether the song translates as 'You have' or 'You hate' ,because in Deutsche there is only a subtle difference in pronunciation. To add to that Rammstein themselves released a single 'You hate' in English :D
In following years Rammstein produced several hit studio albums 'Mutter', 'Reise, Reise'(Journey,jorney), 'RosenRot','Liebe ist für alle da'.
'Mutter' had another popular Rammstein track 'Links 2,3,4'(left,2,3,4). The song re-affirms the belief that they are actually not Nazis and their heart belongs to left.("In an interview Till confessed that initially they were far right and attracted to Fascism but now they would rather be left").
The lyrics of Rammstein is generally very strong, hard hitting and bold; the lyrics of 'Buck Dich', 'Mann gregen mann'(Man eats man/man versus man) and 'Ich hab Keine Lust'(I don’t feel anything) are so blunt that i will have to break infy rules to post the meaning ;)
But then again there are songs like 'Spieluhr' which is so heart-touching and gut-wrenching that it will bring tear to your eyes.
Rammstein live performances are awesome, they have taken Pyrotechnics to a whole new level. The fire and lightworks in their show are jaw-dropping. Till once said "99%of the people in the audience does not speak German, we need alternate ways to get their attention". Their live performances in Nimes (Volkerball tour) and Berlin are full of adrenaline.
They released a great album 'Pruzhniki' with russian two-girl band T.A.T.U and also did a great show, but for some strange reason i see all reference to that album(wiki page) has been deleted!!! (wonder why!!)
Till radiates such a brutal masculine power that his presence is enough to get the crowd charged.He was a good friend of English midfielder Owen Hargreaves when he used to play for Bayern Munchen.
To me Till Lindemann is the greatest human on earth. Rammstein is my life.
Here are my top 10 Rammstein songs ..
10.Asche Ju Asche
9.Mein Hertz Bernt
8.Amor
7.Mutter
6.Das Model
5.Amerika
4.Keine Lust
3.Du Hast
2.Links 2-3-4
1.Spieluhr (It means a small clocking device in germany, the lyrics of the song tells a story of a small child who is buried alive, his little heart has stopped, but fortunately at the end of the song he is rescued.
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