Rammstein
Rammstein is a German NDH-Metal band. The band is widely
accepted as part of the Neue Deutsche Härte-scene, alongside bands such as
Oomph! and Die Krupps. Their sound has been dubbed as Tanz-Metall (lit. "Dance
Metal"). Their songs are performed almost exclusively in German. Formed in 1994,
they have sold over 12 million records worldwide.Rammstein's entire catalogue is
published by Universal Music Group.
Although most songs are written in German, the band has had significant success
outside German-speaking nations, in Europe as well as in the rest of the Western
World, and Asia. It has been confirmed that the band has reunited from their
vacation and has begun writing their sixth studio album, which will be released
sometime in 2008.
Kruspe, Riedel and Schneider originally founded Rammstein following an attempt
by Kruspe to compose American-influenced music with a West Berlin band called
Orgasm Death Gimmicks. As Kruspe put it, "I realized it's really important to
make music and make it fit with your language, which I didn't do in the past. I
came back [to Germany] and said, 'It's time to make music that's really
authentic'. I was starting a project called Rammstein to really try to make
German music". He invited Till Lindemann, a former competitive swimmer and
drummer for the garage-rock band First Arsch, to join the project as a vocalist.
The four entered a contest for new bands and won, attracting the interest of
Paul H. Landers, who knew them all and decided to join the band. Christian
"Flake" Lorenz was the last member to join; he had played with Landers before in
the punk-rock band Feeling B and was initially reluctant to come on board, but
was eventually persuaded to join. Their first album was released a year later.
