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Artist:
Rammstein
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List Price: £8.99
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Disc 1:
| 1. Wollt Ihr Das Bett In Flammen Sehen | | 2. Der Meister | | 3. Weisses Fleisch | | 4. Asche Zu Asche | | 5. Seemann | | 6. Du Riechst So Gut | | 7. Das Alte Leid | | 8. Heirate Mich | | 9. Herzeleid | | 10. Laichzeit | | 11. Rammstein |
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German Warfare, 2008-06-20
Will Amazon let me away with a four-word review??
Dear God, THE RIFFS!!
No? How about a 363 word review then?
Strictly speaking, this album doesn't need another glistening review; it has enough fans. I really ought to be off defending something that needs the help like the rubbish Revolver or the misunderstood Bob Hoskins-starring Super Mario Bros.
Hello? Still there?
The Rammsetin of Herzeleid is a much different beast to that of later albums, the self aware Sehnsucht or the chart ready days of Mutter onwards. This is a raw hungry and angry document of, as the title suggests, Heartache. Band members have been noted as saying Rammstein is about love, in all of its forms. If this is true, Herzeleid is about messy breakups, shattered splintered dreams and beds on fire.
Straight off the bat, the production is pitch-perfect., in no way glossy but ferocious as hell. The opening guitar on "Der Meister" sounds like a buzzsaw, while even the sombre "Seeman" contains heavy, heavy shredding upon closer inspection. The album is bookended with statements of intent; the chanting "Rammstein" of opener "Wollt Ihr Das Bett In Flammen Sehen" and the menacing self-titled closer. In between we get nine other belters, with only "Seeman" pausing for softer emotion and the bizarre "Das Alte Leid" for slow chugging behemothity. Yes, I invented that word. These 11 tracks contain between them somewhere around A BILLION awesome riffs. Honestly, this band make AC/DC and Metallica look like beginners. The playing is self assured and the songs impeccably arranged with not as much as one artistic mis-step, from the mini-solos of "Weißes Fleisch" to the crying baby samples on "Das Alte Leid". I'm honestly surprised more dance fans don't dig this album, such is the relentless, steady pounding pace.
Surprised, but not bothered, for this a metal fan's album, something - as a metal fan - to be truly proud of. This album is many things; the oppression of Till Lindeman's near-spoken vocals; Christopher Schneider's techno bea(s)ts; Paul, Ollie and Richard's world-class, neck-wrecking guitar riffs; Flake's OTT keyboards. It is also one thing; an absolute, must buy, timeless classic metal album. Please buy it. You must.
 It shouldn't work at all. It does., 2008-12-15
I am a music fan in my late 30s, someone who gnashed his teeth all through the 1980s with the rise of crappy stadium rock and electro-pop, someone who watched in disbelief as U2 got taken seriously, someone who smiled with relief as grunge became briefly popular but who then felt vindicated with the later canonisation of people like Mike Watt, J. Mascis and Sonic Youth, someone who confronted his own aging process by finally getting himself tattooed with the Black Flag logo. I am between generations - not old enough to be old-school punk, not young enough to be indie. I also love jazz, blues, the Second Viennese School, Beethoven, Wagner, some prog rock, Zappa, the Beatles, the Bach family and Tudor polyphony, not to mention Fela, the Klezmatics, Yasmin Levy, Rabih Abou-Khalil, John Zorn, Fred Frith, Sonny Sharrock...well, anyway, I'm fairly eclectic.
It was only recently that I felt that I ought to listen to something recorded in the last few years. Being someone who speaks German as a second language and being a fan of loud guitars, it didn't take me long to buy a Rammstein CD on spec. My hopes were not very high. I am wary of any music that is prefixed by the word "industrial".
I was very surprised to find this album hugely effective and weirdly moving. Maybe I've just spent a lot of time reading Hölderlin's poetry and looking at Caspar David Friedrich's paintings, but Rammstein have done an incredible job of translating German romanticism into heavy metal. A song like "Das Alte Leid" needs no justification other than itself - it's one of the few metal songs that will make you cry. Elsewhere, Rammstein's eponymous anthem is a very hair-raising evocation of the horrific air show disaster that gave the band its name. "Seemann" is an austere power ballad in the C.D. Friedrich tradition - it's all about standing on cliffs and being bereft.
Fine album. Great band. Pretty damn good for a bunch of spuds from the former East Germany - pretty damn good for anyone, come to that.
damm, 2007-02-23
here is a debut to be proud of.
big riffs,a bigger electronic influence hangs over this album than the rest giving it a groovier,dancier feel.the guitars are lower in the mix and the vocals are less melodic.
the songs are excellent,very simple in comparison to their later output and as a result feel almost streamlined in comparison,which i quite like.
if you are expecting to hear another "mutter" or "reise reise" you will be disappointed,this is a basic starting template that they used to expand on their sound and as such is a very good piece of work.
the grandeur is still to come,but the overall impression is a good one,the only thing that i would say holds this album back is that you dont get that initial rush that you get with the later work,this album is a grower and if you give it time you will come to love it as much as the other albums,like i have.
to be fair this is a 3.5 out of 5 , 2007-02-06
rammsteins 1995 debut is a solid piece of work but fails to deliver the diversity and brilliance of the four albums which they have released since,thats forgivable of course as this is a debut and the band were more or less reinventing the wheel with this style of european metal with an euro pop feel thrown in.
The album is still capable of utter class when it wishes,songs such as asche zu asche,seeman,du riechsst so gut and the brilliant anthem rammstein are all found here and are still played live to this day,the album has the odd song which has no real real edge to it such as heirate mich and der meister but this is still a debut worthy of investigation,as we all know the band progressed from this to be one of the most exciting bands around but the debut isnt quite that.
Good offering, but some "techno" interference, 2007-10-06
This was Rammstein's first album, and as someone who owns all their albums I feel well placed to comment on it. The tracks are definitely "rock" in sound, but in most cases you cannot help but detect a slight "techno" influence and mix in some of the tracks. This isn't the end of the world by any means, but robs the album of its ability to appeal to a wider rock audience. This is not their best album, and I would recommend "Mutter" if you want that. For more general rock fans this is not the best Rammstein album to buy. This album will most appeal to Rammstein hard core fans who are interested in how the band have progressed.
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 7314529160200
Format: Import
Label: Universal / Island
Manufacturer: Universal / Island
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Universal / Island
Release Date: 2001-12-24
Running Time: 49
Studio: Universal / Island |
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