Rammstein
by Rammstein
  • Record Label: Caroline
  • Release Date: May 17, 2019
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 228 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 208 out of 228
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 228
  3. Negative: 14 out of 228
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  1. Xaremathras
    Sep 26, 2019
    5
    How did they shift their sound from pounding Industrial metal, to mediocre German hard rock on this album, and get away with it being unnoticed? Must be nostalgia.

    My background: life-long Rammstein fan, heavy metal fan, industrial metal fan, industrial music fan. I think this is the worst album in their discography, and the only album I do not get excited about playing (besides    How did they shift their sound from pounding Industrial metal, to mediocre German hard rock on this album, and get away with it being unnoticed? Must be nostalgia.

    My background: life-long Rammstein fan, heavy metal fan, industrial metal fan, industrial music fan.

    I think this is the worst album in their discography, and the only album I do not get excited about playing (besides parts of Rosenrot). Their sound has transferred from Industrial Metal (meaning heavy, dominating, mechanical samples, use of synths) to something more similar to radio-oriented hard rock on this album. The melodies are just okay, the hooks mediocre as well. Songs like "Sex" and "Tattoo" and "Radio" signify a lack of depth, and dark material. The general heaviness has reduced from a 10 to a 6, and honestly besides Deutschland there's not a song worth remembering (because a better version of every song already exists in their older catalog).

    I believe the people highly praising this release are life-long Rammstein fans who forgot about the band, and then remembered how great they are once they hopped back on the radar with some new material. Something makes me think these people do not listen to metal, nor industrial music, because there are dozens of current-day artists with much better material who are going unnoticed (3Teeth, Circle of Dust, Blue Stahli, Zardonic, Ludovico Technique, Alien Vampires).

    For true metal and industrial fans, this is a forgettable release. For Rammstein lovers who don't mind a softening of style and are just happy to see their heroes back in action with "something new" then this album should hit the spot.    … Expand

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Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Jun 26, 2019
    80
    Lacks the energy of old Rammstein, but makes up for it in controlled tensions and excellent material. [Summer 2019, p.87]
  2. musicOMH.com
    Jun 14, 2019
    80
    This new, untitled beast is another step to Rammstein finally being acknowledged as being the best heavy metal band in the world, and one of the best hard rock acts of all time.
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  3. Variety
    May 22, 2019
    75
    While by no means a perfect album, Rammstein’s first since 2009’s “Liebe ist für alle da” is a scintillating and sensual (if not awkwardly sexual) reminder of the meat-and-steel-pounded power of industrial music at its catchiest, fleshiest and most inventive.
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