RAMMSTEIN Vinyl & CDs

Review: Special anniversary edition of the second studio album by German industrial metal giants, Rammstein. Sehnsucht was originally released in 1997 and features some of the band's most popular songs, including 'Du Hast', 'Engel', and 'Tier'. Notably, the album was the first to be sung entirely in German to be certified platinum in the US. This anniversary edition hears the album remastered in HD sound, a new mix of the track 'Spiel mit mir', not to mention a 38-page book containing previously unreleased photos and full lyrics. The album comes in a tri-fold sleeve housed in a mirrored slip case.

Review: Everyone's favourite German metal absurdists, Rammstein, are set to follow up 2019's acclaimed untitled release with 'Zeit'; a bombastic affair that plays on their plethora of strengths, with results ranging from ridiculous to harrowing.

Take 'Zick Zack' with its trudging riff and frontman Till Lindemann's trademark auf deutsch swagger, resulting in a self aware banger recalling the XXX soundtrack days of 'Feuer Frei'.

With the epic, emotive dirge of the title track laying at the polar opposite end of the sonic spectrum, as well as two subsequent parts to this project including orchestral rearrangements and remixes, still to come; eight albums deep and the sextet still feel as inspired, bizarre and consistent as ever.