Rammstein's Rage
Rammstein’s Rage laire erlinski ammstein—the name is a made-up word meaning, more or less, R “ramming stone”1—is a popular German band. Very popular. Rammstein released its first album, Herzeleid (“Heartache”), in 1995. Within days, it topped the German Media Control Charts. It stayed in the number one position for five weeks, then remained in the top ten fortwo years, an unrivaled achievement in Germany’s notoriously fickle pop music market. eir next album, Sehnsucht (“Longing”), was more successful still: e best-selling album in Germany from the day of its release, it immediate- ly went double platinum. In 1998, their video Engel (“Angel”) was awarded an Echo, the German equivalent of a Grammy. In the same year, Viva, a mainstream German television station more or less like MTV, awarded Rammstein their prize trophy, the Comet, effectively declaring them the preeminent ambassadors of German popular music. e year 1999 brought Rammstein another Echo for Sehnsucht. eir album Mutter (“Mother”), released in March 2001, immediately sold a million copies, bringing their total album sales over the four-million mark. eir most recent album, Reise, Reise (“Voyage, Voyage”), released last November, surpassed all of their previous sales records. With Reise, Reise, Rammstein became the best- selling German-language band in history. / • Let’s read Rammstein’s lyrics.2 Rammstein Rammstein A man is burning Rammstein e smell of flesh lies in the air Rammstein A child is dying Rammstein e sun is shining Rammstein A sea of flames Rammstein Blood is
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