Rammstein - Reise Reise
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Free Music Review: Great album!
Hit: 5 Stars
I love this album. Rammstein experiments with different music than they have written before, and the results are amazing. Although I was just recently introduced to Rammstein's music, I have heard some of their older songs, and while those are good, these songs are, for the most part, better.
Reise, Reise 5/5
Great song. I love the strings in the intro, and it gets even better once the guitars come in. This song has a great epic feel,as if in a storm at sea or something like that.
Mein Teil 3/5
Some people love this song, but I personally think that this is the worst song on the album. The intro is awesome, especially the strings intro on the single version, but the rest of the song gets very very repetitive. The screaming part also lasts way too long. I don't think that screaming like that belongs in music. Plus, Till only actually sings one note throughout the whole song.
Dalai Lama 5/5
This song is a bit boring when it starts, but it gets good. This is the longest song on the album, but it's worth the length. The chorus when the piano plays a descending arpeggio and then some creepy singing comes in is amazing. The lyrics are a great rendition of the poem "Erlkonig" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, which is changed to fit the "travel" theme a bit more. I think this song fits the album cover art the best.
Keine Lust 4/5
Good song all around. Interesting lyrics, but you wouldn't know exactly what they mean with the melody that plays.
Los 4/5
I kinda like this song. Its guitars are catchy, and points to Rammstein for major experimentation with the country feel. Even though this definitely isn't their best song, it's quite interesting.
Amerika 5/5
Haha. I like this song. The chorus is EXTREMELY catchy and the bridge part is really good. The music video is very funny, and possibly one of the best videos ever made. I love the little subtleties in the video, such as the parody of the moon hoax.
Moskau 4/5
The lyrics are a bit strange, but the music itself is quite good. I like the addition of the female vocals, despite the fact that they sound a little like the annoying characters in some anime. The accordion part is nice, and the part when Till and the female vocalists chant together in Russian. This really makes the contrast in their voices evident.
Morgenstern 5/5
Ohh man I love the choir in this song. The intro is great, and so is the chorus. The verses leave a bit to be desired, however. I had a flashback to "Du Hast" when I hear the "Du... Du Bist hassliech(or however you spell it)" part.
Stein Um Stein 4/5
The slow parts of this song really get across the theme of very hard work. The chorus is pretty cool, and I especially like the part when till says "ramm.........STEIN!!!" The band's name is hidden in there!
Ohne Dich 12349875183749876123/10
Oh man I love this song. It's really beautiful, and the video is amazing. I think that this is one of, if not THE, best songs Rammstein has ever recorded. The chorus is great, and I love the fact that Till sings the entire song, seeing how too much speaking can get boring when you don't know much German. I also like how, despite the powerchords in the guitar, the mood of the song is NEVER changed.
Amour 20/5
Another great song by Rammstein. I like the love metaphors in the lyrics, and the music is great. The verses are a great offset to "Ohne Dich," which makes it's spot very appropriate. Makes a good finale to the album.
Free Music Review: Can't stop listening to this album!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
"Reise, Reise" is one of the most solid foreign metal albums of recent years. With a bludgeoning, industrial-metal sound, spacey and haunting keyboards and Till's ever-famous voice, a voice that is quite likely nothing short of a human Terminator, this album surely delivers! Not only is the music great, powerful, majestic, dark and melodic all at the same time, but it's also educational; all of the lyrics are sung in German, so if you're wanting to learn a new language and you love this band, German might just be the foreign language for you. Anyway, on to my favorite/ the standout tracks of this album.
"Reise, Reise" - A slow, powerful, epic and majestic song with a great sing-a-long chorus, or rather declare-a-long, as Till's strong, matter-of-fact vocals imply. Great way to open the album, with some beautiful accordian music thrown at the end. Awesome song!
"Mein Teil" - This one might spook you after the calm ending of "Reise, Reise"! A sledgehammer riff gets cranked out of the amps for this one, with verses that slowly build up to a monstrous chorus. Excellent songwriting here, with some very creepy lyrics for a creepy atmosphere. A classic, nothing sort of it.
"Dalai Lama" - At first I didn't remember this song too much, but then I grew to love it a lot. The sinister, intro riff is similar to Black Sabbath, then comes in the steady beat, rhythmic lyrics, and an all-around great song. Some nice piano work is featured along with some darkly mystical singing.
"Keine Lust" - An uptempo song, one that's fast especially for Rammstein, but with a great start-stop rhythm as Till belts out "Ich hab keine lust!"
"Los" - An unexpected treat, this song features acoustic guitars, still downtuned to C, but are very nice nonetheless. I like this track a lot because it's another song that shows Rammstein musically branching out, which is always a good thing to do.
"Amerika" - If any song deserves to be called the fist-pumping sing-a-long song that SHOULD become a big hit, this one does. A nice arpeggiated keyboard solo in the middle of the song, followed by an angry, guitar-driven short section. The song is also a commentary on American society; now I'm no fascist against my own country, but in today's times, people can most certainly criticize the general America all they want in my eyes. Anyway, onwards...
"Morgenstern" - Translates to "morning star", very poetic indeed! What I love about this song is the chorus, where Till uses an almost operatic voice. A very nice touch, adding even more variety to the album.
"Stein Um Stein" - A slower and powerful song that features some great yelling by Till, although it is unintentionally comical the way he does it at the very end of the song. Either way, a very good song.
Well, there's really nothing to complain about here; aside maybe a lack of guitar solos if you want that (and I tend to love indulgent guitar solos in songs, for that matter). But either way, this album most certainly deserves five stars and a place in every metal fan's library. For anybody interested in this style of music, Rammstein will definitely not disappoint. Get this and see why Rammstein is as loved as they are. Yet another reason for me to be proud of the German side of my heritage. Either way, very highly recommended. Thanks for the time, and peace.
Free Music Review: Wow. Simply wow.
Hit: 5 Stars
Rammstein are a band that most people have probably heard of, whether for their controversial attention grabbers or their music. Their previous album, Mutter (2001) was considered their all time best, and I'dd have to agree it was better than Sehnsucht and Herzeleid. Many people stillsay that Mutter is better than Reise, Reise, but I have to disagree.
The album opens with a sohrt 30 second sound clip of a Japanese crash (removed from the Japanese version) which then goes on to Reise, Reise (Arise, Arise, regardless of modern day German, it uses the old form of reise), the brilliant opening song to an album. The wave and gull efects are brilliant, a great way to ease you in. The song then proceeds in typical Rammstein fashion with a melodic chorus against guitars.
The next song is Mein Teil (My Part, guess ;)) A great song, full of the heavy metal I love from R+, but the choir screams fit perfectly. This song has low growling vocals to match the subject of cannabilism, with sword sharpening(?) effects heard in the background. Easily one of the best in my opinion.
Dalai Lama comes in next, taking it easy, but still agressive. At first I had doubts about this, only from the title, but it's actually referring to the current Dalai Lama's fear of flying. Call it Flugangst if it helps. The strange vocals singing 'Komm hier, bleib wir sind gut su dir/Wir sind bruder dear) are the best parts of this, along with the final verse. You HAVE to hear this song! The lyrics remind me of Rammstein (Herzeleid)
Keine Lust (No Desire, Don't want To) is one of my least favourite songs on the album, but that doesn't mean I don't like it, because I do, it just didn't wow me elike some of the others.
Los(-Less [suffix] Go)-A bluesy song based on the theme of being "-less" A beautiful beat, and even a catchy tune. One of the medium on the album.
Amerika-Man this song is funny, mainly because of Till's rolling 'r's. Definitely a commercial song, but that's what this is about really.
Moskau-I'm a lover of languages, or German, Japanese and Russian to be precise. Obviously,some lines of this song are in Russian, but unfortunately, neither Lena nor Yuliya of Taty (t.A.T.u) sing on here. A definite upside to the album. Another catcy tune.
Morgenstern (Morningstar)-Simply beautiful. Actually, it's ugly but the music is gorgeous. Choirs open this song, and are somewhere in the middle. Till's voice sounds so mature with such choirs. Another hilight
Stein um Stein (Stone by Stone) -Yet another heavy one.Till does singing in the verses only, and lliterally shouts the chorus. See iff you can catch the bandname pun.
Ohne Dich (Without You) -The softest on the album. Another medium song, slipping into the worse column. The vocals are amazing though.
Amour (Love in French)- Another one of the worst. Amour is simply to notangry for me, but still a challenge to sing along to.
Reise, Reise is the star of the current collection of R+ CDs at least until their new one comes out on Halloween.
Of course, it all comes down to your decision. Happy choices
Free Music Review: 5 out of 5
Hit: 5 Stars
Reise, Reise isn't quite the same as the previous albums due to the fact that they are a constantly-changing (evolving?) force. One simply cannot peddle the same songs of yesteryear in another format like metal god Metallica. They needed to make a different sound in order to not be grouped with the other bands.
One can say that Reise, Reise is a mix of Herzeleid and Mutter, since Herzeleid was more raw in terms of metal and had less electronic influence than Sehnsucht. Mutter is arguably their best album, with its haunting riffs and catchy beats, even though the subject matter can be objectionable at times - if you are more interested in their music, then this really shouldn't matter.
The CD opens up with the exerpt from the "flugrekorder nicht offnen", which is based on the Dalai Lama and His fear of heights (track 3). The CD art deviates from the usual practice of showing the band members, i.e., in a concert or posing, like in Sehnsucht or Mutter. It instead shows what appears to be plane wreckage, signifying that there is more to Reise, Reise than we know.
The instrumentals are great, starting out with the accordion, then Schneider hits the drums so you'd know something is coming; pauses like these help build the momentum (like in Sehnsucht's Du Hast). Then the electronics enter with their own solo, eventually joined by what sounds like men rowing oars. After that, what either sounds like an orchestra (Like Mein Herz Brennt) or skillful keyboard manipulation blossoms into the full song. What an excellent beginning to new CD.
The song Reise, Reise is actually based on "Seemann"- from Herzeleid. It talks about the battle between the two "Seemann" and another battle between them and the fish.
Mein Teil is a dark contrast to the song before it, while Dalai Lama incorporates a male choir. Keine Lust has the same feel of Ich Will (from Mutter), but with different overtones and an overall different sound. Los stands out, mostly because of the fact that it sounds like classic 1970's southern banjo rock, but has a deep message, nonetheless. In Los, they mention that "They used to be voiceless, but now have a voice".
Next comes the humorous Amerika, with tongue-in-cheek jokes such as these:
We're all living in Amerika
Amerika ist Wunderbar
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Coca-Cola, wonderbra
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Coca-Cola, sometimes war
Then they talk about the beauty of Moskau, followed by a woman's feeling of ugliness in Morgenstern. Stein um Stein is basically about walling someone in and has slow grandeur, exemplifying the fact that what he's doing (in the song) is very slow. Afterwards, Till Lindemann mourns his loss in Ohne Dich, then says an apparent "F$$$ you" to love in the end, much like ACDC's Back in Black CD in the end and how they said "Rock and Roll will never die", telling the people who were against such antics and music to pretty much do the same thing Till told love in the end.
All in all, I recommend it.
Free Music Review: A Guilty Pleasure
Hit: 5 Stars
Rammstein are one of those bands which do one thing and do it very well. In the case of the German band, it's making very loud, very deep-voiced metal music with a sly sense of humour every now and then. "Reise, Reise" is largely more of the same that we've come to expect from them after their three previous albums.
There are several standout tracks here. The opener and title track is based around what appears to have once been a sea-shanty, at least it seems to have been one before Till Lindemann's voice got onto it coupled with a wall of guitars. Nevertheless, the melody is more readily discernible than many previous Rammstein efforts.
Also of note is "Dalai Lama", a song about rather typical Rammstein subject matter - dead people. This one features the "dead voices" that often appear, and on the surface seems to be a rather standard track. However, there are two interesting aspects to it. Firstly, as other reviewers have pointed out, the title alludes to a certain famous Tibetan monk and his fear of flying (after being on the flight described by Till, I think I'd be a little concerned about boarding another plane as well). More interesting for some, however, will be the lyrical parallels with the famous German poem "Der Erlkoenig". In typical fashion, Rammstein adds a level of mordant and sadistic tragedy to the story that has to be heard to be believed.
Another interesting track is "Moskau", which features Russian vocals in places (written in Cyrillic script in the liner notes). This is a particularly speedy track and should certainly get pulses racing among fans of that sort of thing.
Till's interest in perversion manifests itself in the track "Mein Teil" (literally "My Part", which means...well...you work it out). This track is inspired by the Armin Meiwes cannibalism trial in Germany and, to my ears at least, has overtones of a much earlier Rammstein offering - "Herzeleid"'s "Laichzeit" in the chorus. Nevertheless, the shout-along chorus of "Denn du bist/Was du isst/Und ihr wisst/Was das ist" ("Then you are/what you eat/and you all know/what that is") is well worth the price of admission.
Unlike many other reviewers, I also quite enjoyed the single of "Amerika". There's something to be said for Till's vocals soaring over the lines "We're all living in America/Amerika ist wunderbar", all in all sounding reminiscent of "Sehnsucht"'s "Stripped".
Is there any progression from the incredible "Mutter"? Probably not. The sound is still basically the same and the subject matter likewise. More importantly, is there any real redeeming value in this album? Almost certainly not. Rammstein are still purveyors of very loud, very angry-sounding German metal of sorts. For a fan, the fact that most of the tracks here could be exchanged with those on any of the previous three albums is more than enough endorsement of this album. For those of you who can't stand the thought, stay well away.