untitled Rammstein album

The album features the band's typical sound of Neue Deutsche Härte{{Cite web |url=https://www.br.de/nachrichten/kultur/rammstein-neues-album-kritik-rock-musik,RQXbYZC |title=Rammstein sind die deutschen Rolling Stones – leider |last=Fabian |first=Roderich |date=15 May 2019 |website=BR24 |language=de |access-date=16 May 2019}} and industrial metal.{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2019/music/reviews/rammstein-album-review-1203219640/ |title=Album Review: Rammstein's 'Rammstein' |last=Amorosi |first=A. D. |date=18 May 2019 |website=Variety |access-date=20 May 2019}} "Zeig dich" criticizes the Catholic church. Backed by "powerful thumping guitar riffs", the lyrics demand religious leaders to "stop hiding behind their so-called Lord". The composition also features a Latin-language choir and Spanish-styled finger picking. Louder thought the song is reminiscent of Mutter{{'}}s "Zwitter".{{cite web |last1=Edwards |first1=Briony |last2=Lewry |first2=Lewry |last3=Pattillo |first3=Alice |title=Rammstein - Rammstein: your ultimate track-by-track guide |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-new-rammstein-album-your-ultimate-track-by-track-guide |website=Louder |publisher=Future plc |access-date=15 January 2021 |date=19 May 2020}} "Sex" discusses sex as something "'disgusting', yet life-giving" and reminded the portal of Rob Zombie and Queens of the Stone Age. "Puppe" contains a strong doom metal influence, and tells the story of a child playing with their doll in a room while their sister - presumably underage - prostitutes herself at the room beside theirs. As the sister screams, the child grows increasingly agitated until they start biting the doll's head off. The ending verses suggest the child eventually sneaks into the sister's room, finds her being beaten to death and kills the attacker. The instrumentation was described by Louder as having "eerie synths, jangling guitars and pummelling vocals".

"Was ich liebe" may be influenced by Nine Inch Nails' "Closer" and includes an acoustic guitar section similar to one from "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin, while "Diamant" is a soft ballad describing "a breakneck voyage through the multifaceted stages of romantic despair". "Weit weg" has elements of Tangerine Dream and Kosmischer Läufer and its lyrics describe a man secretly watching a woman undress through a window, and could be "an allegory for the way cam girls (or, sex workers more broadly) are put at risk from the blurred realities of some of their clients who believe their interactions to be more than they are". "Tattoo" evokes thrash and heavy metal of the 1980s and early 1990s. The lyrics allude to the identification of inmates in German concentration camps while also discussing tattoos as a modern trend. The ending track "Hallomann" is about a child abuser who lures a girl into his car and drowns her later and features "thrumming bass, eerie synths, kick-your-back-door in riffs and a goosebump-inducing vocal".

In January 2019, Richard Kruspe said there would be five music videos created for the album. Teaser clips for the first music video were released in late March. These clips featured visuals from the video along with the Roman numerals for the date 28 March 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://consequence.net/2019/03/rammstein-tease-video-clips/ |title=Rammstein tease fans with dramatic video clips |last=Kaufman |first=Spencer |date=27 March 2019 |website=Consequence of Sound |access-date=12 April 2019}} On that day, the song "Deutschland" was released as the album's lead single on digital platforms, and its 10-minute-long music video was uploaded onto YouTube.{{Cite web |url=https://loudwire.com/rammstein-deutschland-music-video/ |title=Rammstein Release 'Deutschland' Music Video [NSFW] |last=DiVita |first=Joe |date=28 March 2019 |website=Loudwire |access-date=12 April 2019}} The single also came with a remix by Kruspe.{{Cite web |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/rammsteins-deutschland-hear-industrial-dance-remix-richard-z-kruspe |title=Rammstein's "Deutschland": Hear Industrial Dance Remix by Richard Z. Kruspe |last=Chapstick |first=Kelsey |date=28 March 2019 |website=Revolver |access-date=12 April 2019}} The band said the album had no title and would be released on 17 May 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rammstein.de/en/release-day-new-rammstein-album/ |title=Release Day - New Rammstein Album |date=17 May 2019 |website=Rammstein (official website) |access-date=28 May 2019 |archive-date=28 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528043731/https://www.rammstein.de/en/release-day-new-rammstein-album/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=https://consequence.net/2019/03/rammstein-release-date-new-album/ |title=Rammstein announce release date for new album |last=Kaufman |first=Spencer |date=28 March 2019 |website=Consequence of Sound |access-date=12 April 2019}} The music video was viewed 19 million times in the first four days after its release.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-02/rammstein-rock-video-sparks-debate-over-german-national-identity |title=What Has Rammstein Revealed About Germany's Soul? |last=Bershidsky |first=Leonid |date=1 April 2019 |website=Bloomberg |access-date=12 April 2019}} "Deutschland" was released physically as both a 7-inch vinyl and CD single on 12 April, with the remix acting as the B-side.{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.de/rammstein-alle-infos-single-veroeffentlichung-deutschland-1654317/ |title=Rammstein: Alle Infos zur physischen Veröffentlichung von "Deutschland" – wo gibt's die Single? |date=8 April 2019 |magazine=Rolling Stone Germany |language=de |access-date=12 April 2019}} The track list was revealed between 16 April and 19 April on the band's YouTube channel with snippets of riffs from each song. The cover of the album was also revealed there on 18 April.{{Cite web |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/rammstein-reveal-new-album-cover-art-tease-last-two-songs-tattoo-hallomann |title=Rammstein reveal new album cover art, tease last two songs "Tattoo", "Hallomann" |date=19 April 2019 |website=Revolver |access-date=21 April 2019}} The twenty-seconds video teaser with the album cover presentation featured shots of Kakhovska square in Ukrainian city of Kherson.{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCghbVLl9Y4 |title=Rammstein - New Album |website=YouTube |date=18 April 2019 |accessdate=21 May 2019 |archive-date=21 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521172313/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCghbVLl9Y4 }}{{Cite web |url=https://hmarochos.kiev.ua/2019/04/22/rammstein-pokazaly-dekomunizovanyj-herson-u-tizeri-novogo-albomu/ |title=Rammstein показали декомунізований Херсон у тізері нового альбому |date=22 April 2019 |accessdate=21 May 2019 |archive-date=23 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423154508/https://hmarochos.kiev.ua/2019/04/22/rammstein-pokazaly-dekomunizovanyj-herson-u-tizeri-novogo-albomu/ }} Less than a week later, the band began teasing a music video for the song "Radio", which was released on 26 April.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/rammstein-tease-a-new-video-for-friday/ |title=Rammstein tease a new video for Friday |date=26 April 2019 |website=Kerrang! |access-date=24 April 2019}}

The album was released on 17 May 2019 through Universal Music. It was distributed by Vertigo/Capitol in Europe, Spinefarm Records in the United Kingdom, and Caroline International in the United States.{{Cite web |title=Rammstein - Rammstein |url=https://www.roughtrade.com/us/rammstein/rammstein/lp-x2 |access-date=4 January 2022 |website=Rough Trade}} Physically, it received a double-180 gram vinyl release and two different CD releases. Both CD releases featured digipak packaging and booklets, with the deluxe edition having more panels and a larger booklet. On 26 May, the band teased a music video for the album's third single, "Ausländer". The video was released on 28 May{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pat2c33sbog |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/pat2c33sbog |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Rammstein - Ausländer (Official Video)|website=YouTube |date=28 May 2019 |access-date=28 May 2019}}{{cbignore}} and the single was released on 31 May.{{Cite web |url=https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/auslander-rammstein/b3hwo1r0inf3b |title=Ausländer {{!}} Rammstein |website=Qobuz |access-date=7 June 2019}}

{{Music ratings

| ADM =7.5/10{{cite web |title=Rammstein by Rammstein reviews {{!}} Any Decent Music |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/9893/Rammstein-Rammstein.aspx |website=AnyDecentMusic? |access-date=4 September 2020}}

| MC = 82/100{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/rammstein/rammstein |title=Rammstein by Rammstein Reviews and Tracks |website=Metacritic |access-date=17 May 2019}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rammstein-mw0003272308 |title=Rammstein – Rammstein |last=Yeung |first=Neil Z. |date=16 May 2019 |website=AllMusic |access-date=17 May 2019}}

| rev2 = Clash

| rev2score = 8/10{{Cite web |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/rammstein-rammstein |title=Rammstein - Rammstein |last=Thomas |first=Laviea |date=22 May 2019 |website=Clash |access-date=22 May 2019}}

| rev3 = Classic Rock

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |date=25 June 2019 |title=Rammstein |magazine=Classic Rock |issue=264 |page=87}}

| rev4 = Consequence of Sound

| rev4score = B+{{Cite web |url=https://consequence.net/2019/05/album-review-rammstein-untitled-2019/ |title=Rammstein Make a Triumphant Return with Their Untitled Seventh Album |last=Kaufman |first=Spencer |date=15 May 2019 |website=Consequence of Sound |access-date=17 May 2019}}

| rev5 = Exclaim!

| rev5score = 8/10{{Cite web |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/rammstein-untitled |title=Rammstein – Untitled |last=Wojcicki |first=Lukas |date=16 May 2019 |website=Exclaim! |access-date=17 May 2019}}

| rev6 = Kerrang!

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|date=15 May 2019|title=Untitled – Review|url=https://www.kerrang.com/reviews/album-review-rammstein-untitled/|work=Kerrang!}}

| rev7 = musicOMH

| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/rammstein-rammstein |title=Rammstein – Rammstein |last=Horton |first=Ross |date=17 May 2019 |website=musicOMH |access-date=4 September 2019}}

| rev8 = NME

| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|date=15 May 2019|title=Rammstein – 'Untitled' review|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/rammstein-untitled-review|work=NME}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |title=Rammstein Tussle With Germany's Past, Embrace Their Own Darkness on Self-Titled Album|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/rammstein-tussle-with-germanys-past-embrace-their-own-darkness-on-self-titled-album-835717/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2019 |date=17 May 2019}}

| rev10 = Sputnikmusic

| rev10score = 4.2/5{{cite web |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/79570/Rammstein-Rammstein/ |title=Review: Rammstein - Rammstein |date=17 May 2019 |website=Sputnikmusic |access-date=22 May 2019}}

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The album received positive reviews. On review aggregator website Metacritic, it holds an average review score of 82/100, based on 11 reviews indicating "universal acclaim". In a positive review, NME wrote, "this album is undoubtedly a resounding triumph". Nick Ruskell at Kerrang! wrote, "this is a record made with care, craft, and nothing allowed in that isn't just-so". Wall of Sound gave the album 9.5/10 stating: "Rammstein is seemingly a culmination of the previous six studio albums, taking the best parts of the last few decades and putting it all in one album, while throwing in a few unexpected surprises."{{Cite web|url=https://wallofsoundau.com/2019/05/16/rammstein-rammstein-album-review/|title=Rammstein – Rammstein (Album Review)|last=walladmin|date=2019-05-16|website=Wall Of Sound|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-16}} Kory Grow of Rolling Stone wrote, "In some ways, Rammstein have grown up in their decade of hibernation but mostly they have not. The band had ascended in the anything-goes nu-metal Nineties, blending new-wave synths with air-tight heavy-metal guitar riffs and disco drumbeats... Over time, their sound became more polished and more rigid (and by proxy more Germanic?) but they still held onto their puerile impulses. “Deutschland” is the only song of any lyrical consequence on Rammstein — the rest piddle between the benign and letchy. But because it's all in German, it's not entirely clear which is which." Lukas Wojcicky in his review for Exclaim! commented, "Rammstein's Untitled is believed by many to be the band's swan song, as each member's age hovers around 50. Considering the band hadn't released an album in ten years, a retirement announcement would not have come as a surprise, but instead we got one final album and at least a couple of years of touring to follow. For this reason, this album is a welcome addition to Rammstein's discography and one that will be chanted with equal fervour when they come to a city near you."

The album debuted atop the German album charts on issue date 24 May 2019. In the first week in Germany, it moved 260,000 album-equivalent units, making it the best-performing album in the first week from a band in the 21st century.{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/news/item/651-rammstein-mit-startrekord-auf-platz-eins-der-offiziellen-deutschen-charts|title=Rammstein mit Startrekord auf Platz eins der Offiziellen Deutschen Charts|date=24 May 2019|work=GfK Entertainment Charts|language=de}} The album spent the next two weeks at No. 2 before climbing back up to No. 1 on 14 June. It spent two more non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 afterward. The album also spent an entire year inside the top 40 of the chart, not leaving it until 12 June 2020. Additionally, it spent 127 consecutive weeks in the chart before leaving it on the week of 29 October 2021.{{Cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-381815 |title=Rammstein {{!}} Rammstein |website=Offizielle Deutsche Charts |access-date=15 June 2019}}

Elsewhere, the album peaked at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 12,130 copies and spent three consecutive weeks atop the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart.{{cite web|title=Charts analysis: Lewis Capaldi makes No.1 debut with first album|publisher=musicweek.com|url=https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-lewis-capaldi-makes-no-1-debut-with-first-album/076294|access-date=2019-07-10|last=Alan Jones|date=2019-05-24|language=en}}{{cite web|title=Weekly Rock Chart Round-Up|url=https://soundmouth.blogspot.com/2019/06/yonaka-score-uk-chart-debut-weekly-rock.html|work=SoundMouth|access-date=10 June 2019|date=10 June 2019}} In the United States, the album peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard 200, earning 28,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. The album is the band's first to reach the top 10 in the United States.{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8513166/tyler-the-creator-igor-number-1-billboard-200-albums-chart |title=Tyler, the Creator′s ′Igor′ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart |work=Billboard Magazine |date=30 March 2019 |access-date=17 June 2019}} Additionally, it topped the Hard Rock Albums chart, the second Rammstein album to do so (previously Liebe ist für alle da in 2009) and World Albums chart, which make it the first German-language studio album to top this chart (previously Rammstein: Paris, a live album, topped this chart, in 2017). On 15 April 2020, the album was certified 5× Gold by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie for sales of over 500,000 album-equivalent units in Germany.

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| all_writing = Rammstein (Richard Kruspe, Paul Landers, Till Lindemann, Christian Lorenz, Oliver Riedel, Christoph Schneider)

| title1 = Deutschland

| note1 = "Germany"

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| title2 = Radio

| length2 = 4:37

| title3 = Zeig dich

| note3 = "Show Yourself"

| length3 = 4:15

| title4 = Ausländer

| note4 = "Foreigner"

| length4 = 3:51

| title5 = Sex

| length5 = 3:56

| title6 = Puppe

| note6 = "Doll"

| length6 = 4:33

| title7 = Was ich liebe

| note7 = "What I Love"

| length7 = 4:29

| title8 = Diamant

| note8 = "Diamond"

| length8 = 2:34

| title9 = Weit weg

| note9 = "Far Away"

| length9 = 4:20

| title10 = Tattoo

| length10 = 4:11

| title11 = Hallomann

| note11 = "Hello Man"

| length11 = 4:11

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Rammstein

• Till Lindemann – lead vocals
• Richard Kruspe – lead guitar, backing vocals {{small|(track 1)}}
• Oliver Riedel – bass guitar
• Paul Landers – rhythm guitar
• Christian Lorenz – keyboards
• Christoph Schneider – drums

Additional musicians

• The Academic Choir and the Symphony Orchestra of the National Television and Radio Company of Belarus, Minsk – strings, choir (tracks 3 and 6)
• Meral Al-Mer – backing vocals (tracks 1 and 10)
• Carla Bruhn – backing vocals (track 11)

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Technical personnel

• Florian Ammon – engineer, editing
• Ben Bazzazian – programming (track 4)
• Lutz Buch – guitar technician
• Daniel Cayotte – studio assistant
• Siarhei Chaika – recording engineer (tracks 3 and 6)
• Tom Dalgety – additional producer, recording engineer
• Svante Forsbäck – mastering
• Sven Helbig – choir and string arrangements (tracks 3 and 6)
• Olsen Involtini – producer, mixer, recording engineer
• Dzmitry Karshakevich – recording engineer
• Wilhelm Keitel – conductor (tracks 3 and 6)
• Rammstein – producer
• Rossi Rossberg – drum technician
• Sky van Hoff – additional producer, recording engineer

Other personnel

• Jes Larsen – photography
• Rocket & Wink – artwork

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