Rammstein

Rammstein is a German metal band formed in January 1994 in Berlin. The musical style of the band belongs to the genre of industrial metal (specifically, its German stage Neue Deutsche Härte). The main features of the band's creativity: a specific rhythm in which most of the compositions are sustained, and shocking lyrics. The group was particularly famous for stage performances, often accompanied by the use of pyrotechnics, which received recognition in the musical environment. The composition of the group has never changed.

Rammstein's style of music, which the musicians themselves jokingly dubbed "dance metal" (German: Tanzmetall), is mainly industrial metal in the spirit of the new German heaviness. However, he mixes elements of both electronic industrial, alternative metal, and other genres. Many compositions are sustained in the same rhythm (for which Rammstein called his style "dance metal"), there are also more complex compositions. The musicians deny the direct influence of the Kraftwerk band: "We never liked them." The band's creativity is also attributed to such styles of rock music as hard rock, gothic metal, nu metal, symphonic metal, progressive metal and alternative metal.

The author of all the lyrics, with the exception of cover versions of works by other artists, is Till Lindemann.

The texts can be divided into album and non-album. Since each album has its own theme and concept, the lyrics of the songs included in it should correspond to them. For example, the second album of the band Sehnsucht is dedicated to strange and perverted desires. Each song of this album describes one of them: "Tier" ("Beast") — incest and pedophilia, "Bestrafe mich" ("Punish me") — sadomasochism, "Buck dich" ("Bend over") — violence, adultery. The album "Liebe ist für alle da" ("Love for everyone"), dedicated to love, is also indicative in this regard. As a bonus, there were 5 tracks that were not included in the album because their lyrics are not related to its theme.

Till uses obscene language extremely rarely. The main provocative effect is due to the theme, the semantic load of the text, which balance on the verge of morality and/or aesthetics, although sometimes they step over them without any problems. The subject of the texts is the dark sides of life. The literary hero of the texts is, as a rule, in some way flawed from the traditional point of view, a maniac, a pervert or just a character obsessed with something with a non—standard view of things. Many texts are characterized by anatomicity and varying degrees of sadomasochism.