Band : Rammstein
Album Title : Liebe Ist Für Alle Da
Label : Pilgrim/ Universal
Distribution : Universal
Release date : November 2009
Review : CD

Rammstein ist wieder zurück = Rammstein is back again!
“Liebe Ist Für Alle Da” is the sixth studio album of the German industrial metal band Rammstein.
Patience is a virtue for the Rammstein fans, because the six band members surely took their time after the release of the previous studio album, “Rosenrot” (2005) and the live DVD “Völkerball” (2006).

But now the band from Berlin, formed in 1994 and with more than 10 million albums sold worldwide on the counter, is back in full force.
The typical Rammstein ingredients that made a masterpiece of the album “Mutter” (2001), are present again: the powerful combination of grinding guitar riffs with danceable synthesizer rhythms and military-sounding drum patterns, submerged with the dark whispering theatrical voice of Till Lindemann who emphasizes the controversial and at the same time humoristic lyrics in angry Teutonic.
“Liebe Ist Für Alle Da” (just like all the previous albums produced by Jacob Hellner) contains 11 songs, has a playing time of 46 minutes and is packed in a good-looking digipack.

Highlights of the album are the opening track “Rammlied”, the second single “Ich Tu Dir Weh” (this track is censored in Germany where it doesn’t appear on the edited version), “Bückstabü”, the ballad “Frühling In Paris” (with even some lyrics in French), “Wiener Blut” (a song about the incest drama in Vienna, Austria), the first single “Pussy” (with an explicit pornographic video clip), the title track “Liebe Ist Für Alle Da” and “Mehr”.
On the other hand, the closing track “Roter Sand” is a real dull song.
A limited edition of the album is available with five bonus tracks
Rammstein are rounding up their European indoor tour, with for instance a live date at Sportpaleis, Antwerp (Belgium) on December 10th 2009. The first outdoor tour dates are already confirmed for 2010, with for instance a live date at the Pinkpop festival in the Netherlands on May 28th 2010 and my guess is that they will probably play in Belgium at Graspop or Rock Werchter.

85/100

Erik.