Album Info

Sehnsucht (Remastered 2023)

Metal - 1997

Rammstein became superstars in their native Germany upon the release of their 1995 debut, Herzeleid. However, the industrial-leaning metal band... more

Tracklist

1

Sehnsucht

4:03 min
2

Engel

4:24 min
3

Tier

3:48 min
4

Bestrafe mich

3:38 min
5

Du hast

3:55 min
6

Bück dich

3:23 min
7

Spiel mit mir

4:46 min
8

Klavier

4:23 min
9

Alter Mann

4:24 min
10

Eifersucht

3:36 min
11

Küss mich (Fellfrosch)

3:34 min
12

Spiel mit mir (2023 Mix)

4:46 min

About Sehnsucht (Remastered 2023)

Rammstein became superstars in their native Germany upon the release of their 1995 debut, Herzeleid. However, the industrial-leaning metal band can thank David Lynch for laying the groundwork for the U.S. success of their second album, 1997’s Sehnsucht: The director used a pair of songs from Herzeleid in his high-profile film Lost Highway, which landed in theaters several months before Sehnsucht hit stores. These two tunes, “Heirate mich” and “Rammstein,” also appeared on the star-studded Lost Highway soundtrack—meaning the group were already rubbing elbows with David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, and Marilyn Manson. Rammstein’s brawny hard rock fit right in with the output of those musical titans, as Sehnsucht (a word that translates, roughly, to the concept of “longing” in the English language) paired chugging metallic riffs with gruff vocals and futuristic electronic effects. This approach is best embodied by “Du hast,” a rock-chart hit driven by insistent programming pulses and aggressive guitar shards, and the slower “Engel,” which employs sinewy grooves and disorienting digital bursts. Yet Sehnsucht succeeded because of Rammstein’s flair for the dramatic and well-honed sense of dynamics. Expressive frontman Till Lindemann barks out his German-language lyrics like a poised stage actor on the menacing strut “Spiel mit mir.” That song is directly followed by the equally ominous “Klavier,” which alternates between quiet verses full of spidery piano and crashing, loud choruses. Confident and seductive, Sehnsucht was a creative high point of the ’90s industrial-metal boom.