Now the good stuff. The album opens with Sehnsucht, a great opener. Engel and Tier keep the adrenaline flow constant, and Bestrafe Mich calms the calamity down a little, but not enough for a lack of fun. Du Hast explodes the stereo flavor, then Buck Dich and Spiel Mit Mir bring you to the dark side of Rammstein. Klavier and Alter Mann calm the nerves just sweetly, letting you relax before the finale, Kuss Mich (Fellfrosch). Personally, I believe that the entire album just plain out rocks. The guitars are beautifully creative, the bass (while lacking slightly) keeps the flow steady, the drums and synths make the mix even more tasty, and Till's voice (as demonically crazed as it can sound at times) adds more to the mood (esp. Klavier and Spiel Mit Mir).

If you do get this album (you WILL get Sehnsucht!!), I'd also recommend their first, Herzeleid, and the acclaimed Live Aus Berlin. When their next album comes out, you'd better get that too!


Awesome   February 16, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

If you like German Rock or want to explore and try something new, this is the CD to buy.


Great disc, buy if you like modern metal at all.   April 21, 2001
john turner (Baytown, TX USA)
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just some clarifications on the German:
'hast' is a homophone and a homonym for 2 words in german. They are the 2nd person singular forms of the verbs haben (to have) and hassen (to hate).

'Du hast mich gefragt und ich hab nichts gesagt' could be translated as "You have asked me and I haven't said" or "'You hate me?' you asked and I have not said". If you read it as 'have' then you can think of the overall meaning of the verse to be "You have me. You asked me (probably if I love you) but I haven't said."

Or, on a more complex note, you could take the lines from "Du. Du hast. Du hast mich." to be hate, and then the "Du hast mich gefragt und ich hab nichts gesagt" to mean "You have asked me and I haven't said."

Taken as a whole the essential meaning becomes 'you hate me because I haven't answered you' which would be very clever lyricly, creating multiple levels of meaning. But it could all be coincidence. It only gets weird because the English version lyrics create a problem. Besides, Tier (animal) is a much more fun!