Listening to zickzack right now, pretty decent. Kinda has that mutter sound with the clean power chord rhythm section and big choir like synth pads. guitar tones have that course grainy sans-amp sound I always liked too.
interesting, i had the opposite experience. thought zickzack was solid and classic rammstein. zeit kinda felt like spoon fed theatre to me. *shrugs*Zeit was outstanding, totally surprised me with the dynamic and emotions. Zick zack was pretty generic, the riff and melody are as formulaic as you can imagine, and looking at the tracklist I expect a few more of those 'stock' Rammstein numbers.
At the end of the day, the band is untouchable at this point anyway, they can not release a single new song and continue to sell out stadiums for as long as they wish.
Some of the criticisms towards Zick Zack are weird because it sounds like a proper Rammstein song to me. The song structures and riffs were always simple, and those choruses were always there. It sounds like something straight from Mutter, same vein as Ich Will and Spieluhr. Zeit is definitely something different.
This band's music is only enjoyable if you don't understand German.
I would disagree with that, I like a lot of the lyrics
Which of the lyrics don't you enjoy?
It would be easier to list the songs that I more or less like. Ohne Dich and Morgenstern are very good. Most of the lyrics are either stupidly simple or vulgar.
Ok! Some favorites that come to mind for me are Feuer und Wasser and Stein um Stein. But also I happen to like the vulgar ones. BÜCK DICH!! REIN, RAUS![]()
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Same, soldier field in Chicago for me. Been postponed enough and dunno if I can handle any more heh.Love the band, I’ll get this regardless. Seeing them in September (barring any crazy worldwide illness)