It's not often that a professional video of a Rammstein concert surfaces! But now it has, thanks to Dutch festival Pinkpop, who have posted the video of the 18 May 1997 concert online - almost 28 years later!

In an interview with Bonedo.de about his new ESP LTD RZK-III signature guitar, Richard Kruspe compared #Rammstein to a house where some members have moved out, but the doors remain open.

He also confirmed the forthcoming release of the live album recorded in Mexico in October 2022, which is currently being mixed. There are no other concrete plans at the moment.

You're probably familiar with artificial intelligence chatbots such as ChatGPT or Perplexity. Perhaps you're already using one?

Well, we've been working on a Rammstein chatbot project for a few months now! We've trained an artificial intelligence model to respond as if it were a member of the Rammstein band during an interview.

Today, we're releasing the first version of RammGPT. You can ask your questions here: https://rammgpt.rammsteinworld.com

Christoph Schneider will be at the "Europe Drum Show", one of Europe's biggest drum and percussion event. It takes place on the last weekend of March at the Messe in Friedrichshafen, and Schneider will be on the Main Stage on Saturday 29 March at 5.15pm.

You can buy tickets on the Europe Drum Show website.

To mark the 50^th anniversary of ESP Guitars, Richard Z. Kruspe presented his new signature guitar RZK-III, which he has been playing live since June 2023. Featuring a “Phoenix”-shaped body and an “Olympic White” finish, the guitar will first be available as an LTD version (a more affordable ESP sub-brand), then as an ESP version.

Specifications are available on the ESP website, along with a video in which Richard describes the guitar and its genesis. It also features a studio version of the Ausländer outro, which until now had only been heard live.

We are saddened to learn of the death of David Lynch at the age of 78.

A director of genius, he made a major contribution to Rammstein's success outside Germany. In 1995, the band sent him their first album Herzeleid. David Lynch described listening to it in his car, on his way to the set of “Lost Highway”, as a slap in the face. He then played it on set, to energize the crew, and added the songs Rammstein and Heirate mich to the film's soundtrack. The band, ecstatic, later paid tribute to the director by using images from the film for the Rammstein video.

Adieu David Lynch.

Flake have released two new music videos from his Christmas album project Flake feiert Weihnachten, both directed by Joern Heitmann: Weißer Winterwald and Fairytale of New York.

Flake has announced that all profits generated by the album, which is released tomorrow in several formats, will be donated to the charity for disadvantaged children "Die Arche".

On 9 November 1989, when the Berlin Wall came down, Feeling B performed in West Berlin as part of a concert supported by the socialist government to promote East Germany. On keyboard and guitar were two musicians we know well: Christian ‘Flake’ Lorenz and Paul Landers.

The fall of the Wall, among other things, led Feeling B to split up, leaving Flake and Paul free to join a new band in 1994: Rammstein.

To mark the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, we're sharing an audio recording of Feeling B's concert at Berlin's Pike Club. Thanks to Atomiiik, a member of our forum.

Christmas is hell! "This year, we're not buying each other presents!" Well, except maybe a song. Or why not an entire album?

Flake will be releasing a Christmas album entitled Flake feiert Weihnachten on November 22, in digital, CD, vinyl and mini-cassette formats! The RammsteinShop will sell signed editions.

The tracklist is as follow: 1. Happy XMas (War is over), Flake / 2. Ihr Kinderlein, kommet, Flake / 3. Letzte Weihnacht, Icke & Er / 4. Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht, Flake feat. Jenny Rosemeyer / 5. Süßer Die Glocken Nie Klingen, Farin Urlaub / 6. Guten Abend, schön Abend, Flake / 7. Schneeflöckchen Weißröckchen, Käptn Peng / 8. Freu‘ dich (Leise rieselt der Schnee), Tausend Tonnen Obst / 9. Weißer Winterwald, Flake / 10. Oh, es riecht gut, Flake / 11. Tausend Sterne sind ein Dom, Stumpen (Knorkator) / 12. O Du Fröhliche, Flake feat. Andrea Hüber-Rhone / 13. Feliz Navidad, Flake / 14. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, Michael Robert Rhein (In Extremo) / 15. Alle Jahre wieder, Flake / 16. Fairytale of New York, Doro Pesch & Joey Kelly

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A video is already available to accompany the first single Happy Xmas (War Is Over)!

We have a new confirmation that the release of a documentary about Rammstein is getting closer! GEMA, the German copyright authority, has added two entries to its database, with the production year 2024:

• "Rammstein dokumentation", an episode with 4 minutes and 40 seconds of music inside;
• "Ja, nein, Rammstein", a video of unknown length.

All this remains enigmatic, but confirms our previous reports of a documentary series (presumably on Amazon Prime) accompanied by the single Ramm 4 ("Ja, nein, Rammstein" being the chorus). The clip could also serve as a trailer.

Stay tuned!