ROSENROT
I love when a new RAMMSTEIN CD shows up, because I know two things are
immediately going to happen: 1) I'm not going to understand a goddamn
word of Till Lindemann's vocals (because they're all in German...duh),
and 2) I'm going to want to beat the piss out of someone immediately
afterward. Such is once again the case with
Rosenrot. Now, I have read some abyssmal reviews of their previous disc
Reise, Reise,
which I didn't think was that bad, actually. Sure, I thought they could
have picked up the tempo a little, but it wasn't a bad collection of
tunes at all. The same criticism holds true for
Rosenrot.
I sincerely wish they could have picked up the pace a little bit on
these tracks, because what got me hooked on Rammstein way back when
Herzeleid
was released was that every song sounded like a freight train was
rolling through your speakers. Now, it seems like Lindermann, a former
athlete and author, wants us to pay attention to his emotional,
gut-wrenching lyrics. Thank God for "Te Quiero Puta!" and "Zerstören",
which pick up the pace enough to make me remember why I started buying
Rammstein CDs.
If only I comprehended German. Perhaps then I would appreciate them.
Language barriers aside (except for "Te Quiero Puta!", which is sung in Spanish)
Rosenrot
is a solid release from these guys. I can appreciate the fact that they
want to evolve as a band, and don't want to revisit the same disc over
and over, but I just wish they'd speed up the pace a little and cater
to my desire to punch the mailman in the face... or the UPS guy... or
the FedEx guy... whoever shows up first.
