After months of speculation, Rammstein have confirmed the name of their sixth studio album to be LIEBE IST FÜR ALLE DA (U.S. release on Oct. 20 via Universal Music Germany through a marketing and distribution deal with Vagrant Records).The album art, with painting-like photography created by Eugenio Recuenco, features a multi-panel storyboard incorporating band members in what is sure to carry on the controversy that surrounds Rammstein and their visual imagery.
Commenting on the themes addressed in LIEBE IST FÜR ALLE DA drummer Christoph Schneider said, "The overriding theme, I would say, is extreme forms of love..." Rammstein keyboard player, Flake Lorenz added, "Love can be interpreted in many different ways; for example, sometimes unreciprocated love can lead to tragic situations – mass murders, school shootings, terrible events like that. Hate is the negative form of love, like hot and cold..."
Continuing the Berlin band's tradition of creating 11-song albums, the track listing for LIEBE IST FÜR ALLE DA is:
1. Rammlied
2. Ich Tu Dir Weh
3. Waidmanns Heil
4. Haifisch
5. B********
6. Frühling in Paris
7. Wiener Blut
8. Pussy
9. Liebe ist Für Alle Da
10. Mehr
11. Roter Sand
As previously announced, the first single is "Pussy" with B-side "Rammlied." The single will be available exclusively via iTunes on Sept. 22. An accompanying video, directed by Jonas Åkerlund, has been completed and will premiere at www.visit-x.net/rammstein on Oct. 16 at 4 pm eastern/1 pm pacific.
Upcoming Rammstein tour dates are:
November 8 Lisbon, Portugal Atlantic Pavilion
10 Madrid, Spain Sports Palace of the Community of Madrid
11 Barcelona, Spain Pavello Olimpic de Badalona
14 Bilboa, Spain Bizkaia Arena
16 Nantes, France Zenith Nantes Metropole
18 Basel, Switzerland St. Jakobshalle
19 Geneva, Switzerland Geneva Arena
21 Vienna, Austria Stadthalle
23 Munich, Germany Olympiahalle
24 Leipzig, Germany Arena
25 Prauge, Czech Republic O2 Arena
27 Katowice, Poland Spodek
29 Cologne, Germany Lanxess Arena
30 Cologne, Germany Lanxess Arena
December 2 Lyon, France Halle Tony Garnier
3 Strasburg, France Zenith
4 Luxembourg, Luxembourrg Rockhal
6 Arnhem, Netherlands GelreDome
8 Paris, France Bercy
9 Paris, France Bercy
10 Antwerp, Belgium Sportpaleis
11 Frankfurt, Germany Festhalle
12 Stuttgart, Germany Schleyer-Halle
14 Hamburg, Germany Color Line Arena
15 Copenhagen, Denmark Forum
17 Rostock, Germany HanseMesse
18 Berlin, Germany Velodrom
19 Berlin, Germany Velodrom
20 Berlin, Germany Velodrom
21 Berlin, Germany Velodrom
February 6 Dortmund, Germany Westfalenhalle 1
7 Dortmund, Germany Westfalenhalle 1
8 Mannheim, Germany Maimarkthalle
10 Chemnitz, Germany Arena
11 Dresden, Germany Messehalle
12 Dresden, Germany Messehalle
14 Erfurt, Germany Messehelle
15 Kiel, Germany Sparkassenarena
