Rammstein

First Single From Forthcoming Album - Sept. 22; Album Oct. 20

LOS ANGELES (Sept. 2, 2009) – Rammstein will release “Pussy,” with B-side “Rammlied,” on Sept. 22 as the first single from their forthcoming album on Oct.20.

The single, available exclusively via iTunes, is the first new music to come from the Berlin-based band in over four years. Having sold three million albums in the U.S. alone (and over 14 million worldwide), anticipation for the new album, whose title has been a closely guarded secret, is high with rumors running rampant worldwide as to the theme and contents of the new release. The album will be released in the U.S. via Universal Music Germany through a marketing and distribution deal with Vagrant Records on Oct. 20.

A post on from the band’s website this morning heralded the news of the first available music via the “Pussy” single: “Carried by a gigantic wave of testosterone, Rammstein unsheathes its sword and presents what makes man an animal. So start your engines. With pedal to the metal on the Autobahn of German clichés, where homage is paid to the hand-to-hand battle between the sexes with words like Bratwurst, Blitzkrieg, and Mercedes-Benz … to destinations abroad, past Heidi with her burgers and away from the German Fräuleinwunder.” An accompanying video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund,; premiere information coming soon.

Pre-production for the new album was done at Castle Beesenstedt in eastern Germany’s Halle/Saale while the bulk of the recording was done in late 2008 at Northern California’s Sonoma Mountain Studio. As with the band’s previous releases, the new album was mixed and mastered by Jacob Hellner in Stockholm.

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