Last year, we learned that Rammstein were recording a new album in the wake of COVID-19 postponing tour plans behind 2019's Untitled, and it appears the arrival of their eighth studio effort is also being impacted by external forces: namely, a paper shortage.
Composer Sven Helbig, who first worked with Rammstein as an arranger on 2004's Reise, Reise, told German daily Sächsische Zeitung that a lack of materials is the "trivial reason" behind the hold-up. His arrangement contributions on the forthcoming album will mark his fifth consecutive LP assisting Rammstein.
Helbig shared that his own work on Rammstein's eighth album is complete, while also casting doubt that the band's European and North American stadium tours would take place in 2022 [via MetalSucks]:
When will the new [Rammstein] album be released?
The band itself doesn't know at the moment. The trivial reason: lack of paper. They need to be able to send out a large number of CDs and records, i.e. lots of booklets and covers, worldwide at one go. And that's probably not feasible right now.
But you are finished your work?
Yes, my work is finished. Two weeks ago I finally delivered. For the band, this hang-up is annoying now. The six of them don't know when the album is coming, they don't know if the tour is going to happen this year.
They want to move forward, they want to play, but instead, like almost all musicians, they're sitting there wringing their hands, waiting for decisions to finally be made.
Will you reveal a few details?
It's all under wraps, but it's also impossible, because the band often [discards] songs at the last moment, changes them. Till doesn't want to rewrite a lyric, but Richard thinks it's stupid. Or the guitarists can't agree on a riff.
Already a song is [discarded]. With the previous albums, I often looked forward to something I'd heard and thought it was great.
At present, Rammstein's rescheduled North American tour kicks off August 21 in Montreal, and you can find their complete itinerary here.
Read Exclaim!'s review of Untitled.
Composer Sven Helbig, who first worked with Rammstein as an arranger on 2004's Reise, Reise, told German daily Sächsische Zeitung that a lack of materials is the "trivial reason" behind the hold-up. His arrangement contributions on the forthcoming album will mark his fifth consecutive LP assisting Rammstein.
Helbig shared that his own work on Rammstein's eighth album is complete, while also casting doubt that the band's European and North American stadium tours would take place in 2022 [via MetalSucks]:
When will the new [Rammstein] album be released?
The band itself doesn't know at the moment. The trivial reason: lack of paper. They need to be able to send out a large number of CDs and records, i.e. lots of booklets and covers, worldwide at one go. And that's probably not feasible right now.
But you are finished your work?
Yes, my work is finished. Two weeks ago I finally delivered. For the band, this hang-up is annoying now. The six of them don't know when the album is coming, they don't know if the tour is going to happen this year.
They want to move forward, they want to play, but instead, like almost all musicians, they're sitting there wringing their hands, waiting for decisions to finally be made.
Will you reveal a few details?
It's all under wraps, but it's also impossible, because the band often [discards] songs at the last moment, changes them. Till doesn't want to rewrite a lyric, but Richard thinks it's stupid. Or the guitarists can't agree on a riff.
Already a song is [discarded]. With the previous albums, I often looked forward to something I'd heard and thought it was great.
At present, Rammstein's rescheduled North American tour kicks off August 21 in Montreal, and you can find their complete itinerary here.
Read Exclaim!'s review of Untitled.
