German industrial favourites Rammstein have posted the following message online:

 

"Now that the band has finished pre-production in Berlin for its new album, Operation "Album 6" is going forward full steam ahead. Christoph Schneider arrived in Los Angeles last week to meet with Jacob Hellner and production team (i.e., currently Ulf Kruckenberg and Florian Ammon) to undertake preparations for recording of all the drum tracks.

 

"Also to arrive in L.A. this week for the drum sessions, Paul and Richard. Finally, a studio has been rented near San Francisco for the bulk of the main recording work, and the band will go into retreat there for several weeks starting on November 9th, 2008. Clear the decks, the Rammstein tanker is once again under steam!"

It'll be good to have them back, hopefully a bit more 'On-Form"... I was never really convinced by "Rosenrot" tbh.... It had its moments, but it also had some right chaff on it..... A return to the "Mutter" sort of pedigree would be most welcome.....

It'll be good to have them back, hopefully a bit more 'On-Form"... I was never really convinced by "Rosenrot" tbh.... It had its moments, but it also had some right chaff on it..... A return to the "Mutter" sort of pedigree would be most welcome.....

 

My thoughts exactly. They perfected their sound with that album.

It'll be good to have them back, hopefully a bit more 'On-Form"... I was never really convinced by "Rosenrot" tbh.... It had its moments, but it also had some right chaff on it.....

 

but wasnt "Rosenrot" really not a proper album but an odds n sodds collection of left-overs....maybe we should compare it to something more like Prospeckt's March (i wonder if Rammstein will be having a coldplay vibe on their newbie :lol: :lol: ) - something that could easily be packaged with the parent album as a bonus...

Rammstein finish first part of new album sessions

 

After seven weeks of intensive work in the studio, German industrial metallers Rammstein completed the first part of the recording sessions for their new album on December 21, 2008. Drums, guitar, bass and some of the vocal tracks were laid down before the Rammstein bandmembers and producers took off for the holidays. Work on the CD will resume in early 2009 for a tentative fall release.

 

Video footage of Christoph Schneider from Rammstein laying down tracks for the group's new CD last month at a studio in Los Angeles can be viewed below.

 

Rammstein recorded the initial tracks for the new album in Los Angeles with Jacob Hellner and the production team of Ulf Kruckenberg and Florian Ammon. A studio was rented near San Francisco for the bulk of the main recording work.

 

Rammstein's "Völkerball" DVD was released in North America in September 2007. The disc features performances from France, England, Japan and Russia. The DVD was released in three different formats. The standard two-disc DVD/CD package contains a 140-minute live video and 75-minute live CD. The special-edition package also includes a tour documentary and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Reise, Reise". Finally, the limited collectors' edition contains four discs packaged in a 190-page book with photos from the tour.

 

Rammstein's last album, "Rosenrot", received its long-overdue U.S. release in March 2006 via Universal Music. The CD, which was certified platinum in Germany for sales in excess of 200,000 copies within two weeks of release in October 2005, topped the official album chart in Germany, Austria and Finland, and landed at No. 2 in Sweden and Denmark, No. 4 in the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, No. 5 in France, No. 6 in Mexico, No. 11 in Italy and No. 29 in the U.K. In addition, "Rosenrot" achieved gold status in Austria, the Czech Republic and Switzerland.

Looking forward to having them back... love Rammstein!