A Triumph in Controversy: Liebe ist für alle da

SCORE: 97/100

Six albums in has never sounded so strong,


and you know an album is going to be good when it wound up in as much controversy as this one did.


'Liebe ist für alle da' manages to be their most disturbing, grisly, danceable project yet - with the synth work on this project feeling even more like something from a violently sexual underground club scene than anything else they have created at this point into their careers. 


There's an even stronger, much more disturbing force held by this album - with heavier sounds present within the first track alone and the truly disturbing lyrical content through the infamous second track in particular, 'Liebe ist für alle da' is Rammstein at their hardest, their most violent, their most psychosexual and intense. This album was an incredible way for them to close off before their eventual decade-long hiatus, but they made enough strong material to make their entire discography sound fresh every single time you listen to them.


The band being so well-versed into music and having their sound completely catered and fine-tuned makes this album sound even more crisp and enjoyable than some of their previous projects, with instantly catchy hooks, choruses, and instrument work as well as the band's signature sound with even more theatrics than on projects like 'Herzeleid', 'Liebe ist für alle da' feels surprisingly underappreciated as far as Rammstein albums go.


Despite the release of this album being plagued in issues due to it being placed onto the registry because of 'Ich tu dir weh' alone, 'Liebe ist für alle da' still managed to do well enough to be another point of success for the band - with pre-sales alone in Finland shooting the album up to platinum status there. The album stirred up so much controversy that no minors were allowed to purchase it due to it being deemed as "harmful", and this resulted in it being banned from display in stores that minors were even allowed entry into - no one under 18 was allowed anywhere near this album. 


This album has an incredible mix of catchier songs and more fast-paced tracks that leave the album feeling like a delightfully hazy whirlwind of sounds and tones - all of which are so unique to Rammstein that you won't get anything remotely close to this album from any other band; and no matter how hard another band did try, they wouldn't pull this sound off quite like this. It feels like Rammstein have access to a secret cheat code into making the best industrial music the entire genre has to offer - and they utilize it strikingly well.


Although moments like 'Frühling in Paris' don't pack as much of a punch as some of the other, more hard-hitting moments on the album, the entire project comes together into yet another triumphant display of everything that makes Rammstein who they are.


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