I still can't believe I saw Rammstein. A few years ago I didn't even think it was possible, especially after their first US show in a decade at Madison Square Garden,which sold out in under 5 minutes, in 2010, without future plans of returning for a full tour. Thankfully, they came back and actually played in Massachusetts on this full tour (their second since returning to touring the States, they didn't play Massachusetts on their first full tour last summer).
The opener was Joe Letz of Combichrist doing DJ remixes of Rammstein songs. To say the set was pointless would be a gross understatement. Hearing really bad electronic/dubstep remixes of Rammstein songs was awful. The set dragged and dragged along for a half-hour. It really failed as an attempt to pump the crowd up and I was really happy when it was over.
Thankfully, there was absolutely no set changeover time and Rammstein entered immediately after Joe Letz was done. They had a really elaborate intro. They came in and went over to a smaller stage in the middle of the floor then crossed over to the main stage on a huge walkway that came down from the ceiling. They were all wearing cloaks and one of the members (I think it was their bass player, but I have terrible vision so I can't swear to that) was carrying a torch. Upon reaching the stage, he used the torches to light these cauldron-like objects on either side of the stages and then they broke right into "Sonne" and the two hours of madness started. Their stage show, as expected, was the best I've ever seen. There was no shortage of fire, explosions, sparks, and other excitement that provided for non-stop entertainment throughout their set. Clearly there were a lot of highlights, but the best moments included Till Landerman standing under a shower of sparks during "Mutter", Till wearing a butcher outfit (complete with a mic that looked like a butcher knife) and lighting the cauldrons on fire with a flamethrower causing certain fireworks to fall from the ceiling with each one hitting their keyboard player as he ran around the stage during "Mein Teli", the boomerang fireworks leading to a giant explosion covering the entire stage during "Du Hast", Till crowdsurfing in a giant raft during "Haifisch", Most of the band wearing gimpsuits and being walked on leashes by their drummer Cristoph across the walkway onto the small stage before they played "Buck Dich" (which ended with Till wearing this fucking crazy mask spitting some unknown liquid on the crowd), Till wearing angel wings that shot fire during "Engel", and finally Till spraying the crowd with a giant penis cannon during set closer "Pussy". Their entire show was dynamic and just a ton of fun. I've never seen anything even close to it before in the forty plus shows I've been to. Besides their mind-blowing stage show, they also sounded great musically. Till sounded better live than on disc and the band played with a lot of energy. They played all the songs I wanted to hear. "Sehnsucht", "Feuer Frei!", "Du Hast", "Amerika" (first time this was played in a while, glad they included it), "Ich Will", and especially Mein Heirz Brent (so epic live) were the standouts of the set. Seeing Rammstein was a dream come true and they did not disappoint in the slightest.
Score
Joe Letz 2.5/10
Rammstien 9.5/10
Setlist
Rammstein:
Sonne
Wollt Ihr Das Bett In Flammen Sehen
Keine Lust
Sehnsucht
Asche
zu Asche
Feuer Frei!
Mutter
Mein Teil
Du Riechst So Gut
Links
2-3-4
Du Hast
Haifisch
Buck Dich
Mann Gegen Man
Ohne Dich
Encore:
Mein
Herz Brennt
Amerika
Ich Will
Encore 2:
Engel
Pussy
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