Rammstein announces exclusive 'Sehnsucht' Limited Anniversary Edition

Reissue includes new remix of ‘Spiel Mit Mir” (Play With Me)

Rammstein is reissuing its sophomore album, Sehnsucht (“Longing”), as a Limited Anniversary Edition on June 9th. Remastered in HD sound for the first time on CD for the ‘Anniversary Edition’ of an album that can rightfully be termed iconic, this 2023 version exclusively includes a new mix of the track “Spiel Mit Mir,” and comes in a selection of exclusive, elaborately packaged formats, including CD, MC, Digital, plus a pair of double LPs, one black vinyl, the other white.

For the six Berliners there is a certain way of doing things. The kind that has made their band and their brand a worldwide phenomenon, an award-winning, multi-platinum record-breaking collective unlike anything else.

Following the release of their debut album Herzeleid (“Heartbreak”) as Limited Anniversary Edition, it is time to revisit the band’s sophomore album, originally released in August 1997. Sehnsucht peaked at No. 1 on the German and Austrian charts, also reaching the Top 50 in the US and becoming the only fully-German album to be certified platinum Stateside.

Twenty-six years and a new century on, it’s clear that Sehnsucht, another 11-tracker like Herzeleid, indeed like all of the studio outings has lost none of its initial power. From opener, “Sehnsucht” itself, to “Du Hast” or the follow up “Engel,” through to closing number, “Küss Mich (Fellfrosch)” (“Kiss Me (Fur Frog)”), Rammstein’s sophomore release sees the founding members spectacularly hitting their stride, making greater use of electronics and samples, as well as the melodic side of Till Lindemann’s considerable vocal range.

To millions heroes, to others villains, there’s no question that Sehnsucht – the band’s first official release in the US – was the album that fully shaped who Rammstein were, what they sounded like and what they stood for. Sehnsucht underlined in red pen just how intriguing, and singular, they really were, and just where that collective mind was prepared to go, starting with the sleeve itself.