Reise, Reise
Studio album · Released · September 27, 2004
Reise, Reise (“journey, journey”) opens a more melodic era without losing the weight. “Mein Teil”, inspired by a real case that shook Germany; “Amerika”, an ironic critique of cultural globalization; and “Ohne dich”, one of the band’s most beloved ballads, all live on the same record.
For the Colombian community it carries extra meaning: 2004 is also the year Rammstein Colombia was born, across the Atlantic. While the band toured the world, the archive that sustains this site today was beginning to form here.
Recording
Recording began in November 2003 at El Cortijo Studio in Málaga, Spain. Jacob Hellner produced with the band, and the album was mixed in 2004 at Toytown Studio in Stockholm.
It reached number 1 in Germany, spent 85 weeks in the top 100 and is seven times gold there. In 2005 it won the Echo award in the New Rock/Metal/Alternative category.
The packaging imitates an aircraft’s black box. Before the first song, on a hidden track, there are recordings from Japan Air Lines Flight 123, which crashed in 1985. The title comes from the call “Reise, reise!” used to wake sailors.