As you can imagine, the video clip is suitably disturbing and weird given the genesis of the song, with each member of Rammstein fighting with their own demons. The opening single from 2004’s Reise, Reise, the title, German slang for ‘my penis’, was inspired by the real-life case of two German men who, decided to meet up chop off, cook and eat one of the man’s penis, before the other man (with the permission of the now eunuch) killed, cooked and ate the remains of the other. Plus, it makes for a great teaching tool when teaching high school kids, the use of visual techniques! From the tracking shots, the point of view shots, the symbolic use of colour, and fast motion, the clip is an entertaining ride into a man’s obsession with a woman. A gothic horror story, the clip, although now a little dated with it’s special effects, is a veritable how to, in using camera and other visual techniques. The re-release of ‘Du Riechst So Gut’ in 1998, brought with it a new video clip.

To celebrate the release of their first new video clip since 2012, and their first original song since 2011’s ‘ Mein Land’, we take a look back at some of the bands highlights with our Top 10 Rammstein Music Videos… #10 – ‘Du Riechst So Gut ‘98’

With its exploration into Germany’s violent and sordid past, representing their motherland as a woman of colour, the video clip and song is sure to raise some eyebrows and cause outrage among certain sections of the world (as we’ve started seeing already). This obviously extends to their music video clips, many of which have courted controversy for its content, and the release of ‘ Deutschland’ is no different.

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