After 3 years Rammstein are back with their new single "Mein Teil". The accompanying video has already caused heated discussions.
'Disgusting! Scandal band shocks with cannibal clip!' reads the headline in VIVABamS on Sunday 25th july 2004. VIVA BamS continues: 'Is a video about a cannibal still artistic? Borderline? Or just sick?' The paper goes on to quote Tom Bohne (Universal Music): 'The Rammstein video is an artistic way to deal with an unusual topic. It makes me deal with the song itself - That's exactly what the video should do!'. The current edition of the SPIEGEL magazine writes about the 'sicko howlers': 'After a 3 year break the exponents of bombastic rock (...) are back with scandalous riotous noise. Likewise the 'Hamburger Morgenpost' responded indignantly to the 'sick video clip', music channel VIVA temporarily took the video off its website.' While MTV only shows the video after 11pm, it is still on the highest day time rotation on VIVA. The controversial original version of the video can be downloaded from the internet via the single that is released on monday 26th july.