Today, April 29, 2022, the long-awaited new album “Zeit” will be released. Rammstein have also released a new single called “Angst”, which roughly anticipates what the song is about. The band members get along great at first and eat grilled sausages together. But skepticism is gradually growing. What is the other up to? On the Internet they suck supposed information that feeds paranoia.
Eventually, barbed wire is rolled out, walls are erected and surveillance cameras are installed to shadow the others. Horrific cheerleaders even deliver machine guns for money, which are ultimately aimed at the screens, opening up a black hole and engulfing the group. Lindemann can also be seen as a mental patient at the lectern.
The fact that the band is making a statement on racist, xenophobic views is clear given the line of text “Who’s afraid of the black man” and the people cooped up in barbed wire at the beginning and end of the video. In the end, the group peacefully munches the much-discussed chocolate kiss while watching the suffering of the imprisoned mother and daughter on television.
Rammstein: “Fear” – the lyrics
When the children are uneducated
Even the father threatened
“The black man, he’ll get you
If you don’t do my bidding”
And we believe that to this day
The country and its people are so scared
Something bad will happen
Evil comes, won’t go anymore
And the fear grows in the night
Door and gates are guarded
Backs wet, hands clammy
Everyone is afraid of the black man
He sneaks up in the dark
If you’re not good, he’ll touch you
Trust no stranger then
So much nightmare, so much madness
And so we believe to this day
The pack is heavily armed
Oh, they can’t stop it
Scream fire in the alleys
And the fear grows in the night
Not a wink at all
Backs wet, hands clammy
Everyone is afraid of the black man
Who is afraid of the black man?
Who is afraid of the black man?
Who is afraid of the black man?
who’s scared
And the fear grows in the night
Not a wink at all
Backs wet, hands clammy
Everyone is afraid
Watch the clip for Rammstein’s “Angst” here: