How is Till Lindemann’s new solo album “Zunge” received by the press? We take a look at some of the reviews so far.
Till Lindemann’s new solo album “Zunge” was released on November 3rd, 2023. Unsurprisingly, the Rammstein frontman causes divided opinions – everything can be found from relatively benevolent, more reserved reviews to biting sarcasm and ridicule.
“WORLD“Sees Lindemann’s work as obviously being a hit song. “It’s a shame that Heck, Dieter-Thomas, is no longer alive. He would have been happy to throw his tie back if he had announced the man… the Linde… the Till in his ‘hit parade’: Because that’s exactly where the Rammstein singer’s solo album belongs,” writes author Peter Huth in his review and calls Lindemann’s new work “a mess of sound and words”. With the conclusion: “You just have to stare at it. Over and over again”
METAL HAMMER however, gives 3 out of 5 points. “Anyone who can gain something from Lindemann’s previous works (at least in part) and is able to ignore the tumult of the last few months will enjoy (parts of) ZUNGE. However, the audacity with which the machinery of pleasurable border crossing (album) and profitable mass enchantment (tour) is restarted shortly after the allegations have been dismissed gives a deep insight – any band with a shred of understanding for the problem of what happened would have taken part in this one The position will probably be withdrawn for at least a while,” says the criticism.
“As if a ninth grader had scratched sentences into the table with a pocket knife.”
Joachim Hentschel writes in the “South German newspaper“, it is hardly worth it to “explore Lindemann’s Wilhelm Busch rock for deeper meanings” and judges: “The most interesting message that ‘Zunge’ sends us has nothing to do with the content of the songs. ‘Tongue’ says: Lindemann is still there. He doesn’t go away. In 2024 he will go on tour again with Rammstein. The alleged cancel culture that Instagram commentators often invoke remains little more than a right-wing populist aberration in the German cultural scene. Which also means: The fight against abuse of power and unbearable sexism in the pop industry must continue, vigorously. It certainly won’t damage any seriously great art.”