Rammstein @ Gelredome

Rammstein @ GelredomeOn Sunday December 6th, we saw the Rammstein 'Liebe ist für alle da' tour in the Gelredome in Arnhem, the Netherlands. The evening started with the support act Combichrist. These guys use drums and synthesizer to generate lots of noise. Music/rhythm; good, vocals; bad :-). Definitely not my cup of tea.

Just after 8 o'clock Rammstein started with the song 'Rammlied' from their latest album. Probably the best song for opening their show. And a great show it was. The show was filled with enough pyrotechnics to provide a small village in Siberia with warmth for at least a year.

Only two (minor) possibilities for improvements;

• Video screens
  Every concert since the early nineties has some sort of video display for the people in the back. The Rammstein concert didn't have any, so lot's of people didn't get a good view of the show they put on. Also the stage seemed to be on the low side. Too bad.
• Interaction with the audience
  They mostly did their own thing on stage. Little to no interaction with the audience. I guess that the reason is the great show/performance. They have to stay on 'script'. Also, too bad. But then again, if they don't stay on script, people might get burned (see video below).

Apart from those minor issues we had a great time.

Some clips from the concert (note that the microphone from the LX3 clips 'a bit');

'Benzin'

'Engel'

Some photos from the concert can be viewed on my flickr page.