I spoke with Rammstein guitarist and backing vocalist Paul Landers (via a translator) about their new album, and some of the inner turmoil the band has endured. Said Landers,
“After all of the years together, there was the tendency for band members to work together in smaller groups and then contribute ideas to the whole. [Drummer Christoph ‘Doom’ Schneider] issued an ultimatum, that we needed to work together or not do it at all.”
Read the rest of my Paul Landers interview over at Noisecreep.