Rammstein - Lichtspielhaus

RS: 3of 4 Stars

Rammstein, as you may know, are a fun-loving Teutonic metal-synth band with cryptofascist issues and a thing for fire. The live footage on this retrospective charts their growth from homoerotic industrial-rock goofballs to sweaty metal-techno knuckleheads. Beginning with the Reservoir Dogs-damaged clip for their MTV hit "Du Hast," Lichtspielhaus segues through six little films that are more headbanging, hee-larious and self-aware than anything coming out of Hollywood these days.

PAT BLASHILL
(February 25, 2004)