It was Sunday, at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, that Rammstein’s long-awaited North American stadium tour finally began. More than 43,000 metal and pyrotechnic enthusiasts had gathered, eager to find the famous German industrial metal band.
During the day, some were worried regarding thunderstorms. It was obvious, the gigantism of the production granted few possibilities of a new postponement of the show already postponed twice due to the pandemic. This is evidenced by a monstrous stage, 200 feet wide, 100 deep and 120 high, and staggering figures including a dizzying production team of 265 people, which mobilizes 260 local technicians per show, and 90 tractor-trailers transporting more than 1,350 tons. of material.
Fortunately, the storms have dissipated.
“Montreal, good evening! “, launched the leader Till Lindemann to a delirious crowd of enthusiasm and waving his arm, before continuing in his ultra deep voice on a Zick Zackanother piece from their very recent Time, eighth album released in the spring of 2022. The impressive lighting show with the band’s huge logo looming over the stage evoked something of Sauron’s eye of Mordor. In front of the stage, in the “Feuerzone”, the spectators were ready to have their eyelashes and eyebrows reddened and to get very hot.
The theatrical stagings followed one another on the stage with a gradual increase in visual effects. Intense and excellent Show yourselfwhere “Doktor Lorenz” shone in his gold sequined suit and continued running on his treadmill behind his synthesizer, followed by Lindemann’s sad clown with his flamethrower to his chest on the mighty My heart is burning bathed in red light.
With the arrival of a huge stroller on Puppet, which ignited in a mad rush of destruction, the show grew more ambitious. To the flames and backfires were added confetti, no less than 780 pounds in all, spat by a distressing baby from the pram into the crowd. The exuberance in terms of visual effects might only be at its peak with no less than 1070 projectors, 36 smoke machines and 35 fans.
Total euphoria on the immense success You havewhere the headbanging was in the spotlight in the crowd, with an impressive finale full of fireworks that unfolded up to the four sound towers in the heart of the crowd, before it got very hot on Sonne with huge pillars of fire 20 meters high.
All in all, 586 pyrotechnic effects have been put forward by the group to expose this hyper-creative universe that has been honed in on a quarter turn at times completely crazy and often solemnly mad.
As a reminder, the stage animals offered a sweet moment with the beautiful Engel and the Abelard duo on another elevated stage before navigating the crowd in dinghies to the main stage.
As of press time, a second encore was unfolding with Rammstein and a Lindemann literally bathed in flames and guitars blazing.
