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Genre: Rock
Release Date: 09/18/2007

It should surprise absolutely no one, but Rammstein's CD/DVD live set Volkerball is one for the fan, but what a gluttonous and delicious feast of industrial Teutonic metal they're in for. First off, there's the visual element on the DVD. Not that Rammstein's studio albums are lacking but you have to see their intense stage show to truly appreciate them. Fritz Lang's grungy vision of the future mixes with a stately Laibach kind of detachment while flame throwers, explosions, and hundreds of lights get abused with such abandon that Kiss must be jealous. The DVD features a full show from 2005 in Nimes, France plus shorter versions of the same set from England and Japan plus a quick snippet from a 2004 gig in Russia. The cameras do a wonderful job of capturing everything important, Rammstein do a fine job of delivering their dramatic vision, and the producers do a wonderful of overdubbing (or maybe Rammstein are really the tightest band to ever inhabit the earth). The casually curious will find the DVD too overstuffed with redundancy and the CD no different than the studio albums, but for fans this is beyond essential. [A bonus DVD version was also released.]

~David Jeffries, All Music Guide

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Michael OConnor - Lighting Technician
Joe McArthur - Production Coordination
Andy Rose - Audio Supervisor
Tom Francis - Camera Assistant
Richard Griffin - Lighting
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James Prentice - Production Assistant
Paul Landers - Director
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Phil Walker - Camera Assistant
Ulf Kruckenberg - Engineer
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Simon George - Editing
Christine Henry - Associate Director
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Ian Stewart - Executive Producer
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Thomas Eberger - Mastering
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Yoshiyasu Kumada - Audio Engineer
Natalie Johns - Producer
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Rebecca Mays - Production Coordination
Ollie Nesham - Assistant
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Dave Emery - Technician
Alastair Watson - Gaffer
Emanuel Fialik - Director
Emanuel Fialik - Producer
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Mike Nash - Stage Crew
Andy Pellett - Camera Operator
Chris Naggs - Editing
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Matt Shaddick - Assistant
Tim Thompsett - Editing
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Bobby Good - Video Editor
Ralf Ahrend - Backline Technician
Peter Aquinde - Production Design
Stefanie Bach - Make-Up
Alexander Becker - Sound System
Catherine Barker - Production Coordination
Cameron Barnett - Camera Operator
Frédéric Batier - Photography
Simon Bennett - Editing Assistant
Mathilde Bonnefoy - Director
Mathilde Bonnefoy - Editing
Richard Bowie - Editing Assistant
Lindsay Boyle - Assistant Director
Lindsay Boyle - Associate Director
Phillip Busse - Audio Engineer
Renzo Cargnelutti - Pyrotechnics
Ulf Deckel - Sound System
Robin Delwish - Assistant
Ryuzo Hirata - Director
Heike Kraemer - Production Assistant
Charlie Ledin - Mixing Assistant
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John Toft - Director
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Tom VanHeesch - Mixing Assistant
Andreas Vater - Sound System
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Simon Saunders - Video Editor
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Laurence Conroy - Technical Assistance
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Björn Harder - Stage Manager
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Andy Brown - Lighting
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Detlev Maler - Backline Technician
Mikael Maurin - Gaffer
Simon McLaren - Stage Crew
Dave Miller - Camera Operator
Erik Mischijew - Mixing
Hideki Misuda - Technical Director
Kikue Nakane - Camera Assistant
Shinya Nakaso - Camera Operator
Putte Nielsen - Backline Technician
Torsten Nowald - Stage Crew
Markus Olma - Stage Crew
Sophie Onillon - Costume Design
Tanja Pacht - Make-Up
Neil Papworth - Technical Manager
Gary Parnham - Stage Crew
Ed Ratnikov - Promoter
Rossi Rossberg - Backline Technician
Kaye Rudin - Camera Assistant
Scott Sanderson - Lighting
Hioyuki Sase - Video Engineer
Jörg Schmitt - Backline Technician
Hiroyuki Seki - Camera Operator
Sonny Sheridan - Colorist
Prav Shetty - Camera Operator
Naoki Shimizu - Promoter
Philip "Pepe" Solga - Generator
Michael Steinl - Authoring
Chad Taylor - Backline Technician
Ringo Storch - Lighting
Ben Stubley - Technician
Yasushi Takano - Camera Operator
Phil van den Berg - Stage Crew
Cadu Vasconcellos - Dub Engineer
Hajime Wada - Camera Operator
Steve Watson - Camera Operator
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Demanufacture
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Aenima
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Desensitized
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    Meshuggah / CD / 1991
Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)
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Release Date: 09/18/2007
Genre: rock