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Lindemann - Skills In Pills

Published June 29 2015


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=Staff's pick

Skills In Pills*
Ladyboy
Fat
Fish On*
Children Of The Sun
Home Sweet Home
Cowboy*
Golden Shower
Yukon*
Praise Abort
That's My Heart


Genre Industrial Metal
Till Lindemann
Vocals
Tracks 11
Peter Tägtgren
Guitar
Running time 45 Min.
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Guitar
Label Warner Music
Peter Tägtgren
Bass
Release June 22, 2015
Peter Tägtgren
Drums
Country Sweden/Germany
Peter Tägtgren
Keyboard
Producer Peter Tägtgren
Similar artists Rammstein

This sounds exactly like you would expect, considering the persons involved in the band: a good deal of Rammstein mixed with some, but surprisingly few, Pain elements. Practically all songs on the album could have fitted on one of Rammstein's latest releases but wouldn't have made much fuzz there. It's never straight up bad, but it only works when uptempo and catchy, otherwise it is a bit boring, like Rammstein's slow, dark and melancholic songs.

A handful of good and catchy songs (Skills In Pills, Fish On, Cowboy) are fighting for attention with some really questionable ones (Fat, Children Of The Sun, Home Sweet Home, That's My Heart) and it never lifts to great heights. Enjoyable as a whole at the end of the day, but a minor disappointment. The project looked so much better on the drawing board.

Performance
Originality
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Vocals
Songwriting

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Summary



5,5 chalices of 10 - Tommy


Related links:

www.skillsinpills.com
www.facebook.com/lindemann