With two back-to-back tours across the US and Europe, festival dates, and a brand-new single all happening in rapid-fire succession, you might think that Priest never sleep, instead fueled by the phantom power of some otherworldly, extraterrestrial entity. While we cannot confirm or deny the validity of that claim, we can attest to the awe-inspiring magnitude of their most recent release, a truly transformative take on Rammstein’s “Engel.” Priest’s “Engel” hammers the mechanized edge of the original into a skin-splitting, piercingly sharp point, with a pounding, bass-heavy beat, gritty, distorted vocal overdubs, and a delicately velveteen, ethereal melody, compliments of female vocalist and Priest visual artist, Greta Helling. Priest reimagines the original by stripping it down to its nuclear core, before quantizing and constructing a truly unique coalescence of electronic and melodic instrumentation that is all their own. A Tribute To Rammstein, available worldwide on August 25th, via Cleopatra Records, and pre-orders are available at the links below. Stream “Engel” by Priest now!
Stream/download the single: https://orcd.co/priest_engel
Rammstein’s “Engel” was released in April 1997 as the first single from their second album, Sehnsucht (Desire), along with a music video inspired by the 1996 Quentin Tarantino film, From Dusk Till Dawn. “Engel” made its own on-screen debut during the closing credits of November 1997’s Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and earned its place in the top three of the German singles chart, in addition to being certified gold by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) for the sale of over 250,000 copies.
“Engel” serves a standout single from upcoming full-length feature, A Tribute To Rammstein, available worldwide on August 25th. This power-packed compilation features both old and new school industrial acts, including Manntra, Stoneman, and Julien-K, joining forces with vanguard veterans, Front Line Assembly, Laibach, Burton C. Bell (Fear Factory), Paul Ferguson (Killing Joke), and Skold (KMFDM/Shotgun Messiah), for a one-of-a-kind aggrotech amalgamation of industrial and dark electro.
Pre-order the physical:
https://cleorecs.com/store/shop/a-tribute-to-rammstein-cd/
https://cleorecs.com/store/shop/a-tribute-to-rammstein-cassette/
Pre-save the digital: https://orcd.co/variousartists_atributetorammstein
Track List:
- Du Hast – Burton C Bell, Big Paul Ferguson & MGT
- Deutschland – Front Line Assembly feat. Dino Cazares
- Sonne – Skold
- Engel – Priest
- Amerika – Laibach
- Feuer Frei! – The 69 Eyes
- Ausländer – Jah Wobble & Jon Klein
- Radio – Julien-K
- Ich Will – Stoneman
- Keine Lust – Lacrimas Profundere
- Links 2 3 4 – Manntra
- Mein Teil – Original God
- Du Hast – Leæther Strip
Priest’s “Engel” arrives just in time to celebrate the conclusion of their US summer tour, alongside fellow electro-industrial icons, Powerman 5000 and Julien-K, as well as the first of their festival dates in Finland.
If you haven’t had a chance seen them yet, don’t miss out, and be sure to catch them in Tampa and across Europe this fall!
Priest solo tour dates:
22 September
STOCKHOLM, SE
Nalen Klub
05 October
TAMPA, FL
Absolution Fest
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30 October
TAMPERE, FI
Olympia
31 October
HELSINKI, FI
Tavastia
02 November
COPENHAGEN, DK
Stengade
04 November
HAMBURG, DE
Markthalle
05 November
UTRECHT, NL
Tivolivredenburg
06 November
ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE, LU
Rockhal
08 November
BRISTOL, GB
The Fleece
09 November
MANCHESTER, GB
Rebellion
10 November
NOTTINGHAM, GB
Rescue Rooms
11 November
NEWCASTLE, GB
Newcastle Uni
12 November
LONDON, GB
Scala
14 November
ANTWERP, BE
Kavka
15 November
BOCHUM, DE
Zeche
16 November
ASCHAFFENBURG, DE
Colos-Saal
17 November
PARIS, FR
La Maroquinerie
18 November
BARCELONA, ES
Apolo 2
19 November
MADRID, ES
Sala Mon
22 November
LYON, FR
Rock n Eat Live
23 November
PRATTELN, CH
Z-7
24 November
MEZZAGO, IT
Bloom Club
25 November
MUNICH, DE
Strom
26 November
WIEN, AT
Szene
27 November
LJUBLJANA, SI
Orto Bar
29 November
BUCHAREST, RO
Quantic Bar
01 December
BUDAPEST, HU
Barba Negra
02 December
WINTER, CZ
Masters of Rock
03 December
KRAKOW, PL
Kamienna 12
04 December
WARSAW, PL
Hydrozagadka
05 December
BERLIN, DE
Hole 44
06 December
LEIPZIG, DE
Hellraiser
14 December
OSLO, NO
John Dee
15 December
KARLSTAD, SE
Nöjesfabriken
16 December
STOCKHOLM, SE
Slaktkyrkan
17 December
GÖTEBORG, SE
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