Herzeleid is the debut album by German Neue Deutsche Härte

Neue Deutsche Härte

Neue Deutsche Härte is a genre of industrial metal. The term was invented by the German music press after the release of the debut album Herzeleid by Rammstein....

 band Rammstein

Rammstein

Rammstein is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band from Berlin, formed in 1994. The band consists of members Till Lindemann , Richard Z. Kruspe , Paul H. Landers , Oliver "Ollie" Riedel , Christoph "Doom" Schneider and Christian "Flake" Lorenz...

. It was released on 29 September 1995. The album's original cover depicted the bandmembers' upper bodies without clothing. This caused critics to accuse the band of trying to sell themselves as "poster boy

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s for the master race

Master race

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." The songs "Heirate Mich" and "Rammstein" are featured in David Lynch

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's film Lost Highway. The direct translation of "Herzeleid" is "Heartache"; however, according to an interview on Talking Metal's podcast in 2007, Richard Kruspe stated that it doesn't translate to "Heartache", but in the German language, it simply means "Heartbreak". The album is a culmination of the relationship troubles of all but one of the six band members, hence the title "Herzeleid".

Track listing

1. "Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen?" ("Do you Want to See the Bed in Flames?") – 5:18
2. "Der Meister" ("The Master") – 4:08
3. "Weißes Fleisch
   Weißes Fleisch
   Weißes Fleisch is a song by the German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein. It is the third track on their debut album Herzeleid. It is a song about assault and rape...
   
   " ("White Flesh") – 3:36
4. "Asche zu Asche
   Asche zu Asche
   "Asche zu Asche" is a single by the German band Rammstein, from their first studio album, Herzeleid. The single was included as a "Bonus CD" for the re-released Australian Tour Edition of Sehnsucht, and as a separate CD Single. It contains the 1995 album version of "Asche zu Asche", and five live...
   
   " ("Ashes to Ashes") – 3:51
5. "Seemann" ("Sailor") – 4:48
6. "Du riechst so gut
   Du riechst so gut
   Du riechst so gut is a song by the German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein. It was the band's first single and was released on its first album, Herzeleid. It describes the inner thoughts of a predator hunting his prey...
   
   " ("You Smell So Good") – 4:49
7. "Das alte Leid" ("The Old Sorrow") – 5:44
8. "Heirate mich" ("Marry Me") – 4:44
9. "Herzeleid" ("Heartache") – 3:41
10. "Laichzeit" ("Spawning-time") – 4:21
11. "Rammstein
    Rammstein (song)
    "Rammstein" is a song by the German industrial metal band Rammstein. It is the eleventh and final track on their debut album Herzeleid and was the first song written by the band. It is essentially about the Ramstein airshow disaster...
    
    " ("Rammstein") – 4:25
    • Also available as a micro-cassette
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       (side A = 1-6; side B = 7-11). The US version is also available as a micro-cassette (side A = 1-5; side B = 6-11)

Release history

Country	Date
Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...	29 September 1995
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	24 November 1998

Music videos

• Du riechst so gut
• Seemann
• Rammstein (Soundtrack for the motion picture Lost Highway).
• Du riechst so gut '98

Chart positions

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...	11
Belgian Albums Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...  (Flanders Flanders Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp... )	96
Dutch Albums Chart MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top...	77
French Albums Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...	85
German Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	6
Swiss Albums Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...	20