Lindemann is a German musical project fronted by vocalist

Till Lindemann Till Lindemann (; born 4 January 1963) is a German singer, songwriter and poet. He is best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein and solo project Lindemann. Rammstein has sold over 25 million records w ...

. It was formed in 2013 as a super-duo alongside Swedish multi-instrumentalist

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. Tägtgren originally defined their sound as a cross between his project

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and Lindemann's main band

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, adding "at least it's a mix of Rammstein vocals and Pain music." Together, they released the two albums ''

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'' (2015) and '' F & M'' (2019). Tägtgren departed Lindemann in 2020, leaving Lindemann as a solo project.

History

Origins and ''Skills in Pills'' (2013–2016)

Lindemann and Tägtgren met around the year 2000 in a rock pub in

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, when members of

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introduced them to each other. In 2013, when Rammstein was headlining a festival in Sweden, the German singer invited his Swedish bandmate to it. There, he told Tägtgren he would take two years off and wanted to write some music with him. They originally planned to do only one or two songs, but Tägtgren felt they were "too good" and wanted to write more. The name of the band "was the only thing we couldn't come up with". All names considered by the band were already taken by other groups, so they eventually accepted a suggestion by somebody else and simply called it "Lindemann", though Tägtgren was initially unhappy with it. On 28 May 2015, the band released its debut single "Praise Abort". Their debut studio album titled ''

'' was released on 19 June 2015. When asked about possible future live performances, Tägtgren said it will depend on fan response to the project. In November 2016, Pain's Facebook page teased that a concert would be happening on 9 November. Lindemann joined Tägtgren on stage to sing "Praise Abort".

''F & M'' and departure of Tägtgren, Live In Moscow (2018–2021)

In 2018, the duo made music for an adaptation of the play "Hänsel und Gretel" with Till Lindemann also appearing in the play. Also in September, Lindemann and Tägtgren announced a tour of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan in support of Lindemann's book "Messer". On the next without any doubts the mysterious first band's concert took place in Kyiv On 16 August 2019, Peter Tägtgren announced that the new album was done, mixed and produced. On 10 September 2019, a teaser for the new single "Steh auf" was posted on social media telling the music video be released on 13 September 2019. The music video featured Swedish actor

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. The album '' F & M'' was released on 22 November 2019. Lindemann announced their 2020 tour on 4 November 2019 via their social media platforms. The band toured in February and March 2020, but the tour was cut short due to the

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. In November 2020, the duo announced that they would no longer be recording music together. Their final release together will be a concert film release of their 2020 show in Moscow. Till Lindemann planned to continue recording in the future under the name "Till Lindemann" with a different lineup.

Ich hasse Kinder (2022-23)

In the beginning of 2022 Lindemann started a concert tour named "Ich hasse Kinder" with a new line-up: Jes Paige (guitar), Emily Ruvidich (guitar),

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(bass) and

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(drums). Upcoming tour dates were announced, but the tour was postponed due to

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. Concerts planned in

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were cancelled in 2022 (presumably, due to the

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but that was not explicitly mentioned in the announcement). The tour is fully postponed to 2023 excepting

On 29 October it was announced through

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stories that the whole tour is postponed for a year October 2023, excepting

(the two concerts planned in Russia were both cancelled).

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Singles

EPs

* 2015: ''Praise Abort (Remixes)''

Music videos

* 2015 — "Praise Abort" * 2015 — "Fish On" * 2018 — "Mathematik" * 2019 — "Steh auf" * 2019 — "Ich weiß es nicht" * 2019 — "Knebel" * 2019 — "Frau & Mann" * 2019 — "Ach so gern * 2020 — "Ach so gern (One Shot Video)" * 2020 — "Ach so gern (Pain Version)" * 2020 — "Ach so gern (Clemens Wijers Version)" * 2020 — "Ach so gern (Drago Baotić Version)" * 2020 — "Platz Eins" * 2021 — "Allesfresser" (Live in Moscow) * 2021 — "Praise Abort" (Live in Moscow) * 2021 — "Blut" (Live in Moscow) * 2021 — "Home Sweet Home" (Live in Moscow) * 2021 — "Steh auf" (Live in Moscow)

Awards and nominations

Metal Hammer Awards (GER) , - , 2015 , , Lindemann , , Best German Band , , , - , 2015 , , Skills in Pills , , Best Debut Album , ,

Notes

References

External links

* {{Authority control Industrial metal musical groups Industrial rock musical groups Musical groups established in 2013 Heavy metal supergroups Warner Records artists German industrial music groups German heavy metal musical groups Swedish heavy metal musical groups Musical groups from Stockholm Swedish musical duos Heavy metal duos 2013 establishments in Germany