Tributes have been paid to one of the founding members of the British electronic band Depeche Mode. Fletcher, who was 60, helped define the sound of 1980s and 90s synth-pop and alternative rock.
When a Rammstein album is released, the promotion campaign usually involves some sort of scandal. "Zeit," however, gets by without any at all. Is that what farewell sounds like?
Rammstein is Germany's biggest rock export, tough, loud and provocative. Ahead of the release of a new album, Arts.21 take a closer look at the legendary band that formed in 1994, and gets to grips with its shock rock aesthetics and lyrics.