Five New Rammstein Songs Surface in the GEMA Database – Here's What We Actually Know

Rammstein fans know the drill: the moment a new song title shows up somewhere, the speculation machine roars to life. This week it happened again. On June 16, the team at RammWiki spotted five fresh entries in the database of GEMA – the German organisation that manages music rights in the country.

The five titles in question:

• Ja Nein Rammstein
• Wir Sind Wir
• Besser Als
• Hätte Hätte
• Sei Still

What we already know about the songs

Not all of these are brand new to longtime fans. "Ja Nein Rammstein" should ring a bell for anyone who's caught the band live – it's the chorus of "Ramm 4." That had only ever been a working title: the song was written before the 2016 tour and has lived exclusively on stage ever since, played roughly between 2016 and 2019 and once more in 2024. A proper studio version has never been released.

"Sei Still" isn't entirely out of nowhere either. The title already appeared back in 2018 on a promotional photo put out by a marketing agency that had worked with the band. "Wir Sind Wir," "Besser Als" and "Hätte Hätte," on the other hand, are complete blanks – no live history, no leaks, no backstory at all.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves: this is not a new album (yet)

And here's the part that usually gets lost in the excitement: a GEMA registration is not an album announcement, and it's certainly not confirmation of an eighth studio record. These entries are first and foremost an administrative step to lock down rights – they say very little about when or in what form any music will actually appear.

There are several explanations that have nothing to do with a classic new studio album. The concert film "Rammstein: Live in Mexico City," for one, is clearly on the way – a corresponding FSK rating listing the production year as 2025 suggests the film is finished. It's entirely possible the registered tracks are tied to that. Equally plausible is an expanded edition, an anthology, or a collection that mostly bundles older and live material while finally making one or two unreleased songs (like "Ramm 4") officially available.

In short: it's genuinely intriguing. But there's been no confirmation from the band's side – nothing about new material, and nothing about a successor to 2022's "Zeit." So if you're already celebrating the next album, you might want to keep the champagne on ice for now.

We'll keep an eye on it.