Swedish Sorcerers of Dark Synth PRIEST Ascend to Another Dimension with Dark Electronic Reimagining Of RAMMSTEIN’s ‘Engel’

Photo by Marisol Correa

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 reimagine 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.

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 25^th. 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.

PRIEST ONLY

22 September – STOCKHOLM, SE – Nalen Klub
05 October – TAMPA, FL – Absolution Fest

EVERYTHING DESTROY EUROPE TOUR 2023 W/ DEATHSTARS & LIV SIN

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 – Pustervik