Rammstein release video for pulsing new song 'Radio'

German rock stalwarts Rammstein have released the video for their brand new song Radio which got its first UK play on Kerrang! Radio.

Not shying away following the controversy that surrounded the video for their last single Deutschland, the band are back with with more cinematic, black and white, historically inspired narrative.

We'd advise watching this one at home, it's definitely not safe for work.

Although less extravagant than the 9:22 long, high production value video that accompanied their recent single (their first in ten years), Deutschland, Rammstein still pull no punches when it comes to making a statement with their visuals.

The Radio video had its world premiere in a less than conventional way, on the wall of a building just outside the bustling Alexanderplatz area of central Berlin.

The location of Torstrasse - close to the old footprint of the Berlin Wall - for the screening in the German capital was particularly relevant for the message of the song.

This year marks 30 years since the wall fell and the lyrics appear to reference a time when the easiest way to traverse the divide between West and East was using radio.

The lyrics to Radio translated into English are as follows:

We were not allowed to belong

See, talk or hear nothing

But every night for an hour or two

Am I gone from this world

Every night a bit happy

My ear very close to the world receiver

Refrain

Radio, my radio

I let myself suck into the ether

My ears become eyes

Radio, my radio

So I hear what I do not see

Silence secretly wanderlust

Verse 2

We were not allowed to belong

See, talk or disturb nothing

Every body of song was forbidden

So dangerous foreign notes

But every night a little happy

My ear very close to the world receiver

Refrain

Radio, my radio

I let myself suck into the ether

My ears become eyes

Radio, my radio (my radio)

So I hear what I do not see

Silence secretly wanderlust

Bridge

Every night I secretly climbed

On the back of the music

Put the ears to the wings

Sing quietly into the hands

Every night and again I fly

Just away with the music

Float through bright rooms

No borders, no fences

Interlude

Radio, radio

Radio, radio

Refrain

Radio, my radio (my radio)

I let myself suck into the ether

My ears become eyes

Radio, my radio (my radio)

So I hear what I do not see

Silence secretly wanderlust

Rammstein's album is due to be released on 5th May 2019.

• Rammstein