Emanuel Fialik of Pilgrim Management GmbH, which represents German industrial metal pioneers Rammstein, has issued the following press release:

"On the 13th of July 2007 the industrial gothic top act Rammstein announces that after the release of the next studio album, which is about to get finished, the current singer and frontman Till Lindemann will leave the band.

"Till's decision is mainly based on the increasing inharmoniousness within the band and was well deliberated. He will head now for other challenges which can be a solo career or maybe a new project (as of his own words).

"The band decided not to quit but announce a new singer. There is a clear statement coming from Richard Kruspe and Christoph Schneider that 'nobody ever can replace Till Lindemann' but since 'we have still so much fun doing Rammstein we looked for a new singer which is charismatic in his own way without copying Till.'

"The new singer which was found and signed to be the new Rammstein frontman is the co-founder and ex-member of the electro industrial act KMFDM and current singer of Slick Idiot — En Esch — who recently moved to Berlin to join the band.

"We all will miss Till Lindemann who gave us many years of joy by listening to his unique grinding voice. Please welcome the talented En Esch — Till's footsteps are big, but maybe he can dry our tears rapidly."

Rammstein will issue its "Volkerball" DVD in the U.S. in September. The exact release date will be announced soon.

Rammstein latest album, "Rosenrot", received its long-overdue U.S. release in March 2006 via Universal Music. The CD, which was certified platinum in Germany for sales in excess of 200,000 copies within two weeks of release in October 2005, topped the official album chart in Germany, Austria and Finland, and landed at No. 2 in Sweden and Denmark, No. 4 in the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, No. 5 in France, No. 6 in Mexico, No. 11 in Italy and No. 29 in the U.K. In addition, "Rosenrot" achieved gold status in Austria, the Czech Republic and Switzerland.

Rammstein track "Mein Teil" was nominated in the "Best Metal Performance" category at the 2006 Grammy Awards.