- February 1, 2005 - February 28, 2005
- German / European Tour 2004
The journey goes on! The start of the first tour of 2005 takes place in Erfurt! Ending on February 28, 2005, Rammstein will have played 21 concerts in front of more than 200,000 spectators in 10 countries. Slovenia and Slovakia among others are on Rammstein's route for the first time. - February 3, 2005
- “Keine Lust” video premiere
The first broadcast of the video for “Keine Lust” takes place in the MTV “News Magazine”. The “heavyweight” video was filmed in Berlin on January 18, 2005 with Jörn Heitmann as director (“Ohne Dich”, “Amerika”, etc.). - February 28, 2005
- “Keine Lust” Single Release
35 minutes of music = 7 remixes + the original version of “Keine Lust”, that's the fourth single release from the album “Reise, Reise”, which is available as of today. The remixes are from Clawfinger, Front 242, Krieger, and DJ Drug, among others. - April 2, 2005
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Echo Awards 2005
Rammstein receive an Echo for Artist/Group of the Year national/international in the category New Rock/Metal/Alternative and another in the category Best Live Act national at the Echo Awards 2005 in the Estrel Convention Center in Berlin. - May 27, 2005 - July 30, 2005
- Rammstein play festivals // tour throughout Europe continues
Rammstein continue their concert tour headlining various festivals in all of Europe: The festival tour starts Mai 27 in Vienna and leads to Scheesel (D), Neuhausen(D), Njimwegen (NL), Werchter (BE). Turku (FI), Copenhagen (DK), Nyon (CH), Nimes (FR) and ends in Goteborg (SE) on July 30. On a side trip to the UK, Rammstein play shows in Newcastle, Birmingham, Glasgow and Cardiff. - June 23, 2005 - June 26, 2005
- 4 Shows in a row at Berlin Wuhlheide // 70.000 fans!
Home match in Berlin! In front of about 70,000 enthusiastic fans, Rammstein play in their hometown Berlin on 4 evenings in a row. On this occasion “Benzin”, the first single from the upcoming album is introduced to the audience. - August 2005
- Title of new album is being released: “Rosenrot” Rammstein announce the name of their new album: “Rosenrot”.
- September 2, 2005
- World Music Award for “best selling German artist”
Rammstein receive the World Music Award in the category “Best Selling Artists Around The World - Germany”. - September 16, 2005
- Video premiere of new Single “Benzin”
The video for “Benzin” premieres on MTV - “News Magazine”. The video was already shot in August, directed by Uwe Flade (Among others Depeche Mode and Franz Ferdinand), in Berlin. - October 2005
- Comet award for “Keine Lust” as “best video".
Rammstein´s video “Keine Lust” is awarded with a Comet in the category “Best Video 2005”. - October 7, 2005
- Single Release “Benzin”
“Benzin” is the first single from the new Rammstein album “Rosenrot” and will be released October 7, 2005 as a CD Maxi with remixes by Meshuggah, Ad Rock and Apocalyptica. - October 8, 2005
- Video shoot “Mann gegen Mann”
Video shoot “Mann gegen Mann” in Berlin. - October 28, 2005
- Album Release “Rosenrot”
The album “Rosenrot” is released worldwide October 28th 2005. Directly following the release, the album continues the success-story of forerunner “Reise, Reise” and takes the top 10 charts in 20 different territories without difficulties. “Rosenrot” enters # 1 in Germany, Austria, Estonia, Finland and Mexico and reaches Gold status in Austria, Denmark and Finland – even platinum status in Germany, Czech Republic and Switzerland shortly following the release. - November 3, 2005
- European Music Award for “Best German Act”
Rammstein win the European Music Award in the category “Best German Act”! - November 24, 2005
- Eins Live Krone Award for “Best Live Act”
Rammstein win the Eins Live Krone Award, Germany's biggest Radio Award, in the category “Bester Live Act”. - November 30, 2005
- Video premiere “Rosenrot”
The video to “Rosenrot”, the second single release from the self-titled Rammstein album premiers at 11:45pm on MTV Germany “Rockzone”! - December 8, 2005
- Grammy Nomination for “Mein Teil”
Rammstein again are nominated for a Grammy Award, this time for “MeinTeil” in the category “Best Metal Performance”! - December 16, 2005
- Single Release “Rosenrot” // Platinum Awards for Rammstein “Rosenrot”, the second single from the self-titled Rammstein album is released. Apart from the original version of the song “Rosenrot”, there are remixes by Chris Vrenna, Northern Lite and Jagz Kooner on this CDM.
- Rammstein are honoured for sold copies in Germany in the Olympia Stadion Berlin with the following awards: Platinum for the album “Herzeleid”, Double Platinum for the album “Sehnsucht”, Gold for the album “Live aus Berlin”, Double Platinum for the DVD “Live aus Berlin”, Double Platinum for the album “Mutter”, Double Platinum for the DVD “Lichtspielhaus” and also for the album “Reise, Reise”, as well as Double Platinum for the album “Rosenrot”, which was just released in October 2005. Furthermore, Rammstein receive World Sales Awards for over 10 million sold copies worldwide.