If there was an award for 2009's most offensive cover art, German art-metallers Rammstein would win it easily.
Liebe ist für alle da - it stands for "Love is there for everyone" - comes with a photo spread showing front man Till Lindemann setting himself to cut a girl's arm off with a meat cleaver. Things get even worse inside, with snaps of what appears to be an orgy and other sexually depraved acts.
And for mad keen fans who want to splash out on the boxset edition of Rammstein's sixth album, it comes complete with life-size replicas of each band members' member. Hmm.
So it's no surprise to discover the album has caused controversy, with a censored CD being released in Germany and the song Ich Tu Dir Weh ("I Hurt You") being banned from live performances. For a band that provided the highlight of the 2001 Big Day Out, that has to be a downer.
You could say all of this has overtaken the band's music, especially when the x-rated video for first single P***y - "I can't get laid in Germany" are among the mostly unprintable lyrics - was released on an adult entertainment website.
But the band displays plenty of musical muscle on songs like the pounding Wiener Blut, the brutal grind of B******** and the death growls and double kick drums of Waidmanns Heil.
And if you don't speak German it's even harder to understand what Lindemann is banging on about as he slips into English even less frequently than on any of the band's previous albums.
It can make for a devilishly evil listening experience, but closing balled Roster Sand comes complete with whistling and all but comfirms these mad Germans are taking the piss.
Watch out, because their next album will probably come with bottles of it just to prove their point.
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