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Overview As aesthetics goes, I think Rammstein is best described as an acquired taste. Odd and peculiar at first, it grows on you, and after you get used to all that it means, it grabs hold of you and never lets go. Like old wine, the songs are even better as time goes by. The range of sounds and that of emotions baffles your mind and by listening to them you can be outraged, enraged or brought to tears. The band never ceases to amaze and shock, and it’s like it never stops moving. The aesthetic universe is bleak, cynical, harsh-sounding and full of despair, but it is only a mirror facing reality in the most postmodern and artistic manner possible. Rammstein is an industrial metal band and this means that their musical sound involves the presence of characteristic themes. However, the band stands apart in the rock landscape because of the way in which the sound, the lyrics, the videos and, most of all, the live performance are combined in a perfect unity . It’s n...

"The Tuscan sun" is a frequently used cliché, both in media and in the pictures available on social networks. I only understood the fascination growing from it when I discovered a fresh dimension of the Tuscan landscape while visiting Chianti last summer.  The region is known for its vast vineyards covering the hills near the city of Siena. When I arrived there, I understood the media obsession with the Tuscan sun. The road leading to Chianti passes through the coastal area, where olive trees and vineyards alternate as far as the eyes can see. Afterward, the road to Chianti travels only among hills. They are covered in miles and miles of vineyards, such as I have never seen anywhere in Europe. In the center of every vineyard rises a small castle. They're farms, but the architecture of the area is singular and every dwelling (including these farms) looks like a medieval fortress. Castellina in Chianti a small town, with only 2800 inhabitants, dating back in the Etrus...