It’s funny: Based on the standard reaction I get from almost everyone to whom I mention German industrial metal band Rammstein – mostly a few rapid chants of the outfit’s lone stateside (kinda) hit, 1997′s “Du Hast” – you’d think the sextet’s popularity petered out before the turn of the millennium.

Click here for a photo slideshow of Rammstein’s performance.

Yet, given the massive American audiences the group has attracted while touring behind the retrospective Made in Germany 1995-2011 – including the diverse throng that turned out for a crushing coup at Honda Center on Thursday, a year after a Forum blast that marked Rammstein’s first Southern California appearance in a decade – it’s clear there’s still plenty of fuel behind this fire.

Fuel and fire were undoubtedly keywords for this Anaheim gig: the band’s vocalist, Till Lindemann, is a licensed pyrotechnics expert, so some sort of explosion or fiery stunt permeated nearly every song on the set list.

Find the full review of Rammstein’s performance on the Soundcheck Blog.

Photos by David Hall, for the Orange County Register.

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