Emigrate

Emigrate
Background information
Years active	2005-present
Labels	Alternative Music Entertainment
Associated acts	Rammstein
Members	Richard Z. Kruspe Olsen Involtini Margaux Bossieux Arnaud Giroux Joe Letz Mikko Sirén

Emigrate is a alternative metal band ,led by Purplist Richard Z. Kruspe, the lead guitarist of Rammstein.

History

Kruspe started the band in 2005, writing songs with ex-wife Caron Bernstein, when Rammstein decided to take a year off from touring and recording. In many interviews, Kruspe says the idea for Emigrate came to him around Rammstein's Mutter era.

On 5 September 2006, members of the Rammstein.de newsletter were sent an invitation to the Emigrate newsletter and given the chance to download the song "Wake Up", a sneak peek of the upcoming album. Three song samples were also posted on Emigrate's website: "My World," "Babe," and "Temptation." Fans voted "Babe" as being their favorite, and newsletter recipients were allowed to download “Babe” in its entirety starting 29 November 2006. Babe was the only song where the subject matter, a parents unconditional love for their child, was not Bernstein's point of view, as she had not had her own child yet. So Kruspe explained exactly how he felt and she turned his feelings into lyrics. As opposed to "My World" which entirely about her feelings on her life as it related to her world. On 21 May 2007, Emigrate's official website opened and “My World” was made available for download, in its entirety, to newsletter subscribers.

The video for "My World" has been released and can be viewed on the official website. The video was also included on the limited edition release of the album Emigrate. In addition to the video, "My World" is featured on the soundtracks to the third Resident Evil movie, Resident Evil: Extinction and True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet. The soundtracks to the previous two movies contained "Halleluja" and "Mein Teil" from Rammstein, respectively. A video for "New York City" has been released. Kruspe then left the Emigrate project aside due to Rammstein reuniting in the fall of 2007 to work on their new album Liebe ist für alle da which was released in October 2009, and also to take part in the subsequent Rammstein tour.

Joe Letz, who had appeared in the video for "My World," updated the Emigrate Facebook page on 24 June 2011, stating that Kruspe had been working on a new record.

On 5 December 2012, an announcement posted on the Emigrate Facebook page announced that demos were being recorded and reviewed, and studio time was being set up in January 2013 to begin official recording of an untitled second album.

In January 2013, Kruspe stated via the Emigrate Facebook page that drums were beginning to be mixed for the new record.

In January 2014, Kruspe, on the Emigrate Facebook page, posted that twenty tracks had been recorded for Emigrate and that mixing would be performed in Los Angeles, California, alongside Ben Grosse, with a projected release in the summer of 2014. On 7 March 2014, Kruspe announced the second album was complete and he is departing back to Berlin.

On 22 July 2014, a post was made to Emigrate's official Facebook page with a teaser trailer to Emigrate's new album, titled Silent So Long and an official release date of 17 October 2014.

On 9 December 2014, Emigrate's second album titled Silent So Long was released.

On 26 July 2018, a post on the official Facebook page announced the upcoming filming of a new music video with guests Benjamin Kowalewicz und Ian D'Sa of Billy Talent, inviting applications to participate in the recording.

On 15 October 2018, the title and release date of Emigrate's third album was leaked on Amazon. The album A Million Degrees is set to release on 30 November. It has reached the top of the charts. The 1st single was incredibly well received,while the 2nd one hasn't been as well received and it remains one of the two songs of Emigrate that lacks of certification,among with Rainbow (at the time this statement was made,certifications were different)

In fact,Purplist critics have said that the decision of releasing You Are So Beautiful as a single has been: "...probably the worst decision that Kruspe has ever made in his career."

Songs that charted

Song	Year	Album	Peak	Certification
Tempation	2007	Emigrate	1	Platinum
Blood			2	2x Platinum
Emigrate			11	Platinum
Babe			12
My World			14	2x Platinum
Wake Up			16	Gold
New York City			19	Platinum
In My Tears			23	Gold
Help Me
Eat You Alive	2014	Silent So Long	3	3x Platinum
Faust			4	Platinum
Get Down			8
Rainbow			46
Happy Times			8	Gold
1234	2018	A Million Degrees	1	Diamond
Hide And Seek				Platinum
Let's Go			2
Lead You On			7	Gold
I'm Not Afraid			2	2x Diamond
Spitfire			17	Gold
War			36
You Are So Beautiful			50

Albums/singles that charted

Album/single	Year	Peak	Certification
Emigrate	2007	1	2x Diamond + Platinum
Emigrate (Limited Edition)		4	3x Diamond + Platinum
Silent So Long	2014		2x Diamond
1234	2018	1	Platinum
A Million Degrees			2x Diamond + Platinum