Explosive Berlin based industrial metal band Rammstein has announced 21 North American tour dates beginning April 20 at the Bank Atlantic Center in Ft. Lauderdale and ending May 25th at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX. Tickets for the event went on sale November 18 and are available through LiveNation or Ticketmaster.

Explosive is quite a fitting adjective -the band’s live sets are literally just that. During live shows, lead singer Till Lindeman and the other band members often don a fire-spitting mask that spray flaming arcs at least 10 feet into the air,while showers of sparks rain down like hell fire on the stage. The band’s live show behavior was so intense that they were actually jailed in the U.S. after their Family Values Tour antics was deemed indecent behavior in 1998. Check out some footy of the intense pyromania (the flamethrower masks are towards the end) below:

The tour will be in support of Rammstein’s first retrospective release, entitled Made In Germany 1995-2011. The album which will be available in North America (through a distribution deal between Universal Germany and Vagrant Records) on Dec. 13.

Rammstein also recently released Mein Land, a four-track digital single featuring the title track and “Vergiss uns Nicht”, as well as remixes from BossHoss and Mogwai. A video directed by Jonas Akerlund for “Mein Land” is also currently featured on the band’s website, so be sure to check that out as well.

Check out the tour dates below:
April 20             Ft. Lauderdale, FL                 BankAtlantic Center
April 21             Tampa, FL                                St. Pete Times Forum
April 23             Atlanta, GA                              Philips Arena
April 25             Baltimore, MD                         1^st Mariner Arena
April 26             Philadelphia, PA                      Wells Fargo Center
April 28             Uniondale, NY                          Nassau Coliseum
April 29             Worcester, MA                         DCU Center

May 1               Montreal, QC                              Bell Centre
May 3               Cleveland, OH                           Quicken Loans Arena
May 4               Chicago, IL                                 Allstate Arena
May 6               Detroit, MI                                 The Palace of Auburn Hills
May 8               Minneapolis, MN                      Target Center
May 10             Winnipeg, MB                            MTS Centre
May 13             Vancouver, BC                           Rogers Arena
May 14             Tacoma, WA                              Tacoma Dome
May 17             Anaheim, CA                              Honda Center
May 18             Glendale, AZ                              Jobing.com Arena
May 20             Denver, CO                                Denver Coliseum
May 22             Dallas, TX                                  American Airlines Center
May 24             San Antonio, TX                       AT&T Center
May 25             Houston, TX                              Toyota Center