GIANT phalluses? Check. Pyrotechnics? Check. Flame-spewing helmets? Of course — it wouldn't be a Rammstein gig without an array of high-camp props.

The German industrial-metal band are playing Big Day Out for the first time in a decade and promise more extravagantly dark theatrics than before (first-timers planning on standing near the front are advised to wear flame-retardant clothing).

Big bang theory ... Rammstein.

The six-piece, who formed in 1994, are one of the few bands to have amassed English-speaking fans while singing almost entirely in their mother tongue.

Last month, Rammstein played to 22,000 fans at New York's Madison Square Garden, a feat that surprised even the band, guitarist Richard Kruspe says.