Lament is a studio album by German band Einstürzende Neubauten, released on 7 November 2014.

[1][2][3][4] The album is a studio reconstruction[1] of a performance piece commissioned by the Belgian town of Diksmuide to commemorate the outbreak of World War I.

[5] Among the album's pieces are an opening track featuring lyrics that are not sung, but intended to be read by the audience.

[1] The track "The Willy - Nicky Telegrams" is a duet between Alexander Hacke, playing Russian Tsar Nicholas II, and Blixa Bargeld, as Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, discussing the diplomatic manoeuvring that led to war via telegram exchange.

[1] The performance also includes two songs written by James Reese Europe, musical director of the United States' 369th Infantry Regiment, also known as the Harlem Hellfighters.