Attak

Performer: KMFDM
Engineer: Chris Sheppard; Mell Dettmer; Raymond Watts
Distributor: Alternative Dis. Alliance

Notes: KMFDM includes: Sascha Koneitzko (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, bass, drums, programming); Tim Skold (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, programming); Lucia Cifarelli (vocals); Bill Rieflin (synthesizer, bass, drums, percussion, programming). Producers: Sscha Konietzko, Bill Rieflin, Tim Skold. Personnel: Tim Skold (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, bass guitar, drums, percussion, programming); Sascha Konietzko (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, drums, programming); Dorona Alberti, Arianne Schreiber, Lucia Cifarelli, Raymond Watts (vocals); Bill Fieflin (guitar, synthesizer, drums, percussion, programming); Curt Golden (slide guitar). Recording information: Moscozzi Studios; Ranch Apocalypse. Arrangers: Bill Fieflin; Raymond Watts; Sascha Konietzko; Tim Skold. After a short-lived retirement, KMFDM came roaring back with ATTAK, issued three years after what was supposed to be their final album, 1999's ADIOS. Founder Sascha Konietzko and company prove that the mini- break didn't dull their penchant for industrial metal with a dance edge. Some of the selections prove to be more dance-oriented than metallic (such as "Dirty") or slower in tempo ("Save Me"), but there are plenty of hard-stomping, electroid rockers in the mix ("Sturm & Drang" and "Risen" will keep the metalhead portion of their large fanbase very happy). Also of note--with the release of ATTAK, KMFDM split from their longtime label, Wax Trax (with whom they'd recorded steadily since their inception in 1986), and set up shop with a new label, Metropolis.

Q (May 2002, p.115) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...Sonically adventurous: drum'n'bass and digital dancehall spice up the usual murderously heavy riffing..." Alternative Press (5/02, p.88) - 7 out of 10 - "...Pulses and palpatates with a sense of urgency that proves this machine is not obsolete..." CMJ (3/11/02, p.16) - "...the band remains a vital force in industrial dance/metal..."

The German industrial dance act KMFDM were one of the first bands to recognize the link between the mechanical ferocity of industrial music and the unrelenting rhythms of the dance floor. Although they formed in Germany in 1984, they soon made a name for themselves in the United States as one of the premier bands on the seminal Chicago industrial label Wax Trax. While their popularity faltered a bit in the wake of more cartoonish American versions of KMFDM's aesthetic, the band's influence on industrial music can not be underestimated.

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