Kunst (album)

Kunst
Studio album by KMFDM
Released February 26, 2013[1]
Recorded Hamburg, Germany
Seattle, Washington
Genre Industrial rock, electro-industrial
Length 46:45
Label Metropolis/KMFDM
Producer Sascha Konietzko
KMFDM chronology

WTF?!
(2011)
Kunst
(2013)
Our Time Will Come
(2014)

Kunst is the eighteenth album by industrial band KMFDM. It was released on February 26, 2013, on Metropolis Records.[1][2]

Background

Kunst features contributions from guest musician William Wilson and Swedish band Morlocks.[3] The album cover was designed by longtime KMFDM cover artist Aidan "Brute!" Hughes.[4] He said the album cover, a "chainsaw-wielding amazon", which Facebook removed from KMFDM's page, was created to support Russian punk rock group Pussy Riot and Ukrainian protest group FEMEN.[4] The song "Pussy Riot" was also written in support of the former.[3] The word "Kunst" is the German word for "art".[3]

Release

Kunst was released on February 26, 2013 on Metropolis Records.[3] The title track was made available on Soundcloud on November 21, 2012.[5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [6]
COMA Music Magazine Favorable[7]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Kunst"    5:01
2. "Ave Maria"    5:02
3. "Quake"    4:07
4. "Hello"    4:25
5. "Next Big Thing"    4:41
6. "Pussy Riot"    4:10
7. "Pseudocide"    3:36
8. "Animal Out"    5:06
9. "The Mess You Made"    6:05
10. "I ♥ Not"    4:32
Total length:
46:45

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Barkan, Jonathan (November 5, 2012). "KMFDM Announces New Album, Release Date, AND Reveal NSFW Album Cover". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  2. "Music News: KMFDM Return with KUNST!". COMA Music Magazine. November 5, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "KMFDM: Kunst". Metropolis Records. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Hughes, Aidan. "New KMFDM album, ‘Kunst’, by BRUTE!". Bruteprop. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  5. "KMFDM – Kunst". November 21, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
  6. Jeffries, David. "Kunst - KMFDM". Allmusic. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  7. Hammett, William Dashiell. "Kunst - KMFDM". COMA Music Magazine. Retrieved September 23, 2014.