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)WTF?!2011
Kunst
(2013)
Our Time Will Come
(2014)Our Time Will Come2014

Kunst (German for "art")[2] is the eighteenth album by industrial band KMFDM. It was released on February 26, 2013, on Metropolis Records.[1][3]

Background

Kunst features contributions from guest musician William Wilson and Swedish band Morlocks.[2] 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.[2]

Release

Kunst was released on February 26, 2013 on Metropolis Records.[2] The title track was made available on Soundcloud on November 21, 2012.[5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[6]
COMA Music MagazineFavorable[7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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 2 Barkan, Jonathan (November 5, 2012). "KMFDM Announces New Album, Release Date, AND Reveal NSFW Album Cover". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "KMFDM: Kunst". Metropolis Records. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
  3. "Music News: KMFDM Return with KUNST!". COMA Music Magazine. November 5, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  4. 1 2 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.
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