CD Review: KMFDM – Blitz
March 14th, 2009 Filed under: Reviews - Music by admin
CD Review – KMFDM
BLITZ
Metropolis Records
KMFDM needs no introduction. Sascha Konietzko’s contribution to the genre (if not conception) is impossible to underestimate. The bands history spans a whole quarter of the century and features rises and falls, talented people, ground-breaking music and a… hiatus. No matter what, they keep delivering albums, that shake walls and hit us in the head each and every time. The year 2009 is no different and March will see KMFDM’s 17th full-length album release on Metropolis Records.
BLITZ features the familiar beautiful vocals of Lucia Cifarelli, Sascha Konietzko and a couple of surprises, namely Cheryl Wilson and last, but definitely not least, an unexpected appearance of Tim Skold helping with the production and instrumentation. Though there’s no indication whatsoever that Tim has returned to KMFDM, in the view of future Skold vs KMFDM release, there’s certainly some ground for speculation.
When the human talent meter reads off scale the only thing we can expect is an album like BLITZ: diverse, energy-spitting, dance-infusing, freakishly intelligent and KMFDM-esque to the bone. The polyglot in Sacha Konietzko spoke up again, surprising us all with all Russian-lyrics song “Davai”. Your humble servant happens to speak Russian and “Davai” just might be the song that best illustrates KMFDM’s brilliant combination of serious and humorous attitude.
Returning to the conceptual 5-letter name format is another thing worth noting, a yet another symbol of KMFDM at its best, be it the potential dance hit “Never Say Never” or a terrifyingly playful “Being Boiled”. Only this band can combine conceptually and musically heavy songs like “Potz Blitz” and “Strut” on one album and get away with it. After all, that’s what’s been making their work genius.
KMFDM’s Blitz is in stores March 24.
By Arceon
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