KMFDM discography

KMFDM discography
Sascha Konietzko performing live
Studio albums23
Soundtrack albums13
Live albums4
Compilation albums10
Singles24+
Video albums6
Remix albums5
Collaborations2
Other appearances3
Remixes~100

The industrial rock band KMFDM has released more than two hundred songs in their over-forty-year-long career spanning more than fifty unique releases.

Artwork

Beginning with the British release of 1986's What Do You Know, Deutschland?, British artist Aidan "Brute!" Hughes has designed the artwork for nineteen of KMFDM's twenty-one studio albums and all but two of their singles. He has also designed the artwork for their three remix albums and two live albums, and their 2010 compilation releases.[1]

All of his work shares a distinct visual style inspired by Golden Age comic artists, Russian Constructivists, Italian Futurists, and woodcut artists.[2] The design and complexity of the works have varied over time from primarily simple mono- or bi-color motifs (early albums) to highly detailed multi-color schemes (Attak, WWIII).

The remaining cover artwork has been a mixture of photos and work done by other artists.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Notes
US[3] US Ind.[3] US Dance[3]
What Do You Know, Deutschland?
  • Released: December 1986
  • Label: Z Records, Skysaw
 — — — Was not released domestically in the US until 1991 by Wax Trax! Records.

Reissued in 2006 on Metropolis/KMFDM Records.

Don't Blow Your Top
  • Released: 12 February 1988
  • Label: Skysaw, Wax Trax!
 — — — Reissued in 2006 on Metropolis/KMFDM Records.
UAIOE
  • Released: 7 October 1989
  • Label: Wax Trax!
 — — — US release on Wax Trax! Records did not contain the songs "More & Faster"/"Rip the System"/"Naff Off", whereas the domestic, German-based label Cashbeat Records version did (and the UK version by Strike Back Records adds the additional song "Virus" as well). Wax Trax! instead offered a domestic US release of a 12" single entitled 'More & Faster' containing the 3 aforementioned songs. The song "Virus" could also only be found on a Wax Trax! single release.

Reissued in 2006 on Metropolis/KMFDM Records.

Naïve
  • Released: 15 November 1990
  • Label: Wax Trax!
 — — — Removed from distribution in 1993 due to an unlicensed sample of Carl Orff's "O Fortuna" on the track "Liebeslied". It was reissued as Naïve/Hell to Go in 1994 with several tracks remixed, and reissued again in 2006 with tracks from both releases on Metropolis/KMFDM Records. Only the original release of Naïve contains the original version of "Liebeslied" and has become a collector's item.
Money
  • Released: 1 February 1992
  • Label: Wax Trax!
 — — — Reissued in 2006 on Metropolis/KMFDM Records.
Angst
  • Released: 12 October 1993
  • Label: Wax Trax!/TVT
 — — — Reissued in 2006 on Metropolis/KMFDM Records.
Nihil
  • Released: 4 April 1995
  • Label: Wax Trax!/TVT
 — — — Nihil is one of only a handful of KMFDM releases that do not feature cover artwork by Brute!. The cover features a painting by Francesca Sundsten, wife of drummer Bill Rieflin. Reissued in 2007 on Metropolis/KMFDM Records. 209,000 copies sold.[4]
Xtort
  • Released: 25 June 1996
  • Label: Wax Trax!/TVT
 92 — — Reissued in 2007 on Metropolis/KMFDM Records. 200,000+ copies sold.[5]
Symbols
  • Released: 23 September 1997
  • Label:Wax Trax!/TVT
 137 — — Reissued in 2007 on Metropolis/KMFDM Records.
Adios
  • Released: 20 April 1999
  • Label: Wax Trax!/TVT
 — — — Adios was intended to be KMFDM's final album due to an escalating rift among the core members of the band. It marks the last appearance of core members En Esch and Günter Schulz on a KMFDM record. Reissued in 2007 on Metropolis/KMFDM Records.
Attak — 11 — Attak marked the return of KMFDM after a three-year hiatus and the last to feature Tim Sköld as a main collaborator (he would later contribute to Blitz and the collaborative record, Skold vs. KMFDM). See also MDFMK.
Opium — — — Released in 2002 on First World Records.
WWIII — — 3 The last album to feature contributions from Raymond Watts until 2019's Paradise.
Hau Ruck
  • Released: 13 September 2005
  • Label: Metropolis/KMFDM
 — 48 5 While it was initially promoted with a working title of FUBAR, Hau Ruck broke a long-standing KMFDM tradition of five-letter album titles. It includes a cover of "Mini Mini Mini" by Jacques Dutronc.
Tohuvabohu
  • Released: 21 August 2007
  • Label: Metropolis/KMFDM
 — 29 4 In biblical Hebrew, the phrase "tohu va bohu" means "without form and void" or "chaos and utter confusion".
Blitz
  • Released: 24 March 2009
  • Label: Metropolis/KMFDM
 — — 9 Includes a cover of "Being Boiled" by The Human League.
WTF?!
  • Released: 26 April 2011
  • Label: Metropolis/KMFDM
 — — 8 Originally titled Zilch
Kunst
  • Released: 26 February 2013
  • Metropolis/KMFDM
 — 49 10
Our Time Will Come
  • Released: 14 October 2014
  • Metropolis/KMFDM
 — — 12
Hell Yeah
  • Released: 18 August 2017
  • Label: earMUSIC/KMFDM
 — 20 14
Paradise
  • Released: 27 September 2019
  • Label: Metropolis/KMFDM
 — 45 —
Hyëna
  • Released: 9 September 2022
  • Label: Metropolis/KMFDM
 — — — Sources:[6][7][8]
Let Go
  • Released: 2 February 2024
  • Label: Metropolis/KMFDM
 — — — Forthcoming[9]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Release date Title Label Notes
3 June 2003 Sturm & Drang Tour 2002 Metropolis Includes highlights from KMFDM's comeback world tour in support of their album Attak.
27 July 2004 WWIII Live 2003 Sanctuary Chronicles KMFDM's world tour in support of their album WWIII.
4 September 2014 WE ARE Metropolis/KMFDM KMFDM self-released video version in 2015 is titled 'We Are KMFDM'. The DVD version released in 2016 as a companion disc to the deluxe edition of the compilation/remix album 'ROCKS (Milestones Reloaded)' is simply entitled 'Live 30th Anniversary Concert'.
26 October 2018 Live in the USSA earMUSIC Songs compiled from the 2017 Hell Yeah Tour

Compilation albums

Release date Title Label Notes
1995 Year of the Pig Wax Trax!/TVT Collection of four previously released songs. Released on 12" vinyl.
1995 The Year of the Pig Collection Wax Trax!/TVT Collection of seven previously released songs included as a bonus disc with the Canadian release of Juke Joint Jezebel.
17 November 1998 Agogo Wax Trax!/TVT Collection of rare and unreleased tracks. It includes a cover of U2's "Mysterious Ways".
17 November 1998 Retro Wax Trax!/TVT Retro was originally a promotional disc released to radio stations as a playlist. It was reissued as a "greatest hits" compilation in 1998. All tracks are taken from earlier KMFDM albums.
11 October 2004 84–86 KMFDM 84–86 is a two-disc collection of previously unreleased material from KMFDM's early career. It includes cover versions of "Get It On/Bang a Gong" by T. Rex and "Too Much Monkey Business" by Chuck Berry.
3 June 2008 Extra, Vol. 1 Metropolis/KMFDM First in a series of three two-disc collections of songs from out-of-print singles and other rare tracks not otherwise available on the studio albums.
5 August 2008 Extra, Vol. 2 Metropolis/KMFDM Second in a series of three two-disc collections of songs from out-of-print singles.
8 October 2008 Extra, Vol. 3 Metropolis/KMFDM Third in a series of three two-disc collections of songs from out-of-print singles.
28 September 2010 Würst Metropolis/KMFDM Single-disc greatest hits compilation.
28 September 2010 Greatest Shit Metropolis/KMFDM Two-disc greatest hits compilation; first disc is identical to Würst.
9 September 2016 Rocks – Milestones Reloaded earMUSIC CD+DVD media book, including the DVD We Are KMFDM

Remix albums

Release date Title Label Notes
1 March 1994 Naïve/Hell to Go Wax Trax!/TVT Reissue of Naïve with several tracks remixed and the unlicensed sample removed. Unique tracks included on the 2006 reissue of Naïve.
9 May 2006 Ruck Zuck Metropolis/KMFDM Remixes of songs from 2005's Hau Ruck. Includes a cover of "Der Mussolini" by D.A.F.
19 February 2008 Brimborium Metropolis/KMFDM Remixes of songs from 2007's Tohuvabohu.
5 January 2010 Krieg Metropolis/KMFDM Remixes of songs from 2009's Blitz.
21 August 2020 In Dub[10] Metropolis Reggae and dub mixes of previously released songs.

Collaborations

Release date Title Label Notes
1 December 1994 KMFDM vs. Pig: Sin Sex & Salvation Wax Trax!/TVT Collaborative EP with PIG; out of print.
24 February 2009 Skold vs. KMFDM KMFDM Joint project between Sascha Konietzko and former KMFDM/MDFMK member Tim Skold.
19 January 2024 KMFDM vs. Pig: Sin Sex & Salvation (Deluxe) Armalyte Industries Collaborative EP with PIG; Includes remastered and alternate versions of songs from the original Wax Trax!/TVT and Polystar releases.

Singles/EPs

Most of these singles have been reissued as special edition 7" records (limited to 250 copies each) from March 2008 to February 2010 in a series called 24/7.

Release date Title Label 24/7 series number Notes
1987 "Kickin' Ass" Z Records 1, 25 Out of print.
November 1988 "Don't Blow Your Top" Wax Trax! 2 Out of print.
June 1989 "More & Faster" Wax Trax! 3 Out of print.
August 1989 "Virus" Wax Trax! 4 Out of print.
August 1990 "Godlike" Wax Trax! 5 Out of print.
June 1991 "Naïve" / "Days of Swine & Roses" Wax Trax! 6 Split single with My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult. Out of print. #21 Billboard Dance Club Songs
25 June 1991 "Split" Wax Trax! 7 Out of print. #46 Billboard Dance Club Songs
8 January 1992 "Vogue" Wax Trax! 8 Out of print. #19 Billboard Dance Club Songs
28 April 1992 "Money" / "Bargeld" Wax Trax! 9 Out of print. #36 Billboard Dance Club Songs
15 September 1992 "Help Us—Save Us—Take Us Away" Wax Trax! 10 Out of print.
October 1992 "Sucks" Wax Trax!/TVT 11 Out of print.
September 23, 1993[11] "A Drug Against War" Wax Trax!/TVT 12 Out of print. #17 RPM Alternative 30
15 February 1994 "Light" Wax Trax!/TVT 13 Out of print. #31 Billboard Dance Club Songs
31 October 1994 "Glory" Wax Trax!/TVT 14 Out of print.
28 February 1995 "Juke Joint Jezebel" Wax Trax!/TVT 15 Out of print. #27 Billboard Dance Club Songs
1995 "Juke Joint Jezebel": The Giorgio Morodor Mixes Wax Trax!/TVT Out of print.
31 October 1995 "Brute" Wax Trax!/TVT 16 Out of print.
31 October 1995 "Trust"/"Juke Joint Jezebel" Wax Trax!/TVT 17 German-only single. Out of print.
15 August 1996 "Power" Wax Trax!/TVT 18 Promotional release only. Out of print.
12 October 1996 "Rules" Wax Trax!/TVT 19 Out of print.
1997 "Megalomaniac" Dragnet Records 20 Out of print. #22 Billboard Bubbling Under 100
1997 "Anarchy" Wax Trax!/TVT 21 Promotional release only. Out of print.
20 January 1998 MDFMK Wax Trax!/TVT Out of print.
5 February 2002 "Boots" Metropolis First release following the reforming of KMFDM.
1 December 2009 "D.I.Y." KMFDM 22 Limited release of 250 7" vinyl singles.
1 January 2010 "Adios" KMFDM 23 Limited release of 250 7" vinyl singles.
1 February 2010 "Day of Light" KMFDM 24 Limited release of 250 7" vinyl singles.
14 September 2010 "Godlike 2010" KMFDM Limited release of 1,000 CD singles. Also available indefinitely as a download.
17 December 2010 "Light 2010" KMFDM Limited release of 1,000 CD singles. Also available indefinitely as a download.
8 March 2011 "Krank" KMFDM/Metropolis #3 Billboard Dance Singles Sales
15 October 2011 "A Drug Against Wall Street" KMFDM/Metropolis Released as free download at the KMFDM home page in support of the October 15th, 2011 Global Day of Action "Occupy Wall Street" movement
22 May 2012 "Amnesia" KMFDM/Metropolis
10 July 2015 "Salvation" KMFDM/Metropolis
23 June 2017 "Yeah!" earMUSIC
13 September 2019 "Paradise" (Single Edit) Metropolis Digital single tract release.[12]
Early 2021 "Juke Joint Jezebel 2021" (single 2021 edit) KMFDM

Other appearances

Soundtracks

Release date Title Song[citation needed] Notes
1992 Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth "Ooh La La" Track re-released on Agogo.
1995 Bad Boys "Juke Joint Jezebel" Single Mix
1995 Hideaway "Go to Hell" Fuck MTV Mix
1995 Johnny Mnemonic "Virus" Pestilence Mix
1995 Mortal Kombat "Juke Joint Jezebel" Giorgio Moroder Metropolis Mix
1995 Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie "Ultra"
1997 Mortal Kombat Annihilation "Megalomaniac" Single Mix
1997 Wing Commander: Prophecy "Stray Bullet"
1998 Test Drive 5 "Megalomaniac", "Leid und Elend", "Anarchy" Instrumental versions
1999 Beowulf "Witness"
2004 Spider-Man 2 Entire score
2009 Brütal Legend "Free Your Hate", "Rip The System"
2009 NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack "Love Is Like" Different lyrics than album version
2011 Saints Row: The Third "WWIII"

Compilations

Release date Song Album Label Notes
1992 "Mysterious Ways" Shut Up Kitty: A Cyber-Based Covers Compilation Re-Constriction Records Cover of U2 song
1994 "Virus", "Godlike" Black Box – Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years Wax Trax! Records 12" versions
1999 "Material Girl" Virgin Voices: A Tribute to Madonna, Vol. 1.[13] Cleopatra Records Cover of Madonna song
2016 "Make Love" Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music To Cure Cancer, Vol.4: Retaliation[14] Metropolis Unreleased Track from 1994

References

  1. ^ Kroll, Katy (2016-09-12). "KMFDM Reflect on 3-Decade Career & Hating Their Biggest Hit". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  2. ^ "About the Man". Brute! Prop. Aiden Hughes. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c "KMFDM". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
  4. ^ Kroll, Katy (September 12, 2016). "KMFDM Reflect on 3-Decade Career & Hating Their Biggest Hit". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  5. ^ Olsen, Eric (October 5, 2003). "KMFDM Profile". blogcritics.org. Archived from the original on September 20, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
  6. ^ Yücel, Ilker (April 22, 2022). "KMFDM Announces Dates for US Tour in Fall 2022". ReGen Magazine.
  7. ^ Cifarelli, Lucia. "Listening to master of new KMFDM album HYËNA, Coming at you in September!"
  8. ^ Konietzko, Sascha "HYËNA" Quote:"New album title?" "Yeah"
  9. ^ Cifarelli, Lucia (December 1, 2023). "New album "Let Go" coming 2.2.2024".
  10. ^ Yücel, Ilker (December 12, 2019). "Käpt'n K drops hints of KMFDM 'In Dub'". ReGen Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  11. ^ "Amazon.com: A Drug Against War". Amazon. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
  12. ^ "PARADISE (Single Edit), by KMFDM". KMFDM. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  13. ^ Huey, Steve. "Virgin Voices: A Tribute to Madonna, Vol. 1 – Various Artists". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  14. ^ "Make Love - KMFDM | Song Info | AllMusic". AllMusic.