ATTAK | 
| Artist: Kmfdm
Label: Metropolis Records
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
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Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 78439
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 80235
UPC: 782388023528
EAN: 0078238802352
ASIN: B00005YW67
Release Date: March 19, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | Attak/Reload | | • | Skurk | | • | Dirty | | • | Urban Monkey Warfare | | • | Save Me | | • | Yohoho | | • | Superhero | | • | Sturm & Drang | | • | Preach/Pervert | | • | Risen | | • | Sleep |
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Amazon.com
Clearly refreshed by his hiatus, not to mention his guitar-and-noise-driven side project MDFMK, founder Sascha Konietzko brings renewed vigor to the reactivated KMFDM in the form of Attak. Arriving three years after their "farewell" album, Adios, Attak is in a more chaotic mood than the band's latter-day recordings. But the songs slide together neatly, making for a forceful collection--harness this thing to a dynamo and you could power a small city. Songs like "Sturm & Drang" and "Risen" simply beg to be cranked up; even with the volume down, this album sounds loud. Attak is KMFDM's first CD on aggressively indie industrial label Metropolis Records, and it seems as though the move to a new label has reawakened the group's core sensibilities. It's a mature album (no one would mistake this for an early KMFDM recording), but it's also crisp, fresh, and razor sharp. KMFDM is dead--long live KMFDM! --Genevieve Williams
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| Customer Reviews: Read 53 more reviews...
 KMFDM is back with a vengence! March 31, 2002
Erica Anderson (Minneapolis, MN)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
I have been looking forward to the new KMFDM for the past couple of months now. I immediately bought "Attak" the same day it was released. It was definitely well worth the wait. Unlike "Symbols" and "Nihil", I had to listen to "Attak" a few times before the music started to sink into my head. I noticed on the first listen that "Attak" had a slightly different sound, particularly on songs such as "Superhero" and "Sleep". I got the impression that Sascha Konietzko had been listening to drum & bass during the band's alleged break up and after the tour with MDFMK. The drum and bass influences is quite evident in "Superhero" and "Sleep" but not necessarily in a bad way, just interesting that drum and bass would be incorporated into the band's abrasive, caustic industrial sound. Definitely light on the metal this time around. My two personal favorite songs on this album are "Save Me" and "Risen". "Save Me" in some weird way sounds as if it would have been perfect for the "Symbols" album. It reminded me a bit like my personal favorite KMFDM song "Anarchy" with Skold's vocals. "Risen" is just a killer song with that loud thunderous industrial beats that needs to be played at top volume. Now while I can't say "Attak" is better than "Nihil" or "Symbols", I definitely have to rank "Attak" next to those two albums as my favorite KMFDM album of all time.
Addictive Album worth every Cent August 26, 2004
B. A. Bost (CA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
For me it started with My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult. Their song on the Crow soundtrack made me branch off and try other groups in the industrial scene. Hey, I'm honest, no matter how candy ass that sounds. I picked up this KMFDM CD because it was the only one they had at the local record store, besides WWIII. The reason I chose Attak over the other because of the date of release. I figure some bands start to go downhill as they get closer to the present. I was not only impressed but amazed by the selection of tracks. "Risen," is incredible. I'm broke so I can only listen to tapes in my car instead of CD's I listen to that song over and over again. That song and another excellent piece is, 'Save Me.' The two songs are almost on different sides of the spectrum, night and day. So there's much variations throughout the disc. For those of you who are new to the industrial scene, and since it's 2004 you're gonna have to look back in the 90's for the most part, I also recommend, Excessive Force and Haloblack.
 Still at it after all these years December 17, 2002
Jeff (Miami, FL)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the first KMFDM album I've bought since Symbols which I didn't really get into. I definitely think ATTAK is an improvement, and I think that if it wasn't for the Tim Skold songs it'd rank highly in their history. I just can't get into the songs where Skold sings. His lyrics do not change much from song to song and he sings with an annoying Peter Murphy-goth style. The good.. Attak/Reload is a great way to start off an album. Lucia's vocals grab you, great KMFDM guitars, and big beats. What you'd expect for the first song on a KMFDM album. Dirty is the latest song about, well, themselves. "Heaven can't take me, Hell don't care, KMFDM, gonna take me there!" Great loud and heavy guitars with Raymond Watts aka Pig on vocals. At times it almost sounds like AC/DC industrialized, but it's a good song. My favorite song on the album is "Urban Monkey Warfare." It probably has the most in common with KMFDM's sound from the early 1990s. The biggest thing I miss about KMFDM's older albums is their great sense of humor. I rarely see it anymore, but this song has some. More crushing guitars, which there's a lot of on this album. The synths are also great on this song. Vocals courtesy of Lucia and Sascha. The album is worth is for this song. Yohoho. A lot of people don't seem to like this song, but I think it works real well and it's a little more experimental. It goes at a slower pace and is mostly synth-driven (the guitars take a break). The song showcases Pig's twisted lyrics and unique singing. There are a few other good songs on the album. "Sturm and Drang" is the best song with Skold. "Sleep" is a nice album closer reminiscent of "The Problem" from the album _Angst_. Overall, a good album. I recommend it for the strong songs, but there might not be enough to win back the old fans. Give it a shot.
 Boring, money driven, uninspired. April 26, 2002
w.l.g. (here)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I didnt expect it to be anything mindblowing, but this album was still a dissapointment. It seemed allright at first, but I think that was just the excitement of a new kmfdm album coming out. Not to say that it doesnt have its highpoints, it has a few, but those wear thin very quickly. Most people who liked this album respond to criticism towards it with "They moved in a new direction! And obviously not everyone is going to like the direction they took!" or something of that sort. Indeed, kmfdm used to be great for reinventing themselves, from raggae to metal to electronica.The problem with this album is that they HAVEN'T moved into any new direction. If anything, it goes a couple steps back. New kmfdm recycles older the work
of other bands (Sex Pistols, even Rammstein) and recycles their own older songs (virus, libesleid, diy) in an attempt to sound like kmfdm again. The result is rather mediocre re-hash. If this album has taken any new direction at all, it's one towards the MTV play that this band was previously so against. An example of this is the song Superhero, that sounds much like No Doubt or Garbage. And so, another used-to-be great band has sold out. Of all the kmfdm albums, as well as all the post kmfdm projects (schwein, mdfmk, slick idiot), I'd have to say that I prefer all of those to Attak. Not recommended.
KMFDM's doing it Again! March 21, 2002
TastyBabySyndrome ("Daddy Dagon's Daycare" - Proud Sponsor of the Little Tendril Baseball Team, USA)
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
KMFDM's back with a heavier sound, just like they promised. Still, its the KMFDM we've all grow to love. The sound has again morphed into something new, but it still has remnants of older days, giving it a rounded sound. There is a lot of the newer, more techno friendly MDFMK hiding inside the songs, plus other, harder to put my finger on, elements that meet with widespread hands. All I can say about it is Yummy.
Raymond's back, Lucia still doing tracks (which is a far cry from her Drill days), and Skold is also on board for this go around, making the album a bit more versatile than the previous release (not to say that the last release was less than spectacular). Personally, I was glad to find Raymond on board again, since I had missed him on MDFMK and had hoped he would return. Still, the prayers were only half answered, with silence on En Esch's side of the court. That said, it is definitely worth buying, and if you have any doubts, I'm sure you can get some clippy clips to listen to. But don't! Buy it and make sweet love to it now!
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