Kill Fuck Die

Not to be confused with Fuck, marry, kill.

Kill Fuck Die
Studio album by W.A.S.P.
Released	April 29, 1997
Genre	Heavy metal, industrial metal
Length	45:47
Label	Raw Power/Castle Victor (Japan)
Producer	Blackie Lawless
W.A.S.P. chronology
Still Not Black Enough (1995) Kill Fuck Die (1997) Double Live Assassins (1998)
Singles from Kill.Fuck.Die.
"Kill Fuck Die" Released: 1997

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	4/10 [2]
Metal Rules	4.0/5 [3]
Rock Hard	9.0/10 [4]

Kill Fuck Die (also stylized as Kill.Fuck.Die. and abbreviated as K.F.D.) is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band W.A.S.P., released by Castle Records in 1997.

It differs from their previous releases by incorporating an industrial and more aggressive sound. Guitarist Chris Holmes rejoined the band for this album in a surprise move. According to lead singer Blackie Lawless, he and Holmes had just come out of bad relationships and this is reflected on the album. According to Lawless the record was also inspired by the film Apocalypse Now .

Lawless described the record as "snuff rock" in a video press kit promoting the album. Subsequently, the accompanying tour featured a highly transgressive stage show in which Lawless performed mock rapes of a crucified nun as well as chainsaw decapitations of fake pigs. ^{[5] [6]}

It has often been cited that this album is also another concept piece (like The Crimson Idol ), as it refers to many issues of relationships and pain and also has a rough story alongside all the tracks that seem to run together, however this has never been confirmed by Lawless or the rest of the band.

In a 2025 interview with eonmusic, Lawless called the album "the most creative record I've ever made", ^[7] citing that the "imagery of that record is pretty remarkable". ^[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Blackie Lawless and Chris Holmes.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kill Fuck Die"	4:20
2.	"Take the Addiction"	3:41
3.	"My Tortured Eyes"	4:03
4.	"Killahead"	4:07
5.	"Kill Your Pretty Face"	5:49
6.	"Fetus"	1:23
7.	"Little Death"	4:12
8.	"U"	5:10
9.	"Wicked Love"	4:36
10.	"The Horror"	8:26
11.	"Tokyo's on Fire" (Japan-only bonus track)	3:34

• The Japanese version of the CD does not include the tracks "Fetus" or "Little Death", but includes the Japan-only bonus track "Tokyo's on Fire".

Personnel

W.A.S.P.

• Blackie Lawless – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, producer
• Chris Holmes – lead guitar
• Stet Howland – drums, backing vocals
• Mike Duda – bass, backing vocals

Production

• Mikey Davis – engineer, mixing

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC) [9]	94
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [10]	8

References

1. Stephen Thomas, Erlewine. "W.A.S.P. - K.F.D." AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved November 29, 2012.
2. Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 497. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
3. EvilG. "W.A.S.P. - K.F.D." Metal Rules . Metal-Rules.com. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
4. Albrecht, Frank (1997). "Review Album: W.A.S.P. - K.F.D." Rock Hard (in German). No. 119. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
5. LEMMY Slams W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS: Video Available - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
6. W.A.S.P.-Kill Fuck Die E.P.K. (1997), archived from the original on December 21, 2021, retrieved May 22, 2021
7. "Blackie Lawless Talks 'Album One Alive' & W.A.S.P's Storied History". eonmusic: music for life. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
8. "Blackie Lawless Talks 'Album One Alive' & W.A.S.P's Storied History". eonmusic: music for life. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
9. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
10. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

External links

• Interview about K.F.D.