Kunst (album)

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Kunst
KMFDM - Kunst.jpg
Studio album by
Released26 February 2013 [1]
Recorded
Genre Industrial rock, electro-industrial
Length46:45
Label Metropolis/KMFDM
Producer Sascha Konietzko
KMFDM chronology
WTF?!
(2011)
Kunst
(2013)
Our Time Will Come
(2014)

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

Contents

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

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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

Personnel

Additional personnel

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