PARADISE
DIGITAL (2019) · Listen & Buy on Bandcamp
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With 2019 marking 35 years of conceptual continuity, KMFDM is showing no
signs of slowing down or mellowing out, on the contrary, the Ultra
Heavy Beat is as fired up and as energized as ever with the release of
the band's 21st album, PARADISE!
Long revered for their innovative blend of virtually all forms of music
into a monolithic juggernaut of industrial/rock, topped off with
scathing and confrontational lyrics that challenge the social and
political zeitgeist, KMFDM is at the top of their game as this latest
album hosts some of the band's most diverse material. From the abrasive
hip-hop stylings of K-M-F, to the dark alt. rock ambience of Oh My Goth,
the dub-meets-electro/metal assault of PARADISE and No God, and the
mechanized industrial/dance energy of Automaton, Disturb the Peace, and
Megalo (a new rendition of the band's classic Megalomaniac) KMFDM leaves
no stone unturned as the album calls for revolution against a world
overrun by fascism, authoritarianism, and violence.
Helmed by founder and frontman Sascha
"Kapt'n K" Konietzko and Lucia Cifarelli, delivering their searing and
brutal vocal performances like liquid daggers, and backed by the
percussive fury of Andy Selway, KMFDM is joined by Black Sugar
Transmission's Andee Blacksugar lending his angular guitars to give the
seething bite of PARADISE just that extra shot of venom. Of course, what
would a KMFDM album be without a few guest performances? For PARADISE
hosts some of the most impressive in the band's history. Doug Wimbish
(TACKHEAD, Living Colour) returns for another round to lend his
electrified funk bass skills to Piggy. Longtime alumni Cheryl Wilson
brings her soul mama vocals to the disco-infused WDYWB, while rapper
Andrew Ocelot Lindsley delivering an all-out verbal assault on K-M-F.
But if that weren't enough, fans will undoubtedly be overjoyed as Binge
Boil & Blow finds the Lord of Lard himself, Raymond PIG Watts
returning to the KMFDM fold for the first time in 16 years !
Fascism is in fashion again, and the planet is a paradise for assholes,
and KMFDM will have none of it! KMFDM's message is as relevant as ever,
and PARADISE may be the band's most powerful outing yet, demanding that
you live with no regret, don't look back, find your destiny, destroy
what destroys you, and rip the system!
Track List
01. K-M-F
02. NO REGRET
03. OH MY GOTH
04. PARADISE
05. WDYWB
06. PIGGY
07. DISTURB THE PEACE
08. AUTOMATON
09. BINGE BOIL & BLOW
10. MEGALO
11. NO GOD
