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Tohuvabohu starts with a boisterous, tongue-in-cheek hymn to the power of KMFDM, replete with phone messages from fans extolling the band's virtues, and then tries to live up to it over the course of 51 head-slamming minutes. Longtime fans will immediately recognize the mix of aggressive storm-trooper grooves with lacerating scrawls of electronic noise multiplied across sequencer patterns and Steve White's distorted slabs of guitar. Sascha Koneitzko remains the frontman for the group, shouting his lyrics in that Skinny Puppy yowl from hell. Lucia Cifarelli, on the other hand, exults in a dominatrix vocal style. Her tunes sometimes make KMFDM sound like they want to be Shirley Manson and Garbage--and "Looking for Strange" and "Fait Accompli" almost succeed--but they just can't commit to the hook or a vocal approach that isn't shouting in your face. They take lyrical cliché to extremes on the title track and "Headcase," altering stock phrases like "Ask no questions, hear no lies" as cartoon political sloganeering. In Hebrew, "tohu va bohu" means "formless and empty," referring to the world before creation (Genesis 1:2). But KMFDM is all about form and structure and the idolatry of the beat. If nothing else, Tohuvabohu shows KMFDM's continued commitment, after nearly a quarter century, to their mutant marriage of heavy dance beats for metalheads. --John Diliberto
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KMFDM, now in their 23rd year, remain a musical entity to be reckoned with. Through relentless experimentation and reinvention they have continued to unleash a barrage of songs that allow their fans to dance with abandon, bang their heads or dissect the band’s cuttingly cunning lyrics sometimes all at once! KMFDM’s new album on Metropolis Records, Tohuvabohu, is no exception. ‘Tohuvabohu,’ an Old Testament word meaning wild and chaotic, perfectly captures the spirit and energy behind the tracks contained therein. Sascha Konietzko, the band’s founder and leader, conducts his army of analog synths and wields his razor sharp lyrics and vocals. Chanteuse Lucia infuses her tracks with a fiercely powered urgency alternating with soft beauty. The KMFDM core remains solid as ever with Jules Hodgson, Andy Selway and Steve White providing the cranking guitars and forceful beats that KMFDM is known for.
Tohuvabohu starts with a boisterous, tongue-in-cheek hymn to the power of KMFDM, replete with phone messages from fans extolling the band's virtues, and then tries to live up to it over the course of 51 head-slamming minutes. Longtime fans will immediately recognize the mix of aggressive storm-trooper grooves with lacerating scrawls of electronic noise multiplied across sequencer patterns and Steve White's distorted slabs of guitar. Sascha Koneitzko remains the frontman for the group, shouting his lyrics in that Skinny Puppy yowl from hell. Lucia Cifarelli, on the other hand, exults in a dominatrix vocal style. Her tunes sometimes make KMFDM sound like they want to be Shirley Manson and Garbage--and "Looking for Strange" and "Fait Accompli" almost succeed--but they just can't commit to the hook or a vocal approach that isn't shouting in your face. They take lyrical cliché to extremes on the title track and "Headcase," altering stock phrases like "Ask no questions, hear no lies" as cartoon political sloganeering. In Hebrew, "tohu va bohu" means "formless and empty," referring to the world before creation (Genesis 1:2). But KMFDM is all about form and structure and the idolatry of the beat. If nothing else, Tohuvabohu shows KMFDM's continued commitment, after nearly a quarter century, to their mutant marriage of heavy dance beats for metalheads. --John Diliberto
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KMFDM, now in their 23rd year, remain a musical entity to be reckoned with. Through relentless experimentation and reinvention they have continued to unleash a barrage of songs that allow their fans to dance with abandon, bang their heads or dissect the band’s cuttingly cunning lyrics sometimes all at once! KMFDM’s new album on Metropolis Records, Tohuvabohu, is no exception. ‘Tohuvabohu,’ an Old Testament word meaning wild and chaotic, perfectly captures the spirit and energy behind the tracks contained therein. Sascha Konietzko, the band’s founder and leader, conducts his army of analog synths and wields his razor sharp lyrics and vocals. Chanteuse Lucia infuses her tracks with a fiercely powered urgency alternating with soft beauty. The KMFDM core remains solid as ever with Jules Hodgson, Andy Selway and Steve White providing the cranking guitars and forceful beats that KMFDM is known for.
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