The latest effort by KMFDM, Nihil, packs quite a musical whallop. In your face, hard hitting, breathlessly paced tracks will keep KMFDM fans begging for more product. This reinforces my opinion that they are the true definition of industrial music.
The thread that holds Nihil together is its unadulterated agression. With titles such as "Beast", "Search and Destroy" and "Terror", you are dragged in (albeit not kicking & screaming) to Sacha Konietzko's warped, self-produced world.
"Juke Joint Jezebel" is the first single off this CD. This one is user-friendly by KMFDM standards. Even your "normal" friends might catch on to its dancefloor appeal and breakneck pace; this would owe, in great part, to the diva-esque backing vocals. The rest of the tracks are your garden variety scream-and-sample-fests, the most notable of which is "Terror".
Maybe the album with the most interesting cover wins the trophy - and maybe it is the album that gets you off your ass, and screaming. In any event, KMFDM's Nihil takes the prize, hands down.
