Attak

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Recorded 2001 Attak(2002) WWIII(2003) Release date 19 March 2002		Length 50:25 Artist KMFDM Label Metropolis Records

Released March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19) Genres Industrial rock, Industrial metal Producers Sascha Konietzko, Tim Sköld, Bill Rieflin Similar WWIII, Adios, Nihil, Don't Blow Your Top, Hau Ruck

Attak, the first KMFDM album following a three-year hiatus, was released in 2002 on Metropolis Records and is the group's twelfth studio album overall. It was recorded in Seattle, Washington. The album was also the last to feature Tim Sköld in his original tenure in KMFDM.

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History

The album was originally going to be titled Attaq and written in a Middle Eastern font, but was changed after the September 11 attacks by Konietzko, who explained that the band's history with the Columbine shootings would have made the original title "pretty fucking harsh".

Reception

Attak received mixed reviews.

Personnel

Sascha Konietzko – drums (1–7, 9, 10), programming (1–11), synthesizers (1–6, 10), vocals (1–8, 10, 11), bass (3–7, 9, 10), guitars (3, 4, 6, 7, 11), percussion (5), cockpit voice recorder (6)

Tim Sköld – guitars (1, 2, 5, 8, 10), bass (2, 8, 10), drums (2, 8, 10), programming (2, 5, 8, 10), synthesizers (2, 5, 8, 10), vocals (2, 5, 8, 10), percussion (5), drumloops (9)

Bill Rieflin – drums (1, 5, 11), bass (1, 11), programming (3, 5), synthesizers (3, 5, 11), percussion (5, 11), guitars (11)

Lucia Cifarelli – vocals (1, 4–7, 11), Sidstation "Ninja" (4)

Jules Hodgson – guitars (3, 9)

Raymond Watts – vocals (3, 6, 9), drumloops (9)

Arianne Schreiber – vocals (3)

Curt Golden – slide guitars (11)

Dorona Alberti – vocals (11)

Songs

1Attak/Reload3:59
2Skurk3:55
3Dirty4:41

References

Attak Wikipedia

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