Blitz by KMFDM, album cover

Album

Blitz

Released24 March 2009

LabelMetropolis Records

Popularity42.2

Also cited23 March 2009

industrial rock electro electronic heavy metal

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Blitz is the fifteenth studio album from KMFDM, the German industrial rock group, released in March 2009 on KMFDM Records and Metropolis Records. It arrived in the same year as Skold vs. KMFDM, and it followed Tohuvabohu from 2007 in the band's long run of records.

The album is a small exercise in neatness: the title and the song titles are all five letters long, a habit last seen on WWIII. The songs are written in three different languages, which gives it a pleasingly mixed feel. It charted after release, as did the song "People of the Lie", and critics received it moderately well. Most of its tracks were later remixed for the band's next release, Krieg, so it makes a good starting point for hearing how the material can be reworked.

Blitz: tracklist and credits

11 tracks · 52:26

Tracklist

1[Up Uranus]Sascha Konietzko4:04
2Bait & SwitchLucia Cifarelli and Sascha Konietzko5:56
3DavaiSascha Konietzko4:30
4Never Say NeverCifarelli, Hodgson, Konietzko4:19
5Potz Blitz!Jules Hodgson and Sascha Konietzko4:23
6People of the LieLucia Cifarelli and Sascha Konietzko4:53
7Being BoiledMarsh, Ware, Oakey4:07
8StrutCifarelli, Konietzko, Selway5:30
9BitchesSascha Konietzko4:23
10Me & My GunLucia Cifarelli and Sascha Konietzko3:30
11Take’m OutSascha Konietzko6:51

Produced by: Jules Hodgson, Sascha Konietzko, Skold, KMFDM
Executive producer: Sascha Konietzko
Mixed by: Jules Hodgson, Sascha Konietzko
Engineered by: Jules Hodgson, Sascha Konietzko, Skold, Chris Shepard
Mastered by: Brian Gardner
Artwork: Brute, Justin Gammon
Photography: Kirk Edward Mitchell
Labels: Metropolis Records, Metropolis Records/KMFDM Records
Length: 52:26

Line-up

Jules Hodgson · guitar, membranophone
Sascha Konietzko · guitar, synthesizer, vocals, sitar, bass guitar, other instruments
Skold · bass guitar, cymbal, drums (drum set), hi-hat, membranophone, synthesizer
Lucia Cifarelli · vocals
Anna Koudriachova · spoken vocals · guest
Andy Selway · synthesizer · guest
Steve White · guitar · guest
Cheryl Wilson · vocals · guest

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Releases and pressings

How we know the release date wikipedia 2009-03-24 vs 2009-03-23 (musicbrainz)

Source	Date	Note
MusicBrainz	23 March 2009
Wikipedia infobox	24 March 2009
Wikidata	2009
UK / Europe release	23 March 2009	earliest UK or European date

2 editions

Date	Country	Label	Barcode	Kind
23 March 2009	GB	Metropolis Records	782388058025	original
24 March 2009	XW	Metropolis Records		deluxe

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