Xtort by KMFDM, album cover

Album · 30 years old this year

Xtort

Released25 June 1996

LabelBullet Proof Records

Popularity46.2

industrial electronic rock industrial metal

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Xtort is the eighth studio album by the German industrial band KMFDM, released on 25 June 1996. It followed Nihil from 1995 and came before [symbols] in 1997. The record was made from the end of 1995 into early 1996, not long after the death of Jim Nash, co-founder of Wax Trax! and a friend of the band. Its sound sits across industrial, electronic, rock and industrial metal.

It is a record with a crowded guest list, drawing on artists from the industrial scene alongside studio players from other genres, though core member En Esch takes only a limited part. Sascha Konietzko pushed it with a press release that both mocked and praised the album. Critics generally received it well, and it remains the band's highest-charting album. A remastered edition followed in 2007.

Xtort: tracklist and credits

10 tracks · 48:43

Tracklist

1PowerSascha Konietzko and Günter Schulz5:26
2ApathyDurante, Konietzko, Schulz3:10
3RulesConnelly, Durante, Konietzko, Schulz4:08
4CrazeConnelly, Konietzko, Schulz3:34
5DogmaBlackman, Einheit, Konietzko, Schulz4:06
6InaneDurante, Konietzko, Schulz5:30
7BlameConnelly, Konietzko, Schulz4:06
8Son of a GunEaton, Konietzko, Schulz4:23
9IkonsConnelly, Einheit, Konietzko, Schulz4:12
10Wrath / FairyBlackmale, Konietzko, Schulz10:08

Produced by: Sascha Konietzko, Günter Schulz, Chris Shepard
Recorded at: CRC (Chicago), Hole in the Wall (Seattle)
Recorded: 1995–96
Mixed by: Sascha Konietzko, Günter Schulz, Chris Shepard
Engineered by: Ron Lowe, Chris Shepard
Labels: Bullet Proof Records, Wax Trax!
Length: 48:43

Line-up

Sascha Konietzko · bass guitar, membranophone, synthesizer, vocals, sampler
Günter Schulz · guitar, bass guitar, piano
En Esch · other vocals, guitar · guest
Cheryl Wilson · lead vocals · guest
Mark Durante · guitar, slide guitar
Bruce Breckenfeld · Hammond organ · guest
Chris Connelly · lead vocals · guest
Dorona Alberti · lead vocals · guest
F.M. Einheit · percussion · guest
Bill Rieflin · membranophone
Nicole Blackman · lead vocals · guest
Bruce Bendinger · other vocals · guest
Mike Cichowicz · trumpet · guest
Steve Finckle · saxophone · guest
Jack Kramer · trumpet · guest
Bob Samborski · trombone · guest
Jennifer Ginsberg · lead vocals · guest
Ron Lowe · percussion · guest
John Van Eaton · percussion · guest
Jr. Blackmale · other vocals · guest

Singles

“Power” · 15 August 1996
“Rules” · 5 November 1996

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Releases and pressings

How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz

Source	Date	Note
MusicBrainz	25 June 1996
Wikipedia infobox	25 June 1996
Wikidata	1996
US release	25 June 1996	earliest US date

6 editions

Date	Country	Label	Barcode	Kind
1996	DE	Bullet Proof Records	724348436320	other
25 June 1996	US	Wax Trax! Records	016581724228	original
25 June 1996	US	Wax Trax! Records	016581724242	original
25 July 1996	JP	Polystar	4988023034669	other
2007	RU	Metropolis Records	4601250350066	other
6 March 2007	US	Metropolis Records	782388047623	remaster

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