Nihil

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Nihil
Studio album by KMFDM
Released	April 4, 1995
Recorded	Early 1994 – January 1995
Genre	Industrial
Length	49:03
Label	Wax Trax!/TVT, Metropolis
Producer(s)	Sascha Konietzko Chris Shepard KMFDM
Professional reviews
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KMFDM chronology
Naïve/Hell to Go (1994)	Nihil (1995)	Xtort (1996)

Nihil is an album by the German industrial music band KMFDM, released in 1995. It is largely considered by fans to be their best album, and the best example of the "classic" KMFDM sound. It was recorded in Seattle, Washington.

Nihil is one of the only KMFDM albums that does not feature cover artwork by pop-artist Brute!. Instead, the cover was designed by Francesca Sundsten, wife of drummer Bill Rieflin.

Nihil is also the Latin term for nothing, from which the common word 'nil' is derived.

A digitally remastered re-release of Nihil was released on March 6, 2007, along with Xtort.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Singles 4 Notes

[edit] Track listing

1. "Ultra" (Mark Durante/En Esch/Sascha Konietzko/Günter Schulz/Chris Shepard/Raymond Watts) – 4:34
2. "Juke Joint Jezebel" (Esch/Konietzko/Schulz/Watts) – 5:40
3. "Flesh" (Esch/Konietzko/Schulz/Watts) – 5:02
4. "Beast" (Konietzko/Schulz) – 5:06
5. "Terror" (Durante/Esch/Konietzko/Schulz/Shepard/Watts) – 4:50
6. "Search & Destroy" (Esch/Konietzko/Schulz) – 3:26
7. "Disobedience" (Durante/Esch/Konietzko/Schulz/Shepard/Watts) – 4:43
8. "Revolution" (Esch/Konietzko/Schulz) – 4:27
9. "Brute" (Esch/Konietzko/Schulz/Watts) – 4:25
10. "Trust" (Konietzko/Schulz) – 3:43
11. "Nihil" (Konietzko) – 2:04
    • "Nihil" originally appeared as a hidden track at the end of "Trust" on the original Wax Trax!/TVT release.

[edit] Personnel

• Sascha Konietzko – electronics, vocals (1-7, 9, 10), bass (6), drums (10)
• En Esch – vocals (1-3, 5-8), guitar (1, 3, 6), drums (6, 9), hi hat (2), cymbals (3), backing vocals (3, 5), harmonica (5)
• Günter Schulz – guitars, vocals (2, 6), bass (5)
• Raymond Watts – vocals (1-3, 5, 7, 9), bass (5), drum programming (5)
• Mark Durante – steel guitar (1, 7), guitars (5, 7, 9)
• Bill Rieflin – drums (1, 3, 7)
• Dorona Alberti – vocals (4, 8, 10)
• Jennifer Ginsberg – vocals (2)
• Jim Christiansen – trombone (7)
• Jeff Olson – trumpet (7)
• Fritz Whitney – bari sax (7)
• Chris Shepard

[edit] Singles

• Juke Joint Jezebel
• Trust/Juke Joint Jezebel (import only)
• Brute

[edit] Notes

• "Ultra" was featured in the U.S. release of Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, and was the theme song for Manga Entertainment's anime catalog trailer.
• The "Juke Joint Jezebel (Metropolis)" remix, by Giorgio Moroder, was featured in the 1995 movie, Mortal Kombat, during the Kano (Trevor Goddard) and Sonya (Bridgette Wilson) fight scene.