{"id":2792,"date":"2015-09-10T01:14:04","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T23:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powerofmetal.dk\/?p=2792"},"modified":"2015-09-19T01:24:01","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T23:24:01","slug":"die-krupps-v-metal-machine-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/reviews\/die-krupps-v-metal-machine-music","title":{"rendered":"Die Krupps – V \u2013 Metal Machine Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alright, let me make this perfectly clear: Die Krupps rock big time. However paradoxical that may sound when you talk about a band who are rooted in industrial music, that is the truth.<\/p>\n

During the nineties, the German electro rock outfit presented a refreshing take on metal music, including Heathen\/Exodus guitarist Lee Altus as part of their line-up. With \u2018The Final Option\u2019 (1993), \u2018Odessey of the Mind\u2019 (1995) and \u2018Paradise Now\u2019 (1997), J\u00fcrgen Engler and his sidekicks presented three influential genre classics. And then there was silence.<\/p>\n

Two years ago, Die Krupps suddenly reinserted themselves with \u2018The Machinists of Joy\u2019, an enjoyable listen by all accounts, although probably not quite as strong as the aforementioned albums. It turns out \u2018The Machinists of Joy\u2019 was just the warm up. J\u00fcrgen and the boys were just stretching their legs, doing some push-ups, getting ready for the real sprint.<\/p>\n

\u2018Metal Machine Music\u2019 is exactly what the title says. Electro and industrial made by machines, jawohl<\/em>, but it\u2019s certainly also capital M metal. Guitarist Marcel Z\u00fcrcher lets the thrash riffs flow out of his hands, whilst former Accu\u00a7er skins man Volker Borchert hammers away like there\u2019s no tomorrow. All of this is accompanied by Engler\u2019s characteristic voice and the fury of an army of sequencers that are seemingly being brought to the metal point.<\/p>\n

This is by far the hardest Die Krupps album, and it suits the Neue Deutsche H\u00e4rte<\/em> pioneers. If you need some convincing, try a tune like Kaos Reigns on Spotify. Hammer song. And it\u2019s not unique for this album.<\/p>\n

Great stuff \u2013 do try this at home!<\/p>\n

Tracklist:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Die Verdammten (Prelude)<\/li>\n
  2. Kaltes Herz<\/li>\n
  3. Battle Extreme<\/li>\n
  4. Fly Martyrs Fly<\/li>\n
  5. The Truth<\/li>\n
  6. Road Rage Warrior<\/li>\n
  7. The Vampire Strikes Back<\/li>\n
  8. Alive In A Glass Cage<\/li>\n
  9. Branded<\/li>\n
  10. Kaos Reigns<\/li>\n
  11. The Red Line<\/li>\n
  12. Bonded By Blood<\/li>\n
  13. Volle Kraft Voraus<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Playing time:<\/strong> 48 minutes<\/p>\n

    Release date:<\/strong> 28th<\/sup> of August, 2015<\/p>\n

    Label:<\/strong> Steamhammer\/Oblivion\/SPV<\/p>\n

    Website:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.die-krupps.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Alright, let me make this perfectly clear: Die Krupps rock big time. However paradoxical that may sound when you talk about a band who are rooted in industrial music, that is the truth. During the [Read \u00bb]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oct_exclude_from_cache":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,387,11],"class_list":{"0":"post-2792","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews","8":"tag-industrial","9":"tag-neue-deutsche-harte","10":"tag-thrash-metal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2792"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2959,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792\/revisions\/2959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}