MDFMK CD

Personnel: Sascha Konietzko, Tim Skold, Lucia Cifarelli.
Producers: Sascha Konietzko, Chris Shepard, Tim Skold.
Engineers: Chris Shepard, John Burton, Sam Hofstedt.
Audio Mixers: Chris Shepard; Sascha Konietzko; Tim Skold.
Just less than a year after KMFDM called it quits, frontmen Sascha Konietzko and Tim Skold moved from TVT to Universal and changed their name to MDFMK. (TVT executives are undoubtedly still attempting to trace their whereabouts.) This self-titled work doesn't quite qualify as a change of direction, however, begging the question of whether the change of venue is due more to artistic control or finances than music. MDFMK charts the same breakbeat industrial-thrash that has long been a staple of any KMFDM album, complete with ranting vocals, aggressive songwriting, heavy-metal chords that sound vaguely familiar, and solid programming that reveals a surprising pop sense. There are a few concessions to technology, including groovier basslines and digital production. Though the songs aren't very strong and the vocals are a bit melodramatic, KMFDM fans will simply be glad to get another album out of the act. ~ John Bush
Industrial/noise warhorses KMFDM released a series of successful albums during the '90s but had disbanded by the end of the decade. Recently reformed as MDFMK (geddit?), their self-titled debut owes much to classic KMFDM material and yet has more space and air in its trippy overtones. Songs like "Now" and "Rabblerouser" offer a familiar industrial sound, though the band experiments with new metamorphoses of trip-hop and drum'n'bass elements on songs such as "Get Out Of My Head," and "Transmutation."
Hardcore fans will find there's definitely something infectious about MDFMK's energy and new-found sonic landscapes. Cuts such as "Torpedoes," "Gasoline," and "Hydro-Electric" are definitely worth the price of admission.CMJ (2/14/00, p.22) - "...every inch the imposing industrial monolith that was KMFDM....filled with anger, rhythm and rising and falling musical pandemonium..."