| 1. Free Your Hate |
| 2. Hau Ruck |
| 3. You're No Good |
| 4. New American Century |
| 5. Real Thing |
| 6. Every Day's a Good Day |
| 7. Mini Mini Mini |
| 8. Professional Killer |
| 9. Feed Our Fame |
| 10. Ready to Blow |
| 11. Auf Wiederseh'n |
Editorial Reviews
Product Description
KMFDM have been blending and bending musical genres in the underground scene for more than 21 years. Loosely translated from German as "Heave-Ho", "Hau Ruck" exhibits that title in all its glory, musically rolling up its sleeves and getting to work with heavy guitars, dance inducing synths, and aggressive beats. As for the singing, Lucia unleashes a spectrum of vocal styles and Sascha K spews his own trademark bad-ass attitude. Lyrically thought provoking, yet humorously ironic, KMFDM skewer the world and themselves with each stab. Throwing out all misconceptions of the band and the genres they are associated with, "Hau Ruck" is their most powerful and innovative album. They produced and mixed the record themselves, thus guaranteeing a sonic redefining of their signature sound.
It is awesome nonetheless, and my best friend who is stationed in S. Korea right now says it gets her through the day cause they are so politically charged. ;)
Although most of the band is different (Sascha K. still there of course) it seems as if there is some talent in their new lineup. Lucia especially has a sexy voice IMO. After the WWIII album, which was not particularly great by KMFDM standards, left me and many other fans unsure of KMFDM's future. But this album I will proudly say is much better.
Their music has often been deemed political, however, everything about their message is apolitical. Again, they're the guys in the 1984 big brother landscape that are standing up to the tanks, not driving them! Speaking of 1984, that's the year this band was founded, so by now they have nothing left to prove, simply more great music to make!
KMFDM's albums usually use a mixture of German and English. On this album, for the first time, they feature three different languages. Here, they added a touch of French on the song titled "Mini Mini Mini".
Hau Ruck means "Heave Ho" and this is adamant within the familiar artwork of their album covers, which are a mixture to me of some 1930's gangster landscape and Sin City. The artist for these album covers is Aidan Hughes.
The Album: We see a good mixture of slow songs and driving rockers, and within it all there is a good familiarity from songs and sounds of old without dubbing the band "formulaic" or having them scare us into thinking they are "experimenting". Many bands say the latter, but usually it's to bend to corporate pressure to stay alive. Not these guys, again, they're throwing Molotov's at the stoic guardsmen bent on their destruction, not aiding them.
The first track is "Free Your Hate" and starts out with the intro by the lead singer "ladies and gentleman...Hau Ruck". This leads us immediately into a crescendo of driving guitars belching out mad beats of controlled, precise, yet edge filled sound. The lyrics are poignant and meaningful, not to complex, just simple enough to get the point across. Its got a great sound with the chorus of ""Free your hate/Crusade in the days of rage/Perilous folly/Rise up against your fate". The beats and rhythm alternate with varying sounds as we're introduced to something more complex than say, a riff from an AC/DC tune.
Hau Ruck is track 2 and comes in with a hammer like crusher of a tune. This is truly what makes KMFDM special, or at least well liked! Intro of a digitally altered sound that is nearly robotic, Hau Ruck comes at you like an arena fist-in-the-air foot stomping rocker. Alternating small electronic drumbeats along with the chorus, the main riff drives home a message in German that though I don't understand it, is still communicated through powerful bass and guitar.
You're no good is track 3 and is a slower pop/synth tune with female vocals that starts out sounding like something similar to say, the concrete blondes, but soon explodes into another thrash laden ditty before returning to the melodic female vocals for the original chorus. A great song because it shows the mixture of different styles and approach that this band can deliver in their musical vision.
New American Century is track 4 and starts off with some low, almost haunting synth that starts to speed up before breaking into a great driving sound from the drums. In the background you can hear an organ sounding melody, like an old pipe organ from an old scary movie. The rest of the song (sang in English) also features some of the female vocals with great alternating techno beats. Towards the end of the song they include some of the national anthem before continuing to mock and at the same time expose a different side of things. By this time you may figure out that these guys attack anything to do with the government. It's pretty apparent in the lyrics as they say:
"Fight the power
That chokes your speech
Fight the power
That makes you bleed
Fight the power
That propogates lies
To keep you weak
Keep you in line
Fight the power that reigns you in
Divides and conquers
Defines your sin
Fight the power
For one and all
Before the power swallows us whole"
Track 5 is "Real Thing" and clocks in at over five minutes. It's another slower paced tune that is perhaps the best on the whole album. Groovy, hypnotic, and fun, it's a less thrash/more class tune that fits in well with the diversity that this album represents with its 11 total tracks.
Track 6 is "Every days a good day" and though it has some cool electronic beats coupled with some small thrash splits here and there, its really not a song that sticks out to me much. Sang in English, it's not a rocker nor a slow tune, it falls somewhere in the middle, but the execution of it overall just doesn't seem as powerful as the rest of the songs on this album. Easily overseen given my high rating for the album as a whole, and probably enjoyed by other fans as a favorite song all the same. For me the song seems to become way to repetitive with chorus and lyrics towards the end.
Ahhh, track 7 is Mini Mini Mini and it's a great one. It rolls along with a steady beat and has some driving drums in the background to help set the tone. Catchy lyrics and some even catchier guitar work make this one a fun one. The chanting in another language is great even if you don't know how to translate it. That's one thing I'll say about the language differences, even though some newcomers might feel put off by a language they cant understand, it still is a great musical experience to be had and doesn't take away from the feeling that you get from these tracks. Its not just music you hear, this stuff is heavy and deep.
Track 8 is "Professional Killer" and is a professional rock anthem as well. Bopping electronic beats carry through to a swift and fast crescendo of guitars. Meanwhile, the female vocalist sings with a sound that is serious but not sad, driven but not dire. A great section of pounding electronic beats really makes PK a moving track, and one you can crank when your flying down the road with your windows down. Track 9 is "Feed our Fame" and starts off with some crowd chanting before breaking into a slayer-like thrash that seems to use some cymbals and heavy guitar riffs at breakneck pace before slowing down for some lyrics. Overall another great song that does distance itself somewhat from the other mentioned rockers for the fact that it seems to have a lot more focus on the guitars as the core of the sound.
Track 10 is "Ready to Blow" and its intro has some strange, spooky sounds that creep in before breaking into a solo drum beat of sorts. In come the vocals with not much going on in the background till the second female vocal chorus comes in to kickstart it into a full-blown techno speed laden dance type tune. Track 11 is "Auf Wiederseh'n" and starts off with a great hypnotic "carnival" sound. I called it circus sounds earlier, but it's really like a carnival scene. It has a great crescendo beat to it and also introduces some worldly (India? Tonga?) Drum sounds in and out of the track. A multitude of sounds, beats, rhythms and chorus, this track is another example of how KMFDM works extremely hard at what they do to make even one single song include a plethora of sounds.
The overall structure of this band, from the vocals and lyrics to the music within and even the album covers of their bold and brash themes, makes KMFDM's Hau Ruck one for the ages. After 20 years, I don't think anyone has to tell these guys to keep it going!
KMFDM have been blending and bending musical genres in the underground scene for more than 21 years. Loosely translated from German as "Heave-Ho", "Hau Ruck" exhibits that title in all its glory, musically rolling up its sleeves and getting to work with heavy guitars, dance inducing synths, and aggressive beats. As for the singing, Lucia unleashes a spectrum of vocal styles and Sascha K spews his own trademark bad-ass attitude. Lyrically thought provoking, yet humorously ironic, KMFDM skewer the world and themselves with each stab. Throwing out all misconceptions of the band and the genres they are associated with, "Hau Ruck" is their most powerful and innovative album. They produced and mixed the record themselves, thus guaranteeing a sonic redefining of their signature sound.
Hau Ruck,KMFDM,Metropolis Records,France,Industrial,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop
Hau Ruck
Average customer rating: 
|
Hau Ruck
KMFDM Manufacturer: Metropolis Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  General
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
Alt Industrial
| Industrial
| Goth & Industrial
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
France
| Continental Europe
| Europe
| International
| Styles
| Music
General
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
Pop Rock
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
Similar Items:
ASIN: B000AMJD92 Release Date: 2005-09-13 |
Tracks:
- Free Your Hate
- Hau Rick
- You're No Good
- New American Century
- Real Thing
- Every Day's A Good Day
- Mini Mini Mini
- Professional Killer
- Feed Our Fame
- Ready To Blow
- Auf Wiederseh'n
Album Description
KMFDM have been blending and bending musical genres in the underground scene for more than 21 years. Loosely translated from German as "Heave-Ho", "Hau Ruck" exhibits that title in all its glory, musically rolling up its sleeves and getting to work with heavy guitars, dance inducing synths, and aggressive beats. As for the singing, Lucia unleashes a spectrum of vocal styles and Sascha K spews his own trademark bad-ass attitude. Lyrically thought provoking, yet humorously ironic, KMFDM skewer the world and themselves with each stab. Throwing out all misconceptions of the band and the genres they are associated with, "Hau Ruck" is their most powerful and innovative album. They produced and mixed the record themselves, thus guaranteeing a sonic redefining of their signature sound.Customer Reviews:
Industrial is alive and well (but still very pale)!.......2007-04-11
I got into this one first.......2007-03-12
It is awesome nonetheless, and my best friend who is stationed in S. Korea right now says it gets her through the day cause they are so politically charged. ;)
Welcome back KMFDM.......2007-01-23
Although most of the band is different (Sascha K. still there of course) it seems as if there is some talent in their new lineup. Lucia especially has a sexy voice IMO. After the WWIII album, which was not particularly great by KMFDM standards, left me and many other fans unsure of KMFDM's future. But this album I will proudly say is much better.
Hau Ruck by KMFDM cd.......2006-11-10
KMFDM's Hau Ruck...crusade in the days of rage.......2006-06-14
Their music has often been deemed political, however, everything about their message is apolitical. Again, they're the guys in the 1984 big brother landscape that are standing up to the tanks, not driving them! Speaking of 1984, that's the year this band was founded, so by now they have nothing left to prove, simply more great music to make!
KMFDM's albums usually use a mixture of German and English. On this album, for the first time, they feature three different languages. Here, they added a touch of French on the song titled "Mini Mini Mini".
Hau Ruck means "Heave Ho" and this is adamant within the familiar artwork of their album covers, which are a mixture to me of some 1930's gangster landscape and Sin City. The artist for these album covers is Aidan Hughes.
The Album: We see a good mixture of slow songs and driving rockers, and within it all there is a good familiarity from songs and sounds of old without dubbing the band "formulaic" or having them scare us into thinking they are "experimenting". Many bands say the latter, but usually it's to bend to corporate pressure to stay alive. Not these guys, again, they're throwing Molotov's at the stoic guardsmen bent on their destruction, not aiding them.
The first track is "Free Your Hate" and starts out with the intro by the lead singer "ladies and gentleman...Hau Ruck". This leads us immediately into a crescendo of driving guitars belching out mad beats of controlled, precise, yet edge filled sound. The lyrics are poignant and meaningful, not to complex, just simple enough to get the point across. Its got a great sound with the chorus of ""Free your hate/Crusade in the days of rage/Perilous folly/Rise up against your fate". The beats and rhythm alternate with varying sounds as we're introduced to something more complex than say, a riff from an AC/DC tune.
Hau Ruck is track 2 and comes in with a hammer like crusher of a tune. This is truly what makes KMFDM special, or at least well liked! Intro of a digitally altered sound that is nearly robotic, Hau Ruck comes at you like an arena fist-in-the-air foot stomping rocker. Alternating small electronic drumbeats along with the chorus, the main riff drives home a message in German that though I don't understand it, is still communicated through powerful bass and guitar.
You're no good is track 3 and is a slower pop/synth tune with female vocals that starts out sounding like something similar to say, the concrete blondes, but soon explodes into another thrash laden ditty before returning to the melodic female vocals for the original chorus. A great song because it shows the mixture of different styles and approach that this band can deliver in their musical vision.
New American Century is track 4 and starts off with some low, almost haunting synth that starts to speed up before breaking into a great driving sound from the drums. In the background you can hear an organ sounding melody, like an old pipe organ from an old scary movie. The rest of the song (sang in English) also features some of the female vocals with great alternating techno beats. Towards the end of the song they include some of the national anthem before continuing to mock and at the same time expose a different side of things. By this time you may figure out that these guys attack anything to do with the government. It's pretty apparent in the lyrics as they say:
"Fight the power
That chokes your speech
Fight the power
That makes you bleed
Fight the power
That propogates lies
To keep you weak
Keep you in line
Fight the power that reigns you in
Divides and conquers
Defines your sin
Fight the power
For one and all
Before the power swallows us whole"
Track 5 is "Real Thing" and clocks in at over five minutes. It's another slower paced tune that is perhaps the best on the whole album. Groovy, hypnotic, and fun, it's a less thrash/more class tune that fits in well with the diversity that this album represents with its 11 total tracks.
Track 6 is "Every days a good day" and though it has some cool electronic beats coupled with some small thrash splits here and there, its really not a song that sticks out to me much. Sang in English, it's not a rocker nor a slow tune, it falls somewhere in the middle, but the execution of it overall just doesn't seem as powerful as the rest of the songs on this album. Easily overseen given my high rating for the album as a whole, and probably enjoyed by other fans as a favorite song all the same. For me the song seems to become way to repetitive with chorus and lyrics towards the end.
Ahhh, track 7 is Mini Mini Mini and it's a great one. It rolls along with a steady beat and has some driving drums in the background to help set the tone. Catchy lyrics and some even catchier guitar work make this one a fun one. The chanting in another language is great even if you don't know how to translate it. That's one thing I'll say about the language differences, even though some newcomers might feel put off by a language they cant understand, it still is a great musical experience to be had and doesn't take away from the feeling that you get from these tracks. Its not just music you hear, this stuff is heavy and deep.
Track 8 is "Professional Killer" and is a professional rock anthem as well. Bopping electronic beats carry through to a swift and fast crescendo of guitars. Meanwhile, the female vocalist sings with a sound that is serious but not sad, driven but not dire. A great section of pounding electronic beats really makes PK a moving track, and one you can crank when your flying down the road with your windows down. Track 9 is "Feed our Fame" and starts off with some crowd chanting before breaking into a slayer-like thrash that seems to use some cymbals and heavy guitar riffs at breakneck pace before slowing down for some lyrics. Overall another great song that does distance itself somewhat from the other mentioned rockers for the fact that it seems to have a lot more focus on the guitars as the core of the sound.
Track 10 is "Ready to Blow" and its intro has some strange, spooky sounds that creep in before breaking into a solo drum beat of sorts. In come the vocals with not much going on in the background till the second female vocal chorus comes in to kickstart it into a full-blown techno speed laden dance type tune. Track 11 is "Auf Wiederseh'n" and starts off with a great hypnotic "carnival" sound. I called it circus sounds earlier, but it's really like a carnival scene. It has a great crescendo beat to it and also introduces some worldly (India? Tonga?) Drum sounds in and out of the track. A multitude of sounds, beats, rhythms and chorus, this track is another example of how KMFDM works extremely hard at what they do to make even one single song include a plethora of sounds.
The overall structure of this band, from the vocals and lyrics to the music within and even the album covers of their bold and brash themes, makes KMFDM's Hau Ruck one for the ages. After 20 years, I don't think anyone has to tell these guys to keep it going!
Average customer rating: 
|
Cheru
Graumahd Manufacturer: Hau Ruck ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
| Folk
| Styles
| Music
General
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
Psychedelic Rock
| Classic Rock
| Styles
| Music
Pop Rock
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
ASIN: B000G1TOK0 Release Date: 2006-10-25 |
Tracks:
- Die Letzte Nacht
- Instrumental
- Cheru
- Dhne Melt
- . . . Und Dann Kam Ruhe Vor Dem Sturm
- Jahreskreis 2.005
Album Details
Long Awaited Debut Album "Cheru" from Graumahd is Finally Released. Der Blutharsch Collaborators Wolf L., Georg O. And Jörg B. Have Created an Album with Ten Anthems of Psychoactive Folklore. Fiery Sounds Merge Into Mellow Moods. Folkloristic Acoustic Guitar Music Partly Inspired by the Psychedelic Sounds of the 60s and 70's.
Average customer rating:
|
hau-RUCK
XHOL ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000PKIYPS |
Product Description
from Germany, track A:Breit, track B:Schaukel. OSA/ACD 941065Rap Music:
- Heart Shaped World
- Honeycomb
- Hysteria
- In Love and Death [Explicit Lyrics]
- Intensive Care [Import]
- Is This It
- It's a Beautiful Day
- James Taylor: Greatest Hits
- Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Halloween
- Let Go
Recommended Music:
Big Kahuna Kicks, Vol. 1 [Import]
Grieg: Lyric Pieces Op54; Lyric Pieces Op57
If You Ever Leave Me [CD-single] [Import]
Harp Concerto Op 25/Villa-Lobos: Harmonica Cto
newreleasebooks.com Music: Accelerating Parcae
Hey World [CD-single] [Import]