Attak

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Attak is the eleventh studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, released on March 19, 2002 by Metropolis Records. The band's first album following a three-year hiatus, it was the first to feature member Lucia Cifarelli and the last to feature member Tim Sköld.

Attak
Studio album by KMFDM
Released	19 March 2002 (2002-03-19)[1]
Recorded	2001
Studio	Moscozzi Studios, Seattle
Genre	Industrial metal[2]
Length	50:25
Label	Metropolis
Producer	Sascha Konietzko Tim Skold Bill Rieflin
KMFDM chronology
Adios (1999) Attak (2002) WWIII (2003)

History

The album was originally going to be titled Attaq and written in a Middle Eastern font, but was changed by Konietzko after the September 11 attacks, who explained that the band's history with the Columbine shootings would have made the original title "pretty fucking harsh".^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	56/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Rolling Stone	favorable[1]
Splendid	unfavorable[5]

Attak received mixed reviews. Bradley Torreano of AllMusic describes the album's production as "ugly" and that it has a "few songs that are way too long" but still claims it has a "few truly inspiring industrial metal anthems".^[2] Sonya Sutherland of The Michigan Daily is more positive of the album, stating its "filled with subtle beat changes and progressive riffs every track on Attak is superior to the metal shit that’s being served up to the mainstream by the spoonful and reflects the true talent of these Deutschland musical heroes".^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Attak/Reload"	Lucia Cifarelli, Sascha Konietzko	3:59
2.	"Skurk"	Konietzko, Tim Sköld	3:55
3.	"Dirty"	Jules Hodgson, Konietzko, Bill Rieflin, Raymond Watts	4:41
4.	"Urban Monkey Warfare"	Cifarelli, Konietzko	4:31
5.	"Save Me"	Konietzko, Sköld	5:42
6.	"Yohoho"	Cifarelli, Konietzko, Watts	4:16
7.	"Superhero"	Cifarelli, Konietzko	4:25
8.	"Sturm & Drang"	Konietzko, Sköld	3:57
9.	"Preach/Pervert"	Konietzko, Watts	4:30
10.	"Risen"	Konietzko, Sköld	5:59
11.	"Sleep"	Cifarelli, Konietzko, Rieflin	4:30
Total length:			50:25

Personnel

• Sascha Konietzko – drums (1–7, 9, 10), programming (1–11), synthesizers (1–6, 10), vocals (1–8, 10, 11), bass (3–7, 9, 10), guitars (3, 4, 6, 7, 11), percussion (5), cockpit voice recorder (6)
• Tim Sköld – guitars (1, 2, 5, 8, 10), bass (2, 8, 10), drums (2, 8, 10), programming (2, 5, 8, 10), synthesizers (2, 5, 8, 10), vocals (2, 5, 8, 10), percussion (5), drumloops (9)
• Bill Rieflin – drums (1, 5, 11), bass (1, 11), programming (3, 5), synthesizers (3, 5, 11), percussion (5, 11), guitars (11)
• Lucia Cifarelli – vocals (1, 4–7, 11), Sidstation "Ninja" (4)
• Jules Hodgson – guitars (3, 9)
• Raymond Watts – vocals (3, 6, 9), drumloops (9)
• Arianne Schreiber – vocals (3)
• Curt Golden – slide guitars (11)
• Dorona Alberti – vocals (11)