Kopfschuss
Kopfschuss (engl. "Headshot") is the second full-length studio album by German industrial metal band Megaherz. It was released in July 1998 via ZYX Music.
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| Released | July 12, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Neue Deutsche Härte, industrial metal | |||
| Length | 55:30 | |||
| Label | ZYX Music | |||
| Producer | Andy List, Yogi Lang | |||
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The first track, "Liebestöter", brought the album most of its popularity abroad. The album features a cover of a Falco song, Rock Me Amadeus, and continued Megaherz's tradition of having one song per album based on a fairy tale with the track "Rappunzel", which alludes to the story of the same name. The track "Freiflug" reuses lyrics from the song "Spring in die Schlucht" from the Herzwerk album.
The album was re-released in the US in 2005 as II (read as "Two" or "Zwei"), with the handgun removed from the album art. The resulting effect appears as if the clown is reaching for a fist bump.
Track listing
- Liebestöter ("Love killer") – 4:51
- Kopfschuss ("Headshot") – 4:19
- Herz aus Stein ("Heart of stone") – 4:04
- Miststück ("Bitch") – 3:30
- Burn – 1:37
- Rappunzel ("Rappunzel") – 3:58
- Blender ("Fraud") – 4:19
- Jordan – 3:39
- Freiflug ("Free flight") – 4:58
- Meine Sünde ("My sin") – 3:39
- Teufel ("Devil") – 5:00
- Schizophren ("Schizophrenic") – 3:34
- Rock Me, Amadeus – 3:26
- Liebestöter (Rock-Club Mix) – 4:26
^ Liebestöter ("Love-killer") a pun on the German word for unattractive underwear.
^ "Bitch" is a slightly inaccurate translation in that Miststück is a non-gender-specific insult, though the context of the song makes it clear that the Miststück is a female. Miststück literally means "piece of crap".
^ Jordan is named for the expression "to cross the Jordan" (Jordan River), meaning "to die".
Personnel
- Alexander Wesselsky – vocals
- X-Tian – guitar
- Wenz – bass
- Frank Gegerle – drums, percussion
- Noel Pix – guitar, keyboards and programming
- Andy List – additional programming on "Burn"
- Yogi Lang – additional programming on "Burn"