Adios (KMFDM album)

The 1990s core of KMFDM (Sascha Konietzko, En Esch, and Günter Schulz) had reunited for the previous album, Symbols, and toured together along with fellow German industrial metal band Rammstein in 1997. The core line-up was joined on tour by John DeSalvo, Nivek Ogre, and Tim Sköld. Adios was written almost entirely by Konietzko and Sköld, who became an official member for the band's final release with Wax Trax! Records. Schulz, who had done significant writing for the previous five albums, acted only as a studio musician, while Esch helped write only a pair of songs. It was originally intended to be released in 1998 but was pushed back by the record label as the "rarities" compilation album AGOGO was offered up instead. KMFDM had already disbanded by the time of its eventual release. ==Release date controversy==

Adios was released on April 20, 1999, which coincided with the Columbine High School massacre and Adolf Hitler's birthday. Because Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were big fans of the group, KMFDM released an official statement denouncing the violence, sympathizing with the victims and their families, and explaining that the band had no Nazi affiliations whatsoever. ==Reception==

Adios received positive reviews. Gina Boldman of AllMusic said of the album: "KMFDM sound smoother yet maintain their emotive mayhem in all its glory." The staff of PopMatters called Adios a "superb mix of the anarchaic fueled fury of the 80’s and a full awareness of what their genre has become." Remarking on the band's then-disbandment, they further stated that KMFDM "left us with something to remember them by." ==Track listing==

• Sascha Konietzko – vocals (1–3, 6–10), synths, programming (1–10), guitar (10) • Tim Skold – vocals (1–4, 6–10), programming (1–10), bass (9) • Günter Schulz – guitar (1–3, 7, 9, 10) • Cheryl Wilson – vocals (2, 4, 7–9) • En Esch – hi-hat & cymbals (2), vocals (3, 7, 10), add. programming (7) • Frank Chotai – add. programming (4) • Paul de Carli – digital editing (4) • Nina Hagen – vocals (5, 10) • Nivek Ogre – vocals (7, 8) • William Rieflin – programming (8) ==References==