--- title: "KMFDM" type: "MusicGroup" url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/kmfdm" genre: "Industrial" formed: 1984 --- # KMFDM **KMFDM** is a industrial band, active 1984 to present. KMFDM is a multinational industrial metal band from Hamburg led by Sascha Konietzko, who founded the band in 1984 as a performance art project. Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KMFDM ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Name | KMFDM | | Genre | Industrial | | Parent genre | Metal | | Origin | Paris | | Formed | 1984 | | Releases in catalog | 29 | ## Genres [Industrial](https://themetalnet.com/genre/industrial-metal) ## Line-up | Musician | Instruments | Years | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Andy Selway](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andy-selway) | Drums (drum set) | 2002 to present | Current | | [Andee Blacksugar](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andee-blacksugar) | Guitar | 2017 to present | Current | | [Lucia Cifarelli](https://themetalnet.com/musician/lucia-cifarelli) | Keyboard, Lead vocals | 2002 to present | Current | | [Sascha Konietzko](https://themetalnet.com/musician/sascha-konietzko) | Percussion, Drums (drum set), Electronic instruments, Synthesizer, Guitar, Keyboard, Bass guitar, Lead vocals | 1984 to present | Current | | [Tidor Nieddu](https://themetalnet.com/musician/tidor-nieddu) | Guitar | 2025 to present | Current | | [Bill Rieflin](https://themetalnet.com/musician/bill-rieflin) | Percussion, Drums (drum set), Electronic instruments, Bass guitar | 1995 to 2003 | Former | | [Günter Schulz](https://themetalnet.com/musician/gunter-schulz) | | 1989 to 1999 | Former | | [Jules Hodgson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jules-hodgson) | Guitar, Keyboard, Bass guitar | 2002 to 2016 | Former | | [Raymond Watts](https://themetalnet.com/musician/raymond-watts) | Electronic instruments, Lead vocals | 1984 to 2004 | Former | | [Skold](https://themetalnet.com/musician/skold) | Drums (drum set), Electronic instruments, Guitar, Bass guitar, Lead vocals | 1997 to 2009 | Former | | [Steve White](https://themetalnet.com/musician/steve-white-c1a08e7b) | Guitar | 2003 to 2015 | Former | | [En Esch](https://themetalnet.com/musician/en-esch) | | 1985 to 1999 | Former | | [Mark Durante](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mark-durante) | Guitar | 1992 to 1997 | Former | | [Rudolf Naomi](https://themetalnet.com/musician/rudolf-naomi) | Drums (drum set) | 1985 to 1991 | Former | | [Udo Sturm](https://themetalnet.com/musician/udo-sturm) | | 1984 to 1984 | Former | ## Discography | Year | Release | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 1984 | [Opium](https://themetalnet.com/album/8a98a634-feb3-41d8-a775-b8b9e8022f88) | Album | | 1986 | [What Do You Know, Deutschland?](https://themetalnet.com/album/3d7cdab9-4a2b-3bbf-8fe2-c69bba5f20ae) | Album | | 1988 | [Don’t Blow Your Top](https://themetalnet.com/album/8500d812-86d9-3edd-b2d3-d237c1d182ae) | Album | | 1989 | [UAIOE](https://themetalnet.com/album/2682d0ba-b258-3485-9692-287922b8b264) | Album | | 1990 | [Naïve](https://themetalnet.com/album/09ca88b5-6747-3f58-a008-d3fe0bda9a9d) | Album | | 1992 | [Money](https://themetalnet.com/album/46ac6790-8c31-3b90-ba59-22695bd762a8) | Album | | 1993 | [Angst](https://themetalnet.com/album/fcb88a61-e3a9-3d9a-b723-b26bc8e2620b) | Album | | 1995 | [Nihil](https://themetalnet.com/album/f8a4b18f-7cdb-3c80-8158-b758fcbf59a0) | Album | | 1996 | [Xtort](https://themetalnet.com/album/60fc6a7f-0053-39fb-9412-2e65c55146c4) | Album | | 1997 | [[symbols]](https://themetalnet.com/album/57bfc32b-4b60-37cc-bd75-a83936127361) | Album | | 1998 | [MDFMK](https://themetalnet.com/album/63a9d438-7be1-306c-b54a-f1c0617c00ef) | EP | | 1999 | [Adios](https://themetalnet.com/album/dd637316-fde0-388e-bfa3-8513cab252a0) | Album | | 2002 | [Attak](https://themetalnet.com/album/943307db-ac0d-3803-b5e1-c4d487354795) | Album | | 2003 | [WWIII](https://themetalnet.com/album/fb12ebee-5db9-3c06-8aa0-bd0cfb0975ae) | Album | | 2005 | [Hau Ruck](https://themetalnet.com/album/a19590d2-ecf3-36df-b040-83c0df9ee24f) | Album | | 2007 | [Tohuvabohu](https://themetalnet.com/album/a833177a-1f85-3e7a-8baf-5f9bfe7751d5) | Album | | 2009 | [Blitz](https://themetalnet.com/album/3edd5227-a2b4-3e7b-9209-47ea2b61be7e) | Album | | 2009 | [Skold vs. KMFDM](https://themetalnet.com/album/e869a083-69a3-3d68-aaef-d6343b248d56) | Album | | 2011 | [WTF?!](https://themetalnet.com/album/2b548096-1268-49cf-a5f2-c32631c8fd03) | Album | | 2013 | [Kunst](https://themetalnet.com/album/1b24fc1f-531c-4e5a-85bc-91d3dfc12ee4) | Album | | 2014 | [Our Time Will Come](https://themetalnet.com/album/89ab445c-bdfa-4786-8109-1f77bfcc2aaf) | Album | | 2017 | [Hell Yeah](https://themetalnet.com/album/f15b744e-c015-4396-aa46-51ebfe506dd3) | Album | | 2017 | [YEAH !](https://themetalnet.com/album/3b5e38b5-4091-4f47-a305-a21701f7759c) | EP | | 2018 | [Hamburg 1984](https://themetalnet.com/album/5be2ce50-cbd6-4e27-aeb1-b6fd4c38cc5c) | Album | | 2019 | [Paradise](https://themetalnet.com/album/bdeeaa47-a299-4d0c-9d80-861263bf8818) | Album | | 2020 | [Apart](https://themetalnet.com/album/16452acb-2df1-469f-8a41-821c481bae8c) | Album | | 2022 | [Hyëna](https://themetalnet.com/album/28a35b90-caec-455e-9126-27c9dc1522f9) | Album | | 2024 | [Let Go](https://themetalnet.com/album/1679ae98-bf8f-41c8-8485-bbfcc03595ff) | Album | | 2026 | [ENEMY](https://themetalnet.com/album/28e83305-6767-40ed-8b99-987f6ad487e0) | Album | ## 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