KMFDM (originally Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit, "loosely" translated by th… Read Full Bio ↴KMFDM (originally Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit, "loosely" translated by the band as "no pity for the majority") is an industrial rock band led by German multi-instrumentalist Sascha Konietzko, who founded the group in 1984 as a performance art project in Hamburg, Germany.

The group's earliest incarnation included German drummer En Esch and British vocalist Raymond Watts, the latter of whom left and rejoined the group several times over its history. The trio recorded the band's earliest albums in Germany before Konietzko and Esch moved to the United States, where they found much greater success with seminal industrial record label Wax Trax!. German guitarist Günter Schulz joined in 1990; both he and Esch continued with the band until KMFDM broke up in 1999. Konietzko resurrected KMFDM in 2002 (Esch and Schulz declined to rejoin) on Metropolis Records, and by 2005 he had assembled a consistent line-up that included American singer Lucia Cifarelli, British guitarists Jules Hodgson and Steve White, and British drummer Andy Selway. Konietzko and Cifarelli moved back to Germany in 2007, while the rest of band stayed in the U.S. In addition to these core members, dozens of other musicians have worked with the group across its nineteen studio albums and two dozen singles, with sales totaling in excess of two million records worldwide.

Critics consider KMFDM to be one of the first bands to bring industrial music to mainstream audiences, though Konietzko refers to the band's music as "The Ultra-Heavy Beat". The band incorporates heavy metal guitar riffs, electronic music, samples, and both male and female vocals in its music, which encompasses a variety of styles including industrial rock and electronic body music (EBM). The band is fiercely political, with many of its lyrics taking stands against violence, war, and oppression. KMFDM normally tours at least once after every major release, and band members are known for their accessibility to and interaction with fans, both online and at concerts. Members, singly or working together and with other musicians, have recorded under many other names, primarily Watts' PIG, Konietzko's Excessive Force, and Esch and Schulz's Slick Idiot.

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---Current Members---
Sascha Konietzko – vocals, guitar, bass, programming, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion
Lucia Cifarelli – vocals, keyboards
Jules Hodgson – guitar, bass, keyboards
Andy Selway – drums
Steve White – guitar

---Former Members---
En Esch – vocals, drums, guitar, programming
Raymond Watts – vocals, programming
Günter Schulz – guitar, programming
Mark Durante – guitar, steel guitar
Tim Skold – vocals, guitar, bass, drums, programming

Classic KMFDM Discography (1984-1999)
---Studio Albums---
1984 - Opium
1986 - What Do You Know, Deutschland?
1988 - Don't Blow Your Top
1989 - UAIOE
1990 - Naïve
1992 - Money
1993 - Angst
1995 - Nihil
1996 - Xtort
1997 - Symbols
1999 - Adios

---Compilations---
1986 - 84-86 (compilation)
1994 - Naïve/Hell to Go (remix)
1996 - Retro (compilation)
1998 - Agogo (compilation)

---Singles---
1987 - Kickin' Ass
1988 - Don't Blow Your Top
1988 - More & Faster
1989 - Virus
1990 - Godlike
1991 - Naïve + The Days of Swine and Roses (split with My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult)
1991 - Split
1992 - Vogue
1992 - Money
1992 - Help Us/Save Us/Take Us Away
1992 - Sucks
1993 - A Drug Against War
1994 - Light
1994 - Glory
1995 - Juke Joint Jezebel
1995 - Juke Joint Jezebel (The Moroder Mixes)
1995 - Brute
1995 - Trust
1995 - Year of the Pig
1996 - Power
1996 - Rules
1997 - Anarchy
1998 - MDFMK

---Side Projects/Collaborations---
1991 - Excessive Force - Conquer Your House
1992 - Excessive Force - Conquer Your World
1992 - En Esch - Cheesy
1993 - Excessive Force - Blizkrieg
1994 - Excessive Force - Gentle Death
1994 - KMFDM vs. PIG - Sin Sex & Salvation

---Modern KMFDM Discography (2002-present)
---Studio Albums---
2002 - Attak
2003 - WWIII
2005 - Hau Ruck
2007 - Tohuvabohu
2009 - Blitz
2011 - WTF?!
2013 - Kunst
2014 - Our Time Will Come
2017 - Hell Yeah
2019 - Paradise
2022 - HYËNA
2024 - LET GO

---Compilations---
2002 - Strum & Drang Tour Live (live)
2004 - WWIII Live 2003 (live)
2006 - Ruck Zuck (remix)
2008 - Brimborium (remix)
2008 - Extra Vol. 1 (compilation)
2008 - Extra Vol. 2 (compilation)
2008 - Extra Vol. 3 (compilation)
2009 - Krieg (remix)
2010 - Würst (compilation)
2010 - Greatest Shit (compilation)
2014 - We Are KMFDM (live)

---Singles---
2002 - Boots
2010 - Day of Light
2010 - Godlike 2010
2010 - Light 2010
2011 - Krank
2011 - Amnesia
2014 - Salvation

---Side Projects/Collaborations---
2000 - MDFMK - MDFMK
2001 - Schweinstein - Schweinstein
2001 - Slick Idiot - DickNity
2002 - Schweinstein - Son of Schweinstein
2003 - Slick Idiot - ReDickUlous
2004 - Slick Idiot - Screwtinized
2004 - Lucia - From the Land of Volcanoes
2006 - Slick Idiot - xSCREWciating
2006 - KGC - Dirty Bomb
2009 - Slick Idiot - Sucksess
2009 - Skold vs. KMFDM - Skold vs. KMFDM
2011 - OK●ZTEIN●OK - PROLET●KULT
2014 - En Esch - SPÄNK

Leibesleid
KMFDM Lyrics

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Und wenn ich also sterben muss
Will ich ertrinken in Deinem schwarzen Haar
Und wenn ich also sterben muss
So will ich ersticken an Deinen süssen Brüsten

Wenn ich also sterben muss
So will ich erblinden durch Deine braunen Augen
Und wenn ich also sterben muss

So will ich meine Vene an Deinen Lippen ritzen

Ich habe immer noch nichts dazugelernt
Meine Hände in Fesseln
Das Hirn ein Loch in der Wand
Ein Loch in der Wand
Was soll's
Ich werde niemals sterben

Wenn ich also sterben muss
So will ich verhungern in Deinem Schoss
Und wenn ich also sterben muss
So will ich mich verbrennen vor Deinem Bett
Und wenn ich also sterben muss
So will ich ersaufen in Deiner Glut
Und wenn ich also sterben muss
So will ich vergiften an Deinem Blut

Ich habe immer noch nichts dazugelernt
Meine Hände in Fesseln
Das Hirn ein Loch in der Wand
In der Wand
In der Wand
Ein Loch in der Wand

Immer noch nichts dazugelernt
Meine Hände in Fesseln
Das Hirn ein Loch in der Wand
Ein Loch in der Wand
Ein Loch in der Wand

Und wenn ich also sterben muss
Soll ich verglüh'n von Deinem Kuss
Und wenn ich dann gestorben bin
Begrabe mich an Deinem Herzen
An Deinem Herzen
An Deinem Herzen
An Deinem Herzen
An Deinem Herzen

Ich habe immer noch nichts dazugelernt
Meine Hände in Fesseln
Das Hirn ein Loch in der Wand

An Deinem Herzen
An Deinem Herzen
An Deinem Herzen
An Deinem Herzen

Ich habe...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to KMFDM's song Leibesleid (German for "love pain") express a strong desire for the singer's partner. The singer declares that if they were to die, they would want to drown in their partner's hair, suffocate in their sweet breasts, and marvel at their brown eyes until they become blind. The singer continues with similar desires to die - to starve in their partner's lap, burn in front of their bed, drown in their heat, and be poisoned by their blood. The singer reinforces their love by wanting to be buried at their partner's heart and ending the song with the same declaration of the lack of knowledge gained despite being restrained, with their brain being a hole in the wall.

The lyrics describe an intense and dangerous obsession with the object of the singer's affection. The language used evokes a sense of desperation and even morbidity, as the singer imagines multiple ways to die in the arms of their lover. The repetition of the phrase "an deinem Herzen" (at your heart) emphasizes the intensity of the singer's desire to be close to their lover - even in death. The final line repeats the idea that despite everything, the singer has not learned anything.

Line by Line Meaning

Und wenn ich also sterben muss
If I must die

Will ich ertrinken in Deinem schwarzen Haar
I want to drown in your black hair

So will ich ersticken an Deinen süssen Brüsten
I want to suffocate on your sweet breasts

So will ich erblinden durch Deine braunen Augen
I want to go blind from your brown eyes

So will ich meine Vene an Deinen Lippen ritzen
I want to cut my vein on your lips

Ich habe immer noch nichts dazugelernt
I still haven't learned anything

Meine Hände in Fesseln
My hands are in shackles

Das Hirn ein Loch in der Wand
My brain is a hole in the wall

Was soll's
So what

Ich werde niemals sterben
I will never die

So will ich verhungern in Deinem Schoss
I want to starve in your lap

So will ich mich verbrennen vor Deinem Bett
I want to burn in front of your bed

So will ich ersaufen in Deiner Glut
I want to drown in your passion

So will ich vergiften an Deinem Blut
I want to poison myself with your blood

Soll ich verglüh'n von Deinem Kuss
I should burn up from your kiss

Und wenn ich dann gestorben bin
And when I'm dead

Begrabe mich an Deinem Herzen
Bury me at your heart

An Deinem Herzen
At your heart

Ich habe immer noch nichts dazugelernt
I still haven't learned anything

In der Wand
In the wall

An Deinem Herzen
At your heart

Ich habe...
I have...

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Comments from YouTube:

@truesoulm

7y↑31

This song is amazing, definitely in top favorite songs of all time. Gets me going in all sorts of ways.

@XfsxnfsX

11y↑52

Easily a top 10 KMFDM song.

@tonythetiger9305

38w

You should listen to it now!

@mascadadelpantion8018

3y↑15

I'm quite proud to say that I still currently have my original audio cassette tape of this exact album and all original songs on it with no edits•°~}

@TJDious

2y↑2

Me too!

@mascadadelpantion8018

@Theo Dious doesn't it just feel so damn good?€~`,

@cashing777

2y↑8

True sampling and best possible way to utilize it. Execution is phenomenal

@stygianlusitania1682

this is me

@shagadelic8680

6y↑35

Peak industrial, intro straight up sounds like a factory. Pretty sick, diggin it

@GasmaskAvenger

3y↑1

Lovin' the WataMote avatar

Best regards, InsaneJericho66 (just commenting through my main account)

@Babaziba

5y↑5

Well done! Thanks for uploading this.

@joshualawson5607

7y↑18

Thanks for posting this, this is the superior version of the song and I needed to be able to hear a remastered edition. So, yeah thanks

@Stormbow8821

2y↑3

Odd that this one is so popular and Spotify doesn't have it.

@quintork4100

2y↑4

kmfdm doing it again ,beats for the freaks!fuckin great band! naive is the tune tho!

@sofacus9703

7y↑3

never knew about the o furtuna samps, that's fucking amazing

@tonedecoder633

2y↑3

If you go back and listen to the Infingement MIx from Naive: Hell To Go you can hear they have just the melody from the sample being played at the point in the song (arrangement wise) that the sample would be used.

@archibaldcabebe6062

10y↑20

I remember that MTV's The State used a snippet of this (including the "O Fortuna" bit) on the "MTV Sports" sketch on golf. And the bit is salvaged in the DVD and iTunes edits, despite the replacement tracks in there. Just an interesting fact here (if not a fun fact).

@derekludwig4407

7y↑3

Archibald Cabebe. Actually it was sampled for MTV show called MTV Sports with Dan Cortese.

@archibaldcabebe6062

Of course.

@robynsegg

Gotta admit that I'd watch MTV SPORTS opening for the opening alone. 😂

@pmfnr

3y↑2

This was my jam in high school. I was listening on Spotify trying to figure out what the fuck they did with my memories.

@fabulousdisaster93

8y↑5

Perfection ❤️💋😘🇩🇪

@vilijanac

3y↑1

Allways, liked it Industrial Metal.

@constantindolotow6522

4y↑1

Can you send me a link to download this extended song, please?

@iNuchalHead

11y↑12

I have a vinyl test pressing and first edition CD of this. Yeah, that's right. :P

@lauravaldez5813

Was it Wax Trax?

@B1toDO

14y↑10

Yeah, dat rockt Hab die CD damals auf einem Flohmarkt für 2 DM gekauft. Beim EBAY Verkauf stellte sich später raus das ich eine "besondere" CD erwischt hatte. Soweit ich weis , wurde(musste) die Erstauflage komplett eingestampft werden weil irgendein Copyright geschütztes Sample benutzt wurde. Wer genauere Infos hat kann sich gerne melden. P.S. Beiß mich heut noch in den Arsch das ich die CD vertickt habe. Leider damals Null Plan gehabt :)

@oWarlock360o

O fortuna teile wurden rausgeschnitten

@Yurasuka

13y

Kick ASS!

@dwaynesmith753

7y↑3

Kicks ass and takes names!

@views-ce7mq

Dwayne Smith R U OK?

@dwaynesmith753

7y↑1

Ripple Effect lol

@fr8242

5y↑3

Superb! KMFDM SUCKS...always!

@Clairebee

12y↑15

Love this song. KMFDM SUCKS!

@GasmaskAvenger

13y

@Meggadezz yes it does Liebesleid is the original version (this one) Leibesleid is the version found on the "Naïve/Hell to Go" release with the subtitle "Infringement Mix"

@Cyrillion

13y↑15

@baraqijal15 listen to the song "a hole in the wall", it's basically Liebeslied in english. Not fully literal but in essence.

@truesoulm

7y↑2

Cyrillion true dat, not many people are aware,

@rkf87

3y↑1

"Hole in the Wall" is all right, but the verses just don't carry as well. This song was made to be German.

@jeffram68

Panzerfaust is this song in Italian.

@shadyalien

12y↑1

@MithgarthWorm I like grimey dubstep and KMFDM is my FAVORITE band. Just sayin.

@Cyrillion

11y↑6

doesn't matter if you change the order of any of the "ie"s. It changes the meaning but it would still be proper german =D e.g. Leibeslied would be "body song" - not that cool though.

@jeffram68

2y↑1

And leibesleid would be "bodily pain." Way cool.

@baraqijal15

13y↑2

lyrics? tranmslation please :)

@s.a.l.1974

24w

https://youtu.be/b1zNkiBnoBc?si=D230--Gpsr9VZ1dX

@Normalisperverse

1y↑1

"A Hole In The Wall"

@JackFraz1972

33w

Come back Dan Cortez! 😂

@GasmaskAvenger

14y

@RoyLikesKMFDM The "Infrigement Mix" version is called that this is the original version. I spelt it right

@marcelstromer

6y↑1

fm kult, schaffnerstrasse 28, ulm, schreiben das jahr schiessmichtot...KULT!

@EJD86

13y

@conspirator9 Yeah, despite what Winamp displays both the case and the CD say Liebeslied.

@Meggadezz

13y

@GasmaskAvenger Nope, that's called Leibesleid. "Liebesleid" doesn't exist.

@DukeSmitsinovic

14y

isnt it liebesleid?

@InsaneJericho66

13y↑1

I did spell the title right...in the video I think I did fuck up a little when I repeated what that one guy who said "Liebesleid" an observation I overlooked