Die Krupps
Die Krupps is a German industrial band formed in 1981 by Jürgen Engler and Ralf Dörper.
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History
Their initial sound throughout the 1980s combined synthesizers with metallic percussion. In 1992, they began to utilize guitars and more sounds derived from heavy metal music, with the release of their album I. The band continued in this vein throughout the 1990s. After the release of the heavily metal-influenced album Paradise Now in 1997, Engler formed a new incarnation of the band called DKay.com.
The band's name comes from the Krupp war factories from World War II. This name was apparently chosen for its industrial connotations, as the band is heavily anti-Nazi.
One of their songs metal machine music, have spawned a zoids RPG of that name. metalmachinemusic
Discography
Albums
- Stahlwerksinfonie (1981)
- Volle Kraft Voraus (1982)
- Entering the Arena (1985)
- I (1992)
- II - The Final Option (1993)
- III - Odyssey of the Mind (1995)
- Paradise Now (1997)
Singles and EPs
- Wahre Arbeit, Wahrer Lohn (1981)
- Goldfinger (1982)
- Machineries of Joy (1989)
- Germaniac (1990)
- Metal Machine Music (1992)
- The Power (1992)
- Tribute to Metallica (1992)
- Fatherland (1993)
- To the Hilt (1994)
- Crossfire (1994)
- Bloodsuckers (1994)
- Isolation (1995)
- Scent (1995)
- Remix Wars Strike 2: Die Krupps vs. Front Line Assembly (1996)
- Fire (1997)
- Rise Up (1997)
- Black Beauty White Heat (1997)
Anthologies
- Metall Maschinen Musik 91-81 Past Forward (1991)
- Rings of Steel (1995)
- Metalmorphosis of Die Krupps (1997)
- Foundation (1997)