The mid-'80s marked a fallow period for the band, and it was not until the 1992 release of the album I that it became clear exactly what Die Krupps had been doing over the previous eight years: basically, listening to Metallica and other metal innovators. (A two-record retrospective covering these three LPs, Metalle Maschinen Musik: 91-81 Past Forward, appeared in 1991.) Over the course of the group's first three records - 1981's Stahlwerksinfonie, 1982's Volle Kraft Voraus, and 1984's Entering the Arena - Die Krupps continued to refine its lyrically bleak, synth-based sound. The group disbanded in 1997 but re-formed in 2013 and released Machinists of Joy, which like subsequent efforts V: Metal Machine Music (2015) and Stahlwerksynfonic (2016), proved that their metallic edge was still very well-honed.ĭie Krupps formed as a duo in 1981 comprising vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist, and mouthpiece Jurgen Engler, formerly of the German punk outfit Male, and ex- Propaganda member Ralf Dorper.
Emerging in the early '80s, the band tweaked their synth-based attack in the '90s to include elements of industrial metal and goth rock, which yielded acclaimed outings like The Final Option (1993) and Odyssey of the Mind (1995). Along with Front 242, the German group Die Krupps stands as one of the innovators of the subgenre of Euro-rock dubbed body music, a sound characterized by its dense electronic makeup as well as its harsh, visceral execution.
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