Kopfschuss


Kopfschuss is the second full-length studio album by German industrial metal band Megaherz. It was released in July 1998 via ZYX Music.
The album features a cover of a Falco song, "Rock Me Amadeus", and continued Megaherz's tradition of having one song per album based on a fairy tale with the track "Rappunzel", which alludes to the story of the same name. The track "Freiflug" re-uses lyrics from the song "Spring in die Schlucht" from the Herzwerk album. The opening track, "Liebestöter", brought the album most of its popularity abroad.
The album was re-released in the US in 2005 as II, with the handgun removed from the album art. The resulting effect appears as if the clown is reaching for a fist bump.

Track listing

  1. "Liebestöter" – 4:51
  2. "Kopfschuss" – 4:19
  3. "Herz aus Stein" – 4:04
  4. "Miststück" – 3:30
  5. "Burn" – 1:37
  6. "Rappunzel" – 3:58
  7. "Blender" – 4:19
  8. "Jordan" – 3:39
  9. "Freiflug" – 4:58
  10. "Meine Sünde" – 3:39
  11. "Teufel" – 5:00
  12. "Schizophren" – 3:34
  13. "Rock Me, Amadeus" – 3:26
  14. "Liebestöter " – 4:26
"Liebestöter", a pun on the German word for unattractive underwear.
"Bitch" is a slightly inaccurate translation in that "Miststück" is a non-gender-specific insult, though the context of the song makes it clear that the "Miststück" is a female. "Miststück" literally means "piece of crap".
"Jordan" is named for the expression "to cross the Jordan", meaning "to die".

Personnel

  • Alexander Wesselsky – vocals
  • X-Tian – guitar
  • Wenz – bass
  • Frank Gegerle – drums, percussion
  • Noel Pix – guitar, keyboards and programming
  • Andi List – additional programming on "Burn"
  • Yogi Lang – additional programming on "Burn"