3 Stars-Good-"...Insidiously Arty and Intellectually Sassy Music...", "...XTORT grooves with menacing force, spattering horns, female backing vocals, strings, and spoken words across an apocalyptic sound grid. At the same time, it's the heaviest and most danceable disc in their 12-year career." - Rating: A-, 4 (out of 5) - "...On XTORT, the usual combination of turbulent dance beats, grating heavy metal riffs and shouted vocals gives way to the most accomplished set of songs to come from the KMFDM clique thus far...", Included in AP's 10 "Essential Industrial-Rock ALbums" - "...features a rogues' gallery of guests who assist leader Sascha Konietzko in appropriating styles for his own synth-and-six-stringed empire..."
Vocals
Bruce Bendinger, Chris Connelly, Nicole Blackman, Sascha Konietzko
Distribution
Alternative Dis. Alliance
Mixing
Chris Shepard, Sascha Konietzko
Number of Discs
1
Engineer
Chris Shepard
Number of Audio Channels
Stereo
Bass
Günter Schulz, Sascha Konietzko
Guitar
Mark Durante, Günter Schulz, EN Esch
Guest Artist
Bill Rieflin, F.M. Einheit, EN Esch, Chris Connelly