Krankhaus

about this album

Krankhaus (from the German krankenhaus) is the debut studio album by Australian electro-industrial band Angelspit, first released on 6 June 2006. It was re-released on 30 January 2007 with a bonus remix disc called Surgically Atoned. A music video for the album’s second track “Vena Cava” was released. With lyrics inspired by zines ZooG and Destroyx made together, Krankhaus is a concept album about an elite secret society called Krankhaus that has invited a group of wealthy lords and ladies to attend an “entertaining evening of a macabre nature”. The evening is an initiation for new members of Krankhaus and begins with consumption of a hallucinogenic Black Wine, before vivisection, scarification, and self mutilation are performed as entertainment. The night is wrapped up with a game of poker in which the losers’ organs are collected. From Angelspit’s website: 14 tracks of blisteringly fat synths, with angry distorted beats and scathing vocals, which outline themes of horror, medical experimentation and the beautifully grotesque. Krankhaus comes with a sixteen page colour booklet featuring luscious photography and detailed artwork. The music and imagery of Krankhaus is complex, rich and disturbing. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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