''Kopfschuss'' (English: "

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") is the second full-length studio album by German

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band

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. It was released in July 1998 via

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. The album features a cover of a Falco song, "

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", and continued Megaherz's tradition of having one song per album based on a

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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

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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'' (read as "Two" or "Zwei"), with the handgun removed from the album art. The resulting effect appears as if the clown is reaching for a

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Track listing

# "Liebestöter" ("Love-killer") – 4:51 # "Kopfschuss" ("Headshot") – 4:19 # "Herz aus Stein" ("Heart of Stone") – 4:04 # "Miststück" ("Bitch") – 3:30 # "Burn" – 1:37 # "Rappunzel" (" Rappunzel") – 3:58 # "Blender" ("Fraud") – 4:19 # "Jordan" – 3:39 # "Freiflug" ("Free-flight") – 4:58 # "Meine Sünde" ("My Sin") – 3:39 # "Teufel" ("Devil") – 5:00 # "Schizophren" ("Schizophrenic") – 3:34 # "Rock Me, Amadeus" – 3:26 # "Liebestöter (Rock-Club Mix)" – 4:26 "Liebestöter" ("Love-killer"), 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" (

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), meaning "to die".

Personnel

Alexander Wesselsky Alexander "Alexx" Wesselsky (born 18 November 1968) is a German singer. He is the lead vocalist of Neue Deutsche Härte band Eisbrecher and previously performed with Megaherz from 1993 to 2003. Biography In 1985, Dale Arden became Wesselsky's f ...

– vocals *X-Tian – guitar *Wenz – bass *Frank Gegerle – drums, percussion *

Noel Pix Jochen "Noel Pix" Seibert (25 March 1972) is a German rock and house musician, best known as the lead guitarist and programmer of Neue Deutsche Härte band Eisbrecher. He previously played guitar and keyboards for the band Megaherz. He releases ...

– guitar, keyboards and programming *Andi List – additional programming on "Burn" *Yogi Lang – additional programming on "Burn" 1998 albums Megaherz albums {{1990s-metal-album-stub