''Freaks'' is the first full-length release by the
German
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industrial music band
X Marks the Pedwalk
X Marks the Pedwalk (sometimes written as X-Marks the Pedwalk) is a German band whose styles range from post-industrial dance to electronic body music. X Marks the Pedwalk’s influence in the industrial and electronic music scenes was consid ...
. It was originally released by
Zoth Ommog
Zoth Ommog Records was a German Industrial music record label which was owned by the parent label Music Research. The company was established by German music producer Andreas Tomalla (aka Talla 2XLC) in 1989 and later handed over to producer Torbe ...
in Europe as both an
LP and
CD, and was later released by
Metropolis Records in North America with slightly different artwork and track list.
Summary
''Freaks'', which was preceded by the "Abattoir" single, expanded on an already well-established sound for the band. Although it was their first full-length LP, the duo of Sevren Ni-arb and Regan Eracs had released three non-album
singles
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plus "Abattoir", all through Germany's
Zoth Ommog
Zoth Ommog Records was a German Industrial music record label which was owned by the parent label Music Research. The company was established by German music producer Andreas Tomalla (aka Talla 2XLC) in 1989 and later handed over to producer Torbe ...
record label. However, this is the only full-length X Marks the Pedwalk release with Regan Eracs, who left after the production of "Cenotaph", a single which followed ''Freaks''.
''Freaks'' is arguably monumental in developing a sound for X Marks the Pedwalk. The song "Abattoir" is hailed by Sevren Ni-arb as the "breakthrough for XMTP" and the album as a whole has been described as a "unique fusion of industrial and techno...".
Track listing
Zoth Ommog version
# "
Abattoir
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" – 4:07
# "Zest" – 3:36
# "Repression" – 5:19
# "Swastika" – 4:08
# "Express My Sentiments Exactly" – 3:43
# "The Shot" – 4:09
# "Helpless" – 3:40
# "Battered Babies" – 3:56
# "Church for Snow White" – 3:37
# "Epilogue: Desert In Dawn" – 2:15
# "Feast of the Resurrection" – 5:23 (CD Only)
Metropolis Records version
# "Zest" – 3:36
# "Repression" – 5:19
# "Swastika" – 4:08
# "Express My Sentiments Exactly" – 3:43
# "The Shot" – 4:09
# "Helpless" – 3:40
# "Battered Babies" – 3:56
# "Church for Snow White" – 3:37
# "Epilogue: Desert In Dawn" – 2:15
# "Feast of the Resurrection" – 5:23
# "I See You (Second View)"
# "No Premonition (
Re-edit)"
# "Paranoid Illusions (Sky Mix)"
# "Interruption"
Personnel
*Sevren Ni-arb
*Regan Eracs
References
External links
Entry at official X Marks the Pedwalk websiteEntryat
Discogs.com
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1991 albums
X Marks the Pedwalk albums
Zoth Ommog Records albums
Metropolis Records albums