Industrial rock icons, KMFDM, have posted the following:
Due to severe illness that requires immediate medical intervention and therapy, the German electronic and industrial rock pioneers KMFDM have been forced to postpone a previously announced (and almost sold out) European tour in February and March 2026 to promote their forthcoming new album, ‘ENEMY’.
“We are so very sorry. We were looking forward to do this tour, but we will make up for it,” states KMFDM founder Sascha Konietzko. “We appreciate your love and support! Long live the ULTRA HEAVY BEAT,” adds band co-vocalist Lucia Cifarelli.
All tickets sold for the tour will remain valid for the rescheduled shows, with a further update on the timescale of these expected soon.
Meanwhile, the release of ‘ENEMY’ will remain 6th February 2026 on Metropolis Records, with a first single from the album, ‘OUBLIETTE’, available now.
Hamburg-based industrial rock pioneers KMFDM have forged their own singular path since being founded by Sascha ‘Käpt’n K’ Konietzko in 1984, continually refining and redefining the parameters of modern music while also never missing an opportunity to address the social and political zeitgeist in brazen, belligerent and boisterous fashion. Their early albums were recorded in Germany before a move to the US, where they found success with the Chicago-based record label Wax Trax! The 1990s saw KMFDM become a household name in the worldwide industrial rock scene, with their 1995 hit ‘Juke Joint Jezebel’ catapulting the band into the Billboard charts Stateside and helping to earn them placements on a plethora of film soundtracks that included ‘Bad Boys’ and ‘Mortal Kombat’. Future icons such as Rammstein and Korn had their humble beginnings opening on KMFDM tours.
The band took a hiatus in 1999 after recording their 10th album for Wax Trax!, but Konietzko resurrected KMFDM three years later and signed to Metropolis Records with a line-up that featured American singer Lucia Cifarelli (from Drill) and Tim Skold (who later joined Marilyn Manson). Releasing studio albums and touring frequently, Konietzko and Cifarelli returned to Germany in 2008 and have continued to record and tour regularly. Their most recent album was ‘LET GO’ (2024), a year that marked the group’s 40th anniversary, with a 20th anniversary remixed and remastered edition of the classic ‘HAU RUCK’ issued in May 2025
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