Europe can at last rejoice as the Ultra Heavy Beat will finally be making a long-awaited return to the road in February and March 2026. The German electronic and industrial rock pioneers KMFDM will be performing 16 shows throughout mainland Europe, with friends and now Metropolis Records labelmates Jesus On Extasy joining them for selected shows. The two groups had originally announced a tour together in 2022 before it was postponed and then cancelled.KMFDM celebrated their 40th anniversary in 2024, a year in which they toured North America twice and released a new album entitled ‘Let Go’ STREAM. The year also saw the release of the band’s co-vocalist Lucia Cifarelli’s third solo album, ‘No God Here’, as well as a 30th anniversary deluxe edition of the ‘Sin Sex & Salvation EP by PIG vs KMFDM.
2025 has seen KMFDM unveil ‘HAU RUCK 2025’ STREAM, a 20th anniversary remixed edition of one of their most popular classic albums, while Cifarelli has recently toured the US opening for Lords of Acid, who are also signed to Metropolis Records with new music due soon.
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 the 20th anniversary remixed and remastered edition of the classic album ‘HAU RUCK’ issued in May 2025.
Tour Dates
21 Feb 26 - Oberhausen (DE), Kulttempel
22 Feb 26 - Eindhoven (NL), De Effenaar
24 Feb 26 - Paris (FR), Petit Bain
25 Feb 26 - Lausanne (CH), Les Docks
26 Feb 26 - Winterthur (CH), Gaswerk
27 Feb 26 - Milan (IT), Legend Club
01 Mar 26 - Budapest (HU), A38
03 Mar 26 - Bratislava (SI), Majestic Club
04 Mar 26 - Prague (CZ), Palac Akropolis
05 Mar 26 - Krakow (PL), Hype Park
06 Mar 26 - Berlin (DE), Gretchen
07 Mar 26 - Warsaw (PL), Proxima
08 Mar 26 - Leipzig (DE), Moritzbastei
10 Mar 26 - Gothenburg (SE), Pustervik
11 Mar 26 - Stockholm (SE), Slaktkyrkan
12 Mar 26 - Copenhagen (DK), venue TBC
