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Even though the album cover is really well done, the album title in the form "4ktion:sorg3n:k1nd" makes me feel a slight urge to vomit! Not because of the title itself, but because of the numbers in it. That's something pubescent teenagers do, and at 13, I would have certainly found it funny, but I, along with Terry (vocals), Pedda (guitar), Andre (drums), and Bob (bass), have long outgrown that phase. And it gets worse in the booklet, which is simply but quite well designed, including the lyrics. Every title of the 10 songs also has this number-letter combination, which gives me eye cancer. No matter how good their fifth song "Ni3m4nd:3rob3rt:d3n:T3utoburg3r:W4ld" may be, this cryptography hurts! Thank God the song lyrics, acknowledgments & co. don't have that anymore, otherwise.....
On the other hand, if the album name hadn't been altered, there would surely have been trouble from the eponymous organization due to trademark rights on the name. The only question left is, why doesn't the "i" in Aktion have a "1"... ;-)
Now let's get to the main thing, the music, and the album starts with a really fat 2-minute intro in the style of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (by the way, John F. Kennedy was shot in 1963 on Elm Street in Dallas) featuring Freddy Krueger. 1, 2 - Freddy's coming for you, 3, 4 - better lock your door... everyone knows it... The impressive horror version by 68FL:OZ goes a bit differently, but it's damn heavy! * WOW *
The first song is titled, identical to the album title, "4ktion:sorg3n:k1nd" and lyrically kicks the politicians, corporate heads, and co. right in the balls. Thumbs up for the lyrics! And these socially and politically critical lyrics continue in many other songs. TOP!
However, sound-wise, more could have been achieved with the songs. While the intro comes fat and wide from the speakers, the songs come "only" from the front. For PC users, that's certainly enough, but in my Audi (with its perceived 20 speakers), the sound could be significantly thicker. As a semi-layman, I would say that the guitar wasn't doubled for stereo sound left and right. I miss that. However, I don't really like this dull guitar wall sound anyway. It's not always like that; in some songs, a second guitar can be heard or a clean guitar sound, and then the overall sound is better. But that's just my subjective opinion. Otherwise, I like the sound; the drums are fat, the bass fits, and the vocals are clear. Only when Terry tries to sing, it sometimes sounds inappropriate; not everyone can be a singing talent. The background vocals and some "oh oh oh, ah ah ah" usually cover that up. And when Terry speaks his statements in the songs, it fits vocally too, just sometimes when singing... But as already mentioned, that's my subjective impression.
Now I come to the 12th and final song "Schwergewicht vs. Country". Here, 68FL:OZ really pulls out all the stops; the song is truly a "heavyweight", again damn fat in sound and definitely has hit potential! Everything is brought in here, from multiple vocals including a female voice to many additional instruments like accordion and resonator guitar to deluxe stereo sound. If their producer Ferdy Doernberg didn't have a hand in this, I don't know who did ;-) Somehow, "Schwergewicht vs. Country" also reminds me of KÄRBHOLZ, with whom Ferdy has also shared the stage (see my concert report somewhere here). Definitely a powerful conclusion after three-quarters of an hour. Respect!
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