Artist: FUNKER VOGT
Album: BLUTZOLL LTD. EDIT. (2CD DIGI)

Year: 2010
Media type: CD

After a small series of live recordings releases in the past 2 years and the last studio album “Aviator” (2007), FUNKER VOGT come up with their brand new 8th full length called “Blutzoll”.

Funker Vogt follow their way consequently with this new album which features several variations in terms of speed and sound design. This time, the song structures themselves are obviously the most significant thing. Without the usual Funker Vogt-typical long sound passages these songs are focussed to the song structures which gives them a lot more intensity. “Blutzoll” contains lots of catchy tunes that will be remembered right away from the first listening session. In light of this, the record was named to make a difference to the three latest studio releases (“Survivor”, “Navigator” and “Aviator”). Funker Vogt are paying attention to the changes of the new decade, they’re starting a new and more casual era here.

The lyrical side of “Blutzoll” also consistently follows this path. War and its consequences are present again. However, there are a lot of songs that don’t cover this theme and are about personal experiences and fictional scenarios. „Arising Hero“, the current single release (available digitally only), presents the final part of the “Hero” trilogy. This single, being the resumption of the previous singles “Tragic Hero” and “Fallen Hero”, completes the trilogy in a graceful way. Although there were no plans describing that every part of the trilogy should be released as a single it has finally turned out like this. This chapter will be closed now with “Arising Hero”.

To sum it all up, one could say „Blutzoll“ is a compact, but at the same time very complex album. It’s really the next step of this band. Funker Vogt will always sound like Funker Vogt but… again, they are a lot better than ever!

TRACKLIST CD 1:

01. Arising Hero
02. Genozid
03. The State Within
04. Fire and Forget
05. Robots
06. Hold My Ground
07. Terroristen
08. Krieger
09. My Innermost
10. Bloodthirst
11. Black Waters
12. Arising Hero – Forgiven

TRACKLIST CD 2:

01. Genozid (FGFC820 Remix)
02. Arising Hero (ROTERSAND Rework)
03. Fire and Forget (Remix by DOPESTARS INC.)
04. The State Within (VIGILANTE Remix)
05. Wake Up!
06. Genozid (Goldremix by ERIC VAN WONTERGHEM)
07. Arising Hero (FADERHEAD Remix)
08. Fire and Forget (DIE KRUPPS Remix)
09. The State Within (Revolution Remix by PUNTO OMEGA)
10. Urban War
11. My Innermost (NOBLESSE OBLIGE Remix)
12. Arising Hero (Factory Mix by KOMOR KOMMANDO)
13. Fire and Forget (MORTIIS Remix)
14. From the Flames