''Kopfschuss'' (German for " Headshot") is the second full-length studio album by German

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band

Megaherz Megaherz (German name meaning "Mega-heart", a pun on the homophone "Hertz, megahertz") is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band formed in Eichenau in 1993. Megaherz has gone through many changes in musical style since their founding. Their early ...

. It was released in July 1998 via

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. The album features a cover of a Falco song, " Rock Me Amadeus", and continued Megaherz's tradition of having one song per album based on a

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with the track "Rappunzel", which alludes to the story of the same name. The track "Freiflug" re-uses lyrics from the song "Spring in die Schlucht" from the

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album. The opening track, "Liebestöter", brought the album most of its popularity abroad. The album was re-released in the US in 2005 as ''II'' (read as "Two" or "Zwei"), with the handgun removed from the album art. The resulting effect appears as if the clown is reaching for a

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Track listing

# "Liebestöter" ("Love-killer") – 4:51 # "Kopfschuss" ("Headshot") – 4:19 # "Herz aus Stein" ("Heart of Stone") – 4:04 # "Miststück" ("Bitch") – 3:30 # "Burn" – 1:37 # "Rappunzel" (" Rappunzel") – 3:58 # "Blender" ("Fraud") – 4:19 # "Jordan" – 3:39 # "Freiflug" ("Free-flight") – 4:58 # "Meine Sünde" ("My Sin") – 3:39 # "Teufel" ("Devil") – 5:00 # "Schizophren" ("Schizophrenic") – 3:34 # "Rock Me, Amadeus" – 3:26 # "Liebestöter (Rock-Club Mix)" – 4:26 "Liebestöter" ("Love-killer"), a pun on the German word for unattractive underwear. "Bitch" is a slightly inaccurate translation in that "Miststück" is a non-gender-specific insult, though the context of the song makes it clear that the "Miststück" is a female. "Miststück" literally means "piece of crap". "Jordan" is named for the expression "to cross the Jordan" (

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), meaning "to die".

Personnel

Alexander Wesselsky Alexander "Alexx" Wesselsky (born 18 November 1968) is a German singer. He is a founder and the lead vocalist of Neue Deutsche Härte band Eisbrecher. He was also a founding member and lead singer of Megaherz, having performed with them for 10 ...

– vocals *X-Tian – guitar *Wenz – bass *Frank Gegerle – drums, percussion *

Noel Pix Jochen "Noel Pix" Seibert (born 25 March 1972) is a German rock and house musician, best known as a founder, former lead guitarist, and programmer of the Neue Deutsche Härte band Eisbrecher, which he left in the beginning of 2024. He previous ...

– guitar, keyboards and programming *Andi List – additional programming on "Burn" *Yogi Lang – additional programming on "Burn" 1998 albums Megaherz albums {{1990s-metal-album-stub