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Brute (song)

1995 single by KMFDM

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ4979858 ↗
Source-derived summary

"Brute" is a song by industrial rock group KMFDM that was first released on their 1995 album Nihil. It was also released as a single with the song "Revolution" as the B-side.

Band member Raymond Watts (aka Pig) was on vocals.

Track listing

1995 release

The 12" release contains the same tracks but in a different order.

2009 7" reissue

Track 1 is a shorter mix of the Original Album-Mix which does not contain the noise heard at the end of the song. This noise served as a transition to the next song, "Trust".

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The public source identifies “Brute (song)” as 1995 single by KMFDM. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Brute, song and single.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1995, 2009—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1995-10-31. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Brute, song and single providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Brute (song)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.