Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh is an album released by French progressive rock band Magma in 1973 (see 1973 in music). It is Magma's most famous and acclaimed record, although it was still not a big commercial success.
As with most of their albums, Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh is sung completely in their own fictional language, Kobaïan. It continues to describe Christian Vander's visions of an Apocalyptic future of the Earth. In the case of this re...
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Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh is an album released by French progressive rock band Magma in 1973 (see 1973 in music). It is Magma's most famous and acclaimed record, although it was still not a big commercial success.
As with most of their albums, Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh is sung completely in their own fictional language, Kobaïan. It continues to describe Christian Vander's visions of an Apocalyptic future of the Earth. In the case of this record the story is of the prophet Nebehr Güdahtt. He tells the people of the Earth that if they want to save themselves, they must work to cleanse themselves and sing the "Zeuhl Wortz" — the sacred Kobaïan music — in worship of Kreuhn Kohrmahn, the Kobaïan supreme being. The people of the Earth don't believe this and start marching against him. Slowly some people begin to believe him and start marching with him instead of against him.
The record is the third and last movement of the Theusz Hamtaahk Trilogie, albeit it is the first to be...
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