:wumpscut:
Genre: Industrial Dance
Origin: Germany
Status: Active
Wumpscut is the brainchild of former DJ Rudy Ratzinger, who made the transition to production in the early 90's after being inspired by groups like Leæther Strip. Noted for its harsh and distorted electronic loops, tortured vocals, heavy use of sampling and vocoders, and meandering background atmospherics, Wumpscut skillfully weaves together aggressive tunes with danceable undercurrents and a subtle touch of evil.
Ratzinger also has a penchant for repackaging, offering a wide range of special editions, box sets, and remix albums. Whether this is a natural extension of his roots as a DJ or simply a flair for marketing aimed at collectors, it amounts to a truly prodigious output of material. Only a selection of major releases are listed at Darktronica; a more complete discography is available on Wumpscut's official website (albeit currently only on the German portion). Bear in mind that many recent releases here also have limited edition bonus discs full of remixes and additional material not tracklisted here.
All in all, Wumpscut is highly recommended for industrial dance fans looking for the darkest corners of the scene. Darktronica favorites are "Wreath of Barbs," "Crown of Thorns," "Auf Der Jagd," "War," and "Churist Churist." For new listeners looking to break into the deep discography, the Evoke and Bone Peeler albums are probably the most accessible, with the Embryodead album really capturing the best essence of Wumpscut's roots.
Members
Rudy Ratzinger - all
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:wumpscut: Discography
DefCon (Demo)
(1991)
1. The Hellion
2. Phase Shifter
3. Throbberstalk
4. Ceremony
5. Lindbergh
6. War Combattery
7. Batavion
8. Pornography
9. Default
Music For A Slaughtering Tribe
(1993, Beton Kopf)
1. Soylent Green
2. On The Run
3. Koslow
4. Fear In Motion
5. Dudek
6. Default Remixx
7. Bleed
8. Concrete Rage
9. Believe In Me
10. She's Dead
11. Rotten Meat
12. The Day's Disdain
13. Float
14. My Life
Bunkertor 7 (Bunker Gate 7)
(1995, Beton Kopf)
1. Open Gate
2. Torn Skin
3. Dying Culture (Second Movement)
4. Bunkertor 7 (German Texture)
5. Mortal Highway
6. Corroded Breed
7. Die In Winter
8. Bunkertor 7 (Reprised)
9. Capital Punishment
10. Thorns
11. Tell Me Why
12. Close Gate
The Mesner Tracks
(1996, Beton Kopf)
1. Overtures
2. Mother (Maternal Instinct)
3. Ain't It Mad, Yet (B-Mix)
4. War Combattery (Fixed)
5. Lindbergh (Ocean Part)
6. Black Death (Muted Concept)
7. In The Night
8. Running Killer
9. Crate (T-1 Theme, Voiceless)
10. UK Decay
11. Cold Cell
12. Cry Weisenstein Cry (Mad Mix)
13. Tell Me Why (First Takes)
14. Ceremony
15. Jesus Gone
Embryodead
(1997, Beton Kopf)
1. Golgotha
2. Embryodead
3. Down Where We Belong
4. Slave To Evil
5. War
6. Is It You
7. Pest
8. Womb
9. Angel
10. Stillbirth
11. Slave To Evil (Infact Remix)
Dried Blood Of Gomorrha
(1998, Nova Tekk)
1. Black Death (French Concept)
2. In The Night (Full Range Track)
3. Dying Culture (First Movement)
4. Untermensch (Adored Version)
5. Body Parts (Radio Edit)
6. Crucified Division (Desert Mixx)
7. Funeral Diner (Red Tape Version)
8. Turns Off Pain (Recommended Version)
9. Dried Blood Of Gomorrha (Radical Cut)
Boeses Junges Fleisch
(1999, Beton Kopf)
1. Wolf
2. Totmacher
3. Ich Will Dich
4. Flucht
5. Zerstoerte Traeume
6. Hexentanz
7. Draussen
8. Ewig
9. Vergib Mir
10. Sag Es Jetzt
11. Sehnsucht
Totmacher (Dead Maker) (EP)
(1999, Beton Kopf)
Disc 1
1. Totmacher (Original)
2. Totmacher (Forma Tadre Remix)
3. Totmacher (Covenant Remix)
4. Totmacher (Haujobb Remix)
5. Totmacher (Cleen Remix)
6. Totmacher (Notstandskomitee Remix)
7. Totmacher (Suicide Commando Remix)
8. Totmacher (Infact Remix)
9. Totmacher (VNV Nation Remix)
Disc 2
1. Totmacher (B-TON-K Remix)
2. Totmacher (Jugend Staat/Death Industry Remix)
3. Totmacher (Infact Remix 2)
4. Totmacher (Dr. Mabuse Remix)
5. Totmacher (Aghast View Remix)
6. Totmacher (Noyce Remix)
Blutkind (Blood Child)
(2000, Beton Kopf)
1. Hang Him Higher
2. Koslow (First Take)
3. Anaesthetics
4. Time Ticks Away
5. Stomp
6. Flangegod
7. Irak 1 (First Take)
8. Irak 1 (Second Take)
9. Logic Of War
10. Crucified
11. Neolith
12. Pornography
13. The Hellion
14. Run Like Hell Part 1
15. Run Like Hell Part 2
16. Soylent Green (Instrumental Take)
17. Default (Alternative Take)
Wreath Of Barbs
(2001, Metropolis)
1. Opening The Gates Of Hell
2. Deliverance (Album Mix)
3. Wreath Of Barbs
4. Dr. Thodt
5. Mankind's Disease
6. Christfuck
7. Troops Under Fire
8. Line Of Corpses
9. Hate Is Mine
10. Bleed In Silence
11. Eclipse (Kaelte Container Remix)
Wreath Of Barbs (Classic Remixes)
(2002, Beton Kopf)
1. Wreath Of Barbs (Radio Mix)
2. Wreath Of Barbs (Heavy Extended Mix)
3. Wreath Of Barbs (Der Blutrausch Mix)
4. Wreath Of Barbs (Neuroticfish Remix 1)
5. Wreath Of Barbs (Neuroticfish Remix 2)
6. Wreath Of Barbs (B-Ton-K Remix)
7. Wreath Of Barbs (Contest Winner Remix - Gray-scale)
8. Wreath Of Barbs (Cutthroat Speedball Mix by R@zorbla.de)
DJ Dwarf Three (EP)
(2003, Beton Kopf)
1. All Cried Out (1st :W: cover)
2. Overkill (Death For The Masses)
3. Achtung (:W: Remix 4 Der Blutharsch)
4. Soylent Grün
5. Schwarzer Tod
6. Krieg
7. Total War
DJ Dwarf Four
(2004, Beton Kopf)
1. Crown Of Thorns (Club Cut)
2. Just A Tenderness
3. The March Of The Dead
4. Crown Of Thorns (Suicide Commando Remix)
5. Our Fatal Longing
6. Your Last Salute (Datom Remix)
7. Rise Again (Datom Remix)
8. Fallen Angel
9. And Life Goes On
Bone Peeler
(2005, Metropolis)
Disc 1
1. Crown Of Thorns
2. Just A Tenderness
3. The March Of The Dead
4. Fear In Your Eyes
5. Rise Again
6. Final Warning
7. Fallen Angel
8. And Life Goes On
9. Our Fatal Longing
10. Scavenger
11. In The Peace Of Night
12. Your Last Salute
Disc 2
1. Crown Of Thorns (Suicide Commando Remix)
2. Your Last Salute (Air Forge Remix)
3. Just A Tenderness (Nersoton Remix)
4. Rise Again (Datom Remix)
5. Just A Tenderness (FAV Remix)
6. Your Last Salute (Datom Remix)
7. Rise Again (Haus Arafna Remix)
8. Your Last Salute (Laittog Remix)
9. Your Last Salute (Das Ich Remix)
10. Crown Of Thorns (Naked Beat Remix)
11. The March Of The Dead (FAV Remix)
12. In The Peace Of Night (Wumpscut Club Cut Version)
13. Your Last Salute (Naked Beat Remix)
14. Just A Tenderness (PNE Remix)
Evoke
(2005, Metropolis)
Disc 1
1. Maiden
2. Churist Churist
3. Don't Go
4. Evoke
5. Tomb
6. Hold
7. Krolok
8. Breathe
9. Rush
10. Perdition
11. Obsessió
Disc 2
1. Churist Churist (Remix by Recently Deceased)
2. Don't Go (Remix by Wumpscut)
3. Maiden (Remix by Nersoton vs Wumpscut)
4. Rush (Remix by Naked Beat)
5. Obsessio (Remix by Cerebral Apoplexy)
6. Hold (Remix by Yendri)
7. Maiden (Remix by Laittog)
8. Hold (Remix by Kirlian Camera)
9. Rush (Remix by Suicide Commando)
10. Hold (Remix by Naked Beat)
11. Evoke (Remix by Naked Beat)
12. Perdition (Remix by Cerebral Apoplexy)
13. Rush (Remix by Dismantled)
14. Churist Churist (Remix by Brain Leisure)
15. Churist Churist (Remix by Sacdar)
Cannibal Anthem
(2006, Metropolis)
1. Herzlich Willkommen
2. Wir Warten
3. Die Liebe
4. Jesus Antichristus
5. Cannibal Anthem
6. Auf Der Jagd
7. Pass Auf
8. Jetzt
9. Ohne Dich
10. Hunger
11. Recht Vor Gnade
Body Census
(2007, Beton Kopf)
1. The Beast Sleeps Within You
2. Remember One Thing
3. We Believe, We Believe
4. Ain't That Hungry Yet
5. You Are A Goth (ElCom2)
6. My Dear Ghoul
7. Hide And Seek
8. Homo Gotikus Industrialis
9. Body Census
10. Adonai, My Lord
11. The Fall
Dwarf Craving (Compilation)
(2008, Beton Kopf)
Disc 1
1. Deliverance (Radio Mix)
2. Deliverance (Alternative Club Mix)
3. Deliverance (Reminescing Mix)
4. Deliverance (Soldatengrab Remix)
5. Ruda (Intro)
6. Ruda (When Satan Lives, You Will Too)
7. Wreath Of Barbs (Radio Mix)
8. Wreath Of Barbs (Heavy Extended Remix)
9. Wreath Of Barbs (Unheilig Remix)
Disc 2
1. All Cried Out (1st :Wumpscut: Cover)
2. Overkill (Death For The Masses)
3. Achtung (:Wumpscut: Remix For Der Blutharsch)
4. Soylent Grün
5. Schwarzer Tod
6. Krieg
7. Crown Of Thorns (Club Cut)
8. Crown Of Thorns (Suicide Commando Remix)
9. Your Last Salute (Datom Remix)
10. Rise Again (Datom Remix)
Disc 3
1. Don't Go (Album Mix)
2. Hold (Album Mix)
3. Don't Go (Eighty 64c Remix By :Wumpscut:)
4. Obessio (Cerebral Apoplexy Remix)
5. Churist Churist (Recently Deceased Remix)
6. Just A Tenderness (Turmyte Remix)
7. Die Liebe (Edit By :Wumpscut:)
8. Jesus Antichristus (Edit By :Wumpscut:)
9. Jesus Antichristus (Feindflug Remix)
10. El Comandante
11. Iron Rain (Remix By :Wumpscut:)
Disc 4
1. My Dear Ghoul
2. You Are A Goth
3. Helpline (:Wumpscut: Remix)
4. Adonai, My Lord (Yendri Club Mix)
5. Fire (:Wumpscut: Remix)
6. Rifki (DJDw8 Edit)
7. Schäbiger Lump (DJDw8 Edit)
8. Schäbiger Lump (Recently Deceased Club Mix)
9. Hail, The Philosopher's Stone (:Wumpscut: Remix)
10. Schlaf In Den Flammen (:Wumpscut: Remix)
11. Schäbiger Lump (Ranthony Other Remix Draft)
12. Wreath Of Barbs (Violet Remix)
Schädling
(2008, Beton Kopf)
1. Rusty Nails From Hell
2. Schäbiger Lump
3. Oh How It Feels
4. Foretold
5. Break The Seal
6. Rifki
7. Enemy
8. Hard To Bear
9. Spuuk (Now Is Over)
10. Moloch
11. Voodoo Void
12. Nest
Bunkertor 7 Re-Sample Edition (Remix Album)
(2009, Beton Kopf)
Disc 1
1. Open Gate
2. Torn Skin
3. Dying Culture (2nd Movement)
4. Bunkertor 7 (German Texture)
5. Mortal Highway
6. Corroded Breed
7. Die In Winter
8. Bunkertor 7 (Reprised)
9. Capital Punishment
10. Thorns
11. Tell Me Why
12. Close Gate
Disc 2
1. Open Gate (Untouched)
2. Torn Skin (Remix By :W:)
3. Dying Culture (Remix By :W:)
4. Bunkertor 7 (Remix By :W:)
5. Mortal Highway (Remix By Stillste Stund)
6. Corroded Breed (Remix By Haujobb)
7. Die In Winter (Remix By :W:)
8. Capital Punishment (Remix By Haujobb)
9. Thorns (Remix By :W:)
10. Tell Me Why (Remix By :W:)
11. Close Gate (Untouched)
Fuckit
(2009, Beton Kopf)
1. Schlechter Mensch
2. The Boo
3. Fuckit
4. Cut To See How Much I Bleed
5. Achtung, Menschen
6. Autophagy Day
7. Pooch
8. Leichenteilchen
9. Broken
10. Bloodbathing Tub
11. Rumpelkammer
12. Gulag
:Siamese:
(2010, Beton Kopf)
1. Falling From Lucifer's Grace
2. Boneshaker Baybee (Video Edit)
3. Siamese
4. Ziribit
5. Auf Wiedersehn Im Massengrab
6. Teufelszeug
7. Bambam
8. Loyal To My Hate
9. Blood Stigmata
10. Killuh
Schrekk & Grauss
(2011, Beton Kopf)
1. Rudolf Wolzek
2. Schrekk & Grauss
3. Muselmann
4. Elende Buben
5. Patient A.
6. Jiddisch Is A Zwillink
7. Wumpelstilz
8. Kikeriki
9. Zombibikini
10. Alles Aus
:W: Archive Stuff (EP)
(2012, self-released)
1. RolClinn
2. Distortion (Challenge)
3. Nunner
4. Xylac
5. Move Encharge (Ruda)
Last updated January 22, 2012.