Editing Nihil (section)

==Background==
In late 1993, [[Sascha Konietzko]] and fellow [[multi-instrumentalist]] [[En Esch]] both left Chicago, moving to Seattle and New Orleans, respectively.<ref name="KMFDM History">{{cite web | url=http://www.kmfdm.net/history.html  | title=KMFDM History on April 4, 1997 from archive.org | publisher=KMFDM.net | access-date=March 15, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/19970408173452/http://www.kmfdm.net/history.html |archive-date = April 8, 1997}}</ref><ref name=nihil-2007>{{cite AV media notes | title=Nihil | others=KMFDM | year=2007 | type=CD booklet | pages=2–3 | publisher=[[Metropolis Records]] | location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}}</ref>  Lead guitarist [[Günter Schulz]] left the country, moving to Kelowna, British Columbia.<ref name=nihil-2007/>  In early 1994, Konietzko started working on new material, and Schulz came to Seattle to begin adding guitars to the tracks.<ref name=nihil-2007/>  Later that year, the group assembled in Los Angeles to rehearse for the upcoming Angstfest tour in support of ''[[Angst (KMFDM album)|Angst]]'', which spanned April and May.<ref name=nihil-2007/>  Konietzko, Schulz, Esch, and guitarist [[Mark Durante]] were joined by another guitarist, Mike Jensen,<ref name=nihil-2007/> for a live show that featured up to four guitarists playing at once.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/26/arts/review-rock-heavy-metal-with-an-emphasis-on-heavy.html | author=Strauss, Neil |title=Review/Rock; Heavy Metal, With an Emphasis on Heavy | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=May 26, 1994 | access-date=July 15, 2012}}</ref> Konietzko and Schulz, along with Dutch singer [[Dorona Alberti]], returned to Seattle to begin recording vocals for ''Nihil''.<ref name=nihil-2007/>  Konietzko later said he was not happy with the sessions, explaining that nothing was coming together, and only two songs from the upcoming album, "Trust" and "Brute", had been completed to his satisfaction.<ref name=nihil-2007/>

Former KMFDM member [[Raymond Watts]], last seen contributing vocals, programming, and production to 1988's ''[[Don't Blow Your Top (album)|Don't Blow Your Top]]''<ref>{{cite AV media notes | title=Don't Blow Your Top | others=KMFDM | year=2006 | type=CD booklet | publisher=[[Metropolis Records]] | location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}}</ref> before starting his own band, Pig,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.raymondwatts.com/interviews/convulsionmagazine.html | title=Raymond Watts Interview | work=Convulsion Magazine | year=1992 | access-date=February 28, 2010}}</ref> called Konietzko and asked if he would be interested in working on a small musical collaboration.<ref name=nihil-2007/>  Konietzko agreed, and Watts flew to Seattle, where the pair, along with Schulz, worked on an EP entitled ''[[Sin Sex & Salvation]]''.<ref name=nihil-2007/>  Konietzko said of the trio's working together, "It was the breath of fresh air I had been hoping and waiting for.  This short project took my mind off the problems with the KMFDM album and gave me a welcome change of perspective."<ref name=nihil-2007/>  Watts then stayed on with the group to begin work on ''Nihil'',<ref name=bruin/> which featured a core group of Konietzko, Schulz, Watts, and Esch, along with some input from [[steel guitar]] specialist Durante<ref name=durante>{{cite web | url=http://regenmag.com/interviews/returning-to-earth/ | author=Yücel, Ilker | title=Returning to Earth | date=December 6, 2011 | access-date=July 15, 2012}}</ref> and drummer [[Bill Rieflin]].