Editing Nihil (section)

==Release==
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''Nihil'' was originally released on April 4, 1995.  A digitally remastered re-release of ''Nihil'' was released on March 6, 2007, along with a similar re-release of KMFDM's 1996 album ''Xtort''.  The band toured twice in 1995 in support of the album, first doing the Beat by Beat tour shortly after the album's release, and then the In Your Face tour later in the year.<ref name="KMFDM History"/>  The album, which had "major buzz", had an initial shipment of 75,000 copies.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/04/14/new-rock-order-migrates-from-wicker-park/ | author=Rothschild, David | title=New Rock Order Migrates From Wicker Park | work=[[Chicago Tribune]] | date=April 14, 1995 | access-date=July 14, 2012}}</ref>

The album's first track, "Ultra", was featured in the U.S. release of ''[[Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie]]'', and was the theme song for [[Manga Entertainment]]'s anime catalog trailer. "[[Juke Joint Jezebel]]", the band's biggest hit, was featured in the film ''[[Bad Boys (1995 film)|Bad Boys]]'' and in an episode of ''[[Beverly Hills 90210]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tv.com/beverly-hills-90210/home-is-where-the-tart-is/episode/27577/summary.html | title=Beverly Hills 90210: Home Is Where the Tart Is | publisher=[[TV.com]]. [[CBS Interactive Inc.]] | access-date=September 2, 2010 | archive-date=May 12, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512193059/http://www.tv.com/beverly-hills-90210/home-is-where-the-tart-is/episode/27577/summary.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> "Juke Joint Jezebel (Metropolis Mix)" was featured in the film ''[[Mortal Kombat (1995 film)|Mortal Kombat]]''.  The video for "Juke Joint Jezebel" includes footage from the ''[[Patlabor 1]]'' [[anime]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/07/28/cutting-edge-music-rides-japanimation-wave/ | author=Rothschild, David | title=Cutting-edge Music Rides Japanimation Wave | work=[[Chicago Tribune]] | date=July 28, 1995 | access-date=July 14, 2012}}</ref>  More than two million copies of the song sold in 1995 alone.<ref name=deseret-sept>{{cite news | url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/441624/KMFDM-WILL-LET-IT-RIP-MONDAY-AT-SALTAIR-PAVILION.html?pg=all | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627114358/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/441624/KMFDM-WILL-LET-IT-RIP-MONDAY-AT-SALTAIR-PAVILION.html?pg=all | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 27, 2015 | author=Curtis, Larry D. | title=KMFDM Will Let It Rip Monday at Saltair Pavilion | work=[[Deseret News]] | date=September 29, 1995 | access-date=July 14, 2012}}</ref>

''Nihil'' was Wax Trax!'s best-selling album to date by the end of 1995,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/12/31/the-keys-to-the-city/ | first1=Alan | last1=Artner | first2=Richard | last2=Christiansen | first3=Blair | last3=Kamin | first4=Larry | last4=Kart | first5=Greg | last5=Kot | first6=Howard | last6=Reich | first7=Sid | last7=Smith | first8=John | last8=von Rhein | first9=Michael | last9=Wilmington <!--exactly 9 authors--> | title=The Keys To The City: People Who Opened Doors In Chicago And The Arts In '95 | work=[[Chicago Tribune]] | date=December 31, 1995 | access-date=October 31, 2017}}</ref> and went on to sell over 120,000 copies by August 1996.<ref name="RS740">{{cite magazine| url=http://www.waste.org/~alone/kmfdm/rsinterview.html | title=KMFDM make industrial music the old-fashioned way. They trash their hardware. | author=Wiederhorn, Jon | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | issue=740 | page=24 | date=August 8, 1996 | access-date=March 22, 2010}}</ref>  ''Nihil'' reached No. 16 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Heatseekers chart,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/nihil-mw0000175076/awards | title=Nihil Awards | publisher=[[Allmusic]]. [[All Media Network]] | access-date=July 14, 2012}}</ref> and was later labelled one of Wax Trax!'s commercial high points.<ref name=tribune2011>{{cite news | url=http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2011/04/wax-traxs-greatest-hits.html | author=Kot, Greg | title=Wax Trax's greatest hits | work=[[Chicago Tribune]] | date=April 6, 2011 | access-date=July 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108135527/http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2011/04/wax-traxs-greatest-hits.html|archive-date=2012-11-08}}</ref> By 2016, the album had sold a total of 209,000 copies, making it the band's top-selling album of all time, according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]].<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7503681/kmfdm-milestones-rocks-reloaded-interview | first=Katy | last=Kroll | title=KMFDM Reflect on 3-Decade Career & Hating Their Biggest Hit | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date=September 12, 2016 | access-date=September 15, 2016}}</ref>

''Nihil'' is one of only two KMFDM studio albums (''[[Opium (KMFDM album)|Opium]]'' being the other) that does not feature cover artwork by pop-artist [[Aidan Hughes|Brute!]] Instead, the cover was designed by Rieflin's wife [[Francesca Sundsten]].<ref name=nihil-2007/><ref name=bruin/> The band would return to using Brute!'s work on the next album, ''[[Xtort]]''.<ref>{{cite AV media notes | title=Xtort | others=KMFDM | year=1996 | type=CD booklet | publisher=[[Wax Trax! Records]] | location=Chicago, Illinois}}</ref>