Editing Nihil (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic"/>
| rev2      = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| rev2Score = favorable<ref name=tribune/><ref name=tribune2011/>
| rev3      = ''[[CMJ New Music Monthly]]''
| rev3Score = favorable<ref name="CMJ"/>
| rev4      = ''[[Guitar Player]]''
| rev4Score = favorable<ref name=guitar-player/>
| rev5      = ''[[Keyboard (magazine)|Keyboard]]''
| rev5Score = favorable<ref name=keyboard/>
| rev6      = ''[[Washington Post]]''
| rev6Score = favorable<ref name="WaPo"/>
}}
''Nihil'' received very favorable reviews from music critics. Heidi MacDonald of ''[[CMJ New Music Monthly]]'' called ''Nihil'' "a superb album that takes no prisoners from beginning to end,"<ref name="CMJ">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LC0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA15 | title = Best New Music: KMFDM Nihil | author= MacDonald, Heidi | page=15 | publisher=Robert K. Haber | date=May 1995 | access-date=March 10, 2010}}</ref> saying that the first three tracks are "nearly flawless"<ref name="CMJ"/> and calling "Disobedience" a "real standout."<ref name="CMJ"/> Andy Hinds of [[AllMusic]] also praised the album, calling "Juke-Joint Jezebel" "an enduring and indispensable dancefloor favorite at goth/industrial clubs around the world."<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/nihil-mw0000175076 | title=Nihil Review | author=Hinds, Andy | publisher=[[Allmusic]]. [[All Media Network]] | access-date=July 15, 2012}}</ref> He further said that the production on ''Nihil'' was "state of the art"<ref name="allmusic"/> and that KMFDM's sound was "quite polished and tight."<ref name="allmusic"/> Mark Jenkins of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' said the album "manages to stay fresh through the use of assorted sonic spices,"<ref name="WaPo">{{cite news | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-834134.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105203816/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-834134.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 5, 2012 | title=KMFDM Keeps Industrial Fresh | author=Jenkins, Mark | newspaper=[[Washington Post]] | date= May 19, 1995 | access-date=March 19, 2010}}</ref> adding that the album has "some canny accents."<ref name="WaPo"/>

''[[Keyboard (magazine)|Keyboard]]'' praised the album, describing "milky organ pads" on "Disobedience" and "snarling guitars <nowiki>[</nowiki>wrapped<nowiki>]</nowiki> in spiky synth barbed wire" on "Juke Joint Jezebel", and saying of band leader Konietzko, "You won't find a more imaginative or effective keyboardist on the hard-core scene."<ref name=keyboard>{{cite journal | title=[[Keyboard (magazine)|Keyboard]] | journal=[[Keyboard (magazine)|Keyboard]] | page=120 | volume=21 | year=1995 | publisher=GPI Publications}}</ref>  Chris Gill of ''[[Guitar Player]]'', conversely, said "the most interesting parts are Durante's steel guitar lines, which howl like revving engines".<ref name=guitar-player>{{cite journal | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-16822563.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611094845/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-16822563.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 11, 2014 | author=Gill, Chris | title=Nihil | journal=Guitar Player | date=June 1, 1995 | access-date=October 10, 2012|via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}</ref>  [[Greg Kot]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' said that "Juke Joint Jezebel" "swaggers like a Bourbon Street hooker, with crunching guitars and a swooping, gospelish chorus" at the time of the album's release,<ref name=tribune>{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/05/26/industrial-arts/ | author=Kot, Greg | title=Industrial Arts: Kmfdm Crafts The Lighter, Brighter Side Of Machine Rock | work=[[Chicago Tribune]] | date=May 26, 1995 | access-date=July 11, 2012}}</ref> and in 2011, said the album put "a polished pop spin on industrial's characteristic harshness".<ref name=tribune2011/> Gill had similar praise, saying "few have succeeded in making the combination [of techno rhythms and thrash guitars] sound as natural as this".<ref name=guitar-player/>