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Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh, also abbreviated as MDK, is the third studio album by French band Magma, released on 6 May 1973. Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh is a rock opera concept album telling the story of a doomed Earth caught in endless war, and a prophet's prediction that sparks a large demonstration march by Earthlings to kill him. Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh went through a long compositional process of around two years. It marked a large stylistic shift in the band away from jazz-rock and towards a more dark theatrical, Wagner-esque sound, leading to a huge personnel shuffle in the band. The original recording of the album was refused by A&M at the time, but was eventually released as Mekanïk Kommandöh in 1989. MDK is the group's most famous and acclaimed record. The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named the album the 33rd-greatest French rock album. In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked the album 24th on its list of the '50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time'.
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