Symbols (album)

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Studio album by KMFDM
Released	September 23, 1997
Recorded	???
Genre	Industrial
Length	56:36
Label	Wax Trax!/TVT
Producer(s)	KMFDM, Chris Shepard
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KMFDM chronology
Xtort (1996)	(1997)	Adios (1999)

The title of KMFDM's 1997 album is a string of five unpronounceable, non-alphabetic symbols (). Sascha Konietzko avoids giving an explanation of the meanings of the symbols, but other band members have claimed they are meant to be similar to the unpronounceable symbols used to indicate profanity in the word balloons of comics. The album is usually cataloged as Symbols, but it is also commonly referred to as KMFDM (suggesting it to be a self-titled album) and !@#$%. The album was also called Anger on the KMFDM website circa 2001. [1]. The album was recorded in Seattle, Washington.

marked the introduction of Tim Skold. While his contribution to this album was merely as a guest, he would eventually become a full-fledged member and remain so for several years.

A digitally remastered reissue of will be released on May 8, 2007, along with Adios.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Singles
4 External link

[edit] Track listing

"Megalomaniac" (En Esch, Sascha Konietzko, Günter Schulz) – 6:07
"Stray Bullet" (Esch, Konietzko, Schulz) – 5:32
"Leid und Elend" (Esch, Konietzko, Schulz) – 6:10
"Mercy" (Esch, Konietzko, Schulz) – 5:00
"Torture" (Nivek Ogre, Konietzko) – 7:04
"Spit Sperm" (Raymond Watts, Esch, Konietzko, Schulz) – 4:46
"Anarchy" (Tim Skold, Esch, Konietzko, Schulz, Bill Rieflin) – 5:35
"Down and Out" (Esch, Konietzko, Abby Travis, Schulz) – 6:40
"Unfit" (Watts, Esch, Konietzko, Schulz) – 6:01
"Waste" (Konietzko, Travis, Esch, Rieflin, Schulz) – 3:39

[edit] Personnel

Sascha Konietzko – sequences/programming/loops, vocals (1-6, 8, 10), percussion (7, 8)
En Esch – vocals (1-6, 8, 10), percussion (2, 7, 8), slide guitar (2), cymbals (4, 6), tambourine (4), guitar (6, 9), sequences/programming/loops (7-10), scratch piano (10)
Günter Schulz – guitar, programming (2), loops (4, 9), backing vocals (6, 10), percussion (7, 8)
Abby Travis – vocals (1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10), bass guitar (6, 9)
Raymond Watts – vocals (6, 9)
Nivek Ogre – vocals (5)
Tim Skold – vocals (7)
William Rieflin – drums (6, 10), loops (7, 10), percussion (7), sequences (10)
Michel Bassin – guitar (4, 7-9), percussion (7)
Amy Denio – saxophones (8)