KMFDM – Symbols
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TVT Records – TVT 7245-2 |
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US |
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Rock |
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Heavy Metal |
Tracklist
| 1 | Megalomaniac | 6:07 | |
| 2 | Stray Bullet | 5:31 | |
| 3 | Leid Und Elend | 6:09 | |
| 4 | Mercy | 4:59 | |
| 5 | Torture | 7:04 | |
| 6 | Spit Sperm | 4:46 | |
| 7 | Anarchy | 5:34 | |
| 8 | Down And Out | 6:39 | |
| 9 | Unfit | 6:01 | |
| 10 | Waste | 3:39 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Wax Trax! Records
- Copyright © – Wax Trax! Records
- Manufactured By – TVT Records
- Distributed By – TVT Records
- Mixed At – Studio X
- Mastered At – SAE Mastering
- Glass Mastered At – WEA Mfg. Olyphant – X2782
- Pressed By – WEA Mfg. Olyphant – X2782
Credits
- Artwork – Brute!
- Design – Alexei Tylevich
- Engineer – Scott Crane
- Engineer [Assistant] – Sam Hofstedt
- Management – Sascha Konietzko
- Mastered By – Roger Seibel
- Photography By [Band] – G. Schulz*
- Photography By [Günter Schulz] – K. Moskowitz*
- Photography By [William Rieflin] – W. Rieflin*
- Producer, Mixed By – KMFDM
Notes
Initial Brainstorm Session @ Soundhouse, Seattle
Assembled & Tracked @ Luftschutzbunker, Seattle
Studio 10018, New York City
Edelweiss Tonbetriebe, Kelowna B.C.
Overdubbed & Mixed @ Studio X, Seattle
Mastered @ Sae Mastering, Phoenix
Total Time 56:34
℗ & © 1997 Wax Trax! Records, Inc.
Manufactured and distributed by TVT Records
www.waxtrax.com | http://www.kmfdm.net
The title "symbols" does not literally appear on the release, but is rather a paraphrased transcription of the five unpronounceable, non-alphabetic symbols that do. Also identified as such on the band's website.
Disc is an HDCD, though not mentioned on the packaging
Assembled & Tracked @ Luftschutzbunker, Seattle
Studio 10018, New York City
Edelweiss Tonbetriebe, Kelowna B.C.
Overdubbed & Mixed @ Studio X, Seattle
Mastered @ Sae Mastering, Phoenix
Total Time 56:34
℗ & © 1997 Wax Trax! Records, Inc.
Manufactured and distributed by TVT Records
www.waxtrax.com | http://www.kmfdm.net
The title "symbols" does not literally appear on the release, but is rather a paraphrased transcription of the five unpronounceable, non-alphabetic symbols that do. Also identified as such on the band's website.
Disc is an HDCD, though not mentioned on the packaging
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Printed): 0 16581 72452 5
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): [WEA Mfg. Olyphant logo] X2782 4R TVT 7245-2 02 M1S2
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 & 3): [WEA Mfg. Olyphant logo] X2782 4R TVT 7245-2 02 M1S3
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 1, 2, & 3): IFPI L902
- Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 2U1U
- Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 2U2U
- Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 2U4F
Other Versions (5 of 24)
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Symbols (CD, Album) | KMFDM Enterprises | DRAGNET 157, DRA 488971 2 | 1997 | |||
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Symbols (LP, Album, Misprint) | Dragnet | DRA 488971 1, Dragnet 157 | 1997 | |||
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Symbols (CD, Album, Promo, Cardboard Sleeve) | TVT Records | TVT7245-2P, TVT 7245-2P | US | 1997 | ||
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Symbols (LP, Album) | Dragnet | DRA 488971 1, Dragnet 157 | 1997 | |||
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Symbols (CD, Album) | Motorod | CTCR 17035 | Japan | 1997 |
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Reviews
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at this point kmfdm was definitely aware of their place in anime + hacker culture and the electronic cyberpunk element was pushed to the max instead of the more extreme guitar rock approach, though it is still present. seems like their response to all the awesome soundtrack work they were doing. adios seems to be connected in sound as there isn't much in their catalog that sounds quite like either of these releases. booming bass slides around and distorts with alien harmonics resonating through the synth sequences. the highlight of the album is probably torture which features ohgr on vocals. a great place to start getting into kmfdm! -
Edited 6 years agoKMFDM's ninth studio album, and sadly the beginning of the end for them. Not a bad album by any means (easily still in their top five best), but not their former glory, such as Nihl, Xtort, or even Angst. People wanting fast and catchy singles will be happy with this one with tracks like Megalomaniac and Anarchy, but the album lacks the cohesiveness of their previous material, with some tracks just being throw a ways once again. The album has a few really good hidden gems, like "Waste" but then tracks like "down and out" just feel like they drag on and on, or fill space, but in the end it just feels like too many people are involved: too many to allow it to feel cohesive as a work, instead of a collection of random songs with a couple of big singles, even Sasha himself has been quoted as saying " I listened to the Symbols album and heard exactly why KMFDM broke up in the first place. It told me the story of what went wrong. There were maybe two (good) songs on that album and the others were just a bunch of compromising tug-of-wars. That was something I was not going to do again". -
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