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 catalogued as Symbols, but it is also commonly referred to as KMFDM (suggesting it to be a self-titled album) and
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