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** Most notably, however, is probably [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AFXuoqwfeQ "Tourniquet Man"]. Being the only quiet spot on the otherwise cacophonic ''The Bedlam In Goliath'', however, this was probably to be expected. Starting off slow but ominous, the vocals suddenly become horribly distorted halfway through, the backing synths slow down and slur, the drumming grows erratic, and the saxophone keeps on playing as if nothing had happened (although Omar has a proud tradition of not letting the other musicians hear the rest of the piece, so for all Adrian knew nothing ''had'' happened).
* [[Leave the Camera Running]]: this is used on ''Frances the Mute'' with the endings of songs like Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus, The Widow, and L'Via L'Viaquez most likely for an ambient effect
* [[Loudness War]]: Every single album has clipping, which in many cases is audible. ''Noctourniquet'' was so bad that even the mastering engineer [https://twitter.com/#!/hebakadryy/status/185105490387275777 criticised it], claiming she was forced (by either the label or the band; it's not clear which) to master it that way. At least some of the vinyl editions also have clipping. Luckily there are [[wikipedia:Audacity|programs]] that can be used to [https://web.archive.org/web/20131029011000/http://fools-gold.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1574535#post1574535 remedy this].
* [[Mind Screw]]: Most of their lyrics and quite a bit of their music.
* [[Mind Screwdriver]]: The [http://fools-gold.org/marsvolta.html#deloused story] the band wrote to explain the plot of ''De-Loused in the Comatorium''. [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on whether it's effective.
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