Fear Factory

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There can be no doubt Fear Factory were pioneers in the world of heavy metal, their music being a direct reflection of their obsession with technology. The results remain harsh and chilling, and in the mid-90s their innovative stance influenced many bands that would go onto be branded with the Nu-Metal tag.

Band History
Influenced by the thrash explosion of the 80s Dino Cazares (Guitar), Burton C. Bell (Vocals) and Raymond Herrera (Drums) first got their proto techno-metal to the public via a couple of Bill Gould (Faith No More)-produced tunes for the “L.A. Death Metal Compilation”. The material was strong enough to get them signed to Roadrunner and their career as champions of computer-assisted metal got under way in brutal style with Soul Of A New Machine (1992). The early style was coloured with the crushing power of death metal, Herrera’s drumming provides a stainless steel framework for Cazares’ synapse-frazzling guitars and Bell’s deathrattle vocals spitting out tortured sci-fi inflected lyrics which only occasionally ventured into the clean and melodic realms. Crucially, the band were also experimenting with electronic flourishes and samples echoing industrial bands such as Nine Inch Nails, Ministry (who Burton recently did a couple of songs with *see The Last Sucker) and Godflesh; it was cold, clinical and utterly mesmerizing in an all-senses-pummeled kind of way. Cazares handled bass duties in the studio but Andrew Shives was recruited for live work.

1	Archetype full track	1,129
2	Linchpin	853
3	Slave Labor	817
4	Cyberwaste	795
5	Bite the Hand That Bleeds	746
6	Replica	745
7	Edgecrusher	710
8	Demanufacture	611
9	Act of God	609
10	Cars	600
11	Zero Signal	583
12	Drones	576
13	Corporate Cloning	557
14	Descent	514
15	Undercurrent	509

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GaVron-kun wrote:
Thursday afternoon

@El_Bassisto: Already own)

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wanderlust84 wrote:
Thursday morning

first metal band i started listening to, demanufacture and obsolete are killer.

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El_Bassisto wrote:
Wednesday evening

@gaVron-kun: DEFINITELY.....Archetype is one of their best albums

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Fyrmyr wrote:
Wednesday evening

Demanufacture is one of my fav albums ^^

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karolcia_1993 wrote:
Tuesday morning

come back guys, NOW!!! :) I can't describe in words how much I miss them...

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BezeEn wrote:
Tuesday morning

yeah trv death :P

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GaVron-kun wrote:
Monday evening

Hi everyone)Fear Factory ROCKS! P.S.Does Archetype worth buying??

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nakho wrote:
Sunday evening

http://disturbedargentina.blogspot.com/

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Der_Tip wrote:
Sunday afternoon

I like the melodic songs of them. Burtons voice is awesome in hard vs. melodic parts.

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GhostofSanity wrote:
Sunday morning

Haha, FF never sold out. And besides, Demanufacture > SoaNM.

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Strahovuk88 wrote:
8 days ago

http://www.last.fm/group/Mainly+Neurotic+Energy+Modifying+Instant+Creation

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drugstorcowgirl wrote:
9 days ago

Tokio Hotel is not metal.... -_-;;;

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Death2emotions wrote:
10 days ago

"lol SchWarG but it was Tokio Hotel that truely got me into metal" Fail

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Rotted_Fetus wrote:
11 days ago

Fear factory rocks my world :) \m/

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Qwot wrote:
11 days ago

I love you Burton.

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sir_insomnia wrote:
14 days ago

aaaallllll must eeenndureee

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korny3354 wrote:
14 days ago

this sound like a mongoloid taking a sshit

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SchWarG wrote:
16 days ago

One of the bands that got me into metal, along with shitknot

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reklez wrote:
17 days ago

Obsolete saw me through some shit times...

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freeBee1976 wrote:
18 days ago

I will be your power surge. the matrix has you... wake up!! fear factory for all times and worlds..

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