finally…it only took 16 years for a follow up to remanufacture…ffs!

well 15.. and i meant demanufacture!

I don’t think it so much basks in the glory days as some of the riffing is a bit new. When I got the first divine Heresy i noticed Dino picked up his tempo a little, and it definitely is reflected on this as well. The problem with Digimortal was it seemed a bit rushed and almost like they were trying to copy aspects of their past at times, it doesn’t mean it was a bad album. We’ll never know how much of Archetype was left over Dino riffs, but I’d def say this album beats the last 3 efforts, and Hoglan def brought that to the table. And hey, this is the first album Byron Stroud was actually allowed to play bass on now the Wolbers is out of the picture! Funny how that worked out, wasn’t he the one crabbing about not playing bass on demanufacture?

I dont believe it got 4/5… Wookubus, how many chicken legs did Dino pay you in? We want answers!

wow….wookubus…. for years I knew you somewhat didnt like bands that i did by ur reviews, and felt u were more of a indie/core/every time i die and glassjaw whiny screamo kind of band lover seeing by ur great reviews and news on ALL THOSE types of bands, but NEVER would i have guessed you would have liked this album by FF. I thought IMO it was forced and generic and trying to recapture the past and repetitive with Max Cavalera like mind for chorus writing. Sure tracks 5 and 6 are heavy and should have been at the front of the album, but it sounds too forced. Like parts of keyboard are just thrown in there for sake of being in there…Solos? what the? For the sake of having solos to be IN with todays young shredders? Riffs already used?…and dont tell me Raymond cant play any of those drum parts..come on. Anyway…like mentioned before in another comment…how much did Dino pay you for this review? This review just cries sellout on ur part due to ur past review on such bands alike…and those bands prolly had some variety…or a better singer might I add..but this…WTF? Is it April Fools Day?

Best album these guys have released since ‘Obsolete’… and yet, I don’t care. I’m over Fear Factory. They’re decent, but they should have released this years ago.

Call me crazy, but maybe he gave it a good review because it’s actually a good album.
And how has everyone heard the whole album already? It won’t be released until next week. I guess I’m the only one that actually buys CDs anymore.

You going to change your name to 36FactoryChimairaFists?

Seriously they’re on Candlelight. Their advance was probably bucket of KFC and a half empty Diet Pepsi.

They got that large Iranian woman back. Congrats guys.

for anyone who is wondering where christian and raymond are in the new lineup of FF its simple; dino fucking ate them…seriously, dude is fucking enormous…they should rename themselves beer factory…the new shit sounds better but too little too late…its cool they got the dudes from SYL, though…now there’s a band i really miss…

“forced…generic….trying to recapture the past…..repetitive…..Like parts of keyboard are just thrown in there for sake of being in there…Solos? what the? For the sake of having solos to be IN with todays young shredders? Riffs already used?…and dont tell me Raymond cant play any of those drum parts..come on.”

exactly how i felt. sadly i think that the songwriting on transgression was better, and that album sucked. at least it was more varied. this album just sounds like the same track over and over again for 45 minutes. if i wanted that i’d put on a slayer record.

i really hope that their next album shows some growth, cuz if they just keep releasing the same old shit year after year i will be very disappointed.

I enjoyed hearing this record. I pirated it a week b4 X-Mas so I have had some time to examine it and yes it is just the same ol shit different day. If you are a fan of FF and have missed them doing what they do best you will LOVE this record. If your some kid who thinks he know’s somthing about music because he has spent the past 3 years of his life on the internet researching it instead of getting laid then you will HATE this record.

Very well put Brandon!

Wook gets a 1/5 for reviewing a FF album.

I really didn’t think Obsolete was all that great. Personally, I think Soul Of A New Machine and Demanufacture were the best albums they’ve done, and nothing since then has been remotely interesting or worth listening to.

Oh, and captian nemo, anyone with Perez Hilton as his avatar has no buisness criticizing wook about the quality of his reviews. Sorry bud.

If you like FF then this is for you. I would rank this album #3 behind Demanufacture and Archetype. I can’t understand this “revisiting the past” shit, FF is FF, they don’t need to “evolve” or “mature” when you make industrial metal. Nobody knocks Al Jourgensen because all Ministry albums sound the same. I like Ministry, but even I’ll admit they don’t stray from the formula. It’s just good music, and if you like it, naturally you want more of it, and it doesn’t necessarily need to be different than something they put out a few years ago. As far as the lineup change, if you didn’t tell me that Dino was back and Ray was out, I’d have never known.

Aries veil, you get no stars for taking yourself and my avatar seriously. Bud.

there is a very clear difference in the drums and you don’t have to be a drummer to notice. Hoglan’s style pops out after a few listens, you’ll notice Tom rolls more present than ever before, and the blasts sound far more consistent. Take a song like Cyberwaste off Archetype for example, clearly one of Raymond’s better modern efforts drum wise, but at the same time, the blasts and Tom rolls sound like they are falling apart as he goes in for them, compared to what Hogland has done on this record, sounds far more solid.

Has anyone found a current Fear Factory website? Everything i looked at of theirs hasn’t been updated for the new album release, no merch store, album packages or anything. Seems they aren’t trying to make any hype anywhere about the release of this album.

fearfactorymusic.com completely updated with current tour/band info. if you go to the links section you find a link to their record label, and the link for the store is right at the top where it ought to be.

http://www.candlelightrecordsusa.com/store/

oh and look, three different options for ordering the new album are right there at the top of the store.

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the internets are NOT hard people.

and i found the website by looking on wikipedia. in all fairness when i googled it the current official website was the 7th result with their old site as the first result…. that’s why i tried wikipedia first.

I donwloaded it listened to a few songs got bored and deleted it. I liked Demanufacture back in the day but i nothing else they did ever stuck with me. Ill take Strapping Young Lad over Fear Factory anyday

Nothing these guys do will be as good as Soul of a New Machine or Demanufacture. Don’t judge them based on that. If you don’t like them, you won’t like this album. If you do, then it’s not that bad. Congrats to FF on their comeback from recent mediocre releases.

I’ve heard about half of this album, and I’d have to agree with Wook’s review; it’s good and it is sad that all the drama will over shadow the album itself. I’m glad it’s here though, I don’t know if the world could handle another Divine Heresy album.

I’m just glad cyberpunk it’s back!

I’ve always been a diehard FF fan. Their catalogue is diverse, but underpinned by a consistent trademark industrial sound that they helped invent. Even Transgression, their only weak release, contains songs that I love. I never turned my back on them.

And I love this album. Enough said.

I’ve been a Fear Factory fan for 16 years and this new stuff is very impressive. If anything it’s super repetitive, but I’ll take over the past 2 releases… I like that Burton’s clean singing is more raw and ” shouty”.. not as corny operatic like before. A close 2nd behind ” Demanufacture”. ” Industrial Discipline” and ” Controlled Demolition” are my choice tracks.

Seriously, on a system, the bass drums demolish your mind. This is a brutal album. They will never be what they once were, accept them for what they are doing now. This album is BRUTAL! They could had varied the songs a bit more but nevertheless, good jorb!

Whoever says this album is trash has something seriously wrong with their brain. I’ve never seen so many closed minded individuals. People bitch bitch and bitch about having another “Demanufacture”, they get it, then they bitch lol. It never seizes to amaze me. You guys sound like a bunch of school girls. The album is fantastic, I have been waiting for an album like this for awhile. Brutal, Fast, Melodic at the same time. Honestly I dint give a shit about their personal vendettas. Its none of my business, I’m here for the music not a soap opera show. That is all.

I’m with Johnny. I think there are just too many metal bands out there now and we’ve all heard it all before and now have this \wow me\ attitude towards every new album. Stop listening to metal then if you are sick of it and there is nothing new or exciting for you.

FEARSHUGGAH!!!

This album fucks shit up. True to form Factory at it’s finest. Back to the pissed off Obsolete days. I am lovin’ it like a McDonalds McChicken sandwich.

McDonald’s makes me puke, so I don’t like it in that way. But yes, awesome. As grooveXIII and Peace-1 said, this is the best since Obsolete. This beats the shit out of Transgression with a fat crowbar. Good balance of brutality/melody without being lame (I even like the “happy” sounding Final Exit). Designing the Enemy is the only “Fearshuggah”-ness I see here, and it’s good. Sounds like one of the softest songs for a while, then gets just nasty. Oxidizer, Controlled Demolition, Powershifter, Mechanize, all very very solid heavy Fear-fuckin’-Factory tunes. Worth checking out. 4/5

Archetype
Digimortal
Mechanize
Demanufacture
Obsolete
Trangression
Soul of a New Machine

Just my taste. I love all FF.

Here’s the bottom line…Fear Factory have finally come out with an album that harkens back to the days of Demanufacture and Obsolete. With Archetype they tried…but something seemed to be missing, good as that album was. So…finally they come out with an album that does such a thing…and yet I still hear bitching and complaining (i.e. wtf and 024) about the stupidest shit. Complaining about solos?? Complaining that they are *ahem* “trying to hard to recapture the past”? Look, if this is the kind of blatant ignorance you have…then just stop listening to Fear Factory altogether. Obviously you are too much of a snob to even accept the fact this album is the best they have come out with in years. Complaining about solos…that just boggles the mind…thats just unexcusably stupid.

Heh nice & to 36chimairafist. I agree your not the only one. I buy my albums to. Besides d/l them. I’ma look forward to listening to this. I love some fear factory. Most of their songs i’m into. I never heard their albums though. Just some songs off it. But this one i’ll give it a check & buy it. When its out.

The main problem i have with this album is… the tracks do not mix well. Alot of these songs are the same things rehashed over and over, not very much depth at all same for the exception of a couple. I’m a very big fan of Fear Factory and have seen them 7 times live in concert. This album was a very big let down for me songwriting wise… heavy wise it is great.

I love this cd and yes i would marry it. I was a huge fan of Ministry’s last two albums and this remind me of that same style. I wasn’t even much of a FF fan until this record, so to me this is in my top 3 for the year for sure. Also , I will be seeing them in Toronto, and it makes me laugh Divine Hersy is an opener, …DinoX2!