Digimortal
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| Release Date: |
April 24, 2001 |
| Label: |
Roadrunner Records |
| Rating: |
3.5 |
Description: Fear Factory's fourth album,
Digimortal, finds the hirsute Los Angeles industrial-metal band happening on a theme that they've been alluding to throughout their existence.
Digimortal is a concept album about the synthesis of man and machine, its 11 tracks serving up a mish-mash of screaming electronics and punishing low-end death-metal dynamics. Guitarist Dino Cazares and drummer Raymond Herrera served tenure in the none-more-metal terrorist troupe Brujeria shortly before the release of
Digimortal, but straight-ahead metal antics have not dulled Fear Factory's silicon edge; the scattershot riffage of "Damaged" is undercut by furious, distorted synth-lines, and the hyper-tense "No One" offers up sirens straight from the Chemical Brothers' box of old-school rave machinery. While there's nothing quite as startling as the title track from 1999's
Obsolete (which featured vocals from synth pioneer Gary Numan), the beatbox-based "Back the F**k Up," featuring Cypress Hill's B-Real, stands head and shoulders above the ham-fisted rap-rock fusion peddled by many of Fear Factory's peers.
--Louis Pattison
Tracklist of Digimortal
Reviews:
Best Metal Album Ever! Best Fear Factory Album Ever! PERFECT
This album sounds very modern! Everything have been improved... songwriting, overall sounds, drum playing, guitar sound & vocal line! You name it!
If this album is TOO NU(read: new) for you... then you must be an OLDSCHOOL METAL fan! The answer is: UPGRADE your ears!
Ignore below negative comments, you will like this album if you expect a great + high quality + futuristic + modern recording sound! Fear Factory Rules! Mnemic Rulez! Soilwork rules! Killswitch Engage Rules! In Flames Rulez!
Dino Cazares is still the best! Everyone at Fear Factory, trust me... asked Dino to re-unite and you can make an album better than Archetype! (by far)
Fear Factory's Worst
I have to agree that this album isn't no "Obsolete" or "Demanufacture", but it doesn't suck. This is how much I love Fear Factory. They are one of the best bands to ever grace the face of Earth. This CD has some great tracks on it. "Linchpin" is the best track on this CD. You will want to listen to it over and over. It never gets stale. "Invisible Wounds (Dark Bodies)" is not the brutal "Soul Of A New Machine" Fear Factory that you'd expect, but it is a great song as well. The only flaw is the song "Back The F**k Up", that has that lamewad from Cypress Hill in it. In other words, this is a great album.
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I have noticed that back in the day Fear factory was hard metal. It seems as if they started to turn in a new direction one that has mixed the listing audiences in a profound way. I love the new remixes they have done I think that they are keeping the old fans and attracting new ones. Especially with Remanufacture, this CD has turned many heads. A few of the songs that I want to talk about is 21st century christ, and bound for forgiveness. These tracks are very hipnotic and the rythm pulls you deeper as the songs moves on. The fans say that they arnt as dark as they used to be with the heavy metal but they actually are, and these tracks prove it. I would love to hear one of these songs in a horror film they would fit perfect! They are making their songs Dark and doing a good job of it.