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Last Active 02-01-22 6:56 pm
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| Fear Factory Ranked
New announcement? New list, baybee | | 10 |  | Fear Factory
Transgression
1 good song, maybe 2, fuck this album. Eat-my-ass/5 | | 9 |  | Fear Factory
The Industrialist
Oh my god, who gives a shit. Not “bad” per se, just sooooo boring. 2/5 | | 8 |  | Fear Factory
Aggression Continuum
Yeah, it’s nice. I don’t hate this album by any means, I just don’t remember it ever. I preordered this vinyl and I have played it multiple times to try to get into it, but nothing really grabs me, which is weird considering how much I loved Genexus. I genuinely can’t even tell you a single song on this album. 2.4/5 | | 7 |  | Fear Factory
Soul of a New Machine
Since death and thrash metal are my two favorite genres, I appreciate the genuine death metal vocals and musicianship but this is still pretty damn amateurish. I dig it because it is the early days of my BOYS but I would be lying if I said I ever really put this on outside of Martyrs and a couple other tracks. An interesting album, not one that I ever throw on though. 3/5 | | 6 |  | Fear Factory
Digimortal
Lmfao speaking of cringe, this is the heyday of nu-metal and FF was CLEARLY thrilled to hop on that train. Still, I grew up during that time and that’s also when I really got into metal/music in general so I have a massive soft spot for this dyed hair/hot topic chain pants metal. The majority of this album is super catchy, and I probably put it on slightly more than Archetype if I’m being honest – this is just lower because I don’t get AS much fulfillment as Archetype, but it’s still bouncy simple fun. 3.5/5 | | 5 |  | Fear Factory
Archetype
No Dino? Apparently no problem. Some of this album is pretty damn cheesy with some cringe ass lines “NOTHING YOU SAY MATTERS TO US, FUCK YOUUUUUUU” but the actual songs are so damn catchy that I can look past it. Weirdly a really good album despite the cringe. 3.8/5s | | 4 |  | Fear Factory
Genexus
I don’t have too much to say about this, but I just think it’s really damn solid. The production is crisp, which adds so much to the futuristic sound, and it’s just a great collection of songs with not much of any flaws as far as I can tell. I still throw this on pretty regularly. 4.2/5 | | 3 |  | Fear Factory
Mechanize
Christ, this fucker is HEAVVVYYY. This came out when I was in undergrad, and I think I jammed this more than anything for a full year. I remember this getting slightly mixed reviews when it came out, and I will never ever understand why. This is the angriest they’ve ever sounded and I felt like a fucking T-1000 on steroids when I would lift to this shit. This album still gives me the urge to give over to the machines and eliminate all pesky humans. Oxidizer still makes me want to crush skulls whenever I hear that shit. 4.5/5 | | 2 |  | Fear Factory
Demanufacture
I totally get why this is basically everyone’s #1. I may not have quite the same nostalgic connection as I do with Obsolete, but every fucking song here just fucking crushes and I still constantly throw this on at the gym or even at parties when I have my friends over for some beers (much to my pop punk loving fiancee’s dsmay) . I cannot imagine how badass this would have been to hear back in 95 but these riffs and the futuristic atmosphere is still pretty unmatched imo for the sound they are going for. Burton is on top form here, and so is everyone else. A goddamn classic of classics, one of my all time favorite metal releases. 5/5 | | 1 |  | Fear Factory
Obsolete
This was actually the first albums I listened to that was THIS heavy, and wouldn’t be beaten until I would hear Slipknot’s debut in 2000. I’ve heard Metallica, Slayer and Guns N Roses before this but that’s it. I have memories of jamming this on my CD player before soccer practice and playing with my action figures to these badass riffs back in elementary school when it first came out in the late 90s. This may not be as technically perfect as Demanufacture, but every song here rules imo. The only possible weak point is the very last song not being quite as strong imo, but the rest of it is so good that I just don’t give a shit. The nu-metal influences are starting to peak through here, but it’s still in the subtle tasteful phase and not full on Digimortal yet. Shock, Edgecrusher, Smasher/Devourer is towards the top of my list of my favorite beginning to an album ever. I’m gonna throw this baby on right now. 6/5 | |
DarkSideOfLucca
02.22.23 | C'mon new guy, breathe some new life into this band.
Seeing them live next month with Static-X, hoping for the best. | JDubb
02.22.23 | Will also be seeing them in ATL - stoked. | Muzz79
02.22.23 | For me their first 5 albums >>> than any of the last 5 | normaloctagon
02.22.23 | 1 is 1 and 2 is 2 good job | JDubb
02.22.23 | Listening to Recoded will give more love for 8 (AC). Where would Fear is the Mindkiller, Remanufacture and Recoded fall in ur list? | Muzz79
02.23.23 | “I cannot imagine how badass this would have been to hear back in 95”. Dude it was like a slap in the face. It was move over Pantera and Sepultura this is the future lol | Ryus
02.23.23 | never listened to this band until tonight. 2 rules | normaloctagon
02.23.23 | Duuuude yessss sick | MO
02.23.23 | good ranking for sure | artiswar
02.23.23 | 10, 8 & 7 slap more than Digi | normaloctagon
02.23.23 | So much nostalgia for 10 but god revisiting it is nottt fun personally | artiswar
02.23.23 | I don't go back to it often but I enjoy it in spite of its shortcomings | JDubb
02.23.23 | 10 has its place. Love the beginning 4 tracks (540000 degrees to Contagion) and the last track (Moment of Impact). Just gets a bit middling in the middle. Millennium cover isn’t bad. | pourradass
02.23.23 | 1. Obsolete
2. Archetype
3. Digimortal
4. Demanufacture
5. Genexus tied with Mechanize
7. Aggression Continuum
discard the rest | DarkSideOfLucca
02.23.23 | @Muzz - Damn, I'm jealous, dude. I wish I wasn't 5 then lol
@JDubb - I actually don't think I've jammed Recoded, but I'll throw it on this album that I have on now (Demanufacture lol)
Also yeah 540000 degrees and Moment of Impact are the two songs I actually dig. The rest of the album...not so much lol. I also have memories of anxiously awaiting the album after Archetype and I threw it on my friends speakers the day it came out on CD and uh, none of us were impressed aha so perhaps that bad memory is influencing my distaste a bit
@Ryus - holy shit, seriously? Hell yeah dude, welcome to the FF party m///
@pour - not a bad ranking bro | combustion07
02.23.23 | I only am familiar with obsolete and Demanufacture and even with those it's been ages since I've really sat and jammed them. I played Edge Crusher an obnoxious amount when I was young lol. I've heard some other stuff here and there but need to dive deeper. Will use your list as a guide to the dsicog. Not gonna lie though I'm gonna start with the debut cuz of my love for death metal given I always thought Demanufacture was the debut and I'm kinda stoked to hear they have a more death leaning album prior to it | Ryus
02.23.23 | yea dude they're one of those bands i've always seen around but never jammed because i assumed i wouldn't like them for whatever dumb reason lol. i liked 1 too but not as much on first listen at least. will need to jam their other stuff | pourradass
02.23.23 | Make up your own mind but I don't think Soul of a new machine is good death metal | JDubb
02.23.23 | Are you talking about Concrete bring DM? Instead of Soul of a New Machine? | combustion07
02.24.23 | I actually dig Soul of a new machine more than I expected to. That little growl whisper shit he does is a little strange but I'm down with it. Gonna get on checking more from them | DarkSideOfLucca
03.20.23 | Saw them last night
They fucking ruled so hard. Also met Dino and got to tell him I've been jamming them since '98 and that he's prob the reason I convinced my fiancee to let me buy a Mortal Kombat arcade machine in our living room.
Legendary night for me m/ | pourradass
03.21.23 | New singer on point then? | Parallels
03.21.23 | 6 is pretty underrated | DoofDoof
03.21.23 | 'I cannot imagine how badass this would have been to hear back in 95'
it really was, I like Obsolete but this just got there first | KevinKC
04.01.23 | 1-Genexus
2-Demanufacture
3-Obsolete
4-Aggression Continuum
5-Mechanize
6-Digimortal (14 tracks version)
7-Soul of a New Machine
8-The Industrialist
From a different band:
9-Archetype
10-Transgression | Flugmorph
04.01.23 | where is concrete
god i love this band
think every single album of theirs is at least great | artiswar
04.01.23 | Lucca should jam 8 more. Idk, I found it pretty memorable. It's a very organic continuation of Genexus, which he seems to like a lot. | Flugmorph
04.01.23 | agreed |
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