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| 4.5 superb | Jared Floryan | December 21st 14 |
We are souls placed inside corrupt machines, commandeered by totalitarians with scars for body paint. Obsolete follows a story quite similar to the statement I just made - more or less - and has a grandiose, industrial metal sound with fresh death and alternative elements. Because of the production's high quality and the vocal range Burton C. Bell possesses, one can easily be forgiven for believing this album's aged too well. It's every bit as depressing, vicious, and clinical as it should be.
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| 5.0 classic | Brabiz | May 4th 20 |
Impeccable balance between groove, industrial, and some very strong melodic elements. One of the best 90’s
metal albums
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| 4.5 superb | bobbydylan | April 26th 20 |
Another amazing albums, tbh i don't know which one i love more: this album or Demanufacture.
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| 4.0 excellent | NewBallistics | April 8th 16 |
90's industrial/metal personified. Demanufacture has some beautiful tracks but this is Fear Factory at their best by far.
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| 5.0 classic | Ghost22446 | July 1st 14 |
This is the best Fear Factory album after Demanufacture. Concept of Demanufacture, Obsolete
and Digimortal is awesome and the execution of it hasn't failed to deliver a masterpiece.
Make no mistake:this heavy filler-free industrial metal record is a total must-buy.
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| 4.0 excellent | mkamrass | June 22nd 14 |
Fear Factory has a very enjoyable industrial metal sound on this album: it is both heavy but also melodic which is a very enjoyable combination.
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| 3.5 great | joomisy | September 29th 13 |
Great great album, lots of goodies on this one. Some tracks are a bit bland and not really worthy of listening to more than once, but others are fantastic and beautiful. One of my favorites from the industrial metal juggernauts.
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| 3.5 great | khole | July 5th 12 |
An industrial album that transports the listener to an apocalyptic machine filled world. Every song brings the listener one step closer to this dark and unforgiving environment.
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| 4.5 superb | Thir13teen | September 25th 09 |
A near classic. All songs here (barring the godawful title track) are perfectly crafted and very representative of the band's sound. Burton's mix between screaming and clean vocals is the obvious stand out here. The only problem with the record is the title track, which is one of the worst Fear Factory tracks ever.
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| 0.0 | Blurry | September 25th 07 |
Obsolete doesn't offer a lot that wasn't heard on Demanufacture. The band have merely refined their industrial-infused alternative metal formula. The production is much clearer and fuller, replacing a touch of the harshness of Demanufacture with a more wide-screen sensibility. This complements the album's concept, which in short, is about a man's struggle for freedom in a bleak future; where machines control everything and humanity has essentially become surplus to requirements (Interesting, in 2006 Bell stated that he believed that this epoch had arrived in the real world). Bell's clean vocals show significant development with excellent performances on the two closing tracks which were at this point, two of the most melodic and accessible tracks the band had ever done. While not as historically significant as Demanufacture, it's certainly a worthy successor.
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