Archetype (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Archetype
Type = studio
Artist = Fear Factory


Released = April 20 2004
Recorded = October−December, 2003
Genre = Industrial metal
Groove metal
Length = 59:00
Label = Liquid 8
Producer = Fear Factory
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hjfixqtaldke~T1 link]
*MetalUK 9.5/10 [http://www.metaluk.com/reviews/viewReview.cfm?iReviewID=316 link]
Last album = "Hatefiles"
(2003)
This album = "Archetype"
(2004)
Next album = "Live on Sunset Strip"
(2005)

"Archetype" is the fifth studio album by Los Angeles industrial metal band Fear Factory. It was released on April 20, 2004 through Liquid 8. This album is not a concept album like the previous three studio albums. The music on this album returns to the style of the "Demanufacture" era which pleased many fans. "Archetype" was also issued in a Limited Edition Digipak with a bonus DVD. Depending on where the digipak was obtained, the bonus DVD is either for their "Australian Tour 2004" and the video for "Cyberwaste" or one based around The Making of Archetype. Some, though not all, versions of the bonus digipak also included a gold ticket that gave the owner a chance to meet Fear Factory live.

Track listing

#"Slave Labor" (Herrera/Wolbers) – 3:53
#"Cyberwaste" (Herrera/Wolbers) – 3:18
#"Act of God" (Herrera/Wolbers) – 5:08
#"Drones" (Herrera/Wolbers) – 5:02
#"Archetype" (Herrera/Wolbers) – 4:36
#"Corporate Cloning" (Herrera/Wolbers) – 4:24
#"Bite the Hand That Bleeds" (Herrera/Wolbers) – 4:09
#"Undercurrent" (Herrera/Wolbers) – 4:05
#"Default Judgement" (Herrera/Wolbers) – 5:24
#"Bonescraper" (Herrera/Wolbers) – 4:12
#"Human Shields" (Herrera/Wolbers) – 5:16
#"Ascension" (Fear Factory/Rhys Fulber) – 7:05
#"School" (Cobain; Nirvana cover) – 2:38

Limited Edition bonus DVD

#"Australian Tour 2004" (multimedia) - 56:27
#"Cyberwaste" (music video) - 3:35

ong interpretations

*"Slave Labor" contains references to the self-immolation of a person against the corporate world, e.g. Kathy Change.
*"Cyberwaste" contains references to anonymous Internet users who express haughty opinions only because they are "safe behind the cyberscreen"cite web|title = Blabbermouth.net - FEAR FACTORY: 'Cyberwaste' MP3 Available For Download|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=20712|accessdate=2007-04-20|date=2004-03-24] .
*The title track "Archetype" is directed at ex-guitarist Dino Cazares: "The infection has been removed/The soul of this machine has improved." Frontman Burton C. Bell has said in an interview that "'Archetype,' defines what Fear Factory is, completely. It has classic Fear Factory parts, and the heavy /melodic vocals, but without being forced or contrived."cite web|title = The Worley Gig - Fear Factory|publisher=The Worley Gig|url=http://worleygig.com/samples/fearfactory.html|accessdate=2007-04-20]

In pop culture

*"Bite the Hand That Bleeds" was used in the film "Saw" and the music video is a bonus feature on one of the versions of the DVD.
*"Slave Labour" is featured on .

Credits

*Burton C. Bell − vocals, logo
*Christian Olde Wolbers − guitar, bass
*Byron Stroud − bass (though he is credited on this album as bassist, Christian Olde Wolbers did both guitars and bass in the studio)
*Raymond Herrera − drums
*John Bechdel − keyboards
*Jeremy Blair − engineer, augmenting
*Mike Catain − executive producer, coordination
*Omer "Impson" R. Cordell − photography
*Fear Factory − producer, development, visual concept
*Alain Francois − web design
*Rhys Fulber − keyboards, programming, devices
*Torsten Gebhardt − rendering
*Roger Lian − augmenting
*Ken "Hi Watt" Marshall − engineer, augmenting
*Greg Reely − mixing, augmenting
*Ralph Schrader − coordination, layout design, organizer
*Shaun Thingvold − augmenting
*Steve Tushar − augmenting
*Howie Weinberg − mastering, development

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

References

External links

* [http://www.fearfactory.com/ Fear Factory page]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Aoq61mp9k9f8o/ All Music Guide Archetype article]