- Soul of a New Machine
Infobox Album |
Name = Soul of a New Machine
Type =Album
Artist =Fear Factory
Released =August 25 ,1992
Recorded = May 1992 in Hollywood
Genre =Death metal Industrial metal
Label = Roadrunner
Producer =Colin Richardson
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:yc6xlfhe5cqu~T1 link]
*The Metal Observer 8/10 [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=7480 link]
Last album =
This album = "Soul of a New Machine"
(1992)
Next album = "Fear is the Mindkiller "
(1993)"Soul of a New Machine" is the debut
album (not counting the originally unreleased 1991 album "Concrete") by the Los Angelesdeath metal /industrial metal bandFear Factory . It was released onAugust 25 ,1992 .Album information
Guitarist
Dino Cazares has stated that this album is aconcept album , concerning man's creation of a machine that could be either technological or governmental. It was also confirmed by bassist Christian Olde Wolbers in an interviewcite web|title = KindaMuzik - Interview with Christian Olde Wolbers|author=Bart Nijssen|publisher=KindaMuzik|url=http://www.kindamuzik.net/interview/fear-factory/fear-factory|accessdate=2007-04-13|date=2001-09-17] . The machine-human connection would play a more prominent role in the laterFear Factory concept albums.The sound of this album is different from the later albums for it was heavily influenced by
Napalm Death andGodflesh , therefore this one featured more of a death metal andgrindcore sound. Many feel this album is ground breaking as this is the first album to mixdeath growl s withclean vocals cite web|title = Epinions - Review of "Soul of a New Machine"|author=Mark Hodges|publisher=Epinions |url=http://www.epinions.com/content_176459255428|accessdate=2007-04-13|date=2005-05-30] cite web|title = Encyclopedia Metallum - Reviews for Fear Factory's "Soul of a New Machine"|publisher=Encyclopedia Metallum |url=http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=781|accessdate=2007-04-13] .While Fear Factory's main concept is man vs. machine, this album featured different themes. "Martyr" is about how
Burton C. Bell was bored with his lifestyle; "Leechmaster" and "Manipulation" are about relationship troubles; "Scapegoat" was based on how Cazares was once wrongfully accused by the law; "Crisis" is an anti-war song; "Crash Test" concernsanimal testing and "Suffer Age" is based onserial killer John Wayne Gacy . The other songs contain different themes as well. Samples from the moviesFull Metal Jacket ,Blade Runner andApocalypse Now are heard sporadically throughout the album.The album was remastered and re-released on
October 5 ,2004 in adigipak , packaged together with the remastered "Fear is the Mindkiller " EP. This album is their onlyStudio Album without a Title Song.Reception
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Kerrang! (p.61) - " [The album] contains all the unrefined qualities that would soon make Fear Factory legendary."Track listing
# "Martyr" – 4:06
# "Leechmaster" – 3:54
# "Scapegoat" – 4:33
# "Crisis" – 3:45
# "Crash Test" – 3:46
# "Flesh Hold" – 2:31
# "Lifeblind" – 3:51
# "Scumgrief" – 4:07
# "Natividad" – 1:04
# "Big God/Raped Souls" – 2:38
# "Arise Above Oppression" – 1:51
# "Self Immolation" – 2:46
# "Suffer Age" – 3:40
# "W.O.E." – 2:33
# "Desecrate" – 2:35
# "Escape Confusion" – 3:58
# "Manipulation" – 3:29All lyrics written by
Burton C. Bell , except for "Arise Above Oppression" which was written by Bell/Dino Cazares and "Suffer Age" and "Escape Confusion" which were written by Cazares. All music by Dino Cazares.Credits
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Burton C. Bell - Vocals
*Dino Cazares - Guitar, Bass, Arranger, Mixing
*Raymond Herrera -Drum s
*Colin Richardson - Producer, Mixing
*Steve Harris - Engineer, Mixing
*Bradley Cook - Assistant Engineer
*Rober Fayer - Assistant Engineer
*Eddy Schreyer - Mastering
*Satok Lrak - Computer Graphics, Art Direction
*Joe Lance - Photography
*Lora Porter - Executive Producer
*Otis -Sampling
*Darius Seponlou - Introduction on "Crash Test"
*Andrew Shives - Live Bass guitarTrivia
*Then-bassist Andrew Shives only played live with the group; the bass tracks on the album were performed by Dino Cazares. In 1993 Fear Factory released a 7" single under their Spanish name Factorio De Miedo called Sangre De Ninos. This is the only material that was ever recorded in a studio with Andrew Shives on bass. He was forced to leave the band due to some internal disputes and was replaced by Christian Olde Wolbers in 1994.
*The album shares its title with "The Soul of a New Machine " byTracy Kidder , which was released in 1981 and won aPulitzer Prize andNational Book Award in 1982.
*"Natividad" is considered aninstrumental , but technically, it's just the sound of things being crushed and smashed. The track is a dedication to Dino's father.
*Professional wrestler Jerry Lynn used the song "Scapegoat" as histheme music during his time inExtreme Championship Wrestling .
*"Big God/Raped Souls" was used in .References
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