Perhaps we can forgo the sense of astonishment that it’s been 25 years since the release of Fear Factory’s groundbreaking second album, Demanufacture, and that some of our younger readers may not have even been born when it came out. Such anniversaries happen to all albums eventually, although it must be said that few have the luxury of ageing quite so well. Indeed, Demanufacture was so ahead of its time and so innovative that it sounds as fresh today as it did then; a blistering collision of metal and hardcore that easily rivals any of its peers. In short, a masterpiece. Fear Factory laid the foundations with their 1992 debut Soul Of A New Machine, after which came remix album Fear Is The Mindkiller, but Demanufacture was – and in many ways still is – lightyears ahead. To...
Soul Of A New Machine (Deluxe) [30th Anniversary Edition] [Analog]
Soul Of A New Machine (Deluxe) [30th Anniversary Edition] - Debut studio album originally released 8/25/92. Guitarist Dino Cazareshas stated that this album is aconcept album, concerning man's creation of a machine that could be either technological or governmental. The particular concept would later play a more prominent role in some of Fear Factory's later albums. The sound of the record is different from the later albums, as it was influenced by many different extreme sub-genres of metal, such asdeath metal, thrash metalandgrindcore, hence making the band an "anomaly" among others since it did not fit into any genre category at that time. The Run Out Groove 30th anniversary edition expands the album to 3LPs and includes bonus remixes and a few unreleased tracks plus an exclusive poster. This is the first vinyl release of the album in North America.
