Demanufacture - Fear Factory

Released by: ROADRUNNER, 1995 Genre: Industrial Metal 'Demanufacture' is the second album by the Los Angeles cyber-metal crew, Fear Factory - an album that was about to change their career forever! Album Cover Design: sporting an industrious skeleton barcode, Fear Factory mark the sleeve with a new image and a new sound to boot. A perfect choice that works well with the bands new direction and sound. Album Packaging: Digi-pack, very impressive and a quality Sci-fi inlay with band photos and lyrics. My first opinion of the album - has got to be "is this sound for real?". The moment the first track blasted out it made ...  Read the complete review

1994 saw the release of the second album from industrial metal band Fear Factory, an incredibly heavy and atmospheric offering that was immediately successful with metal fans. The band’s cyberpunk themes, influenced by films and literature, would be a trait of their albums for several years to come and while this was not their biggest selling album it is commonly seen as their finest hour. STYLE Fear Factory are technically astounding in their musical technique and throughout this album it is very easy to imagine that they are in fact advanced androids with cybernetic skeletons under their human visages, although they are quite clearly ...  Read the complete review

Right, at the start I have a confession to make: I am a metal fan. Now be aware of this when you read this review. I am a metal fan cos I like heavy guitar, heavy rumming, the type of music that GOOD metal bands do and the fact that lots of them really ARE musical. I do get incredibly pissed off at the dire and pointlessly screamed vocals a lot of bands exhibit in their music. Right got that out of the way. This album combines the best things about Fear Factory and, unfortunately, all the worst things about them as well all paked into 11 tracks and 55 minutes. If you don't know Fear Factory then they're your typical metal band, long hair, black sleveless ...  Read the complete review