Fear Factory
Concrete (Roadrunner Records 2002)
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While still licking my
wounds from the breakup of this band, I discover Fear Factory's
"first studio recording" in my mailbox. While I'm relatively
sure this release only serves to end a binding contract obligation
somewhere, I decide to suck it up and give it a listen.
While many of these songs were re-recorded for Soul Of A New
Machine, or re-arranged and re-named only to show up on later
albums, there are a few I've never heard before...and after
hearing them I'm wondering why. "Sangre De Ninos" is pretty
badass, as is "Piss Christ", (no not the mindfuck that's on
Demanufacture, but a completely different song with the same
name). "Ulceration" isn't too shabby either. The spoken intro
to Big God/Raped Souls is amazing in an errie fucked up kinda
way (is that amp line buzz I'm hearing?) and the vocals at the
end are...interesting. I'm actually liking a few versions on
here better than the recordings on "Soul..." It's also cool to
hear the different lyrics on a few songs (if only they were
printed out!).
This album bears witness to the unbelieveable influence Fear
Factory left on the metal world, not just Burton's never heard
before vocal style, (which everyone has ripped off) but the
mixuture of downtuned death metal, samples, and industrial
sounds which are all too common now. Here we also bear witness to
Raymond forging into uncharted drummer territory by doing with his
feet what others only dream with their hands. This album should
surely go down as one of the most amazing death metal releases ever.
As a huge FF fan I'd say this is a must have, even though
the cover art looks slapped together and the liner notes
pretty much state the obvious, (the exceptions being a few
interesting history tales). It's worth it just to hear FF
way back when, still feeling everything out, all heavy, raw
and oh so anolog.
Album Rating:
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While still licking my
wounds from the breakup of this band, I discover Fear Factory's
"first studio recording" in my mailbox. While I'm relatively
sure this release only serves to end a binding contract obligation
somewhere, I decide to suck it up and give it a listen.
While many of these songs were re-recorded for Soul Of A New
Machine, or re-arranged and re-named only to show up on later
albums, there are a few I've never heard before...and after
hearing them I'm wondering why. "Sangre De Ninos" is pretty
badass, as is "Piss Christ", (no not the mindfuck that's on
Demanufacture, but a completely different song with the same
name). "Ulceration" isn't too shabby either. The spoken intro
to Big God/Raped Souls is amazing in an errie fucked up kinda
way (is that amp line buzz I'm hearing?) and the vocals at the
end are...interesting. I'm actually liking a few versions on
here better than the recordings on "Soul..." It's also cool to
hear the different lyrics on a few songs (if only they were
printed out!).
This album bears witness to the unbelieveable influence Fear
Factory left on the metal world, not just Burton's never heard
before vocal style, (which everyone has ripped off) but the
mixuture of downtuned death metal, samples, and industrial
sounds which are all too common now. Here we also bear witness to
Raymond forging into uncharted drummer territory by doing with his
feet what others only dream with their hands. This album should
surely go down as one of the most amazing death metal releases ever.
As a huge FF fan I'd say this is a must have, even though
the cover art looks slapped together and the liner notes
pretty much state the obvious, (the exceptions being a few
interesting history tales). It's worth it just to hear FF
way back when, still feeling everything out, all heavy, raw
and oh so anolog.
Album Rating:
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