Soul of a New Machine

by Fear Factory

Soul of a New Machine cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 September 1992
  • Label: Roadrunner Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 55:13
  • Community rating: 3.35/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Colin Richardson, Lora Porter

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Los Angeles band's groundbreaking debut radically bridged the gap between guttural death metal and cold, mechanical industrial music. Burton C. Bell's innovative alternation between death growls and clean, melodic singing, paired with Dino Cazares's machine-gun riffing, effectively forged a new subgenre of cybernetic extreme metal.

Genres

Descriptors: sampling

Tracklist

  1. Martyr (4:06)
  2. Leechmaster (3:54)
  3. Scapegoat (4:33)
  4. Crisis (3:45)
  5. Crash Test (3:46)
  6. Flesh Hold (2:31)
  7. Lifeblind (3:51)
  8. Scumgrief (4:07)
  9. Natividad (1:04)
  10. Big God / Raped Souls (2:38)
  11. Arise Above Oppression (1:51)
  12. Self Immolation (2:46)
  13. Suffer Age (3:40)
  14. W.O.E. (2:33)
  15. Desecrate (2:35)
  16. Escape Confusion (3:58)
  17. Manipulation (3:29)

Credits

  • Fear Factory - primary artist
  • Andrew Shives - bass [discordant bass]
  • Raymond Herrera - drums [variable percussive wrecking]
  • Burton C. Bell - lyrics by, vocals [dry lung vocal martyr], electronics [hardware, utilities], performer ["big god" intro]
  • Otis - sampler [sample god]
  • Darius Seponlou - performer ["crash test" intro]

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