Fear Factory discography
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The discography
of Fear Factory
, an American heavy metal
band, consists of eight studio album
s (including a remix album
), two compilation album
s, two extended play
s (EP), thirteen singles
, one video album
, and ten music video
s. The group was formed in 1989 and three years later, signed to Roadrunner Records
and released their debut album, Soul of a New Machine
. The following year, was issued Fear Is the Mindkiller
, an EP featuring remixes by Rhys Fulber
and Bill Leeb
of Front Line Assembly
. In 1995, Fear Factory released their second full-length album, Demanufacture
, which peaked at number 27 on the UK Albums Chart
, and later certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry
(BPI); it was followed two years later by another remix project, Remanufacture (Cloning Technology)
, which this time featured contributions from a number of different remixers, including many techno-oriented artists, as well as from the band themselves.
Released in 1998, Obsolete
became the band's most successful album, hitting the Top 30 in several countries, and later receiving a gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA). Their next album, 2001's Digimortal, peaked at number ten on the ARIA Charts
, but by the next year, Fear Factory disbanded and Roadrunner issued their original 1991 recordings on the album Concrete. The band reformed sans Dino and resigned to Liquid 8 label for 2004's Archetype, which peaked at number 30 on the Billboard 200
; followed by their next studio release, Transgression
, appearing a year later. In 2009, Dino Cazares rejoined the band, and they recorded Mechanize
, which was released the next year.
Notes
Discography
Discography is the study and listing of the details concerning sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified musical genres...
of Fear Factory
Fear Factory
Fear Factory is an American industrial metal band. Formed in 1989, they have released seven full-length albums and a number of singles and remixes. Over the course of their career they have evolved from a succession of styles, as well as steadily pioneered a combination of the styles death metal,...
, an American heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band, consists of eight studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
s (including a remix album
Remix album
A remix album is an album consisting mostly of remixes or re-recorded versions of a music artists' earlier released material.One of the earliest remix albums was 1971's Aerial Pandemonium Ballet by Harry Nilsson, which was released by Nilsson after the successes of Everybody's Talkin and The Point!...
), two compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
s, two extended play
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
s (EP), thirteen singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, one video album
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
, and ten music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
s. The group was formed in 1989 and three years later, signed to Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...
and released their debut album, Soul of a New Machine
Soul of a New Machine
Soul of a New Machine is the debut studio album by the Los Angeles, California metal band Fear Factory. It was released on August 25, 1992...
. The following year, was issued Fear Is the Mindkiller
Fear Is the Mindkiller
-Band members:* Burton C. Bell − Vocals* Dino Cazares − Guitar* Raymond Herrera − Drums-Production/continued credits:* Rhys Fulber − Digital adaptation* Brian Gardner − Mastering* Bernie Grundman − Mastering* Karl Kotas − Art direction, computer graphics...
, an EP featuring remixes by Rhys Fulber
Rhys Fulber
Nowell Rhys Fulber is a Canadian electronic musician and producer. He was a member of Front Line Assembly and Delerium along with Bill Leeb, and now records on his own under the name Conjure One.- Biography :...
and Bill Leeb
Bill Leeb
Bill Leeb is an electronic musician.He moved to Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada with his family when he was 13...
of Front Line Assembly
Front Line Assembly
Front Line Assembly is a Canadian electro-industrial band formed by Bill Leeb in 1986 after leaving Skinny Puppy. Influenced by early Industrial acts such as Cabaret Voltaire, Portion Control, D.A.F., Test Dept, SPK, and Severed Heads, FLA has developed its own unique sound while combining...
. In 1995, Fear Factory released their second full-length album, Demanufacture
Demanufacture
Demanufacture is the second studio album by the Los Angeles industrial metal band Fear Factory. This is the band's first album with their classic line-up adding new bassist Christian Olde Wolbers. Many regard it as the band's best album and a heavy metal classic...
, which peaked at number 27 on the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
, and later certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry
British Phonographic Industry
The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...
(BPI); it was followed two years later by another remix project, Remanufacture (Cloning Technology)
Remanufacture - Cloning Technology
The tracks "Genetic Blueprint" and "21st Century Jesus" featured on Infogrames Test Drive 5 which was released on PC and PlayStation in 1998. Additionally, the song "Remanufacture " was featured on the 2005 PSP video game Infected and is the theme song for the 2000 PC game Messiah...
, which this time featured contributions from a number of different remixers, including many techno-oriented artists, as well as from the band themselves.
Released in 1998, Obsolete
Obsolete (album)
Obsolete is the third studio album by American industrial metal band Fear Factory, released on July 28, 1998. Conceptually, it is a sequel to 1995's Demanufacture...
became the band's most successful album, hitting the Top 30 in several countries, and later receiving a gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
(RIAA). Their next album, 2001's Digimortal, peaked at number ten on the ARIA Charts
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
, but by the next year, Fear Factory disbanded and Roadrunner issued their original 1991 recordings on the album Concrete. The band reformed sans Dino and resigned to Liquid 8 label for 2004's Archetype, which peaked at number 30 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
; followed by their next studio release, Transgression
Transgression (album)
-Credits:*Burton C. Bell – vocals, engineer, assistant, supervisor*Christian Olde Wolbers – guitar, bass, arranger*Raymond Herrera – drums, arranger, engineer*Byron Stroud - bass*Reggie Boyd – assistant*Tom Jermann – visual design...
, appearing a year later. In 2009, Dino Cazares rejoined the band, and they recorded Mechanize
Mechanize
Mechanize is the seventh studio album by Fear Factory. It is the first album to feature Gene Hoglan on drums and the first since 2001's Digimortal to include original guitarist and founding member Dino Cazares who rejoined the band after a reconciliation with vocalist Burton C. Bell in April 2009...
, which was released the next year.
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds) |
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
AUT Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
BEL Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995... (Fla) |
FIN Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... |
FRA France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
NLD MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top... |
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SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 1992 | Soul of a New Machine Soul of a New Machine Soul of a New Machine is the debut studio album by the Los Angeles, California metal band Fear Factory. It was released on August 25, 1992...
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| 1995 | Demanufacture Demanufacture Demanufacture is the second studio album by the Los Angeles industrial metal band Fear Factory. This is the band's first album with their classic line-up adding new bassist Christian Olde Wolbers. Many regard it as the band's best album and a heavy metal classic... LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | 53 | — | — | 27 | UK British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies... : Silver AUS Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... : Gold |
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| 1998 | Obsolete Obsolete (album) Obsolete is the third studio album by American industrial metal band Fear Factory, released on July 28, 1998. Conceptually, it is a sequel to 1995's Demanufacture...
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77 | 14 | 24 | — | 36 | 31 | 12 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 20 | US Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... : Gold AUS Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... : Gold |
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| 2001 | Digimortal
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| 2004 | Archetype
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30 | 18 | 25 | 50 | 30 | 50 | 26 | 52 | — | 47 | 41 | ||
| 2005 | Transgression Transgression (album) -Credits:*Burton C. Bell – vocals, engineer, assistant, supervisor*Christian Olde Wolbers – guitar, bass, arranger*Raymond Herrera – drums, arranger, engineer*Byron Stroud - bass*Reggie Boyd – assistant*Tom Jermann – visual design... DualDisc DualDisc was a type of double-sided optical disc product developed by a group of record companies including EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and 5.1 Entertainment Group and later under the aegis of the Recording Industry Association of America... |
45 | 26 | 44 | 74 | 38 | 87 | 37 | 54 | — | 56 | 77 | ||
| 2010 | Mechanize Mechanize Mechanize is the seventh studio album by Fear Factory. It is the first album to feature Gene Hoglan on drums and the first since 2001's Digimortal to include original guitarist and founding member Dino Cazares who rejoined the band after a reconciliation with vocalist Burton C. Bell in April 2009... |
72 | 24 | 46 | — | 31 | 198 | 31 | 87 | — | 51 | 133 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details |
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| 2003 | Hatefiles Hatefiles -Credits:*John Aguto - Mixing*Duane Baron - Engineer*John Bechdel - Keyboards, Programming*Burton C. Bell - vocals*Dino Cazares - Guitar, Mixing*Monte Conner - Compilation, Song Notes*Fear Factory - Producer...
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| 2006 | The Best of Fear Factory The Best of Fear Factory -Credits:*Burton C. Bell − vocals*Dino Cazares − guitar, bass on tracks 1-3, audio mixing*Christian Olde Wolbers − bass on tracks 4-12*Raymond Herrera − drums*Monte Conner − compilation*Joseph Cultice − photography... |
Remix albums
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| 1997 | Remanufacture Remanufacture - Cloning Technology The tracks "Genetic Blueprint" and "21st Century Jesus" featured on Infogrames Test Drive 5 which was released on PC and PlayStation in 1998. Additionally, the song "Remanufacture " was featured on the 2005 PSP video game Infected and is the theme song for the 2000 PC game Messiah...
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158 | 6 | 33 | 15 | 93 | 47 | 22 |
Demos
| Year | Album details | UK |
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| 2002 | Concrete
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Extended plays
| Year | EP details |
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| 1993 | Fear Is the Mindkiller Fear Is the Mindkiller -Band members:* Burton C. Bell − Vocals* Dino Cazares − Guitar* Raymond Herrera − Drums-Production/continued credits:* Rhys Fulber − Digital adaptation* Brian Gardner − Mastering* Bernie Grundman − Mastering* Karl Kotas − Art direction, computer graphics...
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| 2005 | Live on the Sunset Strip
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Singles
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| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US Alt. |
US Main. |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1996 | "Dog Day Sunrise" | — | — | — | 99 | Demanufacture Demanufacture Demanufacture is the second studio album by the Los Angeles industrial metal band Fear Factory. This is the band's first album with their classic line-up adding new bassist Christian Olde Wolbers. Many regard it as the band's best album and a heavy metal classic... |
| 1997 | "Burn Burn (Fear Factory EP) Burn is an EP by American industrial metal band Fear Factory, released in 1997 by Roadrunner Records. The title track, "Burn" is a remix of "Flashpoint" , which appears on the Remanufacture album. Burn has sold over 5,000 copies.-Track listing:... " |
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| 1998 | "Resurrection Resurrection (Fear Factory EP) Resurrection is an EP by the American metal band Fear Factory. It was released on September 14, 1998.-Song information:"Resurrection" is one of singer Burton C. Bell's favorite Fear Factory songs. It is the ninth and longest track on the 1998 concept album Obsolete. The album version runs 6:35... " |
— | — | — | 98 | Obsolete Obsolete (album) Obsolete is the third studio album by American industrial metal band Fear Factory, released on July 28, 1998. Conceptually, it is a sequel to 1995's Demanufacture... |
| "Shock Shock (Fear Factory song) "Shock" is a song by American metal band Fear Factory. It was the lead single from their 1998 album Obsolete and the first track on the album. Its music was composed by guitarist Dino Cazares and drummer Raymond Herrera. The lyrics were written by vocalist Burton C. Bell... " |
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| 1999 | "Descent Descent (song) "Descent" is a single by US metal band Fear Factory from their album Obsolete. It was the third single released and the fifth track on the album. The music was composed by guitarist Dino Cazares and drummer Raymond Herrera, with lyrics by Burton C. Bell... " |
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| "Cars" | — | 38 | — | 57 | ||
| 2001 | "Linchpin Linchpin (song) "Linchpin" is a single by musical act Fear Factory from their album Digimortal. It peaked at No. 31 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.-Music video:... " |
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| 2002 | "Invisible Wounds (Dark Bodies)" | — | — | — | — | |
| "Sangre de Niños" | — | — | — | — | Concrete | |
| 2004 | "Bite the Hand That Bleeds Bite the Hand That Bleeds "Bite the Hand That Bleeds" is the second single from Fear Factory's sixth album, Archetype. The song appeared in the film Saw in 2004 during the theatrical end credits and on the original DVD release, but not on the Uncut DVD Edition.-Video:... " |
47 | — | — | — | Archetype |
| 2005 | "Supernova" | — | — | — | — | Transgression Transgression (album) -Credits:*Burton C. Bell – vocals, engineer, assistant, supervisor*Christian Olde Wolbers – guitar, bass, arranger*Raymond Herrera – drums, arranger, engineer*Byron Stroud - bass*Reggie Boyd – assistant*Tom Jermann – visual design... |
| 2009 | "Powershifter" | — | — | — | — | Mechanize Mechanize Mechanize is the seventh studio album by Fear Factory. It is the first album to feature Gene Hoglan on drums and the first since 2001's Digimortal to include original guitarist and founding member Dino Cazares who rejoined the band after a reconciliation with vocalist Burton C. Bell in April 2009... |
| 2010 | "Fear Campaign" | — | — | — | — | |
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Notes
- A. "Bite the Hand That Bleeds" peaked on the US Hot 100 Singles Sales chart.
Video albums
| Year | Video albums | Notes |
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| 2001 | Digital Connectivity Digital Connectivity Digital Connectivity is a DVD by Los Angeles industrial metal band Fear Factory released in 2001 on Roadrunner Records.Durning the selection Separated into 4 parts, "Lifeblind"'s intro is repeated...
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Music videos
| Year | Title | Director |
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| 1995 | "Replica" | Bill Ward |
| 1999 | "Resurrection" | William Morrison William Morrison (director) William Morrison , is a Canadian born Juno Award-nominated music video director, documentary film director, and musician... |
| "Cars" | ||
| 2002 | "Linchpin" | Thomas Mignone Thomas Mignone Thomas Mignone is an American feature film and music video director. Mignone is best known for directing music videos for hard rock and heavy metal artists such as Slipknot, Mudvayne, System Of A Down, Suicide Silence, Avenged Sevenfold, Sepultura, Danzig, Cradle of Filth, Type O Negative,... |
| 2004 | "Cyberwaste" | Dale Resteghini |
| "Archetype" | Cesario Montano | |
| "Bite the Hand That Bleeds" | Eric Chase | |
| 2006 | "Transgression" | Michael Sarna |
| "Moment of Impact" | ||
| 2010 | "Fear Campaign" | Ian McFarland & Mike Pecci |
| "Powershifter" | Fear Factory |
External links
- Fear Factory
- [ Fear Factory] at Allmusic
- Fear Factory at Roadrunner RecordsRoadrunner RecordsRoadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...