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, groove metal, thrash metal and industrial metal. The resultant sound proved to be enormously influential on the metal scene from the mid-90s and onwards.
Fear Factory’s innovative approach towards, and hybridization of the genres of industrial metal, death metal and alternative metal has had a lasting impact on metal music ever since the release of their first album in 1992. Fear Factory is noteworthy among contemporaries for their lyrical focus on science fiction, with much of their music telling a single story spanning several concept albums.
Fear Factory is also known for remixing a lot of their own work into different styles, working with many other artists as a band and individually, and having their music used for a handful of computer games. Vocalist Burton C. Bell is also credited as being one of the pioneers of the clean/aggressive vocal style that is now commonly used in metal music.
Many of todays metal bands credit Fear Factory as being a major influence. These include:- Machine Head, Chimaira, Static X, Mnemic, Scarve, Sybreed, Threat Signal and Devin Townsend of Strapping Young Lad to name a few.
Here are three tracks of varying styles by Fear Factory.
Zero Signal, from Fear Factory's definitive album Demanufacture.
Cloning Technology, a remix of the track Replica by Kingsize taken from the album Remanufacture.
And finally a cover of the song Cars by Gary Numan, also featuring Numan on vocals.
Fear Factory’s innovative approach towards, and hybridization of the genres of industrial metal, death metal and alternative metal has had a lasting impact on metal music ever since the release of their first album in 1992. Fear Factory is noteworthy among contemporaries for their lyrical focus on science fiction, with much of their music telling a single story spanning several concept albums.
Fear Factory is also known for remixing a lot of their own work into different styles, working with many other artists as a band and individually, and having their music used for a handful of computer games. Vocalist Burton C. Bell is also credited as being one of the pioneers of the clean/aggressive vocal style that is now commonly used in metal music.
Many of todays metal bands credit Fear Factory as being a major influence. These include:- Machine Head, Chimaira, Static X, Mnemic, Scarve, Sybreed, Threat Signal and Devin Townsend of Strapping Young Lad to name a few.
Here are three tracks of varying styles by Fear Factory.
Zero Signal, from Fear Factory's definitive album Demanufacture.
Cloning Technology, a remix of the track Replica by Kingsize taken from the album Remanufacture.
And finally a cover of the song Cars by Gary Numan, also featuring Numan on vocals.
