Fear Factory: new song ... Powershifter

forbairt · 16-11-2009 9:16pm #1

I'm liking this only heard about it today and now I'm really looking forward to the new album (which I also only heard about today)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfekNwxK0e4

Malice · 16-11-2009 10:16pm

That song sounds like an improvement on most of Transgression already. Hopefully the rest of the album is as good too. Interesting how the official Fear Factory website hasn't been updated in a long time. I wonder is that down to the legal situation between the band members?

I've mentioned these guys in a couple of different threads but have you listened to Threat Signal? They are similar to Fear Factory and the singer and bass player are part of Arkaea which also contains ex-Fear Factory members Raymond and Christian.

I picked up the new Threat Signal album a couple of weeks ago and I'm very impressed with it.

forbairt · 17-11-2009 9:02am

Malice_ wrote: »

I've mentioned these guys in a couple of different threads but have you listened to Threat Signal? They are similar to Fear Factory and the singer and bass player are part of Arkaea which also contains ex-Fear Factory members Raymond and Christian.

I picked up the new Threat Signal album a couple of weeks ago and I'm very impressed with it.

Thanks for the recommendation ... I'm loving the sound but the guys singing isn't doing it for me for some reason I might have to give them another blast this morning

Malice · 17-11-2009 8:11pm

forbairt wrote: »

Thanks for the recommendation ... I'm loving the sound but the guys singing isn't doing it for me for some reason I might have to give them another blast this morning

I wasn't immediately grabbed by them either but they came up on random play one day when I was working on the computer and I realised they weren't half bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEDI5S-W2RU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9gOpvrk-v4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYinxr1s8go

LD 50 · 17-11-2009 8:35pm

forbairt wrote: »

I'm liking this only heard about it today and now I'm really looking forward to the new album (which I also only heard about today)

I like. Sounds a whole lot better than some of their last records. Back to straight up in yore face metal, FF style.

Malice · 17-11-2009 8:40pm

LD 50 wrote: »

Sounds a whole lot better than some of their last records.

While Transgression wasn't great I have to say I quite liked Archetype.

LD 50 · 17-11-2009 8:52pm

They've only released Transgression since Archetype? I would have thought they might have gotten another out after. It's been bout 2 or 3 years? More? I liked Archetype aswell, but sorta stopped listening on the back of Transgression

Malice · 17-11-2009 9:51pm

LD 50 wrote: »

They've only released Transgression since Archetype.

I know that. I was referring to the fact that you said it was better than some of their last records. I wanted to defend Archetype that's all

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LD 50 wrote:

I would have thought they might have gotten another out after. It's been bout 2 or 3 years? More? I liked Archetype aswell, but sorta stopped listening on the back of Transgression

Well they've been busy with side projects for a start. Burton has Ascension Of The Watchers, Raymond went producing video game music I think and Christian had the Kush Project as well as building up his career as a producer/engineer. They got messed around by their last record label which forced them to release Transgression early and then put out a Greatest Hits album without the band's blessing.

LD 50 · 17-11-2009 10:02pm

Malice_ wrote: »

I know that. I was referring to the fact that you said it was better than some of their last records. I wanted to defend Archetype that's all .

No, my bad. Just reread my last post. I meant that first sentence as a question.

Patricide · 17-11-2009 10:38pm

Cant wait. Threat signals first album was epic. Wasnt too gone on there second one to say the least but it bridged the gap for the return of fear factory!

NIBBS · 18-11-2009 1:48pm

Malice_ wrote: »

While Transgression wasn't great I have to say I quite liked Archetype.

Yeah I actually liked Archetype too.......liking the new track also.......not sure I like the way the guys do the business side of things, but a return to form musically is very important for them......

I think Bell has been involved in way too many side projects over recent years and as a result his focus and maybe heart just wasn't in FF - would love to see them release a quality album and return here for a live show....

Sephiroth_dude · 18-11-2009 4:35pm

That aint bad,is it out this yr?

GrizzlyMan · 20-11-2009 10:55am

Liking the tune, really looking forward to the Album!! Ears are still ringing from when i saw them back in the 90's

Zombienosh · 20-11-2009 9:51pm

on a sidenote has anyone heard burtons sideproject?
http://www.myspace.com/aotw its awful .....

Rockee · 21-11-2009 11:29pm

forbairt wrote: »

I'm liking this only heard about it today and now I'm really looking forward to the new album (which I also only heard about today)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfekNwxK0e4

Love it! It has that trademark Burton C Bell melodic chorus vocal back again. The new drummer is excellent and really fits in too.

RexBanner316 · 22-11-2009 2:19pm

Half fear factory half strapping young lad... amazing!! and lets be honest transgression was fairly poor compared to obsolete or demanufacture!

Malice · 23-11-2009 8:17pm

AlcoholicA wrote: »

on a sidenote has anyone heard burtons sideproject?
http://www.myspace.com/aotw its awful .....

To be fair if you listen to it expecting something like Fear Factory then you won't like it. It's not metal at all and was never intended to be. For mellow, down-tempo electronica though, it's not half bad in my opinion.

Zombienosh · 24-11-2009 12:14am

Malice_ wrote: »

To be fair if you listen to it expecting something like Fear Factory then you won't like it. It's not metal at all and was never intended to be. For mellow, down-tempo electronica though, it's not half bad in my opinion.

im not saying its awful cos its ambient... i like a lot of ambient... its just awful, in some of the songs he doesnt even sound in tune.

omegasmores · 24-11-2009 2:26pm

I'm liking that new song.. I miss old FF.. They've become somewhat of a joke the past few years and it's sad... Digimortal kinda killed it for me, because I really liked the older harder stuff on Soul Of A New Machine and Demanufacture..

Zombienosh · 24-11-2009 2:34pm

meh screw it, its just bell and dino...

ill just listen to Arkaea on repeat.

Malice · 24-11-2009 2:40pm

AlcoholicA wrote: »

im not saying its awful cos its ambient... i like a lot of ambient... its just awful, in some of the songs he doesnt even sound in tune.

Okay then, what songs is he singing out of tune in?

Zombienosh · 24-11-2009 2:48pm

Malice_ wrote: »

Okay then, what songs is he singing out of tune in?

you dont wanna let this go do ya? the song Violet Morning sounds a bit wanky/outof tune to me... it could be on purpose, coudl be recording/production.. whatever, I said it sounded out of tune, thats my opinion, i dont like it either way.

Malice · 24-11-2009 7:21pm

AlcoholicA wrote: »

you dont wanna let this go do ya? the song Violet Morning sounds a bit wanky/outof tune to me... it could be on purpose, coudl be recording/production.. whatever, I said it sounded out of tune, thats my opinion, i dont like it either way.

I wasn't trying to have a go at you, I was just looking for you to back up your point. For what it's worth I have to agree with you about that song. The singing does grate on the ears in places. Bad idea if it was done on purpose!

The 2005 release, Iconoclast, is a bit better than the more recent album. This song is probably my favourite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHEgypYL0Xc

Malice · 09-01-2010 3:38pm

Just bumping this thread to see if anyone has had a listen to the new Fear Factory album yet. I got a hold of it myself over Christmas and I have to say I am very impressed so far with it.

Also, according to here they have published some European tour dates. Sadly there's no Irish date but there are four dates in the UK so I will be doing my best to make one of them.

02/16 - Manchester, UK - Academy 2
02/17 - Wolverhampton, UK - Wulfrun Hall
02/18 - Glasgow, UK - Garage
02/19 - London, UK - Electric Ballroom
02/21 - Brusels, BEL - VK
02/22 - Amsterdam, NETH - Melkweg
02/23 - Herford, GER - Club X
02/24 - Berlin, GER - Columbia Club
02/27 - Malmö, SWE - KB
02/28 - Gothenburg, SWE - Brewhouse
03/01 - Stockholm, SWE - Medis
03/03 - Helsinki, FIN - Nostri
03/05 - Copenhagen, DEN - Pumpehuset
03/06 - Hamburg, GER - Markthalle
03/07 - Köln, GER - Essigfabrik
03/08 - Frankfurt, GER - Batschkapp
03/09 - München, GER - Backstage Halle/Werk
03/11 - Milan, ITA - Magazzini Generali

Zombienosh · 10-01-2010 9:25pm

mechanize is out?

Patricide · 10-01-2010 9:36pm

I dunno if its out to buy but i listened to it. Thought it was very meh. The songs by themselves are great but in the context of an album its boring as hell.

Malice · 10-01-2010 11:31pm

AlcoholicA wrote: »

mechanize is out?

No, it's not on sale, I never said it was. According to here it's out on February 9th this year.

Patricide wrote: »

The songs by themselves are great but in the context of an album its boring as hell.

How can great songs still be boring as hell?

Patricide · 10-01-2010 11:40pm

Malice_ wrote: »

No, it's not on sale, I never said it was. According to here it's out on February 9th this year.

How can great songs still be boring as hell?

Its simple. You listen to powershifter on its own, You think, "O man this ****s awesome". You listen to it in the context of the album and you think "This sounds the same as everything else on the album, boring".

To be fair i only listened to it twice, ive tried to listen to it sense but i usually turn it off after the first few songs.

Malice · 10-01-2010 11:54pm

Patricide wrote: »

Its simple. You listen to powershifter on its own, You think, "O man this ****s awesome". You listen to it in the context of the album and you think "This sounds the same as everything else on the album, boring".

To be fair i only listened to it twice, ive tried to listen to it sense but i usually turn it off after the first few songs.

Ah okay I think I understand what you meant now

. The thing is, when this album was announced, I knew what I wanted to hear from it - loads of chugging guitar riffs, furious double-bass drum riffs, some synth sounds lending a different texture to certain sections of songs and Burton doing the growled verse/singing chorus vocal style that he does so well. To that end I don't find it boring at all. Then again, maybe I just have much lower expectations than you

Having said that, it's not just a 45 minute bombast, there is some variety in there as well. Songs like Mechanize, Designing The Enemy and Christploitation have slow synth-based intros.

Patricide · 11-01-2010 12:03am

Malice_ wrote: »

Ah okay I think I understand what you meant now . The thing is, when this album was announced, I knew what I wanted to hear from it - loads of chugging guitar riffs, furious double-bass drum riffs, some synth sounds lending a different texture to certain sections of songs and Burton doing the growled verse/singing chorus vocal style that he does so well. To that end I don't find it boring at all. Then again, maybe I just have much lower expectations than you

Having said that, it's not just a 45 minute bombast, there is some variety in there as well. Songs like Mechanize, Designing The Enemy and Christploitation have slow synth-based intros.

Yeah, its just that to me it doesnt have that certain somthing that albums like demanufacture, obsolete and archetype had. Il give it another few spins though. Ive been listening to a lot of quirky german pop music at the moment so It might not have been the best time to give the new fear factory album a blast haha.

Malice · 11-01-2010 2:25pm

Patricide wrote: »

Ive been listening to a lot of quirky german pop music at the moment so It might not have been the best time to give the new fear factory album a blast haha.

That might have something to do with it alright

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Fear Factory: new song ... Powershifter

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