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Fear Factory | Digimortal

A more melodic Fear Factory.
CD, Roadrunner

Tekst: Bart Nijssen

Publicatiedatum: 09 mei 2001

There's no doubt about Fear Factory's importance for the sound of metal in the nineties. They have influenced many bands (Spineshank, for example). But what do they sound like in the year 2001? With their new effort 'Digimortal' the line of their latest album 'Obsolete' is to be continued. The result is an album that won't surprise you anymore. The biggest difference between 'Digimortal' and its predecessors is, that this album sounds more melodic at times. Songs like the titletrack, 'Linchpin' and 'Invisible Wounds' illustrate this. But at moments the 'old' Fear Factory returns, like in 'Acres of Skin' and 'Byte block'. The album ends with the rather impressive epic 'Never End'. There's also a guest appearance on the album. Cypress Hill's B-Real guests on 'Back the fuck up', but unfortunately it's a song that doesn't fit on the album really well. Fifth band member Rhys Fulber was responsible for the production of the album, a job that you can definitely leave to him, as he has proven in the past. Also on 'Digimortal' the usual Fear Factory concept of the relation between man and machine returns, just like on the other albums. What that relation exactly is like this time, will bassplayer Christian Olde Wolbers explain in our Kindamuzik Fear Factory interview, which will be published online very soon. Anyway, people who liked 'Obsolete' will certainly dig 'Digimortal'. And if you're gonna buy it, try to get your hands on the digipack which contains some nice extra stuff. But I think 'Digimortal' is just a logical and predictable move in Fear Factory's career.