Comments on: Fear Factory – Mechanize

By: faust666

faust666 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:11:55 +0000

No, no.. it’s not bad.. it’s horrendous.

By: yoga242

yoga242 — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:15:11 +0000

This album is killer period…If you’re a fan of Fear Factory you should adore this album & if you’re not a fan this album wont change your mind…

btw: the new Mnemic album isnt bad at all & there are some really good songs lurking on that album…fuck all those naysayers!

By: Cynicgods

Cynicgods — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:39:32 +0000

Looks like Peter Steele and TV Hercules decided to mix their tingly parts.

By: gabaghoul

gabaghoul — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:30:35 +0000

Sentenced, aka The Kevin Sorbo Band

By: Cynicgods

Cynicgods — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:37:17 +0000

Krustster: I think this album is getting a free pass from everyone that actually likes it because it’s much better than their shitty nu metal days. I’m all for experimentation and trying out new sounds but I’m always going to call bullshit when I see it. “Back to our roots” after our experiment in selling out didn’t work. Fuck that. With that said, Mechanize is pretty good, even with all it’s faults. Just my opinion, no need to blow things out of proportion. And on that note, I’m off to keep up with my Sentenced binge, an ever-changing band that always had something interesting to say musically. Cheers.

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:54:16 +0000

^ Thats how I feel. People seem to be over thinking this. Take it for what it is.

By: krustster

krustster — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:58:38 +0000

I agree with LongDeadGod…yes, everyone gets to have their own opinion, and I think it’s cool that many people have a favorite FF album, but some of the comments I’ve seen on this site and others are just absurd. Like this, “I think you guys are overpraising this. The reason? You feel the need to overpraise Mechanize because you WANT an album comparable to Demanufacture/Soul yet what you actually GOT is just better than everything that came after Obsolete but never reaches that level.” Give me a break. People are praising it because it’s a good album. Personally, I kept saying Demanufacture was my favorite even though this one was awesome, but recently I went back and realized Mechanize blows it out of the water. Sure, this is just my opinion, but don’t give me some bullshit about how I’m only overpraising it because I’m glad that it isn’t terrible.

Even dumber are the comments I’ve seen about how “this is a good album, but Fear Factory hasn’t been relevant for years” or whatever. Who fucking cares if a band is “relevant” or not? What defines relevance anyway? Do you want to argue over which 5 bands people are allowed to listen to in 2010 or would you rather just enjoy some fucking music?

By: LongDeadGod

LongDeadGod — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:31:56 +0000

I’ve always been a huge fear factory fan, and the the shit this band gets is generally from older metal heads that pre dated fear factory, and the young kids, who think they know everything.
just the comment that digimortal helped create the whole jumpdafuckup new metal sound is rediculous, it came out near the end of that styles reign of popularity, and lost the band many die hard fans due to its obvious trend following after the bands previous albums had all been innovative or top notch in one aspect or another.
I’m not saying you had to have listened to something when it first came out, but it seems alot of peoples opinions are made these days by folks on the web without even spending time with an album, or listening with no preconceptions. most opinions are formed before every hearing the first note, which is sad.
for example, i admidattly was a late comer to alot of black metal, one of my first exposures being emperors ix equilibrium, because my bud told me emperor was totally rad, when i got the disc i thought it was fucking awesome, but if you look back now at old reviews that cd got shit on all over the place, im glad i listened without knowing it sucked, or else i’d be missing out on a favorite in my collection.

By: Stiffy

Stiffy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:54:23 +0000

I liked all the bands stuff. They are just one of my favorites, always have been, and part of that is because I grew up on it. But I understand why people give them flack. It’s the veteran band syndrome. However, a brutal release like this I thought would be crowned in all it’s glory. Yet, here we are having this discussion and obviously opinions are all over the place. Strange.

By: gordeth

gordeth — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:14:21 +0000

I threw up in my mouth a little the first time I heard Edgecrusher.

By: faust666

faust666 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:52:44 +0000

eh, sorry Gabaghoul

Shock = ditto

Edgecrusher – Helluva catchy, energetic song, much loved by thousands of FF fans and a great “nu-metal” tune considering it was released when “nu-metal” was rocking the socks off folks who’d previously been listening to Brian fuckin Adams.

JUMPDAFUCKUP !!!

By: AARONIUS

AARONIUS — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:48:48 +0000

Don’t listen to the review on metalreview.com concerning the new Mnemic album. That dude is full of crap.

It’s not as good as their first two in my opinion, but it’s better than the Passenger album in my opinion.

The vocals are much improved and less tasmanian devil sounding to me. Also the songwriting seems more progressive and far more technical than the new Fear Factory.

Some people just want to write off bands because they take influences from other bands and make them into a more interesting hybrid.

Sometimes the ignorance is almost unbearable.

By: gabaghoul

gabaghoul — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:59:53 +0000

eh, sorry faust666:

Shock = one of Fear Factory’s best songs. Burton’s scream at the end has yet to be matched on any FF song.

Edgecrusher = one of their worst tracks and a shitty lead single for Obsolete too. mindless, repetitive, tuneless, lurching jumpdafuckup nu-metal.

By: shane

shane — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:26:52 +0000

I really liked Mnemic’s first and second album. After the old singer left they seemed to really push the mainstream envelope. Haven’t listened to the new one but I’m sure I know what it sounds like.

By: faust666

faust666 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:15:13 +0000

Btw, the new Mnemic is so bad that it’s almost unbearable.

By: faust666

faust666 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:14:38 +0000

It also had Shock & Edgecrusher, 2 of their best songs…

By: shane

shane — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:16:55 +0000

My other question would be why do metal fans always hold the bands first albums as the holy grail? LOL! It’s like hearing a broken record. And yes, Obsolete had fucking cars on it people. LOL! I mean come on.

By: gabaghoul

gabaghoul — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:47:49 +0000

why does everyone like Obsolete? so boring!

By: Cynicgods

Cynicgods — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:04:47 +0000

And don’t get me started on the daytime soap opera these prima donnas were a part of. Loved to see how Burton explained Cyberwaste to Dino after their passionate makeup sex session.

By: Cynicgods

Cynicgods — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:01:57 +0000

FF will never reach the lofty heights they set with Soul Of A New Machine and Demanufacture. It’s sad to see a band peak at such an early point in their career and just sort of spiral out of control with money signs flashing in their eyes (fuck you very much, Roadrunner). They went into a more mainstream direction which worked for one album (Obsolete) and then went even further (Digimortal); helping pioneer the nu-metal jumpdafuckup trend in the process -UGH!-. Archetype showed some promise just to be demolished by their absolute worst recorded output, Transgression. Mechanize, well, it’s ok. Sounds like Dino reused his ideas for the next Divine Heresy platter with just the right amount of tightening/death-ening (new word). As for the others, Stroud and Hoglan are flawless performers. Hoglan can play this in his sleep, though. And Burton, hmmmm, I actually thought he was progressing with his involvement in Ascension Of The Watchers. His voice there is a joy to behold. Here, his growls are some of his better work but his cleans (excepting Last Exit, cleans there are quite good)sound way over-processed and his melodies are pedestrian at best. Conclusion? I think you guys are overpraising this. The reason? You feel the need to overpraise Mechanize because you WANT an album comparable to Demanufacture/Soul yet what you actually GOT is just better than everything that came after Obsolete but never reaches that level.

By: gabaghoul

gabaghoul — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:27:07 +0000

well based on this review the new Mnemic sounds pretty wretched. http://metalreview.com/Reviews/5377/Mnemic-Sons-Of-The-System.aspx

By: AARONIUS

AARONIUS — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:51:31 +0000

Yeah I think this album is gonna be WAAAAAAY overrated. It’s good, I will say that, and I’d never take away what Gene Hoglan brings to the table, but I think people are praising this one a little too much.

Overall it isn’t very memorable, and although I’m sure I’ll take all kinds of heat for it, I actually think the new Mnemic album is much better than this one.

Still, Mechanize is better than FF’s last 3 albums so it’s a buy for me.

By: faust666

faust666 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:24:13 +0000

Stiffy: to each his own my man, to each his own.

The only parts stuck in my head are the intro to “Christploitation” , the chorus of “Mechanize” and a few bits from “Final Exit”.

By: appollyonx

appollyonx — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:11:53 +0000

Its good to hear blasts on a Fear Factory album again. This one really brings to mind Demanufacture (unarguably my favorite). But I did get sick of the stop/start sections of almost every song. It always feels like the song gets going and then hits a wall, and then goes again. But these are small gripes as the album does crush everything they’ve done since Demanufacture.

By: Stiffy

Stiffy — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:45:17 +0000

I have these songs in my head all the time. Really don’t understand some of your comments. Everyones got an opinion I assume.