Digimortal [EXTRA TRACKS] [LIMITED EDITION]

Fear Factory

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 24, 2001)
• Original Release Date: April 24, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Limited Edition
• Label: Roadrunner Records
• ASIN: B00005AU9A
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (88 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #125,251 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Fear Factory's fourth album, Digimortal, finds the hirsute Los Angeles industrial-metal band happening on a theme that they've been alluding to throughout their existence. Digimortal is a concept album about the synthesis of man and machine, its 11 tracks serving up a mish-mash of screaming electronics and punishing low-end death-metal dynamics. Guitarist Dino Cazares and drummer Raymond Herrera served tenure in the none-more-metal terrorist troupe Brujeria shortly before the release of Digimortal, but straight-ahead metal antics have not dulled Fear Factory's silicon edge; the scattershot riffage of "Damaged" is undercut by furious, distorted synth-lines, and the hyper-tense "No One" offers up sirens straight from the Chemical Brothers' box of old-school rave machinery. While there's nothing quite as startling as the title track from 1999's Obsolete (which featured vocals from synth pioneer Gary Numan), the beatbox-based "Back the F**k Up," featuring Cypress Hill's B-Real, stands head and shoulders above the ham-fisted rap-rock fusion peddled by many of Fear Factory's peers. --Louis Pattison

Product Description
Fear Factory's 10 years of evolution has brought their art to a whole new level, making their newest creation one of 2001's most anticipated albums. Limited edition digipak with 4 bonus tracks 'Dead Man Walking', 'Strain vs. Resistance', 'Repentance' and 'Full Metal Contact'. 15 tracks. 2001 release

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Demanufacture, but certainly powerful..., July 16, 2005

By	Brynn Huxtable (Durban, S.A) - See all my reviews

When Fear Factory released "Digimortal" in 2001 many fans went running for the hills claiming that Fear Factory had "gone Nu-Metal" and abandoned their sound. This is not entirely untrue as Fear Factory definitely have a more commercialised, produced sound on this particular album, but Fear Factory have never released such a tight, structured album ever before. However that was possibly a part of the appeal of earlier offerings, but nevertheless, "Digimortal" is still a valid and entertaining Metal offering and marks the end of a journey of a band member Dino Cazares. It is just another chapter in the evolution of the band known as Fear Factory...

All that said, their are a few songs that sound like classic Fear Factory. "Acres of Skin," "Byte Block," and "Hurt Conveyor," could just as easily have been on "Demanufacture." However songs like "Linchpin," "Damaged," and "Dead Man Walking," have heavy Nu-Metal sounds, but are all solid, tight, excellent songs. Bell's vocals come through very clearly in this album, but that may be due to the guitar sound being "dumbed down" a little bit. The instruments are definitely not quite as jarring and pounding as previous releases, but it definitely allows you to hear Bell alot more clearly and fully appreciate his vocal range and talent.

The reason I only gave this album 4 stars is because it doesn't come close to "Demanufacture," and isn't really like classic Fear Factory, but it has a sound that grabs and holds you right to the very end. Sometimes a band needs to change its sound in order to grow as a hold, and luckily for Fear Factory, "Digimortal," is still a fantastic offering in its own right.

If you like your Metal a little more produced and not too heavy, then Fear Factory's "Digimortal" is a great purchase. However, if you like your metal hard, underproduced and heavy, may I suggest earlier albums like "Soul Of A New Machine," and "Demanufacture." If you're a Fear Factory fan then you'll buy this album because it's just as valid and valuable as all other Fear Factory albums. So go on, get "Digimortal," it'll only hurt your pocket and your ears if you don't like it! :)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Listen to the arrangement, June 11, 2004

By	Jonathan Hennessy (New Milford, CT) - See all my reviews

Honestly, I think most of the people who hate this CD, don't know anything about music. It may not have the same power behind it that some of their other CDs did but the way the music was arranged on this CD really impressed me. I do have to say that I still think Replica may be one of their best, but the Digimortal CD was well put together. I'll miss the power behind songs like Replica and Zero Signal, but this is still a very solid CD.

To all the people who complain about it being too soft, shut the $#%@ up and learn something about music before you go embarassing yourself. If you don't like it because of that, say so, but seeing as you can't see the time and skill that went into the arrangement of this CD I won't trust your opinions on anything.

My dad who was a musician a long time ago likes this CD simply because it is well put together musically, he doesn't like metal but he let this full CD play while he was driving me to college simply because as I will repeat once more, it was well put together.

So I recommend it to everyone who likes music for music, if you just want something heavy, go buy some noisewhore death metal CD and go tell your friends how tough you are.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars #1 Demanufacture #2 Archetype #3 Digimortal!, April 22, 2004

By A Customer

Digimortal is one of Fear Factory's best albums. Some of FF best songs are on this album! If you only listen to death metal then this ablum might be a little soft for you. But if you like quality music you'll enjoy this cd. It has songs that range from really heavy to really soft. I say its at least as good if not better than obsolete. Demanufacture and Archetype are there best albums so if you're a new fan start there.