Fear Factory – Remanufacture (Cloning Technology)

Definitely one of my top 10 albums. The mix of Bell's voice, loud guitars, industrial sounds and huge beats is just incredible. There's not many releases that combines electronic music and industrial metal that good.

Just listen to the last 40 seconds of "Machines Of Hate", and you will understand what the word "eargasm" means. It sounds already awesome on the original "Self Bias Resistor", but this version is something else.

The original "Demanufacture" is one of my favorite industrial metal albums, but the idea of crossing it with electronic music has proven to be brilliant. Therefore, if you're a purist metalhead, this "Remanufacture" may not please you.

"Remanufacture", "National Beating", "Genetic Blueprint", "Cloning Technology"... every tune runs one after another without losing in quality despite the multiple genres covered.
For instance, I'm not a particular fan of gabber but "T-1000" sounds really fun and does not lose the original vibes too much in my opinion. You are also able to taste a little bit of ambient with "Bound For Forgiveness" and the raw sound of "Refinery".
Fun fact, "Refinery" is the only tune of this LP whose accredited producer is Fear Factory instead of Rhys Fulber or Junkie XL.
It would just have been even more perfect if they replaced the edited version of "Remanufacture" at the end by something else, for example by the "Refueled" remix from Junkie XL.

Rhys Fulber, Junkie XL, Kingsize, DJ Dano, and of course Fear Factory : thank you so much for making this gem happen. It's one of these albums that I come back to very regularly and that I fully play from beginning to end without interruption.
The icing on the cake : the cover looks also so cool with its purple pattern. It fits the music perfectly.