Mechanize
Term
- 44 min 34 s
- 48 min 17 s ( Limited Edition)
Occupation
- Vocals: Burton C. Bell
- Lyrics: Burton C. Bell ( tracks 1-8, 10)
- Guitar: Dino Cazares
- Bass: Byron Stroud
- Drums: Gene Hoglan
- Soundscape programming, keyboard arrangements: Rhys Fulber
- Drum machine: John Sankey ( Title 8 )
- Additional string arrangements: Mark Ferris ( Title 10 )
Production
- Producer: Rhys Fulber
- Executive Producers: Burton C. Bell, Dino Cazares ( for Oxidizer, Inc.)
- Co - Producer: Burton C. Bell, Dino Cazares
- Mastering, mixdown: Greg Reely
- Engineering: Glen Reely, Kyle Moorman
Studios
- Surplus Studio, Van Nuys, California
Mechanize is the eighth studio album by the American heavy metal band Fear Factory. The album was released on February 5, 2010 in Germany and on February 9, 2010 in the United States and internationally.
Formation
The album was recorded in the period from July to September of the year 2009 in the Surplus Studios in Van Nuys, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, recorded, produced and mastered.
Gene Hoglan took over in advance of the creative process of the album work as a future Fear Factory drummer. He replaced so that the long-time band member Raymond Herrera on drums. Furthermore, Dino Cazares returned to Fear Factory back and replaced Christian Olde Wolbers, who was formerly responsible for bass and guitar. This line-up changes, which preceded the recording process to Mechanize was cause for some disagreement between the band members, also both Herrera and Wolbers were not thrown directly from the band, the project Fear Factory was instead involving genes Hoglans as a new permanent member restarted.
The piece Fear Campaign contains a guitar solo as one of the few Fear Factory songs.
Editions
Mechanize appeared in four different versions on the market:
- A standard version, which includes the album in vinyl records or compact disc format with 10 titles.
- A limited edition in digipak form, including bonus tracks interactive ( both as part of the physical disk as well as in the form of additional downloadable music files on the Internet ) and online content. The online platform also includes addition to the aforementioned bonus tracks ( remastered demo recordings from 1991 ) a photo gallery with promo photos of the band, desktop backgrounds and a raffle. The accessibility of this online offer is guaranteed for 12 months from the release of the album.
- Contains pencil, hammer, screwdriver, pliers, ruler, tape measure, Patches, Posters, certificate and stickers - a strictly limited fan box in the shape of a tool box made of metal with eingestanztem Fear Factory logo, which - along with the album as a digipak.
- A festival box containing the album in a jewel case (on this are the three demo songs as bonus), a MC with three demo songs from 1991, a belt with the band logo, a bandanna and earplugs.
Reception
Alex Henderson described the album in his review for Allmusic as a little "fresh" and free of any real innovations, the band but still powerful sound and love conceded to detail. Henderson missed in his album review 3.5 out of 5 score for Mechanize.
" [ ... ] Mechanize is Fear Factory 's first album since Cazares ' return, and the Cazares / Bell / Stroud / Hoglan lineup does not disappoint. This early 2010 release/2009 recording does not break any new ground for the band - Mechanize is very much a throwback to the Industrialized Fear Factory sound of the '90s - but there is no shortage of passion on scorching tracks like " Christploitation, " " Designing the Enemy, " " Oxidizer, "and" Industrial Discipline " [ ... ]. If Mechanize lacks the freshness did Characterized Fear Factory Soul of a New Machine on, Demanufacture, or back Obsolete In Their '90s heyday, did does not make the performances any less inspired or focused. Cazares [ ... ] is quiet a sledgehammer of a guitarist, and he plays like he is thrilled to be a part of Fear Factory again. Mechanize Is not quite in a class with Demanufacture or Obsolete, Which are Widely Regarded as two of Fear Factory's most essential releases. But it 's still an album did longtime followers will welcome. "
In his laut.de review about Mechanize certifies Michael Edele Fear Factory to have released an album with the usual high level and assigns it somewhere between Demanufacture and Obsolete one. However, the band set with this publication, no accents, so Edele on. The laut.de editorial awarded for Mechanize 3 of 5 possible points.
" [ ... ] As was actually to be expected, Fear Factory socialize with the disc rather of the albums from the mid- career stage. So " Mechanize " fits somewhere between " Demanufacture " and " Obsolete " at least in terms what hardness, knitting patterns of the songs and mechanically, supercooled approach. [ ... ] In principle, the whining at a high level, but thanks Arkaea and Divine Heresy you can already ask if Fear Factory set genuine accents, in this millennium. An album on a high level, but if the Yanks can repeat her success the old times? "
Similarly, the response to the new Fear Factory disc Jochen Gedwien of Plattentests.de cut off - an album in the usual Fear Factory - style, without change, without stylistic development, but of the usual high quality. Gedwien awards in his music criticism 5 of 10 possible points.
" [ ... ] Those looking for surprises or style changes, is to" " are expected to be re not find Mechanize. Time travelers but already. Progress through a step backwards. Where other genre representatives in today's times a lot of raising unnecessary frills and want to necessarily change, the Metal Heroes of the 90 phased return to their roots. [ ... ] The main focus will be handed out in a known manner powerful and aggression. Everything as always so: In " Mechanize " Fear Factory 's inside - where it is now because it is ever ".
Single releases and music videos
About the play Fear Campaign, the first official single from the album, a music video was produced, which was published on February 2, 2010 in advance.
Title list
Limited Edition Digipak
1 new recorded version of the same name, released in 1992 on Soul of a New Machine title. Included only on the limited digipak edition. 2 bonus downloads, accessible via interactive CD contents after inserting into a suitable PC drive.
Artwork
The artwork and layout were designed by Anthony Clarkson, the layout of the European version of Sattsign.com. The cover image was created by Fire Brain, Inc..