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<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center"> <p>Fear Factory</p> <p>by Bob Gourley</p> <p><a href="http://www.chaoscontrol.com/">Chaos Control Digizine</a></p> <table border="0" width="90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="11"> <tr> <td width="8%"><img src="images/band.gif" width="166" height="147" border="1" hspace="13" align="left">"On 'Demanufacture' it was the war against machines," Fear Factory's Dino Cazares said. "On this record, 'Obsolete,' the machines have won." <p> Unlike in the futuristic <a href="concept.php" name="concept">plot line</a> of their new album, Fear Factory is very much in control of their <a href="tech.php" name = "tech">technology</a>. With the help of former Front Line Assembly member Rhys Fulber (keyboards/programming), they've continued to refine the metal/electronic <a href="hybrid.php" name="hybrid">hybrid</a> sound first heard on the group's "Fear is the Mindkiller" EP. <p> Sonically, "Obsolete" is in some ways very similar to "Demanufacture." But the group was striving for a more organic sound this time around. They went to great lengths to achieve this while still heavily utilizing the computer as a recording tool. For example, the group recorded drummer Raymond playing his parts to a click track. But the click track itself was based on a recording of Raymond playing, so it fluctuated and gave the end result a more human feel. <p> "Obsolete" features a guest appearance by one of the pioneers of electronic music: <a href="numan.php" name = "numan">Gary Numan</a>. Numan does a spoken-word segment on the title track. <p> Since computers play such a big role in their creative process, it was only natural for Fear Factory to utilize them as a way of interacting with their audience. Fear Factory has its own <a href="internet.php" name = "internet">Internet</a> web site, which is maintained by a friend of the group's in Australia. Among other things, it contains photos, documentation of the recording process, interviews, a contest and links. <p> "We've always been computer literate, but we've only used the computer for making music," Dino said. "We'd never used it to communicate with the kids. There's less of an outlet for the band on commercial radio, MTV and so on, so once we started to figure out the Internet we realized that it's what we're all about and what we need to get into." <p> Fear Factory's music also can be heard in another medium of electronic entertainment: the video game. An upcoming game called "Messiah" contains 10 Fear Factory tracks, from from "Demanufacture," from from "Remanufacture" and two from "Obsolete." Dino said he would like to see the band branch out even more in the future. <p> "I'd love to do a Fear Factory movie," he said. "When you open up the CD booklet, it reads like a movie script. It's got the opening scene, where it takes place, the year it takes place, what's going on. The lyrics are like what the actor reads."  <hr> <p><b>For more information on this or another artist, try searching Sonicnet! </b> <p> <div align="center">  <table border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width="180" height="90"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <form action="http://www.sonicnet.com/feature/clickcash/clickcash-snguide-search.cgi" target="_new"> <input type="hidden" name="id" value="137"> <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr bgcolor="#666666"> <td> <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=1 width="100%"> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td align=center valign=middle width="157" height="40"> <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td width="5" height="40"> <img src="http://www.sonicnet.com/styleguide/marketing/musicguide/180x90/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" border=0> </td> <td width="157" height="40"> <a href="http://www.sonicnet.com/feature/clickcash/clickcash-snguide.cgi?id=137" target="_new"><img src="http://www.sonicnet.com/styleguide/marketing/musicguide/180x90/images/lrg_guide_top.gif" width="157" height="28" border=0></a> </td> <td width="18" height="40"> <img src="http://www.sonicnet.com/styleguide/marketing/musicguide/180x90/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" border=0> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan=2 bgcolor="#666666" height="12" align=center> <img src="http://www.sonicnet.com/styleguide/marketing/musicguide/180x90/images/lrg_guide_copy.gif" width="177" height="12" border=0> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ff6300" align=center height="30"> <input type="text" name="query" size=16> </td> <td bgcolor="#ff6300" align=center height="30"> <input type="image" src="http://www.sonicnet.com/styleguide/marketing/musicguide/180x90/images/go2.gif" width="33" height="16" border=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 name="submit"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </form> </td> </tr> </table>   </div> <p>  </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>