This is the band’s ninth studio album, released in 2015 and it was also Burton C Bell’s last one with the band. Fear Factory seem to have so much internal turmoil with their band members I am amazed they actually record anything. Demanufacture is one of my favourite albums of the whole industrial metal scene. The riffs are simple and seriously heavy, and that appeals to my simple metal brain. Tons of palm muting riffage mixed with the pounding relentless double kicks and I’m sold. Dino Cazares’ style of guitar is all about the riffs and chunk with zero leads played.
I’ll go straight to the songs that really float my tree. Anodized is the first, it has the aforementioned guitar riffage and you get the clean side of Burton’s vocals mixed with the anger. Dielectric is near enough a carbon copy in execution. Soul Hacker has to be the heaviest sounding piece they have done, and that is saying something. The very low-tuned groove with the anger is so effective. My favourite track is Regenerate. The groove is very heavy and yet the vibe is cool, plus the hook and chorus are so not Fear Factory. The whole album follows a similar pattern as does most FF records. The production is super clear and precise as well.
9/10 from The Grooveman.
