Digimortal (album)
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| Studio album by Fear Factory | ||
| Released | April 24, 2001 | |
| Recorded | September 30 to November 4, 2000 | |
| Genre | Death metal Industrial |
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| Length | 43:13 | |
| Label | Roadrunner Records | |
| Producer(s) | Fear Factory, Rhys Fulber |
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| Professional reviews | ||
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| Fear Factory chronology | ||
| Obsolete (1998) |
Digimortal (2001) |
Hatefiles (2003) |
Digimortal is Fear Factory's 4th album, released on April 24, 2001.
This was the band's last album before officially breaking up in March 2002. Frontman Burton C. Bell had decided to quit after putting out this album, but the band reformed later to put out their next album Archetype. "Digimortal" is the last to feature guitarist Dino Cazares.
The concept is about how man and machine have merged into one. The surviving humans and the machines realize they have to depend on each other if they are going to continue on. The title of the album is actually short for "Digital Mortality".
The popular song, Linchpin, off of this album was originally titled "Lynchpin" and the track listing was once different. The tracks that didn't make the original cut later appeared on the digipak version.
B-Real, of the rap group, Cypress Hill, is featured as a guest vocalist on "Back The Fuck Up", contributing elements of hardcore hip hop to Fear Factory's typical industrial metal feel. Most of the album's tracks are not played live by the band anymore.
[edit] Track listing
- "What Will Become?" (Bell/Cazares/Herrera/Wolbers) – 3:23
- "Damaged" (Bell/Cazares/Herrera/Wolbers) – 3:02
- "Digimortal" (Bell/Cazares/Herrera/Wolbers) – 3:02
- "No One" (Bell/Cazares/Herrera/Wolbers) – 3:36
- "Linchpin" (Bell/Cazares/Herrera/Wolbers) – 3:25
- "Invisible Wounds (Dark Bodies)" (Bell/Cazares/Herrera/Wolbers) – 3:54
- "Acres Of Skin" (Bell/Cazares/Herrera/Wolbers) – 3:55
- "Back The Fuck Up" (Bell/Cazares/Freese/Herrera/Wolbers) – 3:09
- "Byte Block" (Bell/Cazares/Herrera/Wolbers) – 5:20
- "Hurt Conveyor" (Bell/Cazares/Herrera/Wolbers) – 3:40
- "(Memory Imprints) Never End" (Bell/Cazares/Herrera/Wolbers) – 6:47
- Limited Edition Digipak
- "Dead Man Walking" – 3:16
- "Strain Vs. Resistance" – 3:25
- "Repentance" – 2:40
- "Full Metal Contact" – 2:28
[edit] Personnel
- John Anonymous - Pre-Production
- Burton C. Bell - Vocals
- Reggie Boyd
- Robert Breen - Assistant Engineer
- Dino Cazares - Guitar
- Huey Dee - Pre-Production
- Fear Factory - Producer
- Rhys Fulber - Producer
- Raymond Herrera - Drums
- Tom Jermann - Artistic Director
- George Marino - Composer
- Mike Plotnikoff - Mixing, Technical Engineer
- Oscar Ramirez - Assistant Engineer
- Billy Sherwood - Vocal Arrangement
- Christian Olde Wolbers - Bass
- Paul Silveira - Engineer
- Malcolm Springer - Pre-Production Arranger
- Neil Zlozower - Photography
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2001 | The Billboard 200 | 32 |
| 2001 | Top Canadian Albums | 17 |
| 2001 | Top Independent Albums | 1 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2001 | "Linchpin" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| Fear Factory |
| Burton C. Bell | Christian Olde Wolbers | Byron Stroud | Raymond Herrera |
| Dino Cazares | Andrew Shives |
| Discography |
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| Albums: Concrete | Soul of a New Machine | Demanufacture | Obsolete | Digimortal | Archetype | Transgression |
| Live, compilation and remix albums: Fear Is the Mindkiller | Remanufacture | Hatefiles |
| Related articles |
| G/Z/R | Strapping Young Lad | Zimmer's Hole |
