Concrete (album)

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Concrete

Studio album by Fear Factory
Released	Originally: 1991 CD: July 30, 2002
Recorded	1991
Genre	Death metal Industrial
Length	41:39
Label	Roadrunner
Producer(s)	Ross Robinson
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Fear Factory chronology
	Concrete (1991)	Soul of a New Machine (1992)

Concrete is a demo album of the early Fear Factory, recorded in 1991 as pre-Soul of a New Machine cuts and re-released on July 30, 2002 on CD.

Although released in 2002, Concrete was originally recorded in 1991 in Blackie Lawless' studios. It was intended to be their first release, but the band wasn't happy with the record deal they were in, so they ditched their producer, Ross Robinson. When they were taken to court, Robinson won the rights to the album, and the band won the rights to songs. So Fear Factory ended up re-recording eight of the tracks from this album for their official 1992 debut, Soul of a New Machine.

Incidentally, Robinson ended up using this album to promote himself, which would eventually lead him to producing Korn, which would make him one of the most sought-out Nu metal producers of the 1990s. The band's record label(roadrunner) released this album after their (now temporary) breakup to fulfill their contractual duties.

[edit] Track listing

"Big God"/"Raped Souls"
"Arise Above Oppression"
"Concrete"
"Crisis"
"Escape Confusion"
"Sangre de Niños"
"Soulwomb"
"Echoes Of Innocence"
"Dragged Down By The Weight Of Existence"
"Deception"
"Desecrate"
"Suffer Age"
"Anxiety"
"Self Immolation"
"Piss Christ"
"Ulceration"

[edit] Notes

Track 3, "Concrete" was later renamed as "Concreto" and released as Track #3 in 1994 as the Roadrunner single, Dog Day Sunrise.
Track 4, "Crisis" contains a sample from the film Full Metal Jacket.
Track 7, "Soulwomb" was later renamed to "Soulwound" during the Obsolete-era.
Track 15, "Piss Christ" is not to be confused with "Pisschrist" on their 1995 album, Demanufacture; it's a completely different song.
Track 16, "Ulceration" is named after Fear Factory's former name. They were known as "Ulceration" while forming in 1989 before renaming to Fear Factory in 1990.
Track 6, "Sangre De Ninos" was originally featured on one of the Cry Now, Cry Later 7" compilations. Fear Factory had recorded under the name Factoria de Miedo to hide out from their major label.
Track 9, "Dragged Down by the Weight of Existence" was rerecorded on Soul of a New Machine as "W.O.E." (Weight of Existence).

Discography
Fear Factory
Burton C. Bell \| Christian Olde Wolbers \| Byron Stroud \| Raymond Herrera
Dino Cazares \| Andrew Shives
Albums: Concrete \| Soul of a New Machine \| Demanufacture \| Obsolete \| Digimortal \| Archetype \| Transgression
Compilation and remix albums: Fear Is the Mindkiller \| Remanufacture \| Hatefiles \| The Best of Fear Factory
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