Digimortal (album)
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| Studio album by Fear Factory | |||||
| Released | April 24, 2001 | ||||
| Recorded | September 30 to November 4, 2000 | ||||
| Genre | Industrial metal Alternative metal Groove metal Nu metal |
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| Length | 43:20 | ||||
| Label | Roadrunner Records | ||||
| Producer | Fear Factory Rhys Fulber |
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Digimortal is Fear Factory's 4th album, released on April 24, 2001 by Roadrunner Records. It is considered a concept album and a sequel to Obsolete, their previous album (which was itself a continuation to Demanufacture) and the final part of a trilogy.
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[edit] Album information
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 in the same year to put out their next album Archetype in 2004. Digimortal is the last to feature founding guitarist/songwriter 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 off of this album, Linchpin, was originally titled "Lynchpin" and the track listing was once different. A Limited edition digipak version of the album was released simultaneously with the standard version, with four extra tracks.
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. It is also the only song on the album that is not written by the band. Most of the album's tracks are not played live by the band anymore.
[edit] Reception
- Q (5/01, p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Ethereal and breathtaking."
- CMJ (4/9/01, p.17) - "Demented disco....Digimortal is cybercore: digitized, overdubbed metal with crunchy, machine-like production."
[edit] Track listing
- "What Will Become?" – 3:24
- "Damaged" – 3:03
- "Digimortal" – 3:04
- "No One" – 3:37
- "Linchpin" – 3:25
- "Invisible Wounds (Dark Bodies)" – 3:54
- "Acres of Skin" – 3:55
- "Back the Fuck Up" ft. B-Real – 3:10
- "Byte Block" – 5:21
- "Hurt Conveyor" – 3:42
- "(Memory Imprints) Never End" – 6:48
- Limited Edition Digipak
- "Dead Man Walking" – 3:16
- "Strain Vs. Resistance" – 3:25
- "Repentance" – 2:40
- "Full Metal Contact" – 2:28
[edit] Credits
[edit] Band members
[edit] Others
- John Anonymous − pre-production
- Robert Breen − assistant engineer
- Huey Dee − pre-production
- Rhys Fulber − producer
- Tom Jermann − artistic director
- George Marino − composer
- Mike Plotnikoff − mixing, technical engineer
- Oscar Ramirez − assistant engineer
- Billy Sherwood − vocal arrangement
- Paul Silveira − engineer
- Malcolm Springer − pre-production arranger
- Neil Zlozower − photography
- B-Real − composed track 8
[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 | 29 |
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