Transgression (album)

Transgression is the sixth studio album by American industrial metal band Fear Factory. It was released on August 22, 2005 through Calvin Records. Guest appearances include Billy Gould, the bassist of Faith No More, and Lamb of God guitarist Mark Morton, who co-wrote the song "New Promise". The album was released as an enhanced CD with access to the exclusive Fear Factory website. It was also released as an enhanced DualDisc with the DVD side featuring the whole album in DVD-Audio (48,000 kHz), music videos and "The Making of Transgression" video. One can also retrieve another bonus track, entitled "My Grave", by putting the CD into the computer and clicking the 'Music' section at the special website .

It is the last album to feature original drummer Raymond Herrera and bassist/guitarist Christian Olde Wolbers. Transgression was the first CD Fear Factory recorded since Soul of a New Machine without Rhys Fulber's input. "Moment of Impact" had a music video which found moderate airplay. The song "Transgression" was used in a scene from the 2007 thriller film Mr. Brooks. This is the first Fear Factory album to include guitar solos, with the songs Echo of my Scream and New Promise featuring one each.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Blabbermouth.net	^[2]

The album was met with mixed reviews by critics and fans. Many have cited the downpoint of the album being the poor production. Guitar player Christian Olde Wolbers has stated that it was hard to have a producer do everything, where usually they are more involved with the people that they work with. Because of this the album has a different mix, a different sound to it than the previous ones. He described this album as "half way finished" and also said that he had to walk out of the studio because he wasn't happy with his guitar sound.^[3]

Wolbers stated that the band was disappointed with the album due to its hurried finish due to demands from the band's label. This also accounts for the cover songs. Had the band had more time to finish the record, more tracks would have been included, and the album overall would have sounded better.^[4] 18 songs were recorded during the Transgression sessions, with five that have yet to be released. Two of them are "Ammunition" and a cover of Godflesh's "Anthem".^[5]

In 2013 Christian Olde Wolbers via his facebook page revealed more details regarding writing\recording Transgression and Archetype:

“

We had some really heavy shit on transgression that never made it too the album because Burt didn't wanna sing on fast blast beat songs. We had over 20 songs. Burt picked the songs he wanted to write too. I helped create and helped write at least 60% of the vocal hooks and melodies on Archetype. I held his hand during the writing and demo process. I wrote the verse in "Cyberwaste", chorus melodies in archetype, etc... Only "Bonescraper" was done on the spot in the studio. On "Transgression" I wasn't allowed to interfere with Burt's writing process. It was Burt and Toby. When I heard the first takes I cringed and thought it was demo stage to still find the melodies etc. They told me it was a done deal and to stay out of it. Transgression, I am NOT proud of at all. It's crap. I produced Archetype. Burt produced "Transgression" with Toby Wright. That is the truth.

”

Track listing

All lyrics written by Burton C. Bell, except where noted, all music composed by Christian Olde Wolbers and Raymond Herrera, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"540,000° Fahrenheit"	4:28
2.	"Transgression"	4:50
3.	"Spinal Compression"	4:12
4.	"Contagion"	4:39
5.	"Empty Vision"	4:55
6.	"Echo of My Scream"	6:58
7.	"Supernova"	4:32
8.	"New Promise" (music: Wolbers, Herrera, Mark Morton)	5:13
9.	"I Will Follow" (U2 cover) (lyrics: Bono; music: U2)	3:42
10.	"Millennium" (Killing Joke cover) (lyrics and music: Jaz Coleman, Martin "Youth" Glover, Kevin "Geordie" Walker)	5:26
11.	"Moment of Impact"	4:03
12.	"Empire" (bonus track for Best Buy DualDisc version only)	3:47

Exclusive download
No.	Title	Length
13.	"My Grave"	5:36

Bonus tracks for Japan
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Empire"	3:47
15.	"Slave Labor" (live)	4:05
16.	"Cyberwaste" (live)	3:40
17.	"Drones" (live)	4:57

DVD Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"540, 000° Fahrenheit"
2.	"Transgression"
3.	"Spinal Compression"
4.	"Contagion"
5.	"Empty Vision"
6.	"Echo of My Scream"
7.	"Supernova"
8.	"New Promise"
9.	"I Will Follow" (U2 cover)
10.	"Millennium" (Killing Joke cover)
11.	"Moment of Impact"
12.	"Transgression" (music video)
13.	"Spinal Compression" (music video)
14.	"Moment Of Impact" (music video)
15.	"The Making Of Transgression"

Credits

Burton C. Bell – vocals, engineer, assistant, supervisor
Christian Olde Wolbers – guitar, bass, arranger
Raymond Herrera – drums, arranger, engineer
Byron Stroud - (credited) bass
Reggie Boyd – assistant
Tom Jermann – visual design
Stephen Marcussen – mastering
James Musshorn – assistant engineer
Matt Prine – editing, visual direction
Shaun Thingvold – engineer
Steve Tushar – engineer, design
Chad Michael Ward – still pictures
Toby Wright – producer, engineer, mixing
Bass on 'Supernova' and 'Echo of my Scream' by Billy Gould
Steve Niles - Cover artwork

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2005	The Billboard 200	45
2005	Top Independent Albums	6

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Blabbermouth.net review
↑ Mike SOS (April 2006). "Ear Candy Mag - Interview with Fear Factory". Ear Candy Mag. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
↑ Rod Yates (February 9, 2006). "Utopia Records - Interview with Fear Factory". Utopia Records. Archived from the original on August 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
↑ http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Fear_Factory/Transgression/84801

v t e Fear Factory

Burton C. Bell Dino Cazares Matt DeVries Mike Heller Christian Olde Wolbers Raymond Herrera Reynor Diego Andrew Shives Byron Stroud Gene Hoglan

Studio albums	Soul of a New Machine Demanufacture Obsolete Digimortal Archetype Transgression Mechanize The Industrialist

Compilation albums	Messiah Hatefiles The Best of Fear Factory

Demo albums	Concrete

Remix albums	Remanufacture

Video albums	Digital Connectivity

Extended plays	Fear Is the Mindkiller Burn The Gabber Mixes Resurrection Live on the Sunset Strip

Singles	"Replica" "Dog Day Sunrise" "Shock" "Edgecrusher" "Resurrection" "Descent" "Cars" "Linchpin" "Invisible Wounds (Dark Bodies)" "Cyberwaste" "Archetype" "Bite the Hand That Bleeds" "Supernova" "Moment of Impact" "Spinal Compression" "Transgression" "Powershifter" "Fear Campaign" "Final Exit" "Recharger" "New Messiah" "The Industrialist"

Related bands	Ascension of the Watchers Asesino Brujeria GZR Strapping Young Lad Zimmers Hole Divine Heresy Arkaea City of Fire Spineshank

Related articles	Discography

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