Concrete (Fear Factory album)

Concrete
Demo album by Fear Factory
Released July 30, 2002 (2002-07-30)
Recorded 1991
Genre Death metal, grindcore, thrash metal
Length 41:44
Label Roadrunner
Producer Ross Robinson
Fear Factory chronology
Digimortal
(2001)		 Concrete
(2002)		 Hatefiles
(2003)
Singles from Concrete
  1. "Sangre de Niños"
    Released: 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[1]
Blogcriticsfavorable[2]
PopMattersfavorable[3]

Concrete is an album by Fear Factory, released on July 30, 2002. It contains demos of songs recorded in 1991, and all of them (except "Concrete", "Sangre de Niños", "Soulwomb", "Echoes of Innocence", "Deception", "Anxiety", "Piss Christ" and "Ulceration") were re-recorded a year later on their debut album Soul of a New Machine.

Album information

Although released in 2002, Concrete was originally recorded in 1991 in Blackie Lawless's studios. It was intended to be their first release, but the band wasn't happy with the record deal they were in, so they left their producer, Ross Robinson.

When they were taken to court, Robinson won the rights to the album, and the band won the rights to the 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. Fear Factory recorded under the name "Factoría de Miedo" (which is Fear Factory in Spanish) to hide from their label.

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

Songs

"Concrete" was later renamed as "Concreto" and re-recorded as a b-side for the "Dog Day Sunrise" single, and later appeared as a bonus track for the Obsolete digipak. "Piss Christ" is not the same song as "Pisschrist", from their 1995 album Demanufacture. "Ulceration" is named after Fear Factory's former name. They were known as "Ulceration" when they formed in 1989 before renaming to Fear Factory in 1990. "Sangre de Niños" was originally featured on one of the Cry Now, Cry Later 7" compilations. "Sangre de Niños" in Spanish means "Children's Blood". "Dragged Down by the Weight of Existence" was re-recorded on Soul of a New Machine as "W.O.E.". "Soulwomb" was renamed to "Soulwound" and re-recorded as a bonus track for Obsolete.

The opening guitar riff in "Echoes of Innocence" was used as a synthesized motif in "A Therapy for Pain", the final track on Demanufacture. The title also appears in that song as a lyric.

Track listing

No. TitleMusic Length
1. "Big God/Raped Souls"  Bell, Cazares, Herrera 2:36
2. "Arise Above Oppression"  Bell, Cazares, Herrera 1:57
3. "Concrete"  Bell, Cazares, Herrera 2:28
4. "Crisis"  Bell, Cazares, Herrera 3:33
5. "Escape Confusion"  Cazares, Herrera 3:37
6. "Sangre de Niños"  Bell, Cazares, Herrera 2:03
7. "Soulwomb"  Bell, Cazares, Herrera 2:35
8. "Echoes of Innocence"  Bell, Cazares, Herrera 3:04
9. "Dragged Down by the Weight of Existence"  Bell, Cazares, Herrera 2:42
10. "Deception"  Bell, Cazares, Herrera 0:29
11. "Desecrate"  Bell, Cazares, Herrera 2:37
12. "Suffer Age"  Cazares, Herrera 3:45
13. "Anxiety"  Bell, Cazares, Herrera 1:39
14. "Self Immolation"  Bell, Cazares, Herrera 2:34
15. "Piss Christ"  Bell, Cazares, Herrera 2:41
16. "Ulceration"  Bell, Cazares, Herrera 2:45
Total length:
 41:44

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Concrete - Fear Factory". Allmusic.
  2. ↑ "Fear Factory: Concrete ...Everything Old Is New, Eventually". Blogcritics.
  3. ↑ "Fear Factory: Concrete". PopMatters.
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