Fear Factory's "OBSOLETE" Sounds Wicked Good 

I feel nothing! I am nothing! 🎉

As someone who loves the 90s/00s rock scene your videos are always great to watch. I hope you know you are very much appreciated. Keep doing what your doing

This is the first CD I ever bought with my own money. It was a good choice.

I was more into Meshuggah and Chaosphere at this point but I did buy Obsolete, my only Fear Factory album. I remember it being great, gonna go back and listen to it. Thanks for making me wanna go back to the bands you cover.

My favourite album of all time. Unbelievable how old it is yet fresh it still sounds.

Man, I got my navel piercing torn out crowd-surfing at a show on their tour for this album. One of the best shows I ever saw, and one of the most painful experiences of my life.

Demanufacture sounds crazy good as well.

Saw them twice during this tour/era, they were killer opening for SLAYER, then on the first OZZFEST... I miss the late 90's-00's

Man I saw the Antichrist vid, Crow vid even the Mechanical Animals and thought "when's this guy gonna do something I hate?" Then you busy out Obsolete? I'm from Australia but you've got a sub for life!

Excellent record. Thank you for making a video to showcase it's greatness

Shock, Descent and Resurrection are classic tracks. i'll never forget in 9'8 when i brought this cd home and chucked it on... good times.

Thank you for this video. For years I have been defending Obsolete as FF's best album and you expressed everything I feel about it.

Saw them in '96 and the dynamics Christian brought to the older songs was just epic, I wish they had of rerecorded a few older songs, they were at their true peak.

I'm right there with you in that Demanufscture was my favorite. Also the incredible remixes on Remanufacture. Loving this series so far! Maybe one day we'll get a video on that other Rhys Fulber project Frontline Assembly? Flavour of the Weak maybe? Or a little Chemlab? But whoever you cover, keep hanging in there. You're putting out great stuff!

For a brief period in time I was super into this album! I think it was a random buy, and undoubtedly a gateway to heavier music for me. If nothing else you have to admire their unique sound!

Love your vids man. Always well written and entertaining.

I gotta say I love this channel. Cannot wait for more content! Subscribed.

Not only wicked good, but also prophetic as all getup! It gets more relevant by the year.

Front Line Assembly have long been my favorite band, and couldnt get enough of the FF collab stuff when it came out. FF completely killed it live too for the Obsolete tour. Seen FF 5 times live during different eras of the band, Obsolete was their best period live as well as the studio IMO.

Beast of an album.

Damn RU-vid's Algorythm came through for a change. Cool channel.

Love your reviews man keep it going

Nice... I tried out for vocals for them. Didn't get the job lol... But the new guy is pretty awesome. Great band.

I just can't stop my brain going to Max Cavalera and how Fear Factory had profound effect on what he wanted to sound like first on Chaos A.D. (1993)with Sepultura and then Soulfly etc. and therefore how nearly any so called nu metal sounded. I saw somewhere that they embraced Fear Factory and wanted to get that right on Roots. But that's all common opinion opinion today, I think.

I saw them at Ozzfest 99. Close to a year later of that release. They headlined on the second stage. They were amazing. And I met Dino Cazares and Christian Olde Wolbers.

You're videos are great dude! Keep it up! 👍💪

A friend turned me on to your channel. Superb work, genuinely great vids. Finally someone who appreciates how great these albums are and how great they are sonically. Keep it up. Halloween coming up , perfect for the last temptation by Alice cooper ;)

Absolutely loved and enjoyed this! "Obsolete" was my first introduction to FF. I have an interview with new singer Milo on my channel , to the soundtrack of his favourite album - "Obsolete". New to your channel - instant subscribe, thank you for this!

Love getting the notification that you posted a new video! Such a great channel!

Bloody brilliant album.

Excellent review

Love this album!! Realised I haven’t listened to it for so long, I’ve always loved the 80’s indie vocal styling contrasting with the mechanical brutality. However apologies in advance for ruining Resurrection for people, but tell me Burton C. Bell isn’t singing “Where’s the cheese” again sorry, I’ll go now.

This album fucking rips. Absolute powerhouse! Was lucky enough to see them a couple years ago.

Love FF, but my fav industrial metal album is MNEMIC - The Audio Injected Soul, perfect blend of gnarly industrial metal fury and catchy hooks.

I can’t wait for the Halloween special!! I love this channel so much!!

I saw these guys at ozzfest, and they were alright, but i never gave them a serious listen. After watching your video here, I feel like i should check them out. Already added your samples to my playlist. Thanks for the recommendation!

Epic new video as always! Really nailed th production and flow by this point. Do you work in video or are you a musician or something? This channel really punches above its weight with an actually very 90s flair.

I Love ff, been through all the ups and downs since the late 90s. I know demanufacture is revered for good reason, it's arguably their greatest work... but i think I love Obsolete just a little bit more. ❤

Keep it up man, I'm a bit late to the party this time but it happens sometimes. I'm excited to see what comes next. Also I think your point about the distopian future 25 or 50 years out is spot on and hilarious. It is crazy how things changed with the USA Patriot Act. I say it everytime, this is the only channel worth commenting on!

I had this CD, it was fucking sweet

I love industrial metal. Tried to form a band leaning that way back in the early 90s, but finding motivated people wanting to play that style wasn't easy.

Had an Mp3 player remember those?, jamming freedom or fire while in Hue Vietnam looking at the car that was on the cover of the RATM self titled. Chills dude!

Instant classic.

They formed on October 31st 1990. FF has stated that many times over the years, but someone keeps changing their wiki to '1989' even after Dino said he himself changed it to the right date.

I was just wondering when this was gonna come out ^.^ Edit: An plans to cover Type O Negative in the future? I feel like The Origin of Feces would be a good one

Dino should have gotten more credit for shaping modern metal.

I first heard Fear Factory on one of those record company cd compilation. It was Martyr. Went right out and bought "Soul of a New Machine" and loved it. They were more death metal then. But nothing can top Obsolete.

Halloween special? Hell ya 🎃

love this album so much

Nice video/format, thanks

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Another full moon here, and yes another Pretty Grim episode. I love the sleeves on this album I never seen them or given a fair listen. Seeing that album sleeve made me think of a NuMetal meets NIN or MM Bootleg with cover tunes by various artists. Kinda like that Salvation or the Other one of MM covers which has my fave Needulhead "Dried up Tied up and Dead to the World" cover. Pretty Industrial!!!! Thx 4 the upload dude

This is their best album!!

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Man I just love your videos! Out of curiosity do you ever listen to anything by Devin Townsend? I’ve always felt that City by Strapping Young Lad pairs well with Demanucture

Love the channell.

@Sounds Pretty Grim amazing video, definitely going to give this album a proper listen, I did that with Antichrist Superstar after years of avoiding it for some reason (I just loved Mechanical Animals so much and didn’t want it to not become my favourite MM record 😅) and it ended up becoming *very* close to my favourite Manson record after Mechanical Animals. As for Gary Numan, I’m not a fan however I did listen to Savage a lot and My Name is Ruin is such a fun ride, so I’d love to hear your thoughts on that record too 😄

IMO Mechanize topped Demanufacture, Obsolete had a level of refinement and excellent mix compared with Demanufacture & the songs were bust a bit better too, Obeolete was Peak Mk1 lineup, Digimortal was a bit of a miss-step but still top tier, Archetype was a strong attempt at trying to sound like the same band but with transgression was it's namesake, terrible and worst release they have ever made. Mechanize was the ultimate revival being 2 parts Strapping Young Lad and the most important parts of the Fear Factory sound fused into the most relentlessly powerfull Fear Factory album ever, a very concise statement album like Demanufacture, The industrialist likewise seemed like an attempt to re-do Obsolete and fails to hold interest IMO, Genexus was quite good, not a bad song on it too. The latest involves too much cinematic cliche sounds and is sort of annoying to listen to at times but is less than Genexus & Industrialist IMO. Obsolete was my favorite for many years until Mechanize came out. Still great in their top 5 realeases, despite the issues and lineup changes they've done very well in terms of quality if you do not consider Transgression in that.

Putting out some great content in a very over saturated area. Nice one

Yeaaaahhhh!!!

Do the Spawn and Mortal Kombat soundtrack(s)

Team Obsolete over Demanufacture all day. Been revisting FF in preparation for this video. I think in the revolving door-lawsuit party era, The Industrialist is the best record. A dystopian concept record much like Obsolete, with a probably bleaker ending. Also interesting, the original is just Burton and Dino with a drum machine, then a couple years ago they released a new version with live drums and a few other tweaks to the sound. Good record either way.

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Peak FF is a tossup between this and Demanufacture

The Concept for Outside has nothing to do with the internet and surveillance. It's about body art.

Thought you'd do the Marilyn Manson trilogy, but .. this... Is good I've been on a fear factory binge. My first exposure was resident evil motion picture soundtrack but didn't fully know the band till years later

Great video. Gained a subscriber 🤘🏼I see the pin on your jacket 💚 I hope you’re doing Type O Negative for Halloween

If you're not gonna do DWS anytime soon, hit up Queen of the Damned at least, man!

Where evil dwells….

Is was there when this came out, it was a huge disappointment, aiming for the "Korn" crowd, wearing tracksuits, bringing in strings and such. A huge step down after the previous two.

I hope you're taking vitamin D supplements.

This album should be hidden from all AI.

Schmooch

Glorified Godflesh cover band.