Fear Factory - Bizarre Festival 1998 - PRO SHOT - Best quality

Fear Factory » 1998.08.23 - Koeln, Germany
00:00 Shock
06:07 Self Bias Resistor
11:35 Edgecrusher
15:22 Smasher/Devourer
21:13 Demanufacture
25:55 Ressurection
31:58 Martyr
36:50 Replica
Thanks to metallican for the release

[@thomasnihil4878]

It's almost unbelievable they used to perform this style of music live with Raymond not drumming to a click track, without in-ear monitoring for all of them and with the loops triggered and Synth played in real time by John. And they still pulled it off!

[@nemanacemu2024]

That’s how they performed live ?

[@tetsuosundergroundresistan9460]

It was other times, and practicing a lot and doing things more natural due to not having the quantity of tools and technology now modern people use, they always focused on playing and composing music that they could play without having those complications, nowadays modern bands use a lot of tools to play it more perfect but feels a bit unnatural and at some point if they don't have those tools they won't play live as expected on what you hear on the album and the timings

[@SummoningSnakez]

These are easy songs to play on drums actually......... So badass.

[@AliBabas40Ninjas]

FF is the ancestor of so many things you hear across so many different forms of metal today.

[@pedroRodriguesMD]

Its easier.

[@Sinnamon_Heart]

that fucking crowd...... unaware they were in the presence of greatness. FF is a legendary band

[@dankk2754]

German crowds suck

[@lucifersam01]

90's Fear Factory was the best Fear Factory !

[@theyredistortingyourrhythm]

Australia SEES

[@joeyc3361]

Their new stuff is amazing, check it out if u havnt yet!

[@laFgod]

the best world.

[@unknowunknow556]

00's Archetype era to😎

[@AE780]

Lol hell yes! I remember buying this CD from HMV when I was 12!

[@MrAzazello32]

Herrera is a legend..

[@brandonconaway4081]

It was always hard to believe they weren't using a drum machine. Guy was a beast.

[@MrBlick76]

Just want to take this opportunity to state that this was the pinnacle of the bands songwriting and I want to thank them for helping me through some of the darkest days I've ever known. Obsolete was a masterpiece and saved me from a dark place

[@davidarbogast37]

Nah, Digimortal was the pinnacle of their writing with that lineup. Don't get me wrong though, Obsolete is an awesome album.

[@laurentdupont-gagnon7889]

fear factory, pantera, melodic death metal and early machine head are the best thing happened in the 90s

[@wanderingskeleton52]

Melodic Death! Like Black Metal also? :D

[@napalmdelinfierno5]

and Napalm Death

[@Robert-rl7rd]

Meshuggah? Sepultura?

[@ll_kos]

Also Chuck Schuldiner with Death

[@steve0the0end]

Korn has entered the chat...fear factory has left the chat

[@ll_kos]

My god... Burton's vocal is amazing on this live record

[@waynestevens4297]

In the 90's.. Burton could pul it off with ease.. Not so much nowadays..

[@hardcorebronson]

Opening up with Shock is just plain destruction

[@superunknown2812]

Man burton sounds really awesome here

[@karnagefails333]

@rzarectot7 ...headfirst to the Earth...

[@_manasikara]

yeahh... but listeners seem untouched.

[@vxrdrummer]

The DVD Digital Connectivity or whatever it is called, has a video of them opening with Shock on the Obsolete tour and it sounds like the universe may end when it starts. Its beyond brutal and when Burton comes in with that first scream, the universe does end. It sounds incredible!!!

[@Count_Orlock]

I saw Fear Factory in 1993 and they opened with Big God and HOLY SHIT. The place when ape shit

[@konduacosta761]

The best line up of Fear Factory.

[@MrKredski]

Couldn't agree more, dude.

[@CM-dw3gh]

Christian had a great stage presence

[@theovlach]

Not even close, Byron Stroud and Gene Hoglan were the best bassist and drummer Fear Factory could ever get.

[@Gui.Vieira_]

It was better when Christian was playing the guitar.

[@Guilherme-xn5wn]

@@Gui.Vieira_ totally agree

[@DrozChann3L]

this is the Fear Factory that I know and grow up with...with burton, dino, christian wolbers and raymond herrera

[@DeepSouthPal84]

Yup, I'm 35. Imagine your around the same age. FF back then was the shit.

[@DrozChann3L]

@@DeepSouthPal84 back in 98 when i first heared FF with the song self bias resistor and scapegoat it blows my mind, the same time i discovered coal chamber, vision of disorder and nailbomb.. eventually i started collecting road runner records albums after FF.. by the way im 36

[@niroshanfernando4784]

I'm the same age as Burton C. Bell (51) & STILL ROCK their 'Obsolete' abum beginning to end like it was released yesterday. That album predicted ALL the chaotic events of 2020. Fear Factory were WAY ahead of all these new suck-ass "hipster" metal bands. FF FOREVER! 🤘😷🎸☣

[@niroshanfernando4784]

@@DrozChann3L Roadrunner Records Was a killer record label. Hard to believe and nobody realizes that even Nickelback got their start on that label too! LOL.

[@alexramirezolmos8]

Mexicanos x forever dude

[@sticksman7819]

Raymond is a monster on the drums.he needs to know that he's very influential it's a shame the kicks don't cut through in this mix.

[@golz9785]

justin small - yeah what’s up with the mix? Seems like the drums were intermittent and then there’s a lot of chaos and off tempo shit like Dino was a measure ahead or the keyboardist was not rehearsed especially for Resurrection towards the end of the song. Maybe just honest mistakes but I thoroughly enjoyed this concert

[@djabthrash]

@@golz9785 The mix is a live tv broadcast mix, and they tend to be very average generally, because it's a festival so there is no real soundcheck and the tv broadcast mix is made in a rush and adjusted live. It's like listening to a soundboard mix alone with levels that are wrong.

[@infinitesimotel]

That could just be up to this particular recording

[@DavidWilliams-ed2rn]

They just completely kicked ass back in the day.

[@uzieric1]

truth

[@laurentdupont-gagnon7889]

they still kick ass

[@Skeletal33]

1998-2000 they were unstoppable live. They over-toured and Burton blew out his voice forever

[@chadwick634]

Hell yeah, and in March at the Fillmore in Minnie will be much of the same. Haven't seen'em since Demanufacture tour at the Mojeska Theatre in MKE. Don't miss the new tour bro!!! 🤙

[@adamlengyel333]

1 - Shock 00:00-5:50 2 - Self Bias Resistor 6:07-11:10 3 - Edgecrusher 11:35-15:05 4 - Smasher/Devourer 15:22-20:48 5 - Demanufacture 21:13-25:14 6 - Ressurection 25:55-31:44 7 - Martyr 31:58-36:23 8 - Replica 36:50-

[@revivedfears]

Cheers buddy!!!

[@adamlengyel333]

@@revivedfears Thanks ;)

[@bluthammer1442]

because that's what heroes do

[@adamtorok6048]

Köszönöm szépen! :)

[@ama7efc784]

Thank you time stamps guy 😍

[@revivedfears]

I come back to this performance all the time. This has to be one of Burton's best performance. Chills every time, so much power. I love everything about the Obsolete era. The band was on fire, everyone gave it their all, but Burton in particular is astonishing. Screaming like that for an hour is insane.

[@stevewalker6340]

I wish I saw them back then when I had a chance and before Cliff trashed his vocal cords.

[@kennyhouser3467]

I saw them quite a few times between 97-2000. Ray Herrera was straight power and consistency, Dino was a palm muting machine, Christian was the stage presence, and Cliff had a voice like no other. Singing like in this video is likely the reason he sounds so bad now. He had terrible technique but sounded excellent in the context of the music. I remember seeing them at Ozzfest in Phoenix, AZ in 98 and their entire set was absolute carnage. I'd say that easily half of the entire audience was a gigantic mosh pit in 100+ degree weather and no one gave a single shit. A little known band at the time called Slipknot was the warm up act for that particular stage. The entire 2 or so hours was pure adrenaline and testosterone. Just living it up listening to both bands doing what they did best at the time. Fuck shit up.

[@revivedfears]

Cliff? 😂

[@dynamo4543]

Seriously how has Dino not had a heart attack yet,the dude was pretty big back in 98 but jump to 2021 holy crap hes massive

[@Gumbo72203]

Gods, he used to be such a tremendous singer. It truly is a shame his high-register is gone. Dude was untouchable. This Resurrection is absolutely heavenly.

[@HenryRuins]

Well he's almost 50 years old now, all the singers lose their voice when they get older especially when they've been performing for decades, in Finland there are singers who have been performing since the 60-80s to this day and they all sound like crap compared what they used to sound like

[@TrulyStucker]

yeah, but then you have Devin Townsend...

[@HenryRuins]

But Burton never wasn't that good of a singer compared to Devin

[@TrulyStucker]

Burton was top notch on Obsolete tour.

[@KermitFrogThe]

But Devin is such a strapping young lad, he will always sound good. Sorry couldn't resist the pun.

[@mephisto40]

His vocals are actually really on point in this show

[@revivedfears]

Burton was consistently good in the late 90's. The obsolete tour is gold.

[@pnkm0ssgamng334]

Ian Honour Yeah sadly his style of vocals are taking their toll on him now. I hate to say it but I think his days of singing are numbered.

[@RickGrimesS5]

@@pnkm0ssgamng334 Definitely... It's sad

[@KapudaDude]

Back when he gave a shit ;)

[@Andrew-lk3ne]

His vocals are really on point look at when he lets out a scream it echoes twice down

[@1ongas]

the best thing about the concerts of that time was that no one is holding a phone and recording the concert.

[@nicolle.mp3]

God DAMN, this is one hell of a performance. Burton really outdoes himself here.

[@Tikitackfouls]

Boris Bordeaux heck yeah

[@Idkwhtpsipto]

Burton sounded so incredible back then 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@KapudaDude]

Cause he cared back then .)

[@francoisjus]

Shock as first song... and Burton's clean vocals are stellar

[@fieldsofwickedness]

God I miss Raymond's drumming! He truly makes the backdrop so powerful. Miss that burrito...

[@michelinosports9363]

they booted him out of the band without a reason

[@gasmaskestore8018]

"burrito"? You racist piece of shit

[@ThatMeansHesMad]

90's concerts were the best of times. No fucking phones in sight, just you, the crowd, and the music. Miss the hell out of the 90's..

[@margaridacosta270]

Nostalgia, 1998 great times. No stupid mobile phones in the concerts.

[@indyfeds]

Fear Factory are the kings of industrial metal!

[@Gregbaltzer]

Nah, Godflesh are.

[@cyberdemon9306]

Ministry too

[@metalheadlazz]

AA Fear Factory,NIN(I don't like NIN but there's NO denying their importance),Ministry,Skinny Puppy,Devin Townsend(also with Strapping Young Lad),Between the buried and me,arguably Rammstein(some people don't think so but I do),and White Zombie are all important Industrial metal bands.

[@SSangsen]

AA misspelled Ministry there

[@lexakamenev93]

Industrial Groove Metal*

[@SecuritronPS2000]

Shock 1:07 Self Bias Resistor 6:07 Edgecrusher 11:33 Smasher/Devourer 15:22 Demanufacture 21:14 Resurrection 25:17 Martyr 32:00 Replica 36:53

[@louiepatton]

OMG your profile pic 😍

[@MrDaoJones]

I miss this fucking band. Can't wait for their 2019 release. Haven't seen them live since 2000. They randomly played my school. I threw the football around with Dino and Burton. One of the great metal bands of the 90's.

[@emmanuellevillacrucis7685]

This is Fear Factory in their prime. Their first 3 albums where awesome as they sound very original like no other. Thanks for uploading this video. I'm enjoying it amidst this Corona freakin' Virus pandemic. 🤘🤘🤘

[@ecgodsmack86]

Fuck yeah FF for life

[@juhnonomous9712]

Huge props for the Candiria avi

[@henrywalton5967]

Digimortal, Archetype, Mechanize and Genuxus are amazing albums too

[@MrJpm1989]

Back then probably one of the best singers and F F a sound of their own. One hell of a band.

[@DeepSouthPal84]

The holy grail of fear factory.

[@warrenjensen4670]

8:10 Dino testing the structural integrity of the stage scaffolding.

[@Rschr101]

Lmfao

[@elevenAD]

The real Fear Factory.

[@DeepSouthPal84]

Self bias resistor is amazing! I love this band!

[@CORVA1000]

Holy shit this sounds awesome, and they play Smasher devourer in my opinion one of the most underrated FF songs

[@djabthrash]

agreed :)

[@slayermill8621]

"Fear me not but fear my hell. Man made me so I could kill. Praise me in the name of war, I destroy both rich and poor." I fucking love the lyrics in Smasher/Devourer. I agree, highly underrated song of theirs.

[@andrebastos5635]

Best live vocals this Era he was Fucking killing it 🤘🏻

[@slavapolyakov8118]

Young Burton is a beast!

[@032clayman21]

wow, Burton hit all the high clean notes :D

[@ecgodsmack86]

When his voice was healthy hell yeah

[@SyluxGaming13]

Lol this was 20 years ago. Of course he sounded better

[@timothyquinn5520]

His voice was probably at its peak during this era, for a while it was not great at all. He did improve after getting voice around the time Genexus came out, though.

[@Doyledeth]

He still sounds like shit live. I hate it.

[@revivedfears]

@@Doyledeth mate, Burton was an absolute beast back in the late 90's. Pure brutality!

[@louiscsanko3673]

Fear Factory in Their Prime.🤘🤘💯

[@vxrdrummer]

Obsolete is one of my favourite albums by any band of any time period. It is stunning and there is not a bad or weak track on it. I was blown away by it in 98 when it came out and then when I saw them on that tour I was stunned by how good they were. Its a masterpiece.

[@slayermill8621]

Obsolete is one of the few albums I've ever owned where I would never skip a song.

[@malkoncabrera6485]

holly shit!!! he's live voice back then was off the hook!! sounds amazing!! i'm knocking my head up and down now!!

[@michaeldelguidice1683]

Man I saw fear factory at the electric factory on the jagermister tour with chiamira and slipknot. Great show. Fear factory is underrated. They where way before their time. They made industrial metal that few can best. Ministry, early chiamira, nail bomb all underrated

[@deluge71]

Brilliant set. Makes me wish that Dino and Burt could work out their differences and get back to what matters, but I know that won't happen. Regardless, I am grateful for the amazing music they made together. Those melodies make my heart soar to a place where time doesn't matter.

[@manduheavyvazquez5268]

Herrera, dino, Burton the best line up ever of factory. Great ,

[@jasonkocher3513]

When I listen to Fear Factory I get this immense motivation / terror mashup sensation, really difficult to describe. Almost like a voice in my head saying "This life could end at any time, and you really don't want to experience what's comes next, so take this opportunity to push yourself to the max". Then I lift harder, run farther, study more, and put myself into robot mode to get through whatever comes at me. Favorite band.

[@maverosilva]

My favorite Fear Factory line-up!

[@Max-xi5gu]

I watched them in 1998, 16 yo, At the no longer, festival hall in Brisbane. Loved it

[@jibbsey]

2nd ever international band I seen live, 1998 Obsolete tour, Metro in Sydney, instantly hooked! Still crank Obsolete regularly 🤘🏻

[@max-rdj9741]

Loving the keyboard being nice and distinguishable in the mix

[@edwebster5966]

The only REAL line up they ever had miss this brutal shit

[@jakeklein6002]

Don't forget this lineup also produced Digimortal... lol

[@twiztidlestat]

@@jakeklein6002Digimortal is fucking great too

[@jakeklein6002]

@@twiztidlestat it is, but it's my least favorite album of theirs.

[@user-rq2ts2lq8p]

Fear Factory are goats, now and forever!

[@MrWizard209]

I was able to see them at a different festival in 98. Seen them several other times, this is by far my favorite lineup. They are still amazing live now, but there was just an energy this group brought to the table when they played together

[@nicolerapanaro8620]

This is the FF we all know and love…killin it!!! 💪🏻

[@mardelarocha]

I miss them.. FF for ever

[@madmaxx010]

Burton was KILLING it on this!!!!

[@kieranbutler69]

Never gets old... These guys are a perfect example of doing your own thing.

[@JohnpaulDejoria666]

Saw them in September 1998. I remember this so well as it was a Sunday night and the first day of my Sr year was the next day. We had to run from Roseland Toth’s river to catch the ferry back to NJ from NYC. Amazing show

[@pitchfork1718]

Fear Factory was there before a lot of bands!! For REAL!!

[@pjevans854]

So heavy, what a sound. I love the U2 reference with the “this is a rebel song!”

[@021Sweden]

OH MAN this is one of the best live performances i seen with FF on here .. they were young and still angry and burton clean vocal was great ! dont get me wrong i fucking LOVE FF !!!!

[@raivyn79]

This is amazing. This is when I first got into them... man this brings back memories. Thanks so much for this :)

[@slayermill8621]

Same here. My brother got me the Obsolete album back in 1998 and I've been a metal head ever since. I'd come home from school and jam this in my room while reading the lyrics booklet that not only had the lyrics but the story about each song.

[@odiousmortem9896]

@@slayermill8621 concept album, neat stuff

[@maxeypad]

Soul of a New Machine & Demanufacture....good stuff.

[@MrBlick76]

Obsolete completed the trifecta of legends.

[@bennyvandekerckhove1670]

One of the best time of Fear Factory with our Belguim bass player, those where the good times, good times are so hard to find(blue cheer)

[@3ngi_n33r]

I remember my neighbor blasting “soul” from across the street waay back in the day. I instantly loved it! But in response, i start blasting disincarnate from my house🤨. Next thing I know, james murphy emerged from my neighbors house and walked over. We had a cool chat. I got to fanboy out a bit. Ahh the good old days. Still a huge FF fan too. 🤘

[@AlexSanchez-yt8jp]

Best FF show ever!!! Burton was 10/10

[@Metallizombie]

Takes me back. Saw them not too long after this in early ‘99.

[@thedeffmen1054]

His shirt shows how humble was this guy, love FF fuking much

[@bp5082]

There are a certain songs you hear when your young that pull you to metal even when you're a classical guitar nerd. One by metalica, shock by fear factory, and still remains by stp. Those had me shredding the hell out of my nylon strings till I got electrified. I don't know if this is an official fear factory link but if it is thank you for getting ready and pumped to do anything. It wasn't long after hearing shock that I decided I need an amp and distortion. Been a great time since! I'm rock in right now.

[@hudsonsirheshicks2653]

Peak of their career here

[@gustavosilva2675]

bass machine

[@metfan4l]

Awesome, thanks for posting!

[@carlovanoncini1089]

Fear Factory in the max power mode.

[@ShEDDiNgmYSkiN]

This is the lineup I'll always remember. Saw these guys about six times in the late 90s and early 2000s. They never disappointed.

[@supermahmoud]

Amazing FF videos as always, truly thanks TrulyStucker for this

[@ecgodsmack86]

Greatness the world's souls cry out for Fear Factory music .Shockkkkkk

[@Sherman_Dank]

I had the absolute pleasure of witnessing them live a few times. Each show was different but awesome. The only band that sounded better live than the studio recording, right here ladies and gentlemen. Detroit Michigan, Harpos, the perfect storm occurred during EdgeCrusher and I destroyed the entire tornado pit during the breakdown. Burton pointed at me and roared "You fuckin rock!" as I was standing in the middle of the floor with no one around for 20 feet. I yelled to him "Burt you fuckin rock!" It was the most amazing high I've ever felt. They kicked in the re-up right before the last pre chorus and everyone jumped back on the floor and had a fuckin ball. It was so much fun. They did every song so good. I hope someone who was at that show recorded it and shares it so those who never got to experience it can see and hear how good they really were.

[@TrulyStucker]

Which year? Harpos been filmed.

[@Sherman_Dank]

@@TrulyStucker This particular show Christian was on guitar, Byron was on bass, Raymond on drums. I can't remember if they played anything from Transgression, but there was some from Archetype and a lot the classics.

[@TrulyStucker]

@@Sherman_Dank ah, in 2004-2006 Detroit shows were not recorded unfortunately

[@Sherman_Dank]

@@TrulyStucker Ah no. That's kinda sad.

[@ericfrank4991]

This reminds me of seeing them in Ozzfest summer of 1997, right after I graduated HS. They put on a kickass show. I miss the old lineup, but the new stuff they are putting out recently is kickass.

[@postmortemritual]

John Bechdel its a legend.

[@balazsbense3014]

'98 I was 10 years old...I dont know anything about metal music, now Im 32 and I have a Fear Factory tattoo on my leg ^_^ on of my biggest favorite 🤘

[@herglawrmr33]

gonna hit up this show in my time machine

[@aSmartstone]

Hey man thanks for this one! What a band.. FF 4 Life

[@the80sliveagain63]

Smasher/devour was devastatingly brutal and dino hits with so much power. It's like the terminator with the mini gun destroying the cop cars. Complete annihilation. I never new dino was hitting one string most of the song. Till I learned how to play it myself. And it might be simple song at best. But it's absolute hell on your hand and fingers. I remember christian once said playing this music can be like torture. But it's so amazing to play and gets you so pumped you don't give a shit. Thanks to fear factory for giving us cyber metal legendary.

[@Jcruzer70]

Absolutely crushed it!! 🤘🤘🤘

[@ianh6760]

Resurrection was amazing. It's too bad there aren't many recordings of this era.

[@slayermill8621]

I actually read your comment before seeing the Resurrection performance but after seeing it, couldn't agree more. Burton sounded great.

[@PaperSpeakersWat]

Awesome, was hoping to find a full version of this show. Thanks! ^^

[@slayermill8621]

Awesome set all around but Burton absolutely slayed Shock, holy shit.

[@1BadSavage]

this is probably the best vocal performance I've found from Barney

[@diegol18]

This concert was incredible, everyone at their best, the first three ff albums are second to none and the best in composition, for me, after that nothing would ever be the same

[@djabthrash]

Thanks for the upload ! Smasher/Devourer is absolutely killer on this set !

[@tinyfire343]

These were the days.

[@golz9785]

Damn this really brings me back to 2000. Especially, Edgecrusher

[@RITCHILIE]

Gracias por el magnifico video!

[@golz9785]

35:42 how I’ll dance at my wedding

[@Tikitackfouls]

Props for still having this ;)

[@tiagoborssato]

Best line up ever

[@samirmax3455]

Best time fear factory 🤘

[@StreetsleeperUK]

Burtons voice was great then. Clean and screaming was perfect

[@travisicd_guitar4689]

Resurrection is one of the greatest songs ever written not in the metal genre, just ever.

[@soundstorm9508]

This is the best Burton performance I’ve ever seen. Man what a force that guy is!

[@TrulyStucker]

Worcester 98

[@NeuroCatalyst]

thank you very much!

[@v10l3t40]

His vocals on Demanufacture just wow. Very death metal esque

[@jibbsey]

Soul of a New Machine > Demanufacture in regards to Death Metal vox 👍🏻

[@lenagoth8876]

I can't thank you enough for your vids 🤘