Fear Factory - Smasher/Devourer | REACTION

[@Thumpdizzle]

So, this entire album, Obsolete, is actually a concept album. It tells one story from beginning to end. It's worth the listen.

[@YaHUKaB_ShaRYAL_YaShaRAL]

🚨Hellyeahhh...🚨 ⚙Fear Factory⚙! ✊🏻 Wait until he hears- "EDGECRUSHER" * * * Awesome song! "Regenerate" * * "Replica" * * * "Powershifter" "Demanufacture" "H-K (Hunter-Killer)" * * "Slave Labor" * "Fear Campaign" * * * Them songs there will get you amped up & really like these guys! And I feel just like this guy on the inside.

[@mike333h]

Absolutely! A great one from beginning to end.

[@rustysh1tbox652]

They actually made a comic book that goes along with this album track for track

[@EggersEggers-pd6te]

FEAR FACTORY: SECURITRON(Police State 2000). YOU WON'T REGRET IT!!!

[@davidedemurodominijanni9889]

The "Obsolete" album is one of the best albums ever made in Heavy Metal music history, perfect from the 1st track to the latest. Utterly fundamental!

[@edsonmartins2240]

Exatly , Very exatly!

[@bradleyellis7336]

Agreed!!! They set the STANDARD!

[@damodoesit5222]

Must listen from start to end. Still my favourite album of all time.

[@richard7645]

It's just as good as demanfacture

[@someoneelse101]

In music history as a whole, not just metal

[@snoophogg1177]

SOUL OF A NEW MACHINE!!!!!!!! One of the most influential albums of all time.

[@brettmarlar4154]

The whole Obsolete album is a concept album, it's a tip of the hat to James Cameron and the concept of the film Terminator. They got the name "Fear Factory" from growing up in L. A. in the 70's/80's. That it in and of itself was a Fear Factory with gang violence, etc.

[@trowabarton222]

"Man is obsolete, our world obsolete, man is obsolete, erased extinct"

[@zane4575]

Fear factory have long been a band about man and machines.. So where's the concept album?

[@brettmarlar4154]

@@zane4575 Obsolete is a concept album. It's not a straight forward story like 2112, or Operation: Mindcrime, where there is a distinct cast of characters. However it has a continuous theme throughout. The following album Digimortal is almost a direct continuation of Obsolete.

[@zane4575]

@@brettmarlar4154 I know the album inside out, read the sleeve years ago. It's not a concept album. It's a 101 Fear Factory album. You want a concept album, try Remanufacture And the less said about Digimortal, the better.

[@Lunacyk]

Soul Of A New Machine and Demanufacture were also in on that Cameron-esque theme.

[@coolofborg754]

Dude, you gotta do more FF. Not many channels react to them and I think you'll get good traffic. good stuff man.

[@YaHUKaB_ShaRYAL_YaShaRAL]

Damn right! 🚨Hellyeahhh...🚨 ⚙Fear Factory⚙! ✊🏻 Wait until he hears- "EDGECRUSHER" * * * Awesome song! "Regenerate" * * "Replica" * * * "Powershifter" "Demanufacture" "H-K (Hunter-Killer)" * * "Slave Labor" * "Fear Campaign" * * * Them songs there will get you amped up & really like these guys! And I feel just like this guy on the inside.

[@mike333h]

The only reason I’m watching...been listening to Fear Factory since the mid 90s.

[@armlegx]

@@YaHUKaB_ShaRYAL_YaShaRAL Or Obsolete

[@alexkenley1]

The whole album is a timeless masterpiece. I go back to it regularly.

[@masterman9999]

This is my favorite of their albums and one of my favorite drummers, Raymond Herrera, is playing the drums.

[@goatbut29]

A god among mortals for his time and thinking!!!

[@grodriguez2620]

Man, that middle break with Dino and Raymond is still so HEAVY.

[@Lulustucru2393]

I love that groove so much it makes me dance 🔥

[@FEARLESSx210]

That double pedal during and after that break is 🔥🔥🔥

[@shadilamesbutr8239]

Also Christian on bass.

[@mattvsmetaverse]

Loving your choices! You'll like this group; they're one of the original industrial/metal blenders. This whole album is amazing. It's a concept album based around a future where machines have taken control of humanity; definitely worth a whole listen. 'Demanufacture' is worth a listen as well. The single 'Zero Signal' off that album was played during the Johnny Cage/Scorpion fight in the first Mortal Kombat movie. That was my intro to them back in '94. Got to see them live in '05 with Trivium and it was worth the wait.

[@Erdrick1979]

Yep zero signal, from mortal kombat. That's where I first heard them.

[@ecgodsmack86]

Yes badass song. Whole album is badass Met Dino and Burt a couple of yrs ago

[@NHHUNTNH]

Yoooooo, im so pumped your doing fear factory, these are classics! 🤘🤘🤘

[@xytras6451]

Freedom or Fire is probably my favorite song on this album. Really powerful lyrics IMO.

[@devosegal]

Hands down !

[@joe99173122]

When Obsolete first came out "Freedom Or Fire" was a track I would almost skip (I know, travesty!) - then one day outta nowhere that song hit me like a tonne of bricks and overnight became my favourite. Unbelievable music.

[@Raza_Odiada]

Wasn't expecting this. Fear Factory is killer. If this the vibe, I'll recommend a band. At the Gates, the album Slaughter of the Soul

[@skinnybuddha74]

If they're along the same vibe as Fear Factory then I may have to check them out myself.

[@richardlundqvist3906]

Skinny Buddha At the Gates is an Melodic Death metal band so their style is a bit different from FF but yeah Slaughter of the Soul album is an milestone in the Melo Death genre. One of my favorite albums of all time.

[@Raza_Odiada]

@@skinnybuddha74 by the same vibe I meant metal in general. It's not the same sound. There is a modern band called Volumes. They are clearly influenced by the Fear Factory sound.

[@mtgguiltfeeder4111]

Serpent Sun arguably one of the greatest metal albums all time (ATG I mean)!!

[@mnemic9564]

@@skinnybuddha74 Mnemic's Mechanical Spin Phenomena has the same vibe as FF, check em out

[@sepulfan02]

Such a good album a lot of metalheads intro to the underground

[@KristophM]

This song and the entire Obsolete album predicted exactly what is happening now.

[@hooliganstreet]

The whole Obsolete record is awesome and features their heaviest guitar tone to date IMO. They were at their peak on this record and it really shows.

[@riteousrighthand6144]

Duuuuuuuuude, Shock! It's the first song on this album. The BEST opening salvo, ever!

[@FutBoy281]

The album tells a story. This song specifically is about an A.I. Tank called smasher devourer. It was meant for warfare, but in the album's Terminator-esque future it exterminates mankind

[@eduardopinto989]

Dino is a BEAST!!

[@zane4575]

For pure riff listening pleasure, he's up there with Hetfield for hooky chuggs

[@CrunchyRiffs]

Let's not forget the drummer Gene Hoglan. BEAST. He moved on to be the drummer for the most popular band in the world, in and above water, DETHKLOK. You definitely need to react to Dethklok. But start out with a nice calm one like Thunderhorse.

[@krypton1982]

You have to give it to this man... Most people don't follow fear factory but he ACTUALLY is listening and getting it. Good on you sir!

[@jasonallen5318]

It's official, you are the best music reactor on KZbin right now. I'm shocked you do not have more likes and subs for your content. It's great that you release multiple songs from the same band in the same day, it's great that you are willing to review certain bands and styles of music that other reviewers usually don't touch. I love that you did a bunch of Mr. Bungle and now you're tapping into Fear Factory, it shows great diversity in what you are willing to give a try. You keep an open mind about the music and I have yet to see a video where you were not getting into the music itself. Keep up the great content and I will continue to watch and like your videos.

[@edgecrusherhalo]

Again, thank you for doing FF. This one is from an album that has things to read between the songs. The title of this song is basically a character, an intelligent machine, and this is his introduction to humanity. This album kind of needs to be listened to in its entirety in order with the context of what it’s about to be fully appreciated. All the songs are great. This album was my introduction to FF. They can be heavy(not just instrumentally) if you really look into it. I definitely recommend the opening track, Shock. It’s basically about if we made Skynet and when it wakes up.

[@Cigarlouie84]

Ok I’m not a metal freak this band was introduced to while deployed in Iraq.. so this was our pre-raid song. Gearing up. Doing PCI’s...checking equipment... it was played right when the birds were on their way to pick us up. It helps to put you in the mind set... gosh great song!!!

[@dethfilmsinc5047]

"They go hard" is the biggest understatement ever used to describe Fear Factory.

[@Insanalyst]

This song is about how we, as a society, worship violence and how it will lead to our destruction.

[@koanikal]

Dude, if you're going to check out a bunch of Fear Factory, I recommend the album Soul of a New Machine. And THEN I recommend specifically Crisis and Self Immolation. Those songs playing through my head incessantly managed to get me through field training during Marine boot camp in '93. Specifically the Grim Reaper hump (hike). Helped distract my mind from the pain in my body and feet particularly. Yeah, eventually 9 miles wasn't shit, but that was my first hump.

[@davidedemurodominijanni9889]

You have to understand this Jamel, guys... I was a young Italian Designer in London with an already long career in Italy for my age, I came from a professional background which couldn't be classified by their creative recruitment machine and that gave me a very hard time in UK and London in particular, where the professional system is a killing machine and was able to grind you and crush you if you didn't fit into the box. They looked at me like they were facing an alien, I was a damn maverick on a constant flight... a man among killing machines and I had to survive, so I did, I survived... spent so many nights walking along the City streets and the Docklands because I had no money to pay for a bed in hostels all the nights, I had to save as much money as possible, and I didn't want to end up sleeping on the streets like a homeless, so walking without to stop was the only way to not feel the cold and the loneliness of a stranger, an alien, in London. I was lucky that I was used to sleep only a little per day, I was able to not sleep even for 3 consecutive nights, and where the sun was finally making the day I went back to hunt a job or a client for a logo, a leaflet... anything I could do to survive and make myself a name. Most of the times I was used to go to NABS, a no profit organization helping young creative talents to find their 1st job and old professionals looking for help in searching a new one. I was young and yet I was having the difficulties older professionals of twice my age had at that time... that's the tough scenario I was living into. I felt like the O'Connors in Terminator... me against the machines, it really was! So here come the Fear Factory... their adrenaline music was the propeller for the maverick I was, I would have been dead without them injecting their words and sounds into my ears to boost me up and make my day. Their "Obsolete" album was the one I was used to dig into more than any other from them... it was a constant loop repeating again and again and again and all over again! Hail to Fear Factory!!!

[@gunthersquirrel5685]

I have been listening to Fear Factory for almost 30 yrs... (since 1992) They have a lot of messages in their lyrics, and stories through their albums. I would encourage you to listen to more of them. If you like. Man vs Machine

[@kingpizzle7]

Public Enemy, Krs1, Rage Against the Machine and Fear Factory the soundtrack to waking the masses and crumbling the establishment.. Love it Jamal!!!

[@Rdfelic]

Love these Fear Factory reactions!!!!✊🏿

[@richard7645]

🤟🎸

[@breakoftheedge]

FF live is like a revival --especially the end of the show when they do their top songs in a row without stopping--if your into the music and you believe and understand what the lyrics are telling you --again- it's like a religious revival --a metal sermon !!!! Fans who seen them live will understand what I am talking about!!!! Break of the Edgecrusher!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@anthonynewsome8192]

Nice! I didn't expect to find a reaction video for this song but I'm so glad I found this 🤝

[@Matt-ob3it]

The things Burton C. Bell can do with his voice are stunning. Dude can belt it out like an opera singer and he can also growl and roar like a bear or scream like he's on fire. This album and "Demanufacture," its "prologue" in a lot of ways, are absolute masterpieces of the genre and the concept/story of this album is both thrilling and terrifying. If you ever decide to listen to it (not including the bonus tracks from the rerelease), try to find the liner notes online because the text and sketches fill in the gaps between the songs to make for a fully immersive experience.

[@ky-sepi-ota-layharjo9369]

Finally some FearFactory 🤘 please do more FF

[@koanikal]

Think of the idea of Skynet in Terminator, or the the machines in Matrix. That's what every album is pretty much about.

[@i_GiveFRUIT]

When that chorus hits!!!!!! The Futuristic battle has begun!!

[@Djcimofficial]

Fear Factory was way ahead of their time especially with de manufactur... One of the reasons I started playing guitar.. Zero Signal is a must and check out some of their newer tracks..

[@RolandDeschain1]

'Invisible Wounds (Dark Bodies)' is an amazing tune in a much-maligned album.

[@johnwhite8847]

All of their albums have solid gems. Final Exit off one of their later 2000's albums is another great one.

[@richard7645]

Dead man walking's underrated

[@dragontaletarot]

Obsolete is a a concept album that tells a story - this song is about the AI war machines that eventually destroy all of humanity, the themes of fighting the machines is a common thread in their message - Fear Factory is amazing, hearing this is so awesome - bringing back great memories!! :D

[@Xeranxies]

Fear Factory tends to focus on story telling through music. Most of their albums are conceptual and talk about things like man vs machine.

[@anaspringett7255]

Yes! GREAT band, album, and song!

[@weirdalfan1980]

This is a song part of a story album. Edgecrusher is the protagonist, Smasher/ Devourer is the bounty hunter after him in a post apocalyptic world. Securitron is the police and the Edgecrusher must go into hiding in Descent. High Tech hate is where the Edgecrusher watches the Antagonists wipe out humanity and Freedom or Fire is like the resistance from humankind. Title track Obsolete (Featuring Gary Numan) talks about humankind eradicated. Then you get into Resurrection and Timelessness is where he finds his humanity. Obsolete is a classic album.

[@DjJokerr]

Fear Factory is my favorite band next to Rammstein. Saw them live at a concert many times Obsolete and Archetype are my favorite albums.

[@bradpittiful7288]

choosing one song off this album doesnt do justice to the other songs...this is an album to listen to from start to finish...machines vs man...great album

[@TheRealBDouble]

As mentioned before, Obsolete is a concept album that tells a story. It's great stuff. FF has been going strong for decades and will be releasing a new album this year

[@YaHUKaB_ShaRYAL_YaShaRAL]

🚨Hellyeahhh...🚨 ⚙Fear Factory⚙! ✊🏻 Wait until you hear- "EDGECRUSHER" * * * Awesome song! "Regenerate" * * "Replica" * * * "Demanufacture" "H-K (Hunter-Killer)" * * "Slave Labor" * "Fear Campaign" * * * Them songs there will get you amped up & really like these guys! And I feel just like this guy on the inside.

[@joshhighwood2499]

I'm 46...been listening to FF since Soul of a new machine...my favorite band still...

[@tobins6800]

Thank you for doing one of my favorite bands for the last 25-26 yrs.

[@STFUn00b11]

You should check out the Fear Factory song "Demanufacture" off of the album of the same name. 25 years later, it still sounds timeless.

[@digimortalone2759]

Think of the future sequences in Terminator. The Smasher/Devourer is basically a terminator hunting human dissidents. This song is from the machines perspective, as are some others. Other songs are from the human perspective. Dino (guitar) and Raymond(drums) are the minds behind that unique sonic assault. Rhys is a ghost member that does the keyboards and great background sounds. He also does amazing remixes of FF and Mudvayne, just to name a couple. His remixes of Mudvaynes Dig are a must.

[@s1e1durham]

You should check out scapegoat from fear factory

[@koanikal]

Fear Factory has focused heavily on the dangers of AI since the beginning pretty much. They went all in on this album. I haven't listened to them since this album and the two previous albums (LPs) but I'm gonna guess they continued that theme. Soul of a New Machine is still my favorite album by far, since it came out. Pretty much the only song I dig on Obsolete is Edgecrusher.

[@zane4575]

Soul of a new machine is my fav as well. FF are like Metallica, first 3 albums are gold.

[@jimwilliams8663]

Allegaeon “Proponent for Sentience III “ Allegaeon “Gray Matter Mechanics “

[@groverXIII]

Allegaeon is so goddamn good.

[@the80sliveagain63]

Fear factory is savage bands like them will blow you away . With there insane musical attack . They started out and still have death metal band and still have some elements of that style . Death metal is the heaviest ever made not matter lyric wise musically . So that would explain fear factory being so devastating . Imagine if fear factory was not crossed with metal and they practically invented dejent . They were crossed with other musical style wouldn't be this brutal .

[@somewhiteguy3043]

One of my favs. Concrete album is awesome!!!!

[@MetalForever895]

Their song 'Controlled Demolition' is about 9/11

[@ragingstorm79]

Fear Factory - Act of God!

[@enki4589]

These guys were way ahead of their time!

[@Lulustucru2393]

Freedom or Fire from this very album is also a gem !

[@metalsquid]

My favorite Fear Factory album. You gotta listen to it from start to finish. It's like a soundtrack to a movie you've never seen but you can visualize the scenes in your mind just from the music and the lyrics alone.

[@tanookigt]

Probably my favorite metal album of all time. Sure, there's heavier stuff out there, even heavier FF. But HOLY SHIT is this album DARK. Just darker than anything else out there. And such a percect tone on that guitar. Perfect drums. Burton at his best. Perfect mixing. Just the right amount of keyboards. Not a bad track on the album. You can't even listen to just one track. You do it from start to finish.

[@Neal_YouTube]

5:30 My man is feeling it. I got whiplash to this part at one of their concerts.

[@casgrafx1347]

Obsolete is an awesome album

[@scottyk_cdvi5650]

I use to listen to Timelessness on repeat before falling asleep

[@enki4589]

Welcome to the FearFactory rabbit hole!!!

[@MetalMann-de3xi]

You should definitely do more lyric videos when it comes to metal. Noise always has purpose.

[@redkap5816]

One of the best metal albums ever made

[@TheMovieHowze]

Replica from their de manufactured album is a personal favorite.

[@TheOriginalEUrban]

Check out Ministry and Nine Inch Nails.

[@skinnybuddha74]

Both excellent recommendations!

[@Lurch685]

Circle of Dust, too

[@drakonolus7922]

That's great man. Welcome to the Evolution.

[@newyorkreload]

Normally watch your vid on roku box, loged in PC to just say I enjoy these FF reaction vids. well done.

[@evantarracciano4211]

Hey there Jamel! Glad to see that your channel is taking off and doing well. Been a fan since the beginning! Had a few recommendations for you to check out that should be right in your wheelhouse, in case you wanted to expand your horizons. First, I can’t recommend “Where Owls Know My Name” by Rivers of Nihil enough. An extremely talented band that actually features a rather unique instrument in the middle of the song (you’ll be blown away by the solo). Second, “Mirrors” by Fit For an Autopsy. They are a deathcore band that I’m sure you will fall in love with - very tight and heavy as hell. The singer has one of the best growl/screams in all of metal. Lastly, “The Bee” by Amorphis. The band has been around for a few decades now, and their last album or two has dipped toes into the folk metal scene (akin to Eluveitie). As a metal head for 30 years and former musician I tend to gravitate towards bands that are technically sound that don’t put out carbon copy songs. I really think that you will dig all three choices. Cheers buddy.

[@msboeckman]

This is a great concept record about mankind's future where machines basically reign supreme, all their records and songs are a continuous story, creative story telling through music, great band check out "replica" my personal favorite FF tune

[@jarrettenaope7038]

It’s kinda both..The smasher Devour in the story, is a machine used to hunt and eradicate.like a terminator type robot, But it could also metaphor how ppl Created Weapons to Kill in general

[@fruckles]

They did a cover of "Cars" and it's great.

[@DoomsdayIsComing73]

What a classic album. One of their best! Fucking Fear Factory🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 Please, react to the band Conjurer, the song Thankless or Flesh Weaker Than Ash!! Would love to see your response to this up and coming UK band...

[@cevansinz]

It's too easy to view FF as a one-trick band. You have to have some light so that the darkness doesn't hide all the shadows. Songs like Resurrection or Enhanced Reality show you that not all songs are a punch to the face... as a result, it makes the other songs punch you in the face HARDER.

[@biff_3584]

Bought this album when it came out. If I remember right, the CD liner notes set the stage for the story behind the music. Was awesome reading the story then hearing the songs.

[@sappyhead]

Their best album!

[@mikesale100]

Love the shirt bro!

[@dannotwalruslarkin9324]

Burton is obsessed with man vs machine concept, which he has been going on about since their very first album. So much of what he wrote about has come true, full circle and is a major problem in todays society, from its effect on our work force, our safety, privacy and the inevitable self thinking machine, which is all but here now.

[@ecgodsmack86]

Nice work theres not alot of channels doing Fear Factory reactions

[@damndevil13]

You gotta check out Fear Factory Fear Campaign it's a solid song with a deeper meaning and understanding of the human mind and spiritual aspects of religion and religious beliefs.

[@jarrettenaope7038]

The obsolete album was a dope storyline involving songs.Eddgecrushers journey through a Dark Terminator matrix like world

[@sepulfan02]

This is from a concept album

[@deitydam]

REPLICA is a strong must listen!

[@jonathanmodisette6997]

Prolly my favorite FF album. Obsolete is a story if read with the liners if I remember right. It's been 20 years or more since I had the album

[@digitalzuki]

Hes telling the story of a self aware machine designed to end humanity. This machine is guided by the religious dogma of its creators. It brings salvation. And so its work is devine. The message being that allowing religious fanatics military influence and power is the end of all things.

[@JoelKingFather_Medusa]

Man I remember this album during high school. Everyone had this. Soo damn good

[@jessejohnson9871]

Yup, the whole album is a story. This song is from the perspective of the "Terminator"/Skynet. We created our own ending.

[@coma718ny]

Jamal! Now that you have "graduated" to bands Like Fear Factory, Slipknot and Mr. Bungle- you have to check out CANDIRIA from Brooklyn, NY! I would recommend the videos for Without Water and Blood.

[@da8171]

My favorite track from Obsolete. Whole album is killer but this track was my favorite. I always viewed the lyrics of this song as he is singing about the atom bomb. Will smash and devour everything. And then again many of their songs has an apocalyptic feel to them. But I may be wrong. I know they have a man/machine theme throughout their music. Love this band though

[@xylogreen]

Please do: TV on the Radio “Wolf Like Me”. Preferably the live version on David Letterman show. If not that one, then the official video.

[@highlow25]

Nice reaction buddy...nice shirt too!

[@deckofcards87]

Obselete is a sweet album! You might as well check out Demanufacture while you're at it, too... That one can't be missed

[@acommonspat5253]

Fear Factory : Lynchpin or Invisible Wounds from Digimortal.

[@someoneelse101]

All the songs on Obsolete tie into one another. There's a Distopian theme to it.

[@johncostello5869]

Fred Durst - Outside LIVE

[@wattsun7946]

Soul of a New Machine still my favorite FF album