Fear Factory is one of the bands that popularized the aggressive verses, with the clean voice in the choruses! They are a linchpin in the history of metal! Ha!
Fear Factory are pioneers. They deserve so much more credit. Slipknot, Static-X, Machine Head, many other successful or even legendary bands credit Fear Factory for their influence in their music. But they've always flown under the radar. Definitely check out some of their other stuff. Linchpin is okay, but it's far from their best. EDIT: G - GOJIRA (is there really any other choice? i mean, really.)
Definitely do more Fear Factory, I give you mad props for being the 1st reactionist to do a Fear Factory song. Somehow this band is criminally underrated in the metal community. I recommend Zero Signal, Self Bias Resistor, Edge Crusher, or Securitron...they have a lot of good songs to choose from.
Fear Factory is one of my favorite bands. The guitarist Dino is amazing. You DEFINITELY need to check out more from them. Listen to their song Powershifter. I PROMISE you'll love it
Fear Factory is hands down one of the best Metal groups of all time. And thats saying something, because Metal is FULL of incredible bands. Burton has one of the best voices, his screams have no equal, and his cleans are so unique and mesmerizing
Their album demanufacture is a seminal industrial-tech metal record. A must listen to anyone who really wants to know what the band were about in their prime.
I also think something off Demanufacture would have been better than Linchpin. Demanufacture, Self Bias Resistor, Zero Signal, Pisschrist just to name a few...
So glad you finally listened to Fear Factory! Such a dope band and I knew you’d love them. They have even better songs so I’m stoked for future FF reactions.
I first heard this song 19 years ago. I went to a CD store, and simply picked up a Fear Factory album because someone suggested I give these guys a listen. This album, along with Ill Nino's Confession & Static-X's Shadow Zone were a big part of my summer vacations in 2004. Every night, one of these album would be in my CD player before I went to bed. I'd just lay there in the dark listening to these albums.
Hell yea Saur. That's the best way to check them out. Make sure to check out their most recent album Genexus too Carlo. I still would recommend Digimortal even though it's their most commercial record to date but still surprisingly solid.
God damn, this brings me back. Fear Factory was one of my earliest metal loves. I was so mind blown with the way the rhythm guitar and double bass were so synced up in all of their songs.
FF are an amazing band. This is arguably one of their "accessible" songs; their albums are riddled with blastbeats, odd keys, weird time signatures and electronic bloop noises, but they generally take time to make sure they stick a couple of rock-club floor fillers into each of their albums just to keep everyone headbanging along.
@@christophercombs7561 mine as well see them so many times. As well as got to jump on stage with like 5 other people and sing the chorus to demanufacture in front if dinos mic . Got a few guitar pickups as well during that show. To this day one of my favorite concert moments.
@@Themartinezjoeshow i have only gotten to see them once i did get to see Static-X like 9 times though before wayne died that time frame in music was a lot of fun grunge up through the industrial metal from the late 80s to the early 2000's
@@christophercombs7561 that's still awesome. I got to see static x a few times . Saw them last when they toured with hatebreed and damage plan. Few months before dime was killed.
@@Themartinezjoeshow that's cool i was at 2003 ozzfest where disturbed stopped mid way through their set to play Walk with dimebag and Phil came out and everyone snubbed Chavelle
Every few years I stop and evaluate for a good few hours as to which bands are my favorite and Fear Factory are always up there in my top 3 without fail.
It isn't what I would have chosen for him but it's not bad. It's a good song (even if it's the closest to radio-friendly they ever get), and it's more accessible than a lot of their music. I do think though that Linchpin is not the song you pick if you want to get a real sense of what Fear Factory is really like.
Ah, these comments warm my heart hehe! Demanufacture album all the way, Digimortal was when I've stopped paying attention for a while because of how shallow and uninteresting the songs were.
So glad you liked it. I remember requesting this song months ago.....knowing it was a good 'intro to metal' song for you. Fear Factory is one of the most under rated bands. Dozens and dozens of great songs! FF and Metallica are the only two bands I've seen live over 10 times. They kicked ass at every single show......so tight! I even saw them in a high school gym, and met them at the hotel when they were headlining the 2nd stage at OzzFest many years ago. Played a game of pool with Dino. Cool guys!
Man I haven't listened to Fear Factory in YEARS, it was nice to hear this song again. When you get to the "W" band PLEASE consider doing Woods Of Ypres (pronounced E-Pray just in case you do choose them), some song suggestions: "A Meeting Place And Time", "Distractions Of Living Alone", "Death Is Not An Exit", "The Will To Give"
Fear Factory has so much damn music I never get around to hearing it all. This is so dope! Playlist. If you go back to them try Self Bias Reactor or Shock!
Yus! You finally did it, brah! My favourite band of all time! Thanks for this! It's great that you loved the song. It's definitely not one of my personal favourites, but hopefully it inspires you to check out some more of their stuff on the channel. Looking forward to more FF, brah! Let's get it!
I've always said listening to Fear Factory is like being slapped in the face and kicked in the balls at the same time, yet you're left oddly satisfied.
For G, try Gojira / GWAR / Gamma Ray, just no Guns 'n Roses please... As for Fear Factory, I think I'd like them if the vocals sounded different. I can't pinpoint the exact reason, but I really dislike how his clean vocals sound. Too bad because the rest of the band kicks ass.
"GWAR is lame af" - that's your point of view. I don't like God Forbid. And his channel is about what he would like, not what vets would like. Nobody outside the USA understand this whole "served my country" thing anyway.
So, maybe you'll be able to explain it to me, I'm not trying to start shit, but why do people hate on metalcore/post hardcore when they have more meaningful lyrics and just not quite as heavy depending on the band/song. But hey, I that's just my take I guess. Sorry if this is incoherent as fuck, I'm kinda trashed
@@adamhartman3799 It took myself a while to even admit that i liked those genres lol I could tell you why metalheads hated metalcore but if your asking why every person hated those genres then that's a little too broad of a question for me to answer Adam.
@@MarryMeSenpai just listen to older the amity affliction then listen to harms way, one is much more focused on lyrics with back up instrumentals not saying that they arent amazing, then metallic hardcore is more well hardcore. This is coming from 1 song I listened to trying to give you an answer, so it could be flawed.
Actully the song is about the existential crisis that result of the fusion of man and machine. They re not the same but they re forced to be the same cuz in the end they need eachothers to survive
For G... how about some GWAR. Womb with a View. Bring Back the Bomb. Plenty of great choices. First band to do really outrageous on stage costumes and one of the best comedy metal bands of all time.
They tried to be mainstream with Digimortal (which this song is part of), but it created friction in the band, and caused a brief split. In a similar vein, Transgression also had a more streamlined sound, and it too caused the band to split apart. I'd say this shows that this band is simply not suited to be a mainstream band, as they lose their unique sound when they try to do that. Besides, their effect on the metal scene is very obvious. A lot of modern bands that incorporate screaming and clean vocals do so because this band showed them that it could be done.
I got in FF when I saw them on the Mortal Kombat movie soundtrack (1995, Scorpion vs Cage in Netherrealm), which also introduced me to KMFDM and Type O Negative.
Just an FYI, Fear Factory what’s playing in the background of Johnny Cage and Scorpion’s fight scene in the movie Mortal Kombat. The song is called “Zero Signal.”
This song is from and album that is a concept album produced by Rhys Fulber of Front Line Assembly. The album is a story of the society being absorbed by machines and computers becoming like a hive, humans become slaves, like the Matrix or the Borg of Star Trek. The song Linch Pin is like you said a cry for individuality he his trying to escape the hive. Front Line Assembly is a EBM band with aggressive sounds that in the late 90's put out an album called Millennium in which they had radically changed their sound incorporating samples of metal songs to add to the dark landscape of their already soundscapes of apocalyptic future. Rhys helped Fear Factory develop their sound on a transition of a very metal album of Demanufacture to the Polished tight sound found on Obsolete, which is where the song Linch Pin is from.
I have some dope ass suggestions for you! As a hip-hop head turned metal head, it's IMPERATIVE that you know that Ronnie Radke exists: Falling In Reverse- Losing My Mind Falling In Reverse- Losing my Life Falling In Reverse- Alone Falling In Reverse- Chemical Prisoner (My 3 year anniversary being clean is tomorrow
This is an unusual one. I am sure you can appreciate big voices from the metal scene. Do you remember that Fergie performance of the American national anthem? Do you want goosebumps? Meet corporal Matt Barlow ex-Iced Earth vocalist who was in and out of the band changing between vocalist and police patrol. Check out "watch?v=09RXJeX6ajA" of an epic acapella rendition of America's national anthem of one of the big legend voices in metal :) - or even better - combo it with an Iced Earth song from the Barlow period.
Linchpin's subject matter isn't as clear as a lot of Fear Factory's other songs. I'm not gonna say you picked a bad choice to react to (it's one of their more accessible songs for sure), but it doesn't convey what FF is all about compared to some of their other songs. Their music has a heavily dystopian influence. It's all about advancing technology and loss of humanity. On the surface it's machine apocalypse stuff - y'know, Terminator-type thing. But I think there's a layer of allegory there as well, that as humanity and their society grow more mechanized, we are in danger of losing touch with ourselves and the things that make us human. Or maybe it's just about killer robots oppressing humanity's last survivors. What do I know. Anyway, thank you for reacting to Fear Factory. I hope you will do more of them in the future. I suggest songs like Self Bias Resistor, Edgecrusher, and Archetype. Also, just for your own sake (you don't need to do a reaction vid) check out Back the F*** Up, which is off the same album as Linchpin. B. Real from Cypress Hill does guest vocals on it. I think you'll love it.
Well said. Part of the original draw that FF had for me (I started listening to them just before Demanufacture came out, I actually had it day 1) was their lyric content, which is heavily influenced by George Orwell's 1984 (still my favourite book). I also read Soul of a New Machine way back when (very dry read, imo).
It kind of a running theme for this band. Obsolete is a concept album that tells a complete story from beginning to end of a rebel in a world consumed by technology and devoid of any soul. Edgecrusher being that rebel. One great song after another.
For H you have to check out Hammerfall! A heavy/power metal band from Sweden and they've been doing stuff since '97. My recomendations in regards to which song, Riders of the Storm or The way of the Warrior. Their singer moved to the States to attend Musicians Institute in California.
I'm surprised these "metal" elitists are not here screaming at you telling you that hardcore is not metal. Huge fan of TGI and even tho alex will for sure love them the music elitists here won't let him
Fear Factory is the band that literally turned me into a metal head. It’s about time you reacted to them. And please, if you react to them again, make sure it’s something off of Obsolete.
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Fear Factory is one of the bands that popularized the aggressive verses, with the clean voice in the choruses! They are a linchpin in the history of metal! Ha!
Fear Factory are pioneers. They deserve so much more credit. Slipknot, Static-X, Machine Head, many other successful or even legendary bands credit Fear Factory for their influence in their music. But they've always flown under the radar. Definitely check out some of their other stuff. Linchpin is okay, but it's far from their best.
EDIT: G - GOJIRA (is there really any other choice? i mean, really.)
Gwar
Godsmack
Well, Ghost - is the obvious choice for G just for being the biggest metal band right now. Althought it is nothing like FF.
Pretty bummed Wayne static died.
I mean you're right and all but, WHERE is your savior meow?
One of the first metal bands to mix clean vocals in like that. Massively underrated band IMO. Their early stuff is incredible.
Definitely do more Fear Factory, I give you mad props for being the 1st reactionist to do a Fear Factory song. Somehow this band is criminally underrated in the metal community. I recommend Zero Signal, Self Bias Resistor, Edge Crusher, or Securitron...they have a lot of good songs to choose from.
Jason Allen yo preach!!!!!
LOST ALL FAITH
LOST ALL TRUST!
Demanufacture and Pisschrist are also beastly, but the 4 you listed are epic.
@@Salomon_G Who else has done one? I haven't seen any and I subscribe and watch a few different people's reaction channels.
Ikr? Underrated as fuck and not to mention they set so many standards that bands have been ripping off for years.
Fear Factory is one of my favorite bands. The guitarist Dino is amazing. You DEFINITELY need to check out more from them. Listen to their song Powershifter. I PROMISE you'll love it
A friend of mine directed the official music video for Powershifter. Good song.
He is my all time favorite vocalist man so impressive how he can go from really aggressive to extremely clean
Have you heard his other band, Ascension of the Watchers?
Bryon C. Bell sure loves his pot. lol
The opening of the song sounded like "CANT TIMMY HAVE POOOOORN!!!!!" "NO! YOU! CANT!!" XD
Fear Factory - Archetype.
Yes yes and yes
If you do more Fear Factory, I suggest Self Bias Resistor or Slave Labor
I was thinking Smasher-Devourer
Edgecrusher.
Self Bias Resistor, yes! Maybe their most "important" song
Shock!
Fear Campaign haha
Fear Factory is much more than Metal, it's Industrial Metal. It's a whole different genre.
Late reply but no...it's not a completely different genre.
It's a sub-genre...of metal
They’re also Nu-Metal
@@zaynebonshire4860on Obsolete and Digimortal especially. I would say they definitely have groove metal in their sound too.
@@Jo_youwhatmatecouldn't have said it better myself !
Fear Factory is hands down one of the best Metal groups of all time. And thats saying something, because Metal is FULL of incredible bands. Burton has one of the best voices, his screams have no equal, and his cleans are so unique and mesmerizing
Holy shit! Dino Cazares just retweeted this \m/
Fear Factory Edgecrusher or Shock
Or slave labor
I 2nd Edgecrusher
or Obsolete....or Descent....or Resurrection
The whole obsolete album is 🔥🔥🔥
jlm10181978 smasher devour! Freedom or fire, hitech hate
Their album demanufacture is a seminal industrial-tech metal record. A must listen to anyone who really wants to know what the band were about in their prime.
I also think something off Demanufacture would have been better than Linchpin. Demanufacture, Self Bias Resistor, Zero Signal, Pisschrist just to name a few...
So anything from Demanufacture?lol. No complaining. I love that album.
About bloody time for fear factory
In flames- take this life for [I]
So glad you went with fear factory 🤘
Right
Fear Factory - Power Shifter next please!!
So glad you finally listened to Fear Factory! Such a dope band and I knew you’d love them. They have even better songs so I’m stoked for future FF reactions.
GWAR - Slaughterama
Awesome reaction. You don't see Fear Factory reactions that often. 😊
I first heard this song 19 years ago. I went to a CD store, and simply picked up a Fear Factory album because someone suggested I give these guys a listen.
This album, along with Ill Nino's Confession & Static-X's Shadow Zone were a big part of my summer vacations in 2004. Every night, one of these album would be in my CD player before I went to bed. I'd just lay there in the dark listening to these albums.
I'm just glad that he didn't do cars by them.
Definitely gonna listen to Fear Factory after this.
Start with Demanufacture, then check out Obsolete, Archetype and later albums.
Fuck yeah bruhh
Hell yea Saur. That's the best way to check them out. Make sure to check out their most recent album Genexus too Carlo. I still would recommend Digimortal even though it's their most commercial record to date but still surprisingly solid.
First song I heard from them, Archetype
Song Hunter killer... Check it it's probably their best:)
God damn, this brings me back. Fear Factory was one of my earliest metal loves. I was so mind blown with the way the rhythm guitar and double bass were so synced up in all of their songs.
Been listening to fear factory since 2000
Always loved their style ! 🤘🏼
FF are an amazing band. This is arguably one of their "accessible" songs; their albums are riddled with blastbeats, odd keys, weird time signatures and electronic bloop noises, but they generally take time to make sure they stick a couple of rock-club floor fillers into each of their albums just to keep everyone headbanging along.
Bam Margera?
Gojira - Gift Of Guilt!!!
All the G's. Nice.
Need more fear factory for sure in the future
Fear Factory has been one of my favorites for 20ish years
@@christophercombs7561 mine as well see them so many times. As well as got to jump on stage with like 5 other people and sing the chorus to demanufacture in front if dinos mic . Got a few guitar pickups as well during that show. To this day one of my favorite concert moments.
@@Themartinezjoeshow i have only gotten to see them once i did get to see Static-X like 9 times though before wayne died that time frame in music was a lot of fun grunge up through the industrial metal from the late 80s to the early 2000's
@@christophercombs7561 that's still awesome. I got to see static x a few times . Saw them last when they toured with hatebreed and damage plan. Few months before dime was killed.
@@Themartinezjoeshow that's cool i was at 2003 ozzfest where disturbed stopped mid way through their set to play Walk with dimebag and Phil came out and everyone snubbed Chavelle
Finally some FEAR FACTORY
Every few years I stop and evaluate for a good few hours as to which bands are my favorite and Fear Factory are always up there in my top 3 without fail.
They have so many better songs than this.
Seriously, there are about four songs that would have been more disappointing. Hey, at least its FF though!
Linchpin is literally THE song from them I didn't want him to react to. :D
It isn't what I would have chosen for him but it's not bad. It's a good song (even if it's the closest to radio-friendly they ever get), and it's more accessible than a lot of their music. I do think though that Linchpin is not the song you pick if you want to get a real sense of what Fear Factory is really like.
Should have done edgecrusher
Ah, these comments warm my heart hehe! Demanufacture album all the way, Digimortal was when I've stopped paying attention for a while because of how shallow and uninteresting the songs were.
So glad you liked it. I remember requesting this song months ago.....knowing it was a good 'intro to metal' song for you. Fear Factory is one of the most under rated bands. Dozens and dozens of great songs! FF and Metallica are the only two bands I've seen live over 10 times. They kicked ass at every single show......so tight! I even saw them in a high school gym, and met them at the hotel when they were headlining the 2nd stage at OzzFest many years ago. Played a game of pool with Dino. Cool guys!
One of the nicest bands ever. Burton was wearing a Carcass shirt the first time I met them, so I knew right away dude was a good guy.
Industrial Metal wouldn't really be without FEAR FACTORY
Man I haven't listened to Fear Factory in YEARS, it was nice to hear this song again. When you get to the "W" band PLEASE consider doing Woods Of Ypres (pronounced E-Pray just in case you do choose them), some song suggestions: "A Meeting Place And Time", "Distractions Of Living Alone", "Death Is Not An Exit", "The Will To Give"
Can you please play PRONG,
Snap your fingers snap your neck.
Letter P ?
Prong yes!! Will be voting for it when we get to P.
Yes!!! Definitely have my vote
Demon Hunter covered that song damn well if u ask me
Saw them with Fear Factory, awesome show
@@lowlifeangler you are very fortunate!
Excellent choice my friend!!!!!🖤 love fear factory!
i for ICED EARTH.
Man of culture. MY OWN SAVIOR!!!
@@sedatedsith Frankenstein
@@keelinmetaljam923 Also a very good one :), almost the whole Horror Show album is an exceptional experience to listen :)
@@blackdeath6085 agreed
Fuck ya.
Fear Factory has so much damn music I never get around to hearing it all. This is so dope! Playlist. If you go back to them try Self Bias Reactor or Shock!
That whole album is awesome. I started with Demanufacture, but Obsolete is the favorite.
@@VittoIB yeah those are both my go to's usually
Fun fact: New album dropping very soon
@@Salomon_G Well, the label issue is a big hold up but the album itslef is mostly done.
@@Salomon_G Ah, then I missed a memo. Thank you, I'll have to go looking.
Goatwhore for "G"! Baring Teeth for Revolt is great!
Griffin Bean fuck yeah
Gloryhammer - Angus mcfife🤘🤘🤘🤘
That or the title track Apocalypse 1992
This song is hype
Yus! You finally did it, brah! My favourite band of all time! Thanks for this! It's great that you loved the song. It's definitely not one of my personal favourites, but hopefully it inspires you to check out some more of their stuff on the channel. Looking forward to more FF, brah! Let's get it!
fear factory resurrection
G - Godflesh
Ne Obliviscaris - And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope 🤘
haha your still at it I see...
@@TheBooCrewofNJ Ayyy Douglas, you know it lmao
Curator
@Hey Zeus A B C D E F N G. Nah u wrong home boy.
@@joh3628 🤘🏻
I've always said listening to Fear Factory is like being slapped in the face and kicked in the balls at the same time, yet you're left oddly satisfied.
They def have better tracks, but still an amazing band most never talk about. I remember hearing them back in '98-'99 for the first time.
Gojira - Art of Dying
For G, try Gojira / GWAR / Gamma Ray, just no Guns 'n Roses please...
As for Fear Factory, I think I'd like them if the vocals sounded different. I can't pinpoint the exact reason, but I really dislike how his clean vocals sound. Too bad because the rest of the band kicks ass.
God Forbid - To the fallen heroes. vets would love it, hes already done Gojira, and GWAR is lame af
"GWAR is lame af" - that's your point of view. I don't like God Forbid. And his channel is about what he would like, not what vets would like. Nobody outside the USA understand this whole "served my country" thing anyway.
Guns and roses sucks, someone atleast agrees with me
I second God Forbid
Gojira - The Heaviest Matter of the Universe
Or GWAR - Bring Back the Bomb since it's a travesty you haven't reacted to GWAR
All of us 90’s metal heads are crying with joy
I love FF. Great video! Check out their song called "Replica".
I'm glad your playing actual metal bands now and I'm glad you liked the song Fear Factory is one of my many favourite metal bands.
So, maybe you'll be able to explain it to me, I'm not trying to start shit, but why do people hate on metalcore/post hardcore when they have more meaningful lyrics and just not quite as heavy depending on the band/song. But hey, I that's just my take I guess. Sorry if this is incoherent as fuck, I'm kinda trashed
@@adamhartman3799 It took myself a while to even admit that i liked those genres lol I could tell you why metalheads hated metalcore but if your asking why every person hated those genres then that's a little too broad of a question for me to answer Adam.
but is there a difference between metalcore and metallic hardcore?
@@royragesevers3685 that's basicly what I was getting at, in just dont get why some metal heads hate metalcore with a passion.
@@MarryMeSenpai just listen to older the amity affliction then listen to harms way, one is much more focused on lyrics with back up instrumentals not saying that they arent amazing, then metallic hardcore is more well hardcore. This is coming from 1 song I listened to trying to give you an answer, so it could be flawed.
Gorguts, Gojira, Gwar, Gizmachi, God Forbid, Gorod. Just an ideas
Gorod - Birds of Sulphur !!!!
Exhumed
'Cat, give me your paws'
Lol
Great reaction! Either GWAR or Goatwhore, since you have already done Gojira.
can't forget Godsmack
Hes gotta do GWAR! Ive been saying he should react to GWAR since he started the metal reactions
i agree with Goatwhore, time for some Black metal !
Nah, he needs to do GodFlesh 😌😳
This is industrial metal Alex, the sound imagery is supposed to imitate or evoke a feeling of machinery or some industrial process. And dope song
Also, I don't care about ANY LETTER EXCEPT N that shit better be Ne Obliviscaris
Reminds me of 2000 wwe titantron vids😂
Fear Factory is one of my favourites. Thank you carmageddon :)
Please react to Fear factory - Zero Signal, Demanufacture or Industrialist
Actully the song is about the existential crisis that result of the fusion of man and machine. They re not the same but they re forced to be the same cuz in the end they need eachothers to survive
For G... how about some GWAR. Womb with a View. Bring Back the Bomb. Plenty of great choices. First band to do really outrageous on stage costumes and one of the best comedy metal bands of all time.
Vektor- recharging the void
Y E S
I'm hoping he does Vektor for V. But he might end up doing a pop punk band that starts with V lmao
@@derpherpula592 I really hope that doesn't happen lmao I wanna see his reaction to DiSanto's voice
@@BirdNoise77 Same. DiSanto's voice had to grow on me. He's one of my favorite vocalists now. His vocals are definitely unique
@@derpherpula592 Yeah he takes a bit of getting used to lol. But he's easily one of metal's most unique and staple voices
I see FF, I click.
FINALLY FEAR FACTORY! Fucking fantastic.
More Gojira on G! Bring in Remembrance. And for K some Kreator
The Akenem world war now
@@kilroyfrills3084 Yes! Or Hail to The Hordes
Id prefer gift of guilt live in brixton
@@theakenem5484
I guess he should first listen to BETRAYER!!!!
What do you say?
YOU CAN'T DENY!
YOU CAN'T DENY!
BETRAYER!!!!
@@adityapathak4895 weelll yeaaa
Gojira - The Gift of Guilt
Live at brixton to be accurate!
"CAT GIMME A PAAAAW!" 🐾
*not mine but it's so hilarious*
we need more reaction videos of fear factory, luv that band
G for gojira maybe gift of guilt live
WHAT THIS GUY SAID !!!
I think he said hes trying to do bands he hasnt done yet. Fairly certain he did flying whales
@@ronancampbell1366 he's never heard them live though lol
He's done quite a few Gojira tracks.
@@LeviBoldock im pretty sure he's just done stranded and flying whales, so many good songs to hear
Highly under rated band that didnt hit the main stream. The entire demanufactured album was played over and over in my youth
They tried to be mainstream with Digimortal (which this song is part of), but it created friction in the band, and caused a brief split.
In a similar vein, Transgression also had a more streamlined sound, and it too caused the band to split apart.
I'd say this shows that this band is simply not suited to be a mainstream band, as they lose their unique sound when they try to do that. Besides, their effect on the metal scene is very obvious. A lot of modern bands that incorporate screaming and clean vocals do so because this band showed them that it could be done.
I got in FF when I saw them on the Mortal Kombat movie soundtrack (1995, Scorpion vs Cage in Netherrealm), which also introduced me to KMFDM and Type O Negative.
Finally! Fucking Fear Factory! Thank you very much. I had been requesting Fear Factory for the past 3 or so months. Cheers Alex! Love your channel.
Woohoo! FEAR FACTORY!!! Not their best song, but a good start. These guys were a cornerstone of the 90s industrial metal genre
For G:
Gamma Ray - Rebellion in Dreamland
Gojira - The Art of Dying
Gojira or Ghost tomorrow. Keep mentioning Kreator Satan is Real for K day. Fear Factory did a cover of the 80's synth pop song "Cars"
Suicide Terrorist is a great track from Kreator too.
Not Ghost.
Gojira - Flying Whales
"this is what metal should sound like"... approved!
Gorgoroth please
Fear Factory! Nice song Alex! Keep up with the reaction videos Alex and have a dope ass day
Fear Factory, one of my first tastes of metal. Totally addicted to your channel Alex
Just an FYI, Fear Factory what’s playing in the background of Johnny Cage and Scorpion’s fight scene in the movie Mortal Kombat. The song is called “Zero Signal.”
Hell yeah!
Obviously G will be from Gojira
This song is from and album that is a concept album produced by Rhys Fulber of Front Line Assembly. The album is a story of the society being absorbed by machines and computers becoming like a hive, humans become slaves, like the Matrix or the Borg of Star Trek. The song Linch Pin is like you said a cry for individuality he his trying to escape the hive. Front Line Assembly is a EBM band with aggressive sounds that in the late 90's put out an album called Millennium in which they had radically changed their sound incorporating samples of metal songs to add to the dark landscape of their already soundscapes of apocalyptic future. Rhys helped Fear Factory develop their sound on a transition of a very metal album of Demanufacture to the Polished tight sound found on Obsolete, which is where the song Linch Pin is from.
Almost.
Linchpin is from the album after Obsolete.
Its from Digimortal 😊
@@dennisvanopstal7360 Oh shit, my bad the 90's were a long time ago and i burned out some brain powers back then.
@@dumuzi6 no problem dude.
The rest was as far as i know pretty accurate so its not that bad 😉
I have some dope ass suggestions for you!
As a hip-hop head turned metal head, it's IMPERATIVE that you know that Ronnie Radke exists:
Falling In Reverse- Losing My Mind
Falling In Reverse- Losing my Life
Falling In Reverse- Alone
Falling In Reverse- Chemical Prisoner (My 3 year anniversary being clean is tomorrow
So glad you finally reacted to Fear Factory. Hell yes.
Hopefully Gojira for G, also you need more Helloween!
(G) gojira.....its gotta be gojira man.....Heaviest Matter Of The Universe, Flying Whales
Dude he did flying whales like 8 months ago....
Silvera. Or heaviest matter.
Influence wise, fear factory is a fusion of death metal and industrial. They also tended to make industrial and techno remixes of their albums.
Glad to see alot of Fear Factory fans here. One of my early bands I got introduced to back in the 90s. When I first got into rock in general.
I like Global Warming by Gojira
G needs to be GOJIRA!!!!!!!!!
My friend used to think he was screaming "Go get my a pop!".
This is an unusual one. I am sure you can appreciate big voices from the metal scene.
Do you remember that Fergie performance of the American national anthem?
Do you want goosebumps?
Meet corporal Matt Barlow ex-Iced Earth vocalist who was in and out of the band changing between vocalist and police patrol.
Check out "watch?v=09RXJeX6ajA" of an epic acapella rendition of America's national anthem of one of the big legend voices in metal :) - or even better - combo it with an Iced Earth song from the Barlow period.
last chance to convince this guy that tomorrow he has to listen to Gojira - Silvera
i really hope so :(
Linchpin's subject matter isn't as clear as a lot of Fear Factory's other songs. I'm not gonna say you picked a bad choice to react to (it's one of their more accessible songs for sure), but it doesn't convey what FF is all about compared to some of their other songs.
Their music has a heavily dystopian influence. It's all about advancing technology and loss of humanity. On the surface it's machine apocalypse stuff - y'know, Terminator-type thing. But I think there's a layer of allegory there as well, that as humanity and their society grow more mechanized, we are in danger of losing touch with ourselves and the things that make us human.
Or maybe it's just about killer robots oppressing humanity's last survivors. What do I know.
Anyway, thank you for reacting to Fear Factory. I hope you will do more of them in the future. I suggest songs like Self Bias Resistor, Edgecrusher, and Archetype.
Also, just for your own sake (you don't need to do a reaction vid) check out Back the F*** Up, which is off the same album as Linchpin. B. Real from Cypress Hill does guest vocals on it. I think you'll love it.
Well said. Part of the original draw that FF had for me (I started listening to them just before Demanufacture came out, I actually had it day 1) was their lyric content, which is heavily influenced by George Orwell's 1984 (still my favourite book). I also read Soul of a New Machine way back when (very dry read, imo).
It kind of a running theme for this band. Obsolete is a concept album that tells a complete story from beginning to end of a rebel in a world consumed by technology and devoid of any soul. Edgecrusher being that rebel. One great song after another.
Yeah, he needs to listen to obsolete in it's entirety on his own time.
He's gotta hear Fear Campaign or Genexus
@@anthonyeveringham677 genexus would blow his mind. So many bangers
For H you have to check out Hammerfall! A heavy/power metal band from Sweden and they've been doing stuff since '97. My recomendations in regards to which song, Riders of the Storm or The way of the Warrior. Their singer moved to the States to attend Musicians Institute in California.
Perfect choice this was also my first of FearFactory
The ghost inside - engine 45
Upon a burning body - already broken
Tyler Day I’d be down for this or Gideon
I'm surprised these "metal" elitists are not here screaming at you telling you that hardcore is not metal. Huge fan of TGI and even tho alex will for sure love them the music elitists here won't let him
If hes gonna do UABB he should do Texas Blood Money or Sin City.
The ghost inside or Gideon for sure!! Maybe even Glassjaw!!!
Awesome song! Archetype is also a good one!
Was thinking the same thing
Fear Factory is the band that literally turned me into a metal head. It’s about time you reacted to them. And please, if you react to them again, make sure it’s something off of Obsolete.
I've been on a Fear Factory binge lately! Its always nice to have another FF fan!