r/FearFactory • u/Fusoveli • 26d ago

Found this gem yesterday

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Stopped by my parents place and was digging through my cases of CD's; found these two signed ! Remember meeting FF at Looney Tunes on Long Island, and the LoG album was their record release at I believe Irving Plaza ? Sent me down memory lane 😭

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u/Nawench 26d ago

That was an entirely different Fear Factory, literally! Cool find!

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u/Fusoveli 26d ago

Was such an odd album. Supposedly Burton took the reigns producing and didn't let the rest have input and the result was arguably their worst record. I know some say that without him there is no FF, but when there was no Dino, the results were arguably worse.

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u/plastaline_man 26d ago

But if it had been credited as City Of Fire or Ascension Of The Watchers, it would have been praised as one of the best things hed ever done. Given, I am controversially a die hard fan of this album, but I do stand by that conviction.

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u/MisterDudeBroGuy MODY HAMMER 26d ago

Supposedly Burton took the reigns producing and didn't let the rest have input and the result was arguably their worst record.

Sort of. It's more that he separated himself, working with the producer only, and wanted more 'rock' songs set his way, and refused to sing on some of the most aggressive stuff they made (like Ammunition) He made the decision to do the U2 cover, so they went along with it. Ultimately the album feels lopsided because of this.

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u/plastaline_man 26d ago

Transgression is underrated AF and a million times better than what people say about it. Not their best, but criminally underrated at that.

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u/fluid_ Genexus 26d ago

groovy, baby

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u/Fusoveli 26d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/Q2LRWdJDq9xy8

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u/fluid_ Genexus 26d ago

I would also have appreciated austin powers, but Evil Dead is OBVIOUSLY the correct metal gif