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Rating: "The infection has been removed, the soul of this machine has improved"
("L'infezione è stata rimossa, l'anima di questa macchina è migliorata")
It's not just a line from the title track; this phrase hides a very important meaning. The problems have been overcome, and now the band has improved (once again). These are the exact words of the leader and vocalist of Fear Factory:
"Your machine makes strange noises; you know it can break, and you need to fix it. Our machine had this kind of malfunction. One part wasn't working well with the rest of the machine. I left the band for a change to happen, and thanks to my actions, everything went for the better. We took our time so that Fear Factory could temporarily shut down for a renewal. The release of "Archetype" announces our grand reopening".
Burton Bell was right; in a time when no extraordinary products are coming out on the market, this record arrives like a bolt from the blue and shows that when you have determination, even 12 years after the debut, you can make the best album (and when I think of my beloved Metallica, it makes me want to cry). Christian Olde Wolbers moves from bass to guitar, vacated by Dino Cazares, while he is replaced by Byron Stroud. On drums, there's always the great Raymond Herrera (one of my favorite drummers) who characterizes Fear Factory's Industrial Metal with compact and tight rhythms. The record reaches an even more melodic sound, which, however, doesn't bother at all; in fact, the songs are much more varied and very easy to remember, even on the first listen. "Slave Labor" is a violent attack on the music business and worthy of opening the package. The violent "Cyber Waste" talks about people who shoot crap in chat without knowing anything. "Act Of God" is a powerful industrial ride that leaves room for melodic interludes, while "Drones" is simply the best song on the album, along with the title track. "Archetype," the song, really struck me; the melody almost takes over the power of the drums. Industries that create unreal things are attacked in "Corporate Cloning." A sort of industrial ballad is "Bite The Hand That Bleeds," where the rhythms soften, adding another positive point to the album. "Undercurrent" is one of the many on the album, but it's a good song, while the chorus of "Default Judgement" is as deep as the abyss (I didn't know what else to put!). "Bonescraper" is sonic violence and reiterates "Cyber Waste" without taking away or adding anything. The theme of war (specifically Iraq) is also found in "Human Shields," demonstrating that the album maintains an absolutely high-quality standard. "Ascension" is a seven-minute hiss (let's call it instrumental), and "School" ends beautifully.
"Soul Of A New Machine" is good, "Demanufacture" is excellent, and "Archetype" is exceptional. I think I've said it all, so if you have to "throw away" 20 euros, buy this record; you won't regret it.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Slave Labor (03:53)
Slave Labour
My chains are paper thin and they're welded with ink
Sealed inside a legal trap, so tight blood don't leak
A contract with a devil for a life of disdain
See me in the limelight, an indentured slave
I blame myself
God, help me pour this gas on me
I need to drown in flames to be free
Help me pour this gas on me
Choke another product for the mass to consume
The flocks of mindless sheep that have been coporately groomed
Ignorance through apathy, like drones in the hive
A slave on the prayer wheel in conformed disguise
I blame myself
God, help me pour this gas on me
I need to drown in flames to be free
Help me pour this gas on me
I sold my soul, I sold my soul...
God, help me pour this gas on me
I need to drown in flames to be free
Help me pour this gas on me
02 Cyberwaste (03:17)
NOTHING - YOU SAY - MATTERS - TO US! ( 2 x )
FUCK YOU!
Spit your worthless point of view, a cog in the machine
Your damn words are straight up lies, continue to deceive
NOTHING - YOU SAY - MATTERS - TO US (2 x )
FUCK YOU!
You are a virus spreading disease!
Your life is so sad, spreading lies of me!
NOTHING - YOU SAY - MATTERS - TO US! ( 2 x )
FUCK YOU!
Sow your seeds of ignorance you cyberparasite
Seems you say most anything to stab me with your lies
You are a virus spreading disease!
Your life is so sad, spreading lies of me!
REAP - WHAT - YOU - SOW!
YOUR - WORDS - ARE - SHIT!
You are a virus spreading disease!
Your life is so sad, spreading lies of me!
Assume that you know my thoughts (All I want to do is see)
Infect me with your disease (Tapping away on the keys)
Change your face in front of me (Safe behind the cyber screen)
Wishing that you knew the truth
All I know is what I read!
NOTHING - YOU SAY - MATTERS - TO US!
04 Drones (05:02)
You waste away
A spinning cage
Rats blinded by the sun
You spend your days
Stuck in a race
And life has just begun
In paradise there's ill neglect
And lives are lost in full distress
The wage of sin is money spent
Your life undone, full of regret
Lost in the maze
Falling away
And now your life
Amounts to nothing
The fortune has a price
'Cause in the end
All humans die
A dead drone in the hive
In paradise there's ill neglect
And lives are lost in full distress
The weight of sin is memory spent
Your life undone, full of regret
Lost in the maze
Falling away
Falling away again
Falling away again
Falling away again
Falling away again
05 Archetype (04:35)
You must never forget, the essence of your spark,
All of which that defines you is the essence of your blood.......
The infection has been removed, the soul of this machine has improved
The infection has been removed, the soul of this machine has improved
Look in to my eyes and tell me what you see
Someone real?
This is real!
What you wish to be!
You must never forget to modernize performance
Malignancies on the system will hanidcap, slow up and rust
The infection has been removed, the soul of this machine has improved
The infection has been removed, the soul of this machine has improved
Look in to my eyes and tell me what you see
Someone real?
this is real!
What you wish to be!
FUCK
CAN YOU SEE? CAN YOU SEE?
Look into my eyes and tell me what you see
Someone real, this is real,
What you wish to be
Open your eyes (OPEN YOUR EYES, OPEN YOUR EYES)
Open your eyes (OPEN YOUR EYES, OPEN YOUR EYES)
Open your eyes (OPEN YOUR EYES, OPEN YOUR EYES)
Open your eyes (OPEN YOUR EYES, OPEN YOUR EYES)
Open your eyes (OPEN YOUR EYES, OPEN YOUR EYES)
Open your eyes (OPEN YOUR EYES, OPEN YOUR EYES)
07 Bite the Hand That Bleeds (04:08)
I watch you tap for blood in my vein
My heart you feed on to keep you sustained
A parasite that leaves me cold and drained
I'm in shock and you leave me paralysed
And the sadest part I realise
The absense of truth behind your eyes
I feel you tapping my soul from my vein
I feel you tapping again on my vein
I feel my life slipping away
One more drop of the blood I spill
One more drop you take
One more drop and I will spite
Bite the hand that bleeds
I see you have two faces turning
Changing face to keep me guessing
You have mastered the art of deceiving
(deceiving. deceiving, deceiving)
Now I know no one trusts you
Now I know not even you do
And to think you're salt in my wounds
Now I know no one trusts you
Now I know no one trusts you
Now I know you're salt in my wounds
One more drop of the blood I spill
One more drop you take
One more drop and I will spite
And bite the hand that bleeds
Bite the hand that bleeds you (x4)
One more drop of the blood I spill
One more drop you take
One more drop and I will spite
And bite the hand that bleeds
Bite the hand that bleeds you (x4)
You-oo-oo
You-oo
08 Undercurrent (04:04)
Lies are all that we hear
Damn your undertones of fear
Lies are what cause fear
Damn you! and all that i hear!
There's fear in your eyes
so clear in your eyes.
Undercurrent, we cannot believe
Undercurrent, slowly drowning me.
Face me, look in my eyes
Hate me, i see through your mind
Face me and you still deny
Hate me and drown me in lies
Your lies you cannot hide
So clear in your mind.
Undercurrent, we cannot believe
Undercurrent, slowly drowning me
(i drown)
Undercurrent, we cannot believe
Undercurrent slowly drowning me x6
09 Default Judgement (05:23)
Discrimination, your intention to scar me
Discrimination, your assesment, penalty
I suffer!
Spiteful resolutions, by your sentence we must fall
Spiteful resolution, bitter thought destroy us all
We suffer!
Your final judgement stands
Fate, by your will
I never had a chance
I never will
By your default judgement everyone has suffered
Your pointless judgement caused everyone to...
Suffer!
Your final judgement stands
Fate by your will
I never had a chance
I never will!
Day in which god judged humankind
Your final judgement stands
Fate by your will
I never had a chance
I never will!
Never...
10 Bonescraper (04:11)
There is no future, for us to suture
Your life ill fated, beat down and hated
Shot in the head, walking undead
Numb to the world, around your head
Rip my skin from my bones, I won't bleed
Rip my heart from my chest, I won't scream
Hide in the shadows, deep black and hollow
Empty void of light, cuts slean like a knife
Damaged and torn, punctured by thorns
I've felt nothing, since I was born
Rip my skin from my bones, I won't bleed
Rip my heart from my chest, I won't scream
My flesh - Your flesh
Your eyes - My sight
My pain - Your shame
We are the same
Rip my skin from my bones, I won't bleed
Rip my heart from my chest, I won't scream
Rip my skin, rip my skin, rip my skull
11 Human Shields (05:15)
So much violence in our name
Our lives are silence, masked in shame
Children running in the streets (in the streets)
Soilder boots are on their feet (on thir feet)
Mother bare the burdens of our defeat (defeat)
Fathers are on their knees praying for mercy
So much violence in our name
Holding me like your shield x2
So much violence in our name
Our lives are silenced, masked in shame
No more x12
Holding me like your shield x4
No more violence in our name x2
No more x3
13 School (02:38)
Won't you believe it
It's just my luck
No recess
You're in high school again
You're nothing again!
No recess
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