Fear Factory
Demanufacture

THE METALHEAD AND THE GRANDMA: SECOND EPISODE.

Bedroom. Painkiller blasting, resonating through the walls.

"Strunz, I bought you an album for your birthday, turn down that damn noise"

"What do you want, old woman?"

"Here's your grandma for your birthday. Give me a kiss..."

"An album? What is it... Fear Factory? But noooo, I've told you a thousand times, you have to buy Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Metallica, Fear Factory just made one decent album 'Soul Of A New Machine'."

"And the shopkeeper recommended it to me, said it's good, you should try listening to it."

"Alright, let's hear it."

He puts the CD in the player and "Self Bias Resistor" starts playing. Our hero realizes there's something different compared to the previous work. A devastating sound. He looks at his grandma, who returns a menacing glare. The music is making her angry. "Zero Signal" comes on, and our hero understands that he's faced with one of the revelations of 1995, not suspecting that this album and Korn's "Korn", from the same year, would represent the zero point of "New Metal". The tracks follow one another, each song is a perfect blend of violent urbanity, corrosive and incisive riffs, powerful sound under a large melodic bell that sews the whole structure together. Grandma and grandson look at each other like in a "Spaghetti Western" duel. "Dog Day Sunrise" starts, and they respectively draw the tinfoil sword and the "Push Christians on the bus" umbrella.

The grandson swings a folder hit to the grandma's head, but the blade's consistency is too light. The grandma responds with a slash to the stomach, but the grandson is used to tougher things. Both realize that such a quarrel doesn't do justice to such an album, so they decide to go to the D - scount. They go to the announcement room and insert the CD into the player, headbutting one of the cashiers in the temple. From the D - scount speakers, the powerful music of F F spreads like the Plague, but it's the variant: The Pesto!

On the furious and relentless notes of "Flashpoint" - "Pisschrist", people start hitting each other with provolones, hams, bananas, peppers, and eggplants. Everyone is brawling, but no one understands why. The album ends, and people go back to shopping as if nothing happened. They remember nothing, they only know that, for some reason, they feel more relaxed.

Grandma and grandson are exhausted. They decide to retrieve the album and head home.

"Miss" grandma says to the cashier, "Can I have the CD I put in the stereo, please"

"Which CD?" responds the surprised cashier who doesn't remember. She looks at the CD player and sees it on. A strange uncontrollable force urges her to press the Play button.

"Nooooo" screams the old lady. But it's too late. The album has restarted, and the salesclerk has already armed herself with a radiator pipe...