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"Digimortal" begins where "Obsolete" left off, which dealt with the plot of a film about the struggle between men and machines. Now, the result of the war has led to a synthesis between the two opposing entities, focusing the theme of the work on the complete fusion between chips and humans. It naturally leads one to wonder, "but who is in control between them"?
This might also be one of the questions you ask yourself after watching a classic like "Blade Runner." Analyzing "Digimortal," various cohesive elements with the previous CDs can be found, creating a balanced sound that includes thrash-metal and cross-over, with the novelty being a greater use of synths. As we hear with the sirens in "No-One", a fantastic track, they are present throughout the album, making it very industrial.
The thrash gem is "Acres Of Skin", where the band gives its all, creating a unique song in their typical destructive style sonically. The following track features B-Real from Cypress Hill, who throws down rhymes over an electronic base, creating Fear Factory's first thrilling metal-rap.
Overall, this CD is full of energy, differing from its predecessors only because with tracks like "Damaged" and "Linchpin" it is easier to listen to. A great intro by the drummer is wasted on a track, "Hurt Conveyor", which stands out only for this but then becomes truly monotonous. In the mixing, they decided to raise the volume of Raymond Herrera's double bass drum so much that it resembles an electronic effect. The limited edition has four additional tracks, including a Metallica cover and an instrumental.
I don’t mind this album even though it marked the guitarist’s departure toward undefined horizons; it is still a good work where no one particularly stands out as lacking.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 What Will Become? (03:23)
Become! Become!
We've cut in, cut out
The face of man
Cut in, cut out
The face of...
Time has given us no reason to live
Look to the future and you will see nothing
What will become?
What will we be?
When we can see our own eternity x2
We've lost hope, lost fate
We've lost our way
Lost time, lost grace
We search for...
Man has taken time from all that you see
Look in his eye, see the future hold nothing
What will become?
What will we be?
When we can see our own eternityx2
Eternity!
What will become?
What will we be?
When we can change our own eternity
Man has taken time from all that you see
Look in his eye and you still will not see
No! You will not see! x4
No! You will not...
What will become?
What will we be?
When we can see our own eternity x2
What will become! x3
What will become of us
02 Damaged (03:02)
Consequences that had left me for dead
Repercussions that went straight to your head
Trusting in no one!
Believing in nothing!
Living in a world of pure deception
So far this life is contemptuous
This mind, a gun, so relentless
Damn! I am damaged for life!
Damn! Like i've been been crucified!
Damn! I am damaged for life!
And i can't believe im alive!
Determined to destroy all that you know
Conceal your lies in the web you compose
Trusting in no one!
Believing in nothing!
Living in a world of pure deception
So far this life is comtemptuous
This mind, a gun, so relentless
Damn! I am damaged for life!
Damn! Like i've been crucified!
Damn! I am damage for life!
Damn! And i can't believe i'm alive!
Alive!
So far this life is comtemptuous
This mind, a gun, so relentless
Damn! I am damaged for life!
Damn! Like i've been crucified!
Damn! I am damaged for life!
Damn! And i can't believe i'm alive!
And i cant believe im alive x2
03 Digimortal (03:02)
One...step...
One...step...
As I witness the death of innocence
A predator feeding on its creation
Through the fallout of this hallucination
I (I...) walked into darkness
Must not surrender my god to anyone (one..)
Or this body will become carrion
One step closer
One step closer to my fate
One step closer
One step closer to the grave
As I witness my own degeneration
The future condemns me
Must not surrender my god to anyone (one..)
Or this body will become carrion
One step closer
One step closer to my fate
One step closer
One step closer to the grave...
One...
One...
One step closer, one step closer
One step closer to my fate
One step closer
One step closer to my fate
One step closer
One step closer to the grave
One step closer (to my fate)
One step closer (to my fate)
One step closer (to my fate)
One step closer to the grave...
05 Linchpin (03:25)
can't take me apart!
see the light, a new day has arrived for us
genesis of our evolution
a linchpin holds within a means to an end
can't you see that we are one?
can't take me apart!
no you can't!
we see no end to the dream
we will never see the end
we will never be the end
all my life i've felt discarded
never feeling a part of it
no you can't!
without me you will fade, you will not remain
we are one, and of the same future machine!
a linchpin holds within a means to an end
can't you see that we are one?
can't take me apart!
no you can't!
we see no end to the dream!
we will never see the end
we will never be the end
all my life i've felt discarded
never feeling a part of it
no you can't take me apart
you can't change me now
07 Acres of Skin (03:55)
Walk through the ashes of man
Skin like fields on fire
Pain is only a weakness
Death is just an escape
We are connected like tissue
Feed on the shame you've raised
Why continue the harvest?
We are already dead
No one, can reap, these scars, we've sown x2
There is no morning sun
No falling rain
For acres of skin
Wait! Can you hear the machines?
Gears that cultivate flesh
Why continue the harvest?
We are already dead
No one, can reap, these scars, we've sown x2
There is no morning sun
No falling rain
For acres of skin
All I want and wish for
Is to end this suffering
All alone and unaware
All primed up for dying
Without face, without mind
Without dreams, without memory x2
There is no morning sun
No falling rain
For acres of skin x2
09 Byte Block (05:20)
I'm nothing more, nothing less
Than a single piece of flesh
Nothing more, nothing less
Than a worthless piece of... FLESH FLESH FLESH!
(A - piece - of ) FLESH FLESH FLESH!
Worthless
Chorus:
No, I have not forgot
What you said to me
This is reality,
CAST ME AWAY!
I've lost my mind, lost my faith
The machine made me the slave
Lost my mind, lost my faith
The machine made me the... SLAVE SLAVE SLAVE!
(Made - me - the) SLAVE SLAVE SLAVE!
[Chorus *Excluding "Cast me away"]
Falling, fading
Traces of my soul....
I have no more memory
No more past that I can see
Devoid of that which defines me
Devoid of all humanity
Don't - know - how I got here (3 x)
BUT I WISH THAT I WAS DEAD!
[Chorus]
Falling, fading
Traces of my soul...
13 Strain vs. Resistance (03:25)
Strain! you can resist the...
A gun in hand can make you believe
In everything that's meant to decieve
Trigger and an eye for disease
Conditioned to resist the machine
I'm not afraid to live this way
I lived through pain
Resisted all the strain
Conditioned to believe in nothing
Now that i can see
The truth behind deceit
Nothing now can ever stop me
Never stop me
Strain! you can resist the...
Elusive, i am so hard to trace
A slap of fear across your face
A weapon to cleanse the waste
To overcome this gut-wrenching place
I'm not afraid to live this way
I lived through pain
Resisted all the strain
Conditioned to believe in nothing
I'm not afraid to live this way
I lived through pain
Resisted all the strain
Conditioned to believe in nothing
You can resist the strain!
14 Repentance (02:40)
This is a world of s***
Nothing can be so perfect
Writhing in oceans of waste
I died just for the taste
One more thing before you leave this
On your knees and beg forgiveness
A new threshold of pain
And we rise from the flames
Swarm through your head like flies
Insects of your demise
One more thing before you leave this
On your knees and beg forgiveness
Look at me you pray
Like a ghost you fade away
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