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Rating: The terrifying shockwave of Fear Factory shows no signs of abating; it is the early months of 1996, and the "Factory of Terror" is back among us. The previous year, the Los Angeles band released their second full-length work, that "Demanufacture," a true musical colossus of immense power. The term Cyber-Thrash-Metal was coined to classify the impressive sonic chaos generated by the four Californians.
A steel foundry pour of molten metal is what you get from listening to the four tracks that build this single; a quarter of an hour of an auditory massacre with no return. A dark and claustrophobic tunnel to be traversed at breakneck speed; a one-way journey into the black abyss. Cold and deep. The production, frightening and at times even exaggerated, is by Colin Richardson.
The torrential slaughter is opened by the title track, present in two almost identical versions except for different lengths: "Dog Day Sunrise" is a cover of the little-known Head of David, an Industrial-Noise band where a certain Justin Broadrick (...GODFLESH...) cut his teeth. It continues with the remix of "Replica": the declamatory and effect-laden voice of Burton C. Bell, Dino Cazares' Techno-Electronic guitar capable of creating a wave motion that sweeps away all resistance; and finally, Raymond Herrera's drumming in constant double bass and countertempo. The Blade Runner nightmare becomes Music.
The ride ends with "Concreto," and it brings real pain: a track positioned halfway between the aforementioned Godflesh and Slayer. An insanely heavy mid-tempo, saturated with synthetic and haunting atmospheres; hard to push beyond, even for Fear Factory. And indeed, the band's most extreme phase concludes here; a career that still continues, but the uncontrolled glory of the early records is a very distant memory.
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Tracklist and Lyrics
03 Concreto (03:30)
Hammer down
The sickness
Wipe it out
Of existence
Cut down corruption
Cut down infection
Scrape down
Wipe out
Concrete
Concrete (x2)
Repeat first verse
Scrape down
Wipe out
Cut down
04 Dog Day Sunrise (04:46)
Dog Day Sunrise
Every day of my life
I'm working on a scheme
Working overtime underground
Girls work under floors
The failures tend the moors
But once the seem is cut
They find out what is learned
Dog Day Sunrise
Dog Day Sunrise
Dog Day Sunrise
Dog Day Sunrise
Drag your feet through hollow streets
Drag your feet through hollow streets
Drag your feet through hollow streets
Drag your feet through hollow streets
Dog Day Sunrise
Dog Day Sunrise
Dog Day Sunrise
Dog Day Sunrise
Dog Day Sunrise
Dog Day Sunrise
Dog Day Sunrise
Dog Day Sunrise
Valentine has shining eyes
Valentine has shining eyes
My valentine has shining eyes
Valentine has shining eyes
Dog Day Sunrise
Dog Day Sunrise
Dog Day Sunrise
Dog Day Sunrise
Valentine has shining eyes
Valentine has shining eyes
My valentine has shining eyes
Valentine has shining eyes
Dog Day Sunrise
Dog Day Sunrise
Dog Day Sunrise
Dog Day Sunrise
Dog Day Sunrise
Dog Day Sunrise
Dog Day Sunrise
Dog Day Sunrise
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