Fear Factory Biggest influence Modern Metal

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Hay all,
Been thinkin... Fear Factory may be one of the biggest influences on mondern metal. scream/sing/scream all that + the drumming style and guitar. Also was watching some live stuff on youtube, and am I correct in thinking that he was using an Alesis D4 for his Drums?
 
Moonlapse said:
From what I've heard, I'd say Meshuggah is one of the most influential bands these days. We're seeing their 'style' pop up in all sort of modern/nu-metal productions.
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I'd definitely agree with that, that was the first band I thought of when I read the title. Most of the newer metalcore-type bands cite Meshuggah as being an influence, although most sound nothing like mesh.

I'd like to hear a Mesh album produced by Andy.. *that'd* be amazing.

Charlie
 
meh.. the Meshuggah thing is more of a fad IMO.

It also seems more of a 'cool' thing to say, rather than actually do it.

oh btw, Nothing is being re-mixed/remastered. They rushed it, now it's being fixed. yay (i really aren't fond of the original mix)
 
Well...my band does have influence from Meshuggah a bit. I would definately say we don't pull off the Meshuggah thing nearly as good as...well...meshuggah. We mix in the whole Progressive rock/metal ala Dream Theater and Symphony X and get the whole hemiola thing going on like Meshuggah now and then. I think our biggest difference is...its not the whole freaking song, and it's usually with either a standard tuned guitar, or a seven string.

So far theres one song that we have that has a lot of that hemiola thing going on, and we're working on another song that has that going on. The rest don't have that going on...I like it though...theres this sick pleasure in seeing people having problems headbanging lol.
 
I remember discussing 10 years ago with my old drummer who would be the biggest influence in the future of heavy metal, Fear Factory or Korn?
Me and the singer of my band said Fear Factory, while the drummer said Korn.

I'm not sure who was right :rolleyes:
 
Benny H said:
meh.. the Meshuggah thing is more of a fad IMO.

It also seems more of a 'cool' thing to say, rather than actually do it.

oh btw, Nothing is being re-mixed/remastered. They rushed it, now it's being fixed. yay (i really aren't fond of the original mix)
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I completely agree, every band these days cites Meshuggah as a big influence...but none of them even remotely sound like them. I think they just like to say it for the hell of it.

Speaking of Meshuggah...I added a little polyrhythm deal to a new song I'm writing, it's sort of fun to write riffs like that, but it really gets old counting all the quarter notes and then trying to figure out how to sequence the drums to make it all fit. I ended up with guitars and kicks in 5/4, with snare in 8/4, and cymbals in 4/4. The guitar riff is very simple, with the kicks locked into them. Then the snare hits on the one-count after 8 counts, hence 8/4 sig and not 4/4. Then the cymbals are hitting on every second quarter note...4/4. Pretty simple, but it sounds cool...and it certainly has that Meshuggah repetative riff vibe going on.

Meshuggah is one of those kind of bands where it's impossible to write like them without completely ripping them off...there is no grey area. Lol!
 
I'd say Fear Factory (particularly "Demanufacture") has been the single most influential band on me personally over the last 10 years. Sure, I'm really influenced by SYL, but SYL wouldn't exist without the influence of FF (Devin's said as much.)
 
demanufacture was a huge influence for me as well, probably one of the most listened to cd's for me at that time. i still refer to certain parts of our songs as the fear factory part.
 
Benny H said:
meh.. the Meshuggah thing is more of a fad IMO.

It also seems more of a 'cool' thing to say, rather than actually do it.

oh btw, Nothing is being re-mixed/remastered. They rushed it, now it's being fixed. yay (i really aren't fond of the original mix)
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A fad? Being one of my favorite bands I was listening to Meshuggah in 1992. Their old stuff is FAR superior to their new stuff. I'm not sure what direction they are trying to go into, but I can admire how they are doing something different, not just retreading old material. I think the most influencial Meshuggah material is the None EP and Destroy Erase Improve. No one can touch those albums. Everyone seems to like Choasphere more, and although I love it, I don't think its anywhere in the same league as their old stuff, including Contradictions Collapse, which is an obvious Metallica rip off in terms of riffage. Don't get me wrong, Contradictions Collapse is a fantastic album. I am severely dissapointed in Nothing and Catch 33. Too monolithic.
 
Only listed a few on there, instead of putting like hundreds like what a lot of people do. But yeah I guess it would make sense really to put em in there to be honest.
 
i agree, fear factory seems to have a sound that many modern bands try and copy, or at least are influenced by. i don't really like fear factory, i like some of their songs, but i've never been a fan, but i find myself writting songs that share some fear factoryesque qulities.

also meshuggah seems to be another really influential band.
 
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