Fear Factory Biggest influence Modern Metal

[Benny H]

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.

They are one of my favorite bands. Got into them around 1998.

But yeah, in saying there's a fad .. I'm not saying anything about the band or their music, but about the masses. So I'm not sure why you went into that. You know..you're exactly right - they've been kicking ass since 92, but only since their popularity stepped up a notch (Jack Ozzbornfest, Tool tours and basically really getting less underground in the states), did they start really very commonly getting cited.

Of course musicians in the know always had respect for them, and throughout actual progressive heavy music they were surely a common inspiration, but it's multiplied in a short amount of time. In the last few years or so, their name has definitely been on the radar of trend followers.

 

[Carcass29]

I guess they were an influence in modern metal today(Demanufacture was excellent) I was already into alot of industrial metal bands back in those days. Some that I remember were Screw, Klute, Pitchshifter, Circle of Dust, Godflesh...Schnitt Acht, even Ministry. Fear Factory brought it to a more aggressive approach. I'm sure industrial metal influenced FF's style too.

 

[sorceron]

burning in water drowning in flames was the shit

 

[Suicide_As_Alibi]

After hearing 'Concrete' compared to 'Soul Of a New Machine', I've kinda wondered if there's a band that influenced them to change their sound so much.

Steve

 

[J the TyranT]

Im surprised you guys dont think Pantera was a more influential "modern band"....

 

[JBroll]

Don't hear too many guys who sing like Phil or play like Dime, but there are plenty of hacks who cite FF as an influence and point to poorly-thought-out 'rhythm break' as an example. That's all I can say - like them or not, it was pretty popular to say they had an influence and they were percieved as being a lot easier to mimic than Pantera.

Jeff

 

[smy1]

Don't hear too many guys who sing like Phil or play like Dime, but there are plenty of hacks who cite FF as an influence and point to poorly-thought-out 'rhythm break' as an example. That's all I can say - like them or not, it was pretty popular to say they had an influence and they were percieved as being a lot easier to mimic than Pantera.

Jeff

Hehe, I guess I was lucky then, cause people said my band sounded like a cross of Pantera, Machine Head and Faith No More.

Was never into Fear Factory, except for the track "Replica" ...

 

[J the TyranT]

I wonder who people say I sound like... Ive heard "Darkane" quite a few times... which is odd, cuz, I dig them, but, Im not huge on them... and Im definitely more melodic than that... hrmmmm....

J

 

[JBroll]

Hehe, I guess I was lucky then, cause people said my band sounded like a cross of Pantera, Machine Head and Faith No More.

Was never into Fear Factory, except for the track "Replica" ...

Faith No More

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Faith No More

Why is it that I never hear about Patton here? Driving me nuts!

Jeff

 

[gumplunger]

I dunno, without the "Gothenburg sound", metalcore probably wouldn't exist. At least not as it exists today. So I'd have to say a band like In Flames influences modern metal just as much as Fear Factory does.

 

[JBroll]

Not necessarily, if they don't know what the bloody hell an 'In Flames' is (like half the 'tr00 m3t@l' kids I'm stuck around).

(Fuck, I've gotta move).

Jeff