Fear factory's st.anger?

[metalizer]

After having heard the new Fear factory album Transgression several times,i will have to admit to myself that this is their weakest album yet, why? first of all the production sometimes sounds worse than my own band's preproduction did, and the snare drum especially is just horrible, what were they thinking?It sounds like the snare on St.anger and the guitar is just so thin sounding that it is unbelivable and the list goes on.There are decent songs and ideas on Transgression, but the production ruins everything, Fear factory used to be leading in their field and they used to have some of the best productions in metal(with courtesy of Colin Richardson)This should never have been released sounding the way it does, if you think of it as a pre production or an unknown band's new demo then it's acually quite good, but i expected more from Fear factory than this.Still after the dissapointment i have started to accept the production and i must say there's a great vipe in most of the songs, but overall it just sounds to commercial(not the production) compared to previous albums.

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

Dear Metalizer,

I think you are unfair to bash Transgression as well as St. Anger. Both albums sound great to me. Besides, I don't give a crap about your opinion anyway.

Sincerely,

Kelly Gray

 

[metalizer]

lol

 

[Kazrog]

We are but pirates....

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

haven't heard transgression yet but it sure sounded rad at gigantour.

 

[Awake_In_Animosity]

I was hoping that the new FF was NOT going to be like street anger, but alas I fear I am going to be very dissapointed by this release.

Fear Factory have turned to the worng dark side it would seem.

 

[metalizer]

After hearing the samples on Blabbermouth i would have checked it out at the local record store anyway before paying my hard earned money.And this will be the first FF album that i won't pay for why? is it because i can download it for free?No if the album had sounded like their previous albums i would have bought it without hessitation, but when i heard the samples on Blabbermouth i just knew that it would not even come close to anything they had done in the past, i just had to hear if the whole album really sounded that bad , it did!

 

[metalizer]

I would like to state that it dosen't sound as bad as St.anger how could it? It's just not anything near what you would expect from a band like Fear factory,most demo's nowdays have a production just as good as the new FF or even better.

 

[metalkingdom]

We are but pirates....

Coming out of the closet, are we?

 

[J the TyranT]

ahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahaha

Speak for yourself, pal

 

[DIOBOLIC5150]

I'll but the album just because I like metal. The better it sounds, the better it is, of course, but I try not to let a "bad production" sway me away from buying it. Besides, if we all decided to stop buying cds unless the production is perfect (or close), what kind of scene would we have?

 

[Awake_In_Animosity]

a very small one!

 

[Nitronium Blood]

I'll but the album just because I like metal. The better it sounds, the better it is, of course, but I try not to let a "bad production" sway me away from buying it. Besides, if we all decided to stop buying cds unless the production is perfect (or close), what kind of scene would we have?

Unfortunately, I suffer from this rare disease.

If I hear audio that I personally find not up to scratch, 'tis hard for me to hear the talent behind the tone.

This is why I wish most bands from the 80's used the art of re-amping in their studio proccess so that if they decided to re-mix and re-master their works at a later date, that hopefully the option to update their tone would be available as well.

For example: Megadeth. I was hoping the re-issues would reveal a 'superior' amp tone, kidding myself regarding albums pre CTE that "hey it sounds shit because the production and mixing and mastering et all is shit".

RIP still has that shitty amp tone. uke:

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Maybe the versions you heard are not the final ones ? I agree that it would be very surprising if FF had a bad sound...

 

[A Gruesome Discovery]

Jeez, Toby Wright (producer) really doesn't mesh well with Fear Factory. I guess the band just really wanted that "Korn" sound; a sound that just doesn't work well when applied to bands with competent musicians. Something tells me RoadRunner may have had a hand in this, and were looking for a "hitmaker" rather than a producer, and were also willing to pay top dollar now that they have all that sweet, sweet Nickelback money.
That said, I wouldn't call this anywhere near as bad as "Stanger". Yes, the guitars are way too thin, but are still somewhat coherent. Yes, the snare has that trashy ring to it, and it's compressed all to hell, but at least it's compressed in a snappy way, rather than the old "attack:none, release: never!" sound on the infamous "Stan Ger" album. The vocals are way too loud too... yep; hitmaker.

 

[Andy Sneap]

is it on Roadrunner?

 

[elmuchoescadawg]

is it on Roadrunner?

nope its on liquid. Makes that rant a bit pointless doesnt it?
Nicklebacks money must have gone somewhere else

 

[metalizer]

Maybe the versions you heard are not the final ones ? I agree that it would be very surprising if FF had a bad sound...

It was the final version! and i never said it sounded as bad as St.anger, i said that it is their worst album yet both writting wise and productionwise, i also said that i enjoyed most of the songs .The reason why i compare it to St.anger is mainly because of the snare sound and also the fact that the band used to have high standards, but now they are letting the bands down by making a poor produced album,also some of the songs don't sound finished, i think they should have spend more time on the writting and they should never have stopped working with Colin Richardson unless it was because they wanted to have Andy Sneap produce it.

 

[commandante]

RIP still has that shitty amp tone. uke:

Huh?

 

[metalkingdom]

I love the CR produced records, but IMHO 'Digimortal' is superior to all other FF production wise.