340 - Fear Factory Replica 1995

Fear Factory is a Los Angeles, California based metal band. They formed in 1990 and have pioneered a hybrid of, the styles of death metal, industrial metal, groove metal and alternative metal. Fear Factory had disbanded in March 2002 following some internal disputes, but they reformed later that year minus founding member Dino Cazares and with the addition of live bassist, Byron Stroud. Fear Factory released their second album "Demanufacture" in 1995, featuring a slight thawing down in the overly brutal approach of the early recordings in favor of a more groove metal approach, characterized by a mix of rapid fire thrash metal/groove metal guitar riffs and tight, pulse driven drum beats, roaring (rather than growled, but still aggressive) vocals that made way for melodic singing and powerful bass lines. "Replica" has a great breakdown, with stop-start bursts of guitars and drums.