Track Review: Fear Factory “Powershifter” Mechanize [2010]
Update: Read the Mechanize full album review here
The new single “Powershifter” from Fear Factory is the most devastating and brutal tune in metal at the moment. The long awaited return of Dino Cazares on the guitars combined with Gene Hoglan’s drums most likely account for the powerfully aggressive rhythmic patterns that leaves the listener with facial blisters and a battered-in skull. Burton C. Bell continues to be one of metals greatest front men, alternating between his signature death grunts and trademark melodies. The frenetic breakdown at 2:10 just rips and tears through flesh with pure ferocity. The new album Mechanize is due out February 9, 2010 on Candlelight Records and is promising to be the band’s best work since Obsolete and possibly Demanufacture, if “Powershifter” truly is an accurate representation of the new material -Meds
Fear Factory is Burton C. Bell (Vocals), Dino Cazares (Guitars), Byron Stroud (Bass), & Gene Hoglan (Drums).
January 7, 2010 at 11:40 pm
Good points, I think I will definitely subscribe! I’ll go and read some more! What do you see the future of this being?
January 23, 2010 at 11:08 am
[...] with facial blisters and a battered-in skull—surely, you must have heard the first single “Powershifter” by now—exemplified on all ten tracks, but especially prominent on the opening title track, [...]
February 14, 2010 at 7:06 pm
Pretty much anyone who says this album sucks should stop listening to real music like this at all costs…thats pretty much the end of that arguement.
June 20, 2010 at 8:49 am
[...] with facial blisters and a battered-in skull—surely, you must have heard the first single “Powershifter” by now—exemplified on all ten tracks, but especially prominent on the opening title track, [...]