Obsolete (styled °BSΩLE†e on the album cover) is the third studio album released by Fear Factory on July 28, 1998.
Obsolete is Fear Factory's best selling album to date, and was certified gold in Australia by the ARIA and also in the US by the RIAA.
Dino Cazares made his debut tuning down to A on this album .
Gary Numan appears on the cover of his song "Cars".
A concept story is contained within the music. The story is about the future of mankind...
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Obsolete (styled °BSΩLE†e on the album cover) is the third studio album released by Fear Factory on July 28, 1998.
Obsolete is Fear Factory's best selling album to date, and was certified gold in Australia by the ARIA and also in the US by the RIAA.
Dino Cazares made his debut tuning down to A on this album .
Gary Numan appears on the cover of his song "Cars".
A concept story is contained within the music. The story is about the future of mankind and how machines have taken over humanity. This was inspired by the band's belief that humanity has become too reliant on technology.
However, a hero named Edgecrusher sets out to destroy the machines and save humanity. The story of Obsolete was inspired by books like The Boys from Brazil, Brave New World, and 1984.
Edgecrusher is the main character and protagonist and is also the name of a song on the album.
In the songs "Shock", "Descent", "Hi-Tech Hate", and "Resurrection", Burton C. Bell portrays Edgecrusher as the one singing the...
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