Obsolete (album)

Obsolete
Studio album by Fear Factory
Released	July 28, 1998
Recorded	February−May, 1998
Genre	Industrial metal, metal
Length	46:53 68:47 (Digipak)
Label	Roadrunner Records
Producer	Fear Factory, Rhys Fulber, Greg Reely
Professional reviews
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Fear Factory album chronology
Remanufacture (1997) Obsolete (1998) Resurrection (1999)

Obsolete is the third studio album released by Fear Factory on July 28, 1998.

Track listing

All Songs written by Fear Factory except "Edgecrusher" with DJ Zodiac and "Timelessness" by Burton C. Bell, Rhys Fulber & Dino Cazares only.

1. "Shock" – 4:58
2. "Edgecrusher" – 3:39
3. "Smasher/Devourer" – 5:34
4. "Securitron (Police State 2000)" – 5:47
5. "Descent" – 4:36
6. "Hi-Tech Hate" – 4:33
7. "Freedom or Fire" – 5:11
8. "Obsolete" – 3:51
9. "Resurrection" – 6:35
10. "Timelessness" – 4:08

Bonus tracks

A digipak version of Obsolete released on March 23, 1999 contains additional tracks:

11. "Cars" ft. Gary Numan (Gary Numan cover) – 3:40
12. "0-0 (Where Evil Dwells)" (Wiseblood cover) – 5:16
13. "Soulwound" (Bell/Cazares/Herrera/Wolbers) – 3:53
14. "Messiah" (Bell/Cazares/Herrera/Wolbers) – 3:33
15. "Concreto" (Bell/Cazares/Herrera) – 3:36

Credits

• Burton C. Bell - Vocals
• Dino Cazares - Electric, Mixing
• Christian Olde Wolbers - Bass
• Raymond Herrera - Drums
• Fear Factory - Producer
• Rhys Fulber - Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Mixing
• Gary Numan - Spoken word
• Greg Reely - Producer, Mixing
• DJ Zodiac - Scratching on "Edgecrusher"

notes

• Gary Numan appears on the cover of his song "Cars"
• This is the 1st album Dino tuned his 7 string guitars down to A.