Artist: Fear Factory
Title: The Industrialist
Label: AFM Records
Cat #: AFM3902
Release Year: 2012
Duration: Album
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Jewel Case

The Industrialist is the eighth album from the American metal band Fear Factory.

Fear Factory’s musical and lyrical vision of Future Shock is the beating machine heart of The Industrialist. There is a very obvious storyline rooted both in forward-thinking science fiction but also in contemporary events including the Occupy Wall Street and Anonymous Movements. “There is a main character who is called ‘The Industrialist’,” states Burton, referring to the character at the heart of songs like “God Eater: or “Virus of Faith”. “He’s a machine that has become self-aware and becomes a catalyst for change. The album has the loose concept of a murder plot, with the realization that the automaton is becoming more human each day. The last track on the album “Human Augmentation” is the moment where a machine becomes human and realizes its own humanity. That’s a thought that’s very key to the Fear Factory universe.”

Recommended if you like: Machine Head, Gojira, Sepultura, Pantera, Lamb of God, Devil Driver, Slayer, Hatebreed, Biohazard, Megadeth

Track Listing:
01. The Industrialist
02. Recharger
03. New Messiah
04. God Eater
05. Depraved Mind Murder
06. Virus Of Faith
07. Difference Engine
08. Disassemble
09. Religion Is Flawed Because Man Is Flawed
10. Human Augumentation