The discography of Fear Factory, an American industrial metal band, consists of ten studio albums, three compilation albums, two remix albums, one demo album, one video album, five extended plays, twenty-one singles and thirteen music videos. Fear Factory formed in 1989, signing to Roadrunner Records three years later. The band's debut studio album, Soul of a New Machine, was released in 1992. The following year, Fear Is the Mindkiller was released as an EP, featuring remixes by Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb of Front Line Assembly. In 1995, Fear Factory released their second studio album, Demanufacture, which peaked at number 27 on the UK Albums Chart, and was later certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI); it was followed two years later by another remix project, Remanufacture (Cloning Technology), which this time featured contributions from a number of different remixers, including many techno-oriented artists, as well as the band themselves.
Released in 1998, Obsolete became the band's most successful album, peaking at number 77 on the Billboard 200 and hitting the top 30 in several countries. The album received a gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Their next album, 2001's Digimortal, peaked at number ten in Australia, but by the next year, Fear Factory disbanded and Roadrunner issued their original 1991 recordings on the demo album Concrete. The band reformed sans Dino and signed to the independent record label Liquid 8 for Archetype, released in 2004. The album peaked at number 30 on the Billboard 200 and number 18 in Australia. Transgression was issued by Calvin Records a year later. Dino Cazares rejoined the band in 2009, and they recorded Mechanize, which was released the following year. Mechanize was followed two years later by The Industrialist (2012), and then three years later by Genexus (2015). Due to both legal and personal issues surrounding the band, Fear Factory did not release their next studio album Aggression Continuum until 2021, which marked the last one to include original vocalist Burton C. Bell, who had already recorded his vocals for the album in 2017 and left the band nearly a year prior to its release.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications US AUS AUT BEL FIN FRA GER NLD SWE UKPeak chart positions for albums in the United Kingdom: All except Transgression, Mechanize and The Industrialist: Transgression and Mechanize: The Industrialist: Soul of a New Machine Released: August 25, 1992 (US) Label: Roadrunner Formats: CD, cassette, LP, digital download — — — — — — — — — — US: 91,888 Demanufacture Released: June 13, 1995 (US) Label: Roadrunner Formats: CD, cassette, LP, digital download — — — — — — 31 53 — 27 US: 240,229 ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver Obsolete Released: July 28, 1998 (US) Label: Roadrunner Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download 77 14 24 10 36 31 12 32 28 20 US: 406,247 RIAA: Gold ARIA: Gold Digimortal Released: April 24, 2001 (US) Label: Roadrunner Formats: CD, LP, digital download 32 10 26 39 25 40 11 60 31 24 US: 156,264 Archetype Released: April 20, 2004 (US) Label: Liquid 8 Formats: CD, digital download 30 18 25 50 30 50 26 52 47 41 US: 96,509 Transgression Released: August 23, 2005 (US) Label: Calvin Formats: CD, digital download 45 26 44 74 38 87 37 54 56 77 US: 19,000 Mechanize Released: February 9, 2010 (US) Label: Candlelight Formats: CD, LP, digital download 72 24 46 74 31 25 31 87 51 58 US: 17,750 The Industrialist Released: June 5, 2012 (US) Label: Candlelight Formats: CD, LP, digital download 38 — 56 — 23 — 27 — — 106 US: 13,000 Genexus Released: August 7, 2015 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, digital download 37 15 25 35 25 55 17 34 — 31 Aggression Continuum Released: June 18, 2021 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, digital download — 15 31 76 — — 20 — — 98 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums Title Album details Messiah Released: 1999 Label: Roadrunner Formats: CD Hatefiles Released: April 8, 2003 (US) Label: Roadrunner Formats: CD, digital download The Best of Fear Factory Released: September 11, 2006 (US) Label: Roadrunner Formats: CD, digital download The Complete Roadrunner Collection 1992–2001 Released: November 9, 2012 (US) Label: Roadrunner Formats: CD box set, digital download
Archival albums + List of demo albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details UK chart Concrete Released: July 30, 2002 (US) Label: Roadrunner Formats: CD, digital download 190
Remix albums + List of remix albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions US AUS BEL(FL) GER NZ UK Remanufacture Released: May 20, 1997 (US) Label: Roadrunner Formats: CD, cassette, digital download 158 33 15 93 47 22 Recoded Released: October 28, 2022 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, cassette, digital download — — — — — —
Video albums + List of video albums Title Album details Digital Connectivity Released: December 18, 2001 (US) Label: Roadrunner Formats: DVD, VHS
Extended plays + List of extended plays, with selected chart positions Title EP details Peak chart positions AUS UK Fear Is the Mindkiller Released: April 14, 1993 (US) Label: Roadrunner Formats: CD, cassette, LP, digital download — — Burn Released: 1997 (UK) Label: Roadrunner Formats: CD, LP — 97 The Gabber Mixes Released: 1997 (NLD) Label: Mokum Formats: LP — — Resurrection Released: September 14, 1998 (UK) Label: Roadrunner Formats: CD 89 98 Live on the Sunset Strip Released: August 9, 2005 (US) Label: Calvin Formats: CD — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album USSales USAlt. USMain. Rock AUS UKPeak chart positions for singles in the United Kingdom: "Dog Day Sunrise" and "Linchpin": "Cars": "Replica" 1995 — — — — — Demanufacture "Dog Day Sunrise" — — — — 85 "Shock" 1998 — — — — — Obsolete "Edgecrusher" — — — — — "Resurrection" — — — 89 88 "Descent" — — 38 — — "Cars"(featuring Gary Numan) 1999 — 38 16 89 57 "Linchpin" 2001 — — 31 — 85 Digimortal "Invisible Wounds (Dark Bodies)" — — — — — "Cyberwaste" 2004 — — — — — Archetype "Archetype" — — — — — "Bite the Hand That Bleeds" 47 — — — — "Supernova" 2005 — — — — — Transgression "Moment of Impact" — — — — — "Transgression" 2006 — — — — — "Powershifter" 2009 — — — — — Mechanize "Fear Campaign" 2010 — — — — — "Final Exit" — — — — — "Recharger" 2012 — — — — — The Industrialist "New Messiah" — — — — — "The Industrialist" — — — — — "Soul Hacker" 2015 — — — — — Genexus "Protomech" — — — — — "Dielectric" — — — — — "Disruptor" 2021 — — — — — Aggression Continuum "Fuel Injected Suicide Machine" — — — — — "Recode" — — — — — "Monolith" — — — — — "Roboticist"https://metalinjection.net/news/listen-fear-factory-drops-roboticist-first-single-with-new-singer-milo-silvestro 2026 — — — — — TBA "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Music videos + List of music videos, showing year released and director Title Year Album Director(s) "Replica" 1995 Demanufacture Bill Ward "Resurrection" 1998 Obsolete William Morrison "Cars"(featuring Gary Numan) "Linchpin" 2001 Digimortal Thomas Mignone "Cyberwaste" 2004 Archetype Dale Resteghini "Archetype" Cesario Montano "Bite the Hand That Bleeds" Tony Ballejos "Transgression" 2005 Transgression Michael Sarna "Spinal Compression" "Moment of Impact" "Fear Campaign" 2010 Mechanize Ian McFarland and Mike Pecci "Powershifter" Myles Dyer "The Industrialist" 2012 The Industrialist James Zahn "Dielectric" 2015 Genexus Ramon Boutsiveth "Expiration Date" 2016 Tommy Joneshttps://metal-temple.com/news/fear-factory-release-expiration-date-music-video/ "Disruptor" 2021 Aggression Continuum Patrik Nuorteva and Tuomas Kurikka "Recode" "Roboticist" 2026 TBA Vicente Cordero
References
External links Official website Fear Factory at AllMusic