Demanufacture

[DeletedUsermNqGIiIuGy]

24 years ago yesterday, what an album and such a contrast to Soul of a New Machine.

I remember hearing self bias resistor on a free kerrang cd and just going.. wtf is this 

Body Hammer still one of my favourite riffs

[Cryptic Stench]

Still a great record! They hit the perfect formula on that one, great balance of light and shade, genuinely fast and aggressive largely.

I find it hard to listen to any of the subsequent albums, too much nu metal or I'll advised attempts to rap, though Mechanize is an exception- as close a sequel to Demanufacture as you'll get.

[Cernunnos]

I remember seeing self bias resistor being played on MTV in studio and thinking I better throw out my flanal shirt and burn my cons. That was when the grunge scene died for me.... a week after my voice broke and I found alcohol everything when down hill since 

I did enjoy the demanufacture anniversary show. Thought burton sounded unusually on point but remember thinking he either got shit loads of lessons or it was backing tracks either way enjoyed the gig!

[Cernunnos]

found it 

The comments on this video gave me a good laugh: "Forgot that Dino could jump 20 years ago" 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOJ5BnKv7QQ

[Cryptic Stench]

I enjoyed the Demanufature show but Burtons voice was all over the shop on the clean parts. Fact.

Here's a clip for you. Completely drenched in reverb etc

https://youtu.be/6YRE7eVWlM8?t=229

And here's a clip of Regenerate from the same show, the clean vocals were clearly pre-recorded

https://youtu.be/_VY41BGmZvo?t=64

[Cernunnos]

In fairness even though he doesn't sound the best ive seen FF  more times than i can count and he always sounded like shite! so i welcome the reverb!!

on a side note : i f*cking hate  people recording gigs on their phone and to upload it to youtube pissses me off even more.   

[Cryptic Stench]

In fairness even though he doesn't sound the best ive seen FF  more times than i can count and he always sounded like shite! so i welcome the reverb

Yep I'd agree. Just thought you were being overly generous with your appraisal of auld Burton, let's refrain from giving him a medal just yet.

[John Kimble]

Was absolutely fanatical about this album as a teenager. Very few duff tracks, maybe New Breed at a push. This, along with Burn My Eyes, are two albums which seem to define that particular era of mainstream metal for me. That video from MTV is gas, you can see the insidious nu-metal beginning to creep in, from the coordinated Adidas clothing to the retarded jumping. I didn't mind Obsolete too much, but not a patch on Demanufacture. And of course, both Machine Head and Fear Factory went on to release two of the absolute lowest points of that particular era in The Burning Red and Digimortal respectively.

[Cernunnos]

In fairness even though he doesn't sound the best ive seen FF  more times than i can count and he always sounded like shite! so i welcome the reverb

Yep I'd agree. Just thought you were being overly generous with your appraisal of auld Burton, let's refrain from giving him a medal just yet.

haha Agreed 

[Paul keohane]

Loved it back in the day!,been a good few years since i listened to it now though.
Still have the shirt from the SFX gig on that tour.

[Cernunnos]

Was absolutely fanatical about this album as a teenager. Very few duff tracks, maybe New Breed at a push. This, along with Burn My Eyes, are two albums which seem to define that particular era of mainstream metal for me. That video from MTV is gas, you can see the insidious nu-metal beginning to creep in, from the coordinated Adidas clothing to the retarded jumping. I didn't mind Obsolete too much, but not a patch on Demanufacture. And of course, both Machine Head and Fear Factory went on to release two of the absolute lowest points of that particular era in The Burning Red and Digimortal respectively.

you just reminded me about the Adidas fad, in Ireland it was the scumbags wearing  it, but the NU metal scene totally made it its own, from Jonathon "daddy abused me" Davis to even MAX "Jump ta fuck up" Cavalera  (soulfly era) Deftones etc etc  adidias must have made a fortune !

[Cernunnos]

Loved it back in the day!,been a good few years since i listened to it now though.
Still have the shirt from the SFX gig on that tour.

who was the support for this gig? i saw them on the obsolete one, pity i missed this one !

[Paul keohane]

Loved it back in the day!,been a good few years since i listened to it now though.
Still have the shirt from the SFX gig on that tour.

who was the support for this gig? i saw them on the obsolete one, pity i missed this one !

I think it was just a local band,name escapes me.I think they were from up the North actually.

[Paul keohane]

Actually i think it was a band called Superskin?,does  that name ring a bell with any of you?

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Haha, Superskin... ffs. They opened Tattoo The Planet too, they were all over the place for a few years. Utterly dreadful band.