Archetype (Fear Factory album)

Archetype is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Fear Factory. It was released on April 20, 2004 through Liquid 8. Archetype was also issued in a Limited Edition Digipak with a bonus DVD. Depending on where the digipak was obtained, the bonus DVD is either for their "Australian Tour 2004" and the video for "Cyberwaste" or one entitled "The Making of Archetype". Some, though not all, versions of the bonus digipak also included a gold ticket that gave the owner a chance to meet Fear Factory live.

Archetype
Studio album by Fear Factory
Released	April 20, 2004
Recorded	December 2003
Genre	Industrial metal groove metal
Length	59:00
Label	Liquid 8
Producer	Fear Factory Rhys Fulber
Fear Factory chronology
Hatefiles (2003) Archetype (2004) Live on the Sunset Strip (2005)
Singles from Archetype
"Cyberwaste" Released: March 22, 2004 "Archetype" Released: April 19, 2004 "Bite the Hand That Bleeds" Released: November 16, 2004

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Chronicles of Chaos	[2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Burton C. Bell except "School" by Kurt Cobain; all music is composed by Herrera/Wolbers except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Slave Labor"	3:53
2.	"Cyberwaste"	3:18
3.	"Act of God"	5:08
4.	"Drones"	5:02
5.	"Archetype"	4:36
6.	"Corporate Cloning"	4:24
7.	"Bite the Hand That Bleeds"	4:09
8.	"Undercurrent"	4:05
9.	"Default Judgement"	5:24
10.	"Bonescraper"	4:12
11.	"Human Shields"	5:16
12.	"Ascension" (Burton C. Bell/John Bechdel)	7:05
13.	"School" (Nirvana cover, bonus track; Cobain)	2:38
Total length:		59:00

Bonus track for Japan

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Archetype (Remix)"	4:31

Limited Edition Bonus DVD

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Australian Tour 2004" (Multimedia)	56:27
15.	"Cyberwaste" (Music Video)	3:35

Song interpretations

• "Slave Labor" contains references to the self-immolation of a person against the corporate world, e.g. Kathy Change. The chorus line "God help me pour this gas on me" is grammatically incorrect, as the second pronoun should be reflexive.
• "Cyberwaste" contains references to anonymous Internet users who express haughty opinions only because they are "safe behind the cyberscreen".[3]
• The title track "Archetype" is directed at then ex-guitarist Dino Cazares: "The infection has been removed/The soul of this machine has improved." Frontman Burton C. Bell has said in an interview that "'Archetype,' defines what Fear Factory is, completely. It has classic Fear Factory parts, and the heavy/melodic vocals, but without being forced or contrived."[4]

Popular culture

• "Bite the Hand That Bleeds" was used in the film Saw and the music video is a bonus feature on one of the versions of the DVD.
• "Slave Labor" is featured on UFC: Ultimate Beat Downs, Vol. 1.
• The album and its title song are referenced in the game Fallout 3 on one of the terminals, where a certain "B. Bell" reports on a terminal that the virus on the "Archetype FF06" mainframe has been cleaned, and that "the infection has been removed, the soul of this machine has improved".[5][6]
• A remixed version of the song was featured on the soundtrack to OVA Galerians: Rion.

Credits

• Burton C. Bell − lyrics vocals, arrangements ("Transformated")
• Christian Olde Wolbers − guitars, bass, arrangements ("Transformated")
• Raymond Herrera − drums
• John Bechdel − live keyboards, effects ("Additional Devices") (1)
• Rhys Fulber − keyboards, programming, cognitive devices (1, 6, 7, 12, 13)
• Steve Tushar − keyboards, programming, cognitive devices (3-5, 8, 9, 11, 13), augmenting ("Additional Augments") (4, 5)
• Roger Lian − augmenting
• Shaun Thingvold − augmenting
• Ken "Hi Watt" Marshall − engineer, augmenting
• Jeremy Blair − engineer, augmenting
• Greg Reely − mixing, augmenting
• Mike Catain − executive producer, coordination
• Omer "Impson" R. Cordell − photography
• Fear Factory − producer, development, visual concept
• Alain Francois − web design
• Torsten Gebhardt − rendering
• Ralph Schrader − coordination, layout design, organizer
• Howie Weinberg − mastering, development

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2004	The Billboard 200	30
	Top Independent Albums	2

References

1. "Archetype - Fear Factory". Allmusic.
2. "CoC : Fear Factory - Archetype : Review". Chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
3. "Blabbermouth.net - FEAR FACTORY: 'Cyberwaste' MP3 Available For Download". Blabbermouth.net. March 24, 2004. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
4. "The Worley Gig - Fear Factory". The Worley Gig. Archived from the original on November 14, 2006. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
5. Screenshot of Fallout 3 Archived July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
6. "Fallout 3 Easter Egg - Fear Factory's Archetype". January 6, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2019.

External links

• Official Fear Factory website