| Fear Is the Mindkiller | ||||
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| EP by | ||||
| Released | April 14, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | May 1992 | |||
| Genre | Death metal, industrial metal | |||
| Length | 32:40 | |||
| Label | Roadrunner | |||
| Producer | Colin Richardson | |||
| Fear Factory chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 5/10[2] |
Fear Is the Mindkiller is a remix EP containing remixes of songs from the first album Soul of a New Machine by Fear Factory. It was released on April 14, 1993, by Roadrunner Records.
Content
Remixes 1–5 were created by Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb of Front Line Assembly. The EP was remastered and re-released on October 5, 2004, in a digipak, packaged together with the remastered Soul of a New Machine without "Self Immolation". The title of the record is a quote from "Litany against fear", a fictional incantation from Dune, the science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert.
When playing live in the 1990s, the band would occasionally play a variation of the Deep Dub Trauma remix of "Scumgrief", rather than the original. The song is also on the soundtrack of the film Hideaway.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Martyr" (Suffer Bastard Mix) | 7:14 |
| 2. | "Self Immolation" (Vein Tap Mix) | 5:32 |
| 3. | "Scapegoat" (Pigfuck Mix) | 4:37 |
| 4. | "Scumgrief" (Deep Dub Trauma Mix) | 6:20 |
| 5. | "Self Immolation" (Liquid Sky Mix) | 6:06 |
| 6. | "Self Immolation" (Original Version) | 2:46 |
| Total length: | 32:40 | |
Personnel
Fear Factory
- Burton C. Bell − vocals
- Dino Cazares − guitar
- Raymond Herrera − drums
- Andrew Shives – bass
- Raynor Diego – keyboards[3]
Production
- Rhys Fulber − digital adaptation
- Brian Gardner − mastering
- Bernie Grundman − mastering
- Karl Kotas − art direction, computer graphics
- Ron Obvious − facility consultant
- Greg Reely − sonic architect
- Colin Richardson − producer
- Ira Rosenson − photography
- Joel Van Dyke − sonic assistance
References
- ↑ "Fear Is the Mindkiller - Fear Factory". AllMusic.
- ↑ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ↑ Fear Is the Mindkiller Credits (liner notes). Metal Mind Records. MASS CD 0280. Retrieved March 7, 2023.