In April 2009, a new lineup was announced with Cazares returning and Gene Hoglan as drummer. Bell and Stroud are both reprising their respective roles, and the band completed a seventh studio album entitled Mechanize. Former members Christian Olde Wolbers and Raymond Herrera (both currently playing in Arkaea) dispute the legitimacy of the new lineup, and a legal battle is underway from both parties. The band has performed at three Ozzfests as well as the inaugural Gigantour and has had singles in the US Mainstream Rock Top 40 and albums in the Billboard Top 40, 100, and 200. The band has sold more than 1 million albums in the US alone.
Self Bias Resistor
Fear Factory Lyrics
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Open your swollen eyes
Erosion invades your mind
A cancer that grows over time
Hey you! Rise up!
Rise to fight, eliminate
Burn your fuse to detonate
All these years they've tried to break you
To your knees
Anger scours right through your veins
Now it's time to put an end
To all the lies
Now it's time to take control
Of your life
Wake up! Rise up!
Open minds will dominate
Burn your fuse to detonate
The human machines of hate
All these years they've tried to break you
To your knees
Anger scours right through your veins
Now it's time to put an end
To all the lies
Now it's time to take control
Of your life life life life
Hypocrisy
You can't believe
Machines of hate
A disease that infiltrates
Persist for resistance
Resist their insolence
You are a dissident
Burn away conformity
Persist for resistance
Resist their insolence
You are a dissident
Burn away conformity
All these years they've tried to break you
To your knees
Anger scours right through your veins
Now it's time to put an end
To all the lies
Now it's time to take control
Of your life
They have tried to break you
They have tried to break you
They have tried to break you
They have tried to break you
The lyrics of Fear Factory's song "Self Bias Resistor" call for awakening and resistance against a cancerous erosion that invades the mind and the machines of hate that have been trying to break the individual. The opening lines of the song are a wake-up call to the listener to open their eyes and resist the cancer of erosion that erodes one's mind. The erosion is compared to a cancer that grows over time, which means that the more one ignores it, the more it spreads and takes over their mind.
The chorus of the song talks about anger that scours right through the veins and emphasizes the need to take control of one's life. The lyrics encourage the listener to rise up against human machines of hate and burn their fuse to detonate. The song emphasizes that open minds will dominate and that it's time to resist the insolence of the machines of hate by being a dissident and burning away conformity.
Overall, the song is a call to resist the erosion of one's mind and the machines of hate that surround us, to take control of one's life, and to resist insolence by being a nonconformist.
Line by Line Meaning
Hey you! Wake up!
The call to wake up and be alert
Open your swollen eyes
The need to see and perceive clearly
Erosion invades your mind
The damaging effect of negative thoughts
A cancer that grows over time
The gradual and harmful effect of negativity on one's mindset
Hey you! Rise up!
The call to take action and stand up against oppression
Rise to fight, eliminate
To push back against the forces of hate and eradicate them
Burn your fuse to detonate
To reach the breaking point and take action
The human machines of hate
The people and systems that perpetuate oppression and negativity
All these years they've tried to break you
The perseverance through years of oppression and resistance
Anger scours right through your veins
The burning anger and passion that drives one to resist
Now it's time to put an end
The call to action to end the cycle of oppression
To all the lies
The need to reject the falsehoods that have been perpetuated
Now it's time to take control
The assertion of power and autonomy in one's own life
Of your life
The need to take control of one's own destiny
Hypocrisy
The double standards and insincerity of the oppressors
You can't believe
The rejection of the oppressors' lies and deceit
Machines of hate
The systems that perpetuate negativity and oppression
A disease that infiltrates
The harmful effect of negativity on society
Persist for resistance
The call to remain steadfast in the face of opposition
Resist their insolence
To push back against the arrogance and rudeness of the oppressors
You are a dissident
The assertion of one's own identity as a rebel against oppression
Burn away conformity
The rejection of the status quo and adherence to the oppressors' rules
They have tried to break you
The persistence and strength in the face of repeated attempts to crush one's spirit
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Burton C. Bell, Christian Olde Wolbers, Dino A.M. Cazares, Raymond Herrera
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@fmartello
Back to 1995: a workmate lend me this cd and told me: "listen to it". One of the best decisions of my life !
@abrahamhernadez8232
Yeah me too
@nonamepleb8006
my mate burned this cd in year 10 for me, glad he did, fav band ever since
@jeremyclark7872
2020, 53 years old, been a metalhead since my teens and this album is still in my top 5. Put simply : I fucking love this album, brutal and brilliant.
@antwebb5572
Spot on, mate. I'd love to see what would have happened if metal went down this cyber metal route instead of the hip-hop inspired nu-metal direction......
@reubenalvear1975
Jeremy Clark, I hear ya!! I am 43 and still rockin' out to this. Way back in 1995 I saw FF live, when they toured in support of this album, if I'm not mistaken.
Lately, I've jammed this album. I was reminded of the ferocious beauty of this song 😈🎸💥⚡
@luisaritosa9700
47 still love this album... I'm into different music now, but sometimes go back to old favorites... I remember listening that album on tape, on my "walkman" walking through woods, and also at night in my bed
@doctorpoo5174
FUCK YEAH MAN! Maximum respect
@musicstation3086
I'm only 34, but it's been my goto metal album since I heard it at my nephews place some 25 years ago.
@vapordreams983
1:03 That chorus gives me chills everytime.