Archetype (Fear Factory album)

• "Slave Labor" contains references to the self-immolation of a person against the corporate world. • "Cyberwaste" contains references to anonymous Internet users who antagonize other users only because they are "safe behind the cyberscreen". • 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 stated 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." ==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". • A remixed version of the song "Archetype" was featured on the soundtrack to OVA Galerians: Rion. • The official music video of the song "Archetype" was featured as a bonus unlockable in Capcom's game Final Fight: Streetwise (PS2/Xbox). ==Credits==

Fear Factory • Burton C. Bell − vocals, arrangements ("Transformated") • Christian Olde Wolbers − guitars, bass, arrangements ("Transformated") • Raymond Herrera − drums • Byron Stroud – live bass Additional musicians • 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) Production • Burton C. Bell − lyrics • Roger Lian − augmenting • Shaun Thingvold − augmenting • Ken "Hi Watt" Marshall − engineering, augmenting • Jeremy Blair − engineering, augmenting • Greg Reely − mixing, augmenting • Mike Catain − executive production, coordination • Omer "Impson" R. Cordell − photography • Fear Factory − production, 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) ==References==