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Old 10-12-2009, 02:12 AM   #2 (permalink)
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while i don't have time for a massive post created to justify my opinion here, i'm thinking Fear Factory deserves a nod in defining post-hair metal / nu-metal before it just meant rap mashed in with hard rock. 'soul of a new machine' and 'demanufacture' are brutal albums. although the credit might have to go to Ministry.
I think they deserve a nod too - which is why I mentioned them in the "Songs that DEFINE Metal" thread.

Let's try and get FF's historical context via a thread like the others I've tried to set up here, with verifiable links, not general straw-man opinions or confusing terms like "post-hair metal".

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and what about Soundgarden and their take on metal in an alternative rock world? (at least up until Badmotorfinger).
What about them?
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