We've already heard one new Fear Factory track, "Soul Hacker" and much like that track, this new one, "Protomech," is exactly what we want out of a new Fear Factory tune:
Rolling Stone, which premiered the track, has an interesting interview with frontman Burton C. Bell about the oncoming takeover of machines and The Singularity:
Kurzweil predicts the Singularity will occur in 2045, which is just around the corner.
Thinking about that is exciting and terrifying at the same time. If there isn't any difference between man and machine, what will happen to humanity? Are we human just because we're actual flesh and bone? Or are we human because of the way we treat each other? How will machines treat each other and will they take on human qualities? We got into a lot of that in Genexus.The album also addresses how mankind is self-destructive and vulnerable to disease, climate change and war, while machines can program themselves to adapt and survive.
Machines don't need green grass or trees and they're not affected by biotoxins. They'll be the only ones left after the apocalypse – them and cockroaches. Man is the virus on the earth because of conflicting ideologies, greed and the need to mass produce garbage. We've gotten out of control and that could be our undoing.
Fear Factory's new album, Genexus is out August 7th.
