Transgression (album)

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Transgression is the sixth studio album by the American industrial metal band Fear Factory. It was released on August 22, 2005 a few days shy, from almost 13 years of their debut. Guest appearances include Billy Gould, the former bassist of Faith No More, and Lamb of God guitarist, Mark Morton who co-wrote a song. The album was released as an Enhanced CD with access to the exclusive Fear Factory website. It was also released as an enhanced DualDisc with the DVD side featuring the whole album in DVD-Audio (48,000 khz), music videos and "The Making Of Transgression" video. One can also retrieve another bonus track, entitled "My Grave" by putting the CD into the computer and clicking the 'Music' section at the special website [1].

Making of the album

The album was met with mixed reviews by critics and fans alike. Many have cited the downpoint of the album being the poor production, guitar player Christian Olde Wolbers has stated that it was hard to have a producer do everything, where usually they are more involved with the people that they work with. Because of this the album has a different mix, a different sound to it than the previous ones. He also said that he had to walk out of the studio because he wasn't happy with his guitar sound. Wolbers stated that the band was disappointed with the album due to its hurried finish due to demands from the band's label. This also accounts for the cover songs. Had the band had more time to finish the record, more tracks would have been included, and the album overall would have sounded better. Transgression was also the first CD Fear Factory recorded since Soul of a New Machine without Rhys Fulber's input.

Track listing

1. "540,000° Fahrenheit" – 4:28
2. "Transgression" – 4:50
3. "Spinal Compression" – 4:12
4. "Contagion" – 4:39
5. "Empty Vision" – 4:55
6. "Echo Of My Scream" – 6:58
7. "Supernova" – 4:32
8. "New Promise" – 5:13
9. "I Will Follow" (U2 cover) – 3:42
10. "Millennium" (Killing Joke cover) – 5:26
11. "Moment of Impact" – 4:03
12. "Empire" (bonus track for Best Buy DualDisc version only) – 5:33

Exclusive download

1. "My Grave" – 5:36

Bonus tracks for Japan

1. "Empire"
2. "Slave Labor (live)"
3. "Cyberwaste (live)"
4. "Drones (live)"

DVD track listing

1. "540, 000° Fahrenheit"
2. "Transgression"
3. "Spinal Compression"
4. "Contagion"
5. "Empty Vision"
6. "Echo Of My Scream"
7. "Supernova"
8. "New Promise"
9. "I Will Follow" (U2 cover)
10. "Millennium" (Killing Joke cover)
11. "Moment of Impact"
12. "Transgression" (music video)
13. "Spinal Compression" (music video)
14. "Moment Of Impact" (music video)
15. "The Making Of Transgression"

Credits

• Burton C. Bell – vocals, engineer, assistant, supervisor
• Christian Olde Wolbers – guitar, arranger
• Byron Stroud – bass
• Raymond Herrera – drums, arranger, engineer
• Reggie Boyd – assistant
• Tom Jermann – visual design
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• James Musshorn – assistant engineer
• Matt Prine – editing, visual direction
• Shaun Thingvold – engineer
• Steve Tushar – engineer, design
• Chad Michael Ward – still pictures
• Toby Wright – producer, engineer, mixing

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2005	The Billboard 200	45
2005	Top Independent Albums	6

Miscellanea

• 18 songs were recorded during the Transgression sessions, with five that have yet to be released. Two of them are: "Ammunition" and "Anthem" (Godflesh cover).