Concrete LP

Fear Factory's Concrete LP embodies a delightful contradiction: it marks the end of an era while being their first full-length offering. Tracks like "Big God/Raped Souls" and "Echoes of Innocence" illustrate how the band deftly intertwined punishing verses with melody, a trick so effectively pilfered by the nu-metal crowd that follows. This album's convoluted path from 1990 to its 2002 release reveals a raw musical ambition that solidified Fear Factory's influence in metal.