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1	* CoveredUp: They've pretty much completely covered up "Dog Day Sunrise" (originally by Head of David) and "0~0" (originally by ''Wiseblood'').
2	* ContestedSequel: ''The Industrialist''. Also ''Mechanize'', though to a slightly smaller extent.
3	* CriticalDissonance: ''Digimortal'' was fairly well received by critics, but it gets a lot of hate from fans for having a simpler and more NuMetal-influenced sound compared to previous releases.
4	* FanNickname: Dino Cazares, who's a bit heavy, is widely known on Fear Factory forums as "Self Diet Resistor."
5	* FandomRivalry: One almost happened with fans of [[{{Music/LinkinPark}} Linkin Park]], due to a comment Burton made in an interview where he said that he thought ''Hybrid Theory'' was "''Demanufacture'' for kids". Burton had already left the band by this point, though, so it didn't affect things very much in the end.
6	* GrowingTheBeard: ''Music/{{Demanufacture}}'' marked the point at which the band found their identity. It tones down the death metal influences while still remaining heavy, features clean vocals more prominently, and expands on their concepts regarding man-machine relations.
7	* MisattributedSong: They never did a cover of Kiss' "God of Thunder", that was by Death.
8	* NightmareFuel: The song 'Slave Labor' is about self-immolation, which means ''burning yourself alive''.
9	** Hell, many of their songs easily qualify, '''especially''' those appearing on ''Soul of a New Machine'' and ''Concrete'' (because these albums are DeathMetal, a genre considered as NightmareFuel incarnate for the average listener).
10	* OnceOriginalNowCommon: You know all those {{metalcore}} and groove metal bands that have one person doing aggressive and melodic vocals? You can either thank or blame Fear Factory for that.
11	* OvershadowedByControversy: These days, people are more likely to talk about the personal and legal troubles surrounding the band than their music.
12	* SignatureSong: "Replica", the cover of [[Music/GaryNuman "Cars"]], "Linchpin", "Descent" and "Demanufacture"
13	* SpiritualSuccessor:
14	** Arkaea was this to the ''Archetype'' and ''Transgression'' era of the band. The only difference in lineup between this era of Fear Factory and Arkaea is that [[TheBandMinusTheFace it had a different vocalist]].
15	** Divine Heresy was originally considered as one to the classic era of the band too, even though it doesn't have any of the electronic and industrial influences of Fear Factory.
16	* ToughActToFollow: ''Music/{{Demanufacture}}'' is hailed as the band's classic. Almost everything the band released afterward (especially ''Digimortal'') is more contested to varying degrees as a result.

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