Resurrection

Album: Obsolete (1998)
Play Video

Songfacts®:

  • A standout track from Fear Factory's third album, Obsolete, their guitarist Dino Cazares told Songfacts how it fit the concept of the set. "The resurrection is more of an uplifting story," he explained. "When we first started, it was always the concept of 'man versus machine.' Man wasn't able to adapt back then to how the technology was taking over, so he was fighting against it, because he saw a bleak future for man, where technology was taking over people's jobs, people's lives. Automaton robots and so on. So this one particular man was considered a hero, a subhuman hero. Well, we called him 'a subhuman terrorist.' He was fighting, and he had a little guerrilla army. There was a point on Obsolete where man was winning, so it was like the resurrection of man on that particular song."
  • Part of this song is in waltz time, which you don't hear very often in industrial metal. Dino Cazares told us how it happened: "This was at the point where the band had a little bit of money, and we were able to build a studio into our rehearsal room - we built a nicer studio. And as our engineers were putting the studio together, me and the drummer were playing. He had this beat, and it was a little different. It wasn't like super double bass or anything like that, but it was a different beat, so I wrote a riff to it. The song was in a 3/4 timing, like a waltz: 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3. That's what they call a waltz beat.

    And then when the chorus came in, it went to a 4/4. So you had this waltz beat, this 1-2-3, 1-2-3. Then 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4. There's just something about the timing of those two things together, it really worked. That's what made the song."

Comments

Be the first to comment...

Editor's Picks

Todd Rundgren

Todd RundgrenSongwriter Interviews

Todd Rundgren explains why he avoids "Hello It's Me," and what it was like producing Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell album.

Chris Rea

Chris ReaSongwriter Interviews

It took him seven years to recover from his American hit "Fool (If You Think It's Over)," but Chris Rea became one of the top singer-songwriters in his native UK.

The Evolution of "Ophelia"

The Evolution of "Ophelia"Song Writing

How five songs portray Shakespeare's character Ophelia.

Mick Jones of Foreigner

Mick Jones of ForeignerSongwriter Interviews

Foreigner's songwriter/guitarist tells the stories behind the songs "Juke Box Hero," "I Want To Know What Love Is," and many more.

Michael Glabicki of Rusted Root

Michael Glabicki of Rusted RootSongwriter Interviews

Michael tells the story of "Send Me On My Way," and explains why some of the words in the song don't have a literal meaning.

Scott Gorham of Thin Lizzy and Black Star Riders

Scott Gorham of Thin Lizzy and Black Star RidersSongwriter Interviews

Writing with Phil Lynott, Scott saw their ill-fated frontman move to a darker place in his life and lyrics.