Album Review: Fear Factory - Genexus

Fear Factory are channelling late '80s Meshuggah with their latest record.

The brutal industrial riff machine has perfected the groove and sounds fucking tough, from the hard-style intro more conducive to dark trance on Autonomous Combat System to the tough breakdown that Anodized pummels you through amid Devin Townsend-esque mega choruses. Single, Soul Hacker, is a guilty treat, the guitar tones they're mustering the epitome of tough. Protomech is entirely driving, maintaining the punishing tempo of the record before the brutal blast beats of title track Genexus. Closer, Expiration Date, is epic, and entirely something else!