I disliked the Fear Factory version, personally. This, however, is fantastic. I absolutely love when Simone and Mark are singing/grunt-scream-type-thing-ing in unison.
well, being a big fan of Fear Factory, i can say that this wasnt that bad. pretty nice actually. it does kinda sound like they tried too hard to give an Industrial feeling to it, but the chorus part is godly.
and i didnt even know that Fear Factory was an influence to them. THAT is fucking awesome.
I just gotta say as both a fear factory and epica fan that if a band decides to cover a song, doesn't that mean that it somehow inspired them? Like it hate it, I think they did a great job at covering this, and before you all pass judgment on me, fear factory is my all time favorite band
Don't like this, but then I hate Fear Factory. Love Epica's other stuff though, It's ridiculous people are talking trash about them when they've never even heard their music. Seriously, anyone who knows shit about metal has heard of Epica. They're a very respected and well known band in the genre.
@DrCornwallis100 sorry but epica are not all that famous, gothic metal never was until a certain american band went and buggered the genre about. you mention the 2 bands to people and more will know fear factory. I do however agree with you about not liking it and im a fear factory fan. I dont know but it sounds less than its worth, i dont know how else how to put that. She does not have any feeling involved with the vocals and you can tell.
@anathemapariah Its Symphonic metal. "Gothic metal" is just people who dont realy know what there talking about. Then everyone has to respect that. Even though in this piece there are no symphonic elements to it.
"She does not have any feeling involved with the vocals and you can tell." Simones Style of singing is alot harder than fear factories. She is showing emotion, you just haven't been around the classical scene for very long therefore you don't recognise it.
@karilxbow i love how people assume that just because i dont like certain bands i dont like mussorgsky, orff or stokowski (or be able to play them) just because i dont like bands they do. Your own analysis of this song shows it cannot be symphonic so therefore my view of gothic metal is infact completely correct. And by the way you might want to even look up Epicas own website where they call themselves a 'Dutch gothic metal band'
@karilxbow There is no such thing as ''symphonic metal'' or any other gay-new-opera shit, it is just an excuse for untalented people to play same music in different tonality.I can watch porn and get more emotions then from this shit. Cover? This is no cover this ruin
Emotions are not based on trash and filth. Heart and soul are above it along. I've already noticed that we ruin ouselves when we act on impulse, what porn is. Music is a means to touch your spirit its ART. so if you don't like her particular music then why not just say you don't like it instead of rambling on thats irrelevant?
Also,some of the veiwers might be kids, wether you care or not and obviously you don't.
@DrCornwallis100 I've known epica, I am just not a fan of em dude. I do however like female singers such as Arch Enemy (Favorite) And In This Moment, they're awesome.
Why do people here complain that it doesn't sound exactly like Fear Factory? When a band covers a song, they aren't trying to make it so much like the original that no one can tell them apart (unless it's for technique practice), they try to capture the feeling created by the music... and yes, they lost alot of the Fear Factory "impacting rage" but they created their own chilling sound to match the concept of the song, which is the point...
of course all the fear factory fans will say they hate it. simone has a beautiful voice, but i'm glad that all their songs don't sound like this because parts of it i didn't like... had nothing to do with epica, but the song itself
everyone with his own opinion. I like the original version more. Here I can tell that Epica tried to explore some sound effects such as flanger and phaser to make it sound more "industrial"... but it doesnt sound right, they should stick to symphonic stuff, this is not their thing. The growls sure are better than FF but the recording effect they added to it made it sound very weird, sorry. my opinion
@hellsingmx well burton doesn't really growl, he just kinda yells. but i think it sounds better, this cover is horrible. they tried to make it more industrial, when they're not an industrial band. (they did a good cover of crystal mountain though)
en mi opinion, esta version kedó mucho mejor k la original, siento k la letra de la canción está más acorde con la voz de mujer, además se oye más claro cada instrumento y lo k dice la letra.
Poor Cover Song, sorry I have to say that. The Female Voice is pretty good, but the growls are so unnecessary and that makes this Cover a bucket full of crap.
I saw Fear Factory live on Saturday and they played Replica live and that was f´n awesome...
I agree. If the instruments were better and the growls are gone it would have been an awesome cover in my opinion. The female vocals are awesome. They just put it on a different level. I dont mean better or worse but just different.
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this is really a very bad cover - the original kicks ass, but this kicks nothing. the voice of the both singers doesn't suit to this song... instrumental it's ok but not the voice...
shut the fuck up! if you don't like it don't listen to it!! and if this sounds gay for you i'll ask you what music you listen to? tokio hotel, us5? FUCK THIS COMMERCIAL SHIT! if you don't like this listen to your fucking music! you indirectly say that this sounds gay? then listen to another song from this fucking great band - for example "Slave Labor"... if you don't like it, too please be quiet with your stupid comments.
1. this was my comment to your fucking answer to "Fear Factory - Bite the hand that bleeds you"
2. this answer doesn't suit to my comment
3 PISS OFF!!! I'll not answer to your fucking comments because i'm supposed that sb fucks your brain out of your head and if you discuss with idiots the discussion will never end...
2: You have no clue what you're talking about, all you do is spout racist homophobic comments, you fucking nazi.. FUCK YOU NAZI. Hitler is dead, stop following his lead, shitbrain,
3: NO U faggot.
Now, look what you've done... made me hate you. Nazi fucking arsewipe cunt fucking racist shit.
I'm a nazi and a racist? oh yes of cause you are so fucking stupid guy. How can I be a nazi or a racist if 50% of my friends come from another country? another point i'm a nazi or a racist is that i often go to activities against racism and nazis. you're poor, very poor... and where have i said that i'm a nazi you damn asshole? and now you hate me.. :'( oh my fucking god i'm going to kill myself^^
I'm big on a cover being done well, and also being able to allow the band doing the cover to expand and show its uniqueness within the parameters of the song. This was different, but nothing short of pleasant. Gets my thumbs up.
i find it impossible to like any metal band with a female vocalists. it just ruins it for me. i agree about the evanescence comment. they do suck hard.
If youre going to the pure guttural intensity, you probably wont find it in operatic female vocals. But they do add a nice atmosphere and artistic embellishment.
And if you listen to a lot of Fear Factorys early, Burtons clean vocals are very elegant and beautiful. They still manage to convey intensity.
seriously people?? this cover is horrible, the singin is awful. i fuckin LOVE Fear Factory! cant believe Bell actually allowed this song to be covered. FF's version is the one and the ONLY!
i know i already left a comment on this awsome fucking video/song but i just wanted to add when FF goes back on tour these 2 should tour together, like burton could do a duet witht the female vocalist from epica, like burt will give his demonic brutal vocals and the woman could give her heavenly angel touch to it lol it would be fucking beauitful ^^
cheers, mate ... some people here got what i meant, but i think the majority is just the bunch of pseudo metallers that cannot react accordingly to a real and true comment about the song of their "favorite" band of choice ...
Well, doing a cover song is about taking another artist's song, and turning it into your own sound. That's exactly what Epica did. If they copied it exactly the way Fear Factory wrote it, that would be incredibly lame.
more like they added to it. i went to check out the original version & its good..but these guys ...er...scream...better...so to speak. lol please they have a feminine voice in it as well.
I'm not mad. I have an own opinion. I like this better, than the original one. I know, Fear Factory legendary, but the Epica is one of my favourite bands.
Instruments are great.
But this song never consist without Burton's vocal!!
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HATOMUGIS 1 week ago
yes, you were conceived violently
stipsa52 3 weeks ago
Absolutely better than original
Archival31 2 months ago
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HATOMUGIS 1 week ago
Awesome Replica!
Mubashwer 2 months ago
No such Replica!
SireneduDesert 3 months ago
This is one unforgettable riff!
donSparda 4 months ago
Replica, Epica. Epica, Replica.
AP93Playa 5 months ago 4
Wow they broke the true power of this song. nps with epica further, just stick to what you're good at.
Hellbreght 6 months ago
Badass.
TurnToJesus1 7 months ago
I disliked the Fear Factory version, personally. This, however, is fantastic. I absolutely love when Simone and Mark are singing/grunt-scream-type-thing-ing in unison.
xTYCHOx 7 months ago
@xTYCHOx you disliked the Fear Factory version? LMFAO....GTFO.
BehindTheLight99 6 months ago
@BehindTheLight99 Consider me TFO. Don't you just love how accepting people are of others' clearly personal and unimposing opinions?
xTYCHOx 6 months ago
@xTYCHOx not liking Fear Factory is a sin....sorry.
BehindTheLight99 6 months ago
@njcandoit Fear Factory didn't did a "version" of this song dumbass its the original.
NightmareGrundwig666 7 months ago 2
RepLica!!!
marlus120 8 months ago
well, being a big fan of Fear Factory, i can say that this wasnt that bad. pretty nice actually. it does kinda sound like they tried too hard to give an Industrial feeling to it, but the chorus part is godly.
and i didnt even know that Fear Factory was an influence to them. THAT is fucking awesome.
AP93Playa 9 months ago
Just one word: Wow!
CaptCrash79 9 months ago
I just gotta say as both a fear factory and epica fan that if a band decides to cover a song, doesn't that mean that it somehow inspired them? Like it hate it, I think they did a great job at covering this, and before you all pass judgment on me, fear factory is my all time favorite band
Jargon1984 10 months ago
Much better than fear factory's version
njcandoit 11 months ago
I'm not a big fan of the woman vocals here, but the death growls make up for it 100%.
dragonscarz13 1 year ago
Don't like this, but then I hate Fear Factory. Love Epica's other stuff though, It's ridiculous people are talking trash about them when they've never even heard their music. Seriously, anyone who knows shit about metal has heard of Epica. They're a very respected and well known band in the genre.
DrCornwallis100 1 year ago
@DrCornwallis100 sorry but epica are not all that famous, gothic metal never was until a certain american band went and buggered the genre about. you mention the 2 bands to people and more will know fear factory. I do however agree with you about not liking it and im a fear factory fan. I dont know but it sounds less than its worth, i dont know how else how to put that. She does not have any feeling involved with the vocals and you can tell.
anathemapariah 1 year ago
@anathemapariah Its Symphonic metal. "Gothic metal" is just people who dont realy know what there talking about. Then everyone has to respect that. Even though in this piece there are no symphonic elements to it.
"She does not have any feeling involved with the vocals and you can tell." Simones Style of singing is alot harder than fear factories. She is showing emotion, you just haven't been around the classical scene for very long therefore you don't recognise it.
karilxbow 11 months ago
@karilxbow i love how people assume that just because i dont like certain bands i dont like mussorgsky, orff or stokowski (or be able to play them) just because i dont like bands they do. Your own analysis of this song shows it cannot be symphonic so therefore my view of gothic metal is infact completely correct. And by the way you might want to even look up Epicas own website where they call themselves a 'Dutch gothic metal band'
anathemapariah 11 months ago
@karilxbow There is no such thing as ''symphonic metal'' or any other gay-new-opera shit, it is just an excuse for untalented people to play same music in different tonality.I can watch porn and get more emotions then from this shit. Cover? This is no cover this ruin
stipsa52 3 weeks ago
@stipsa52
So everything is porn to you?
Emotions are not based on trash and filth. Heart and soul are above it along. I've already noticed that we ruin ouselves when we act on impulse, what porn is. Music is a means to touch your spirit its ART. so if you don't like her particular music then why not just say you don't like it instead of rambling on thats irrelevant?
Also,some of the veiwers might be kids, wether you care or not and obviously you don't.
Thorobred4ever 2 weeks ago 2
@DrCornwallis100 I've known epica, I am just not a fan of em dude. I do however like female singers such as Arch Enemy (Favorite) And In This Moment, they're awesome.
dren9 1 year ago
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han destrozado un temazo
mierda43 1 year ago
an destrozado un temazo
mierda43 1 year ago
WOW!! This is a great cover!! I think FF would be proud of this one!
blazer942 1 year ago
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I fucking HATE women vocalists. Well, most. She can't even growl. She's just eye candy. Go back to the kitchen. No such thing as women in metal.
ametryn 1 year ago
@ametryn Uh.... How about Arch Enemy? I don't agree, but of course, I don't have to do I?
rasberrysauce 1 year ago
@ametryn Arch Enemy lead singer Angela Gossow can fucking sing dude, and she can fucking growl.
dren9 1 year ago 2
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epica sucks and they are live even more worse
severedification 1 year ago
@severedification STFU.
TheRanky96 1 year ago
Why do people here complain that it doesn't sound exactly like Fear Factory? When a band covers a song, they aren't trying to make it so much like the original that no one can tell them apart (unless it's for technique practice), they try to capture the feeling created by the music... and yes, they lost alot of the Fear Factory "impacting rage" but they created their own chilling sound to match the concept of the song, which is the point...
TommyDestroy 1 year ago 12
@TommyDestroy I agree That's all true but this simply sounds pathetic...
Albanijac 1 year ago
I am a fear factory fan and this is the reason why everone tunes you out and listens to Eminem.
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worst cover ever...
UnderTorture 1 year ago
of course all the fear factory fans will say they hate it. simone has a beautiful voice, but i'm glad that all their songs don't sound like this because parts of it i didn't like... had nothing to do with epica, but the song itself
JustBored589 1 year ago 2
this is poop. the music is sick, i like the effects, but this singer can smell my butt
MikeySixx 1 year ago
It's good man
Manmeat15678845 1 year ago
everyone with his own opinion. I like the original version more. Here I can tell that Epica tried to explore some sound effects such as flanger and phaser to make it sound more "industrial"... but it doesnt sound right, they should stick to symphonic stuff, this is not their thing. The growls sure are better than FF but the recording effect they added to it made it sound very weird, sorry. my opinion
hellsingmx 1 year ago
@hellsingmx well burton doesn't really growl, he just kinda yells. but i think it sounds better, this cover is horrible. they tried to make it more industrial, when they're not an industrial band. (they did a good cover of crystal mountain though)
EpsilonX 1 year ago
en mi opinion, esta version kedó mucho mejor k la original, siento k la letra de la canción está más acorde con la voz de mujer, además se oye más claro cada instrumento y lo k dice la letra.
Inimaginativo 1 year ago
Very nice and awesome song.
xxAtlantianKnightxx 2 years ago
Poor Cover Song, sorry I have to say that. The Female Voice is pretty good, but the growls are so unnecessary and that makes this Cover a bucket full of crap.
I saw Fear Factory live on Saturday and they played Replica live and that was f´n awesome...
NickToxic 2 years ago
I agree. If the instruments were better and the growls are gone it would have been an awesome cover in my opinion. The female vocals are awesome. They just put it on a different level. I dont mean better or worse but just different.
Valkbg 2 years ago
I just love it!
AmyLeeTheQueen 2 years ago
I love fear factory.......this cover is tight! the chick is spot on.
billyrhea1 2 years ago
This isn't something I thought Epica would cover. It's not even really their style. I think it's a good song but...idk.
Goblin51892 2 years ago
the original is one hell of a song! and THIS cover fucking kicks ass!
izizful 2 years ago
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this is really a very bad cover - the original kicks ass, but this kicks nothing. the voice of the both singers doesn't suit to this song... instrumental it's ok but not the voice...
Bieroern 2 years ago
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shut the fuck up! if you don't like it don't listen to it!! and if this sounds gay for you i'll ask you what music you listen to? tokio hotel, us5? FUCK THIS COMMERCIAL SHIT! if you don't like this listen to your fucking music! you indirectly say that this sounds gay? then listen to another song from this fucking great band - for example "Slave Labor"... if you don't like it, too please be quiet with your stupid comments.
halatha 2 years ago
you gay are so stupid
1. this was my comment to your fucking answer to "Fear Factory - Bite the hand that bleeds you"
2. this answer doesn't suit to my comment
3 PISS OFF!!! I'll not answer to your fucking comments because i'm supposed that sb fucks your brain out of your head and if you discuss with idiots the discussion will never end...
Bieroern 2 years ago
1: Stop being homophobic you racist cunt,
2: You have no clue what you're talking about, all you do is spout racist homophobic comments, you fucking nazi.. FUCK YOU NAZI. Hitler is dead, stop following his lead, shitbrain,
3: NO U faggot.
Now, look what you've done... made me hate you. Nazi fucking arsewipe cunt fucking racist shit.
FUCK YOU AND ALL YOU NAZI HOMOPHOBIC RACISTS.
halatha 2 years ago
I'm a nazi and a racist? oh yes of cause you are so fucking stupid guy. How can I be a nazi or a racist if 50% of my friends come from another country? another point i'm a nazi or a racist is that i often go to activities against racism and nazis. you're poor, very poor... and where have i said that i'm a nazi you damn asshole? and now you hate me.. :'( oh my fucking god i'm going to kill myself^^
Please stfu
Bieroern 2 years ago
Then stop telling me Im a kike, you fuckwad, just because it's in private mail doesnt eman you didnt fucking say it shitface.
OR DO YOU WANT ME TO POST YOUR PM's? EH?
you fucking nazi racist.. calling me a jew kike and all other names..
you go to hell, fuckhead. you hate me all because you couldnt get I was being sarcastic in a ff vid... and look at you now, racism, hate, bigotry...
FUCK YOU. PIG.
halatha 2 years ago
this is worst cover that i´ve ever heard....
the original is a great song but this is shit....
razk28 2 years ago
Best cover I've heard in a long time.
VainApocalypse 2 years ago
Wow! As a lifelong Fear Factory fan, I must say this is a really cool cover.
RTDIOTI 2 years ago 3
fuck thats the shit !!! good cover :)
STMN69 2 years ago
Not bad, her voice actually fits this song
ant1991331 2 years ago 2
I love both Original and this
DarkDolly 2 years ago 2
Better than the original.
NinjaShadowPwnzor 2 years ago 3
no no no...........original kicks arse, this doesnt but still alright
Overlordsmitter 2 years ago
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fear factory is way beter than this
bitchhole64 2 years ago
It's a cover you cunt!!
ashcook123 2 years ago
Simone was only 10 years old when this first came out !
ricannabis 2 years ago
1- produzione spartana
2- perde mordente
3- piatta
matertenebra666 2 years ago
1- La qualità audio fa cacare, su CD rende molto di più
2- Molto meglio, a mio parere, lo scream di Mark unito alla voce di Simone piuttosto che quella Burton
3- Per quello che sento io è musicalmente più complessa, piatta direi di no.
Poi, de gustibus :)
ZPTheart32 2 years ago
I like this
Knez2009 2 years ago 3
all i can say it gives me more of a boner than the original. not cus its better just cus shes got a sexy voice.
ShaneMoFxxxinHuff 2 years ago 22
@ShaneMoFxxxinHuff Arch Enemy and in this moment got some good singers.
dren9 1 year ago
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lame
reaper846 2 years ago
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Why not call it Repica, or given the nature of this cover, Rape-ica.
baneobscura 2 years ago
lol
Falcar13 2 years ago 3
è un vergogna sta cover.
matertenebra666 2 years ago
perchè?
Brody5252 2 years ago
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haha love how the bitch sings: i am rape.
bet shes a rape lol haha
COCKS UP!
slutfucker666 2 years ago
I'm big on a cover being done well, and also being able to allow the band doing the cover to expand and show its uniqueness within the parameters of the song. This was different, but nothing short of pleasant. Gets my thumbs up.
Lunacyk 2 years ago
sounds like evanescence covering fear factory.. im not so sure about this...
adegamisoumounopano 2 years ago
not quite; whereas evanescence is a shit brownie covered in shit sauce, epica is a decent band.
thebrainsquid 2 years ago
i find it impossible to like any metal band with a female vocalists. it just ruins it for me. i agree about the evanescence comment. they do suck hard.
adegamisoumounopano 2 years ago
Not even nightwish?
I didnt like female singers either, that was until I heard Tarja..
ArcticaDream 2 years ago 2
Meh. Go listen to early Novembers Doom.
If youre going to the pure guttural intensity, you probably wont find it in operatic female vocals. But they do add a nice atmosphere and artistic embellishment.
And if you listen to a lot of Fear Factorys early, Burtons clean vocals are very elegant and beautiful. They still manage to convey intensity.
RaidenTheAlmighty 2 years ago
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seriously people?? this cover is horrible, the singin is awful. i fuckin LOVE Fear Factory! cant believe Bell actually allowed this song to be covered. FF's version is the one and the ONLY!
foxfriedman 2 years ago
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foxfriedman 2 years ago
Just a little bit of distorsion...
ssaaggiittaa 3 years ago
Very cool cover. FF the best.
creos3d 3 years ago
Whoe only the Dutch can do that good stuff xD
Soulstefan1 3 years ago
i like the vocal layers, something burt needs to do more, awesome cover.
linus614 3 years ago
lacks power... but dino has already approved it so....
linchpin313 3 years ago
Gotta say, this is a really good cover of FF's song. I like it
lordholocaust 3 years ago
i know i already left a comment on this awsome fucking video/song but i just wanted to add when FF goes back on tour these 2 should tour together, like burton could do a duet witht the female vocalist from epica, like burt will give his demonic brutal vocals and the woman could give her heavenly angel touch to it lol it would be fucking beauitful ^^
BINOMAN007 3 years ago 4
oooo nice! i hope they do a nightwish cover...insert random NW song here...like wish i had an angel or ever dream.
mystiquesword 3 years ago
not bad at all ... but i ´d still keep in mind the FF song instead ... Epica´s cover seemed a bit radio oriented ...
ErikJoeNoise02 3 years ago
i agree
jakeizod 3 years ago 3
cheers, mate ... some people here got what i meant, but i think the majority is just the bunch of pseudo metallers that cannot react accordingly to a real and true comment about the song of their "favorite" band of choice ...
ErikJoeNoise02 3 years ago
Fear Factory would be proud ^^
BINOMAN007 3 years ago 34
@BINOMAN007 They better be!
crashunderride 1 year ago
kicks so much fucking ass!!!! \m/
reaf1313 3 years ago 8
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Big Fucking crap! They lost the ORIGINAL RAGE FEELING of the music,,,
leandro27942 3 years ago
Well, doing a cover song is about taking another artist's song, and turning it into your own sound. That's exactly what Epica did. If they copied it exactly the way Fear Factory wrote it, that would be incredibly lame.
Queensnake903 3 years ago 27
more like they added to it. i went to check out the original version & its good..but these guys ...er...scream...better...so to speak. lol please they have a feminine voice in it as well.
mystiquesword 3 years ago
@leandro27942 There is an old saying; Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery
mrnewton86 9 months ago
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Much better? OMG...
fain79 3 years ago
Much better than the original! Epica is the best.
szurilac 3 years ago 3
are u mad? this is an example of how metal songs should not be remade, fear factory are legend!
foxfriedman 2 years ago
I'm not mad. I have an own opinion. I like this better, than the original one. I know, Fear Factory legendary, but the Epica is one of my favourite bands.
szurilac 2 years ago
Ummmm....I don't know about this being better than the original.....ummmm yea....wow
mgt247 2 years ago