Digimortal (album)

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All tracks are written by Fear Factory, except "Back the Fuck Up", written by B-Real

Digimortal
Fear Factory Digimortal.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 24, 2001 (2001-04-24)
RecordedSeptember 30 − November 4, 2000
Genre
Length43:23
Label Roadrunner
Producer
Fear Factory chronology
Messiah
(1999)
Digimortal
(2001)
Concrete
(2002)
Fear Factory studio album chronology
Obsolete
(1998)
Digimortal
(2001)
Archetype
(2004)
No.TitleLength
1."What Will Become?"3:24
2."Damaged"3:03
3."Digimortal"3:04
4."No One"3:37
5."Linchpin"3:25
6."Invisible Wounds (Dark Bodies)"3:54
7."Acres of Skin"3:55
8."Back the Fuck Up" (featuring B-Real)3:10
9."Byte Block"5:21
10."Hurt Conveyor"3:42
11."(Memory Imprints) Never End"6:48
Total length:43:23
Limited edition digipak
No.TitleLength
12."Dead Man Walking"3:16
13."Strain Vs. Resistance"3:25
14."Repentance"2:40
15."Full Metal Contact"2:28
Total length:55:12

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