Fear Is the Mindkiller

For the expression from the novel Dune, see Bene Gesserit § Litany against fear.

Fear Is the Mindkiller is the first EP by American industrial metal band Fear Factory. It was released on April 14, 1993, by Roadrunner Records and is containing remixes of songs from the first album Soul of a New Machine.

Fear Is the Mindkiller
EP by Fear Factory
Released	April 14, 1993
Recorded	May 1992
Genre	Death metal, industrial metal
Length	32:40
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Colin Richardson
Fear Factory chronology
Soul of a New Machine (1992) Fear Is the Mindkiller (1993) Demanufacture (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	5/10[2]

Content

Remixes 1–5 were created by Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb of Front Line Assembly. The EP was remastered and re-released on October 5, 2004, in a digipak, packaged together with the remastered Soul of a New Machine without "Self Immolation". The title of the record is a quote from "Litany against fear", a fictional incantation from Dune, the science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert.

When playing live in the 1990s, the band would occasionally play a variation of the Deep Dub Trauma remix of "Scumgrief", rather than the original. The song is also on the soundtrack of the film Hideaway.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Martyr" (Suffer Bastard Mix)	7:14
2.	"Self Immolation" (Vein Tap Mix)	5:32
3.	"Scapegoat" (Pigfuck Mix)	4:37
4.	"Scumgrief" (Deep Dub Trauma Mix)	6:20
5.	"Self Immolation" (Liquid Sky Mix)	6:06
6.	"Self Immolation" (Original Version)	2:46
Total length:		32:40

Personnel

Fear Factory

• Burton C. Bell − vocals
• Dino Cazares − guitar
• Raymond Herrera − drums
• Andrew Shives – bass
• Raynor Diego – keyboards^[3]

Production

• Rhys Fulber − digital adaptation
• Brian Gardner − mastering
• Bernie Grundman − mastering
• Karl Kotas − art direction, computer graphics
• Ron Obvious − facility consultant
• Greg Reely − sonic architect
• Colin Richardson − producer
• Ira Rosenson − photography
• Joel Van Dyke − sonic assistance

References

1. "Fear Is the Mindkiller - Fear Factory". AllMusic.
2. Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
3. Fear Is the Mindkiller Credits (liner notes). Metal Mind Records. MASS CD 0280. Retrieved March 7, 2023.