Armageddon or Brave New World

Obsolete (styled °BSΩLE+e on the album cover) is the third studio album by American industrial metal band Fear Factory, released on July 28, 1998. Conceptually, it is a sequel to 1995's Demanufacture. With the success of its fourth single, "Cars," a Gary Numan cover that featured Numan himself on vocals, Obsolete would break Fear Factory into the mainstream and remain their highest selling album. Obsolete is a concept album which is a story of the Edgecrusher creating armageddon on future Earth. The story of Obsolete was inspired by books like Brave New World and 1984. Track 13 is re-recorded version of song "Soulwomb" with new lyrics (taken from 1st album Conctrete) during Obsolete recording sessions. Track 15 is re-recorded version of song "Concrete" (originally recorded in 1991 for band's 1st album Concrete) during the Demanufacture recording sessions in 1994.

The Top 100 '80s Rock Albums span a series of genres as startling and varied as the era's neon-flecked fashions.No one was immune to the early-decade emergence of new wave, from up-and-coming acts to legacy groups – many of whom began incorporating the then-new sound into their bedrock approach.Meanwhile, classic rock and subsequently metal began a transformation into mass acceptance when the edges were smoothed out to form arena rock and hair metal, respectively. The arrival of roots, thrash, and world music influences kept things interesting, along the way. All of it made selecting the period's best releases both intriguing and deeply challenging.Check out the list below, as Ultimate Classic Rock takes a chronological look at the Top 100 '80s Rock Albums.