"Final Exit" is a

Fear Factory Fear Factory is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1989. Throughout the band's career, they have released ten full-length albums and have evolved through a succession of sounds, all in their main style of industrial metal. ...

single released in 2010. Hence its title, it is the final track on Fear Factory's seventh studio album ''

Mechanize ''Mechanize'' is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Fear Factory. It is the only album to feature Gene Hoglan on drums and the first since 2001's '' Digimortal'' to include original guitarist and founding member Dino Cazares, ...

''. It is the album's tenth song and third single. According to critics, "Final Exit" is the best closing song of Fear Factory, due to the way samples play underneath metal riffs and noisy rhythms. With the song length of 8 minutes 17 seconds for the album version, it is the fourth longest Fear Factory song to date. The

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for this song has never been released.

Lyrics

"Final Exit" is about being dead rather than living a life full of pain. The lyrics were written by

; the voice heard at the beginning of the song is that of

Derek Humphry Derek Humphry (born 29 April 1930) is a British-born American journalist and author notable as a proponent of legal assisted suicide and the right to die. In 1980, he co-founded the Hemlock Society and, in 2004, after that organization dissolv ...

, who started the Death with Dignity movement and is the author of the best selling book ''Final Exit: the Practicalities of Self Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying''.

Tribute and quote

This song pays tribute to

Final Exit Network Final Exit Network, Inc. (FEN) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit right to die advocacy group incorporated under Florida law. It holds that mentally competent adults who suffer from terminal illnesses, intractable pain, or irreversible phys ...

, a nonprofit group that supports self-determination and the right to death with dignity for competent adults living with debilitating medical conditions. The song helped more people become aware of the information and compassionate presence provided by the Final Exit Network. Fear Factory frontman

Burton C. Bell Burton Christopher Bell (born February 19, 1969) is an American musician and vocalist. He is best known as the co-founder and former frontman of the metal band Fear Factory. Until 2021 he was the only member to perform on all of the band's album ...

explained:

References

{{authority control Fear Factory songs 2010 singles Songs written by Burton C. Bell 2010 songs Songs written by Dino Cazares