''Don't Be Afraid'' is a 1997 album by electro/synthpop group

Information Society An information society is a society or subculture where the usage, Content creation, creation, information distribution, distribution, manipulation and information integration, integration of information is a significant activity. Its main drive ...

. The album adds industrial elements and guitars. The album was recorded with

Kurt Harland Kurt Harland is an American singer, songwriter, and audio engineer. He is the lead singer of Information Society. He also works on video game scores, including two of the soundtracks for the '' Legacy of Kain'' video game series ('' Legacy of ...

remaining the sole member of the band, featuring collaborators

Fred Maher Frederick J. Maher is an American drummer, music programmer and record producer. He was a member of the bands Massacre (1980–81), the Dance, Material, Scritti Politti, and has recorded and toured with Lou Reed. In 1984 he released ''Basic'', ...

and Steve Siebold of

Hate Dept. Hate Dept. is an American Industrial rock, industrial/punk rock band, formed in 1991 by Steven Seibold. Seibold is a multi-instrumentalist who writes, records and releases Hate Dept. albums with minimal outside help. He formed Hate Dept. in 1991 ...

The album features a more conceptual sound unlike past material, with Harland describing the album's themes as "extremes of emotion and sensation". The eighth track, "Ozar Midrashim", is used extensively in the video game '' Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver'', as the theme of the main character

Raziel Raziel, ( ''Rāzīʾēl,'' "God is my Mystery") also known as Gallitsur ( Hebrew: גַּלִּיצוּר ''Gallīṣūr'') is an angel within the teachings of Jewish mysticism (of the Kabbalah of Judaism) who is the "Angel of Secrets" and the "An ...

Background

According to Kurt Harland's Insoc.org website, the oldest work on the album is the first version of "Closing In", which dates back to 1992. Most tracks on the album have had previous iterations and versions, with these tracks being updated over the years. Harland initially worked with Fred Maher in 1996 on some of the first tracks of the album. Steve Seibold of Hate Dept. joined in January 1997 taking Maher's place and collaborated by playing guitar, producing and mixing on a number of tracks. This album is the first and only Information Society album to feature

guitars The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

, which are used on several tracks.

Track listing

Other releases

* Accession Records released a version of the album featuring different artwork and inserts in 1999. * The album was remastered and re-released on April 1, 2008, as a digital download in the

iTunes iTunes is a media player, media library, and mobile device management (MDM) utility developed by Apple. It is used to purchase, play, download and organize digital multimedia on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating s ...

and

Amazon Amazon most often refers to: * Amazon River, in South America * Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin * Amazon (company), an American multinational technology company * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek myth ...

music stores.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Information Society

–

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

programming Program (American English; also Commonwealth English in terms of computer programming and related activities) or programme (Commonwealth English in all other meanings), programmer, or programming may refer to: Business and management * Program m ...

Guests

– guitar on track 5 * Steven Seibold – guitar on tracks 2–4 and 9,

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

on tracks 2, 6, and 9, programming * Rachel Girard – vocals on track 6

Production

*Tracks 1–4, 6, and 9 produced and mixed by Steven Seibold, recorded at Seibold Studios. *Tracks 5 and 7 produced and mixed by Fred Maher, recorded at Fred Maher's studio. *Tracks 8, 10 and 11 produced and mixed by Kurt Harland, recorded in KurtsCar.

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1997 albums Information Society (band) albums Albums produced by Fred Maher Cleopatra Records albums