Obsolete (with special characters/capitals: °BSΩLE†e) is the thir full-length album released by Fear Factory on July 28, 1998. The album drops the Death Metal style featured on Soul of a New Machine and Demanufacture. The album is also considered a sequel to Demanufacture, the band's second full-length release. It is also their third studio release as Remanufacture is a remix album.