Brainchild is the second studio album by the industrial metal band Circle of Dust, released in 1994 through R.E.X.

The original recording of "Deviate" was replaced with the 'Sawed-Off Shotgun Edit' version from Metamorphosis.

The only obvious difference between the versions of "Telltale Crime" is the removal of the sound clip of Geraldo Rivera from the beginning of the track.

The album contains sound bites from James Cameron's movie Aliens, while the song "Deviate" contains samples from such sources as Ren & Stimpy, The Twilight Zone episode "The Mind and the Matter" and RoboCop 2.

Paradoxically, it was the relative presence of a song structure and memorable groove that really distinguished this release from other 'noisier' entries within the genre.