Transgression is the sixth studio album by American industrial metal band Fear Factory.

Guest appearances include Billy Gould, the bassist of Faith No More, and Lamb of God guitarist Mark Morton, who co-wrote the song "New Promise".

One could also retrieve another bonus track, entitled "My Grave", by putting the CD into the computer and clicking the 'Music' section at the special website.

Transgression was the first CD Fear Factory recorded since Soul of a New Machine without Rhys Fulber's input.

This is the first Fear Factory album to include guitar solos, with the songs "Echo of my Scream" and "New Promise" featuring one each.

[9] In 2013, Christian Olde Wolbers via his Facebook page revealed more details regarding writing\recording Transgression and Archetype: We had some really heavy shit on Transgression that never made it to the album because Burt didn't wanna sing on fast blast beat songs.

[10] All lyrics are written by Burton C. Bell, except where noted; all music is composed by Christian Olde Wolbers and Raymond Herrera, except where notedThe title "540,000 Degrees Fahrenheit" refers to the heat in the middle of a Thermonuclear weapon explosion.

The lyrics go into detail about the destruction wrought upon the body brought about by such an explosion, with the chorus lamenting the potential loss of life that may be caused by one of these devices if it was ever to be used.