FEAR FACTORY – Announce German Dates

Here are the confirmed events in Germany featuring original FEAR FACTORY members Dino Cazares (guitar) and Burton C. Bell (vocals). The band is rumored to also include bassist Byron Stroud (who played on the last two FEAR FACTORY albums in addition to touring and recording with STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and ZIMMERS HOLE) and legendary drummer Gene Hoglan (Strapping Young Lad, Dark Angel, Death, Testament)

August 3rd – Köln, GERMANY at Essigfabrik

August 4th – Hamburg, GERMANY at Grünspan

August 5th – Berlin, GERMANY at Columbia Club

August 10th – München, GERMANY at Backstage Werk

August 11th – Aschaffenburg, GERMANY at Colos Saal

August 12th – Herford, GERMANY at X

The newly re-organized FEAR FACTORY is slated to also be getting to work on recording a brand new studio album.

Cazares and Bell were photographed “hanging out” together at the April 6, 2008 Ministry concert at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California and have been rebuilding their friendship ever since.

Dino’s tenure with Fear Factory ended in March 2002 after Bell announced his departure from the group, allegedly telling his bandmates at the time, “Look, guys, I’m not into it anymore, I don’t wanna play in the band anymore, I don’t wanna play with you guys, and I especially don’t wanna play with you, Dino.”

Fear Factory eventually reformed without Dino and released two more studio albums, 2004’s “Archetype” and 2005’s “Transgression”.

In a September 2007 interview with MTV.com, Cazares – who currently heads up DIVINE HERESY – stated about his former group, “In the long run, I believe I came out the winner, and I feel that they have bastardized the name, and it’s a completely different band, different style. I definitely carried the passion in that band, and my riffs, my style, they were very distinctive. I don’t regret anything I created in Fear Factory whatsoever. It will be part of my memory for the rest of my life. I believe I am continuing the legacy and keeping this metal torch alive and bringing it back with DIVINE HERESY. You can feel the hunger and passion in Divine Heresy, which I believe Fear Factory has been missing, and is still missing to this day.”

Divine Heresy, is said to be “unaffected” by Dino’s involvement with the new project.

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