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\nCandlelight Records has confirmed June 5th as the North American release date for FEAR FACTORY’s new album, The Industrialist<\/em>. Produced by the band with Rhys Fulber (Front Line Assembly), the album was mixed by Greg Reely (Paradise Lost\/Skinny Puppy\/Machine Head). It features additional tracking by Logan Mader (Gojira\/Divine Heresy\/Five Finger Death Punch) and artwork by Anthony Clarkson (Devin Townsend).<\/p>\n
“The Industrialist” is a conceptual album that brings to life a story scripted by vocalist Burton C. Bell. The album\u2019s lyrics detail the plot of the original narrative while delivering Fear Factory\u2019s massive signature sound. Bell reveals, \u201cthe album is a futuristic tale of an automaton, striving to survive by fighting for its existence within a desperate world. The lyrics tell the story while the music takes our industrial roots and blends them more perfectly than ever with our metal edge. And all without losing the sound that makes FEAR FACTORY a machine of sonic devastation. FEAR FACTORY fans of any era will not be disappointed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clocking in at just under one hour, the album\u2019s ten songs again unite Bell with guitarist Dino Cazares. It is the second album written by the duo, reuniting in 2009 after a seven year split. Cazares says, \u201ccollaborating with Burton again on the new album was like magic. Everything just fell into place naturally. It felt good to recapture the true sound of FEAR FACTORY, taking it back to where it all started while raising it to new levels.\u201d<\/p>\n
“The Industrialist” again pairs Fear Factory with long-time friend Rhys Fulber. Their collaborations together include five albums and two remixes, including the certified gold album Obsolete. \u201cRhys has been our secret member,\u201d shares Cazares. \u201cHe is the one producer who has been able to understand what we have been trying to accomplish from the beginning and has opened our eyes to new things without sacrificing our original sound. His talents in production and keyboard\/samples has made FEAR FACTORY stand out amongst the many bands of our genre.\u201d<\/p>\n
“The Industrialist” follows the 2010 release of “Mechanize.” Widely regarded, the album was the first release from the band in six years and the first new material from the nucleus of Bell and Cazares since 2002. The album debuted on Billboard\u2019s Top 100 album chart week of release and continues to sell in early 2012. Sirus XM\/Headbangers Ball\u2019s host Jose Mangin comments, \u201cafter Mechanize dominated 2010 as Liquid Metal\u2019s Album Of The Year, North America is chompin\u2019 at the bit to get an ear full of new FEAR FACTORY. I have no doubt that FEAR FACTORY are going to kick our collective asses in 2012.\u201d<\/p>\n
Revolver editor Brandon Geist adds, \u201cin the \u201990s, FEAR FACTORY\u2019s founding duo of Burton C. Bell and Dino Cazares changed the sound of metal, from the way that metal vocalists sing to the way that metal and electronic music can be fused together. With 2010\u2019s reunion album, Mechanize, their partnership proved to be as lethal as ever. Though 2012 promises plenty of massive heavy-music releases, there isn\u2019t a record that I\u2019m looking forward to more than The Industrialist.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fear Factory recently announced the band’s first tour dates since 2011. Joining the group for the tour that is set to kick off on May st1 is Boston\u2019s Shadows Fall, Kansas City-based The Browning, Riverside, California\u2019s The Devastated, and Legacy Of Disorder from New Zealand. The complete list of confirmed dates are:<\/p>\n
5\/01\/2012 Backstage Live \u2013 San Antonio, TX Candlelight Records has confirmed June 5th as the North American release date for FEAR FACTORY’s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n5\/02\/2012 Trees \u2013 Dallas, TX
\n5\/03\/2012 Scout Bar \u2013 Houston, TX
\n5\/05\/2012 State Theater \u2013 St. Petersburg, FL
\n5\/06\/2012 Culture Room \u2013 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
\n5\/07\/2012 Masquerade, Atlanta, GA (NEW)
\n5\/09\/2012 Ziggy\u2019s \u2013 Winston-Salem, NC
\n5\/10\/2012 Theater of Living Arts \u2013 Philadelphia, PA
\n5\/11\/2012 Wally\u2019s Pub \u2013 Hampton Beach, NH
\n5\/12\/2012 Gramercy Theatre \u2013 New York, NY
\n5\/13\/2012 Sonar \u2013 Baltimore, MD
\n5\/15\/2012 McGuffy\u2019s House Of Rock \u2013 Dayton, OH (NEW)
\n5\/16\/2012 The Crofoot Ballroom \u2013 Pontiac, MI
\n5\/17\/2012 Bottom Lounge \u2013 Chicago, IL (NEW)
\n5\/20\/2012 Summit Music Hall \u2013 Denver, CO
\n5\/23\/2012 Yost Theater \u2013 Santa Ana, CA (NEW)
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\nSource: Metalunderground
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