FEAR FACTORY Begins Recording First New Album In 4 Years

FEAR FACTORY has entered the studio to start recording its first new album in 4 years.

Becoming a member of founding FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares within the group’s present lineup are Milo Silvestro on vocals, Tony Campos on bass, and Pete Webber on drums.

On Sunday (April 20),FEAR FACTORY shared a few pictures of Webber within the recording studio and included the next message: “Sure we began monitoring drums yesterday for the brand new FF. The bulk is with the 8 string guitar tuned to 8E 7A 6D 5G 4C 3F 2A 1D”.

Final June, Cazares instructed Primordial Radio in regards to the chemistry of the musicians in FEAR FACTORY‘s present lineup: “ In the intervening time, [it’s all] clean crusing. And it has been nice. All people’s on level. Pete Webber‘s on drums. He is sick. He got here from a thrash metallic band referred to as HAVOK. Killer drummer. We name him Pete The Toes. Milo Silvestro — new child on the block. He got here straight from Rome, Italy. He appears like a younger Burton [C. Bell, original FEAR FACTORY singer], you realize what I imply? [He sounds like Burton did] again within the day. He sounds superb. He is most likely essentially the most musically proficient within the band. After which Tony Campos, my previous buddy. He is been with the band since, like, 2015. He comes from a band referred to as STATIC-X. He is been my mate for 30-plus years, and it is all the time good to play with him, and I am glad he is with us.”

Dino continued: “It is an important place proper now. We are attempting to keep away from any of that drama. And by chance we’ve for the previous 12 months and a half since we got here again.”

Requested what’s left for FEAR FACTORY to do, Dino mentioned: “New document with Milo Silvestro. That is what we’re gonna do subsequent. New document. After which conquer the world once more.”

Silvestro‘s addition to FEAR FACTORY was formally introduced in February 2023.

In a separate interview with Brutal Planet Journal, Dino was requested whether or not Milo is a “good lyricist”. Cazares responded: “Oh, yeah. He is obtained another little initiatives that he works on and the lyrics are actually good. So we’re not gonna have any points with that. That was one of many important issues that lots of people have been complaining — not complaining, however the Web kind of bitching. It was, like, ‘Okay. Yeah, he may sing nice reside. He may do all of the songs nice reside. However what’s it gonna be like when he does the document? How’s his lyrics gonna be? How’s this gonna be?’ Chill out. It is all gonna be good. Don’t fret.”

Within the fall of 2023, Dino instructed Nyva Zarbano that Milo “brings clearly a freshness that FEAR FACTORY wanted. The final singer that we had [Burton C. Bell], clearly he had a variety of vocal points and he actually could not sing or do any of this sort of heavy touring,” he defined. “It simply was a giant setback for us. So bringing Milo into the band, clearly he is obtained an important voice, he is very proficient, he is a multi-instrumentalist. He may play a couple of instrument. The child’s very proficient. After all, the story is I discovered him on the Web. He was releasing movies of him doing FEAR FACTORY covers and he was posting them on all of the FEAR FACTORY fan websites. And I noticed him there, and I used to be, like, ‘Okay, that is actually obtained my consideration.’ However we had many individuals audition, however he was the one that basically stood out. And he is an enormous fan of FEAR FACTORY. And he just about discovered from listening to our older vocalist. So he discovered a variety of his stuff. And so, I imply, for those who shut your eyes, you suppose it is the unique singer.”

In a separate interview with Australia’s “Everblack” podcast, Cazares was requested if Silvestro was “getting extra comfy” along with his place because the frontman of the long-running California metallic act. Dino responded: “Oh, yeah. I imply, from the primary day, we talked about a variety of stuff. Earlier than the tour began, we rehearsed, and we have been, like, ‘Okay, these are the sort of issues that we have carried out earlier than. And I feel it’s essential do that, this, this.’ And he goes, ‘Okay.’ So then the primary day [of the tour] comes, he simply goes wild. And I am, like, ‘Oh, shit.’ I used to be, like, ‘Settle down.’ I’m going, ‘You needn’t go insane in every single place. Simply give attention to singing, give attention to getting the whole lot, giving the gang all equal consideration,’ blah, blah. There’s sure stuff you simply gotta train him just a little bit, proper? And so he just about nailed it the primary day.”

FEAR FACTORY performed its first headlining live performance with Silvestro and touring drummer Pete Webber on Could 5, 2023 on the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California.

Earlier in 2023, FEAR FACTORY accomplished the “Rise Of The Machine” U.S. tour because the help act for STATIC-X marked the Cazares-led outfit’s first run of reveals with Silvestro and Webber.

Previous to being named an official member of FEAR FACTORY, Webber had been filling in for FEAR FACTORY‘s longtime drummer Mike Heller who was unable to play with the band as a result of “scheduling conflicts.”

FEAR FACTORY‘s newest album, “Aggression Continuum”, was launched in June 2021 through Nuclear Blast Information. The LP, which was recorded primarily in 2017, featured Cazares, Bell and Heller.

In September 2020, Bell issued an announcement formally asserting his departure from FEAR FACTORY, saying that he “can not align” himself with somebody whom he doesn’t belief or respect, apparently referring to Cazares.

Bell later instructed Kerrang! journal that his cut up with FEAR FACTORY had been a very long time coming. “It has been on my thoughts for some time,” he mentioned. “These lawsuits [over the rights to the FEAR FACTORY name] simply drained me. The egos. The greed. Not simply from bandmembers, however from the attorneys concerned. I simply misplaced my love for it.

Photograph credit score: Stephanie Cabral