Fear Factory

Formed in 1990

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Wed Oct 21 New Kensington, United States · Preserving Tickets
Wed Oct 21 Pittsburgh, United States · Preserving Underground Tickets
Thu Oct 22 Harrison, United States · The Blue Note Tickets
Fri Oct 23 St. Charles, United States · Arcada Theater Tickets
Fri Oct 23 St Charles, United States · Arcada Theatrewith Mushroomhead Tickets
Sat Oct 24 Green Bay, United States · Epic Events Center Tickets
Sun Oct 25 Belvidere, United States · Apollo Theater Tickets
Tue Oct 27 Hobart, United States · The Art Theatre Tickets
Wed Oct 28 Cadillac, United States · Venue Event Center Tickets
Thu Oct 29 Flint, United States · Machine Shop Tickets
Fri Oct 30 Columbus, United States · The King of Clubswith Mushroomhead Tickets
Sat Oct 31 Cleveland, United States · Agora Theater Tickets
Sun Nov 1 Fort Wayne, United States · Piere's Tickets
Sun Nov 1 Indianapolis, United States · The Voguewith Mushroomhead Tickets
Tue Nov 3 Lexington, United States · Manchester Music HallMUSHROOMHEAD / FEAR FACTORY: Souls of a New Machine Tour · with Mushroomhead Tickets
Thu Nov 5 Houston, United States · Scout Barwith Mushroomhead Tickets
Fri Nov 6 Austin, United States · Come and Take It Livewith Mushroomhead Tickets
Sat Nov 7 Corpus Christi, United States · Brewster Ice House Tickets
Sun Nov 8 Dallas, United States · AM/FMMushroomhead · with midi memory, Nine Treasures Tickets
Tue Nov 10 Sauget, United States · Pop’s Tickets
Wed Nov 11 Nashville, United States · Basement East Tickets
Thu Nov 12 Springfield, United States · The Regency Livewith Darkest Hour Tickets
Fri Nov 13 Wichita, United States · Wavewith Darkest Hour Tickets
Sat Nov 14 Denver, United States · Oriental Theater Tickets
Sun Nov 15 Colorado Springs, United States · Black Sheepwith Darkest Hour Tickets
Tue Nov 17 Billings, United States · Pub StationFear Factory, Darkest Hour, and Brotality Tickets
Wed Nov 18 Great Falls, United States · The Newberrywith Darkest Hour Tickets
Fri Nov 20 Seattle, United States · El CorazonFear Factory - Cybernetic Domination Tour 2026 · with Darkest Hour Tickets
Sat Nov 21 Portland, United States · Hawthorne Theatrewith Ligature Marks Tickets
Sun Nov 22 Boise, United States · Shrine Social Clubwith Darkest Hour Tickets
Tue Nov 24 Fresno, United States · Strummers Tickets
Wed Nov 25 San Diego, United States · House Of Blues Tickets
Fri Nov 27 Pomona, United States · The Glasshouse Tickets
Sat Nov 28 Los Angeles, United States · Whisky Tickets
Sat Nov 28 West Hollywood, United States · Whisky A Go Gowith Darkest Hour, Of The Betrayer, Stepa Tickets
Sun Nov 29 Los Angeles, United States · Whisky Tickets
Sun Nov 29 West Hollywood, United States · Whisky A Go Gowith Darkest Hour, Pathology, Infinite Sleep, Voices of Ruin Tickets
Thu Dec 17 Monterrey, Mexico · Terraza Sultán Tickets
Fri Dec 18 Hermosillo, Mexico · London Pub Tickets
Sat Dec 19 Mexico City, Mexico · Heavy Metal Xmas, Circo VoladorHeavy Metal X’Mas 2026 @ Circo Volador Tickets
Thu Jul 15 Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany · Dong Open Air Festival Tickets
Sat Jul 17 Vila Nova De Famalicã, Portugal · Laurus Nobilis Music Pub Tickets

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About

Fear Factory is an American industrial metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1989. It has released ten full-length albums and evolved through a succession of sounds, all in its main style of industrial metal. Over the years, the band has undergone frequent changes in its lineup. Lead vocalist Burton C. Bell was the only consistent member for 31 years until his departure in 2020. Guitarist Dino Cazares is the only remaining original member in Fear Factory's current lineup, after a seven-year sabbatical from the band between 2002 and 2009. The current lineup of Fear Factory consists of Cazares, bassist Tony Campos, vocalist Milo Silvestro and drummer Pete Webber.

Signing to Roadrunner Records in 1991, Fear Factory released their debut album, Soul of a New Machine, the following year. It became an underground success and earned the band a following through touring. After cycling through a few member changes, the "classic" lineup was formed in 1994, with Bell, Cazares and founding drummer Raymond Herrera joined by bassist Christian Olde Wolbers. This lineup recorded three albums, including the breakthroughs Demanufacture (1995) and Obsolete (1998). Both albums, along with worldwide tours, established Fear Factory's reputation as one of the most acclaimed metal bands of the mid-to-late 1990s. The fourth album, and last recorded with the "classic" lineup, Digimortal (2001), failed to match the success of its predecessors.

In March 2002, Fear Factory broke up due to internal disputes, but reformed the following year, with Wolbers replacing Cazares on guitar and Byron Stroud on bass. Two more albums, Archetype (2004) and Transgression (2005), were released before the band went back on hiatus in 2006. Fear Factory reunited in 2009 with a new lineup that featured Cazares, Gene Hoglan replacing Herrera, and Bell and Stroud reprising their respective roles. This lineup recorded the band's seventh studio album, Mechanize (2010). Wolbers and Herrera, comprising 50% of the band's legal ownership, disputed the reunited band's legitimacy, and a legal battle began. In spite of this, Fear Factory has since released three more albums: The Industrialist (2012), Genexus (2015), and Aggression Continuum (2021).

Fear Factory has performed at Ozzfest four times and the inaugural Gigantour. Its singles have charted on the US Mainstream Rock Top 40 and albums on the Billboard Top 40, 100, and 200. It has sold more than a million albums in the U.S. alone.

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Also in Français

Fear Factory [fɪəɹ ˈfæktəɹi] est un groupe de metal industriel américain, originaire de Los Angeles, en Californie. Formé en 1990, Fear Factory trouve son influence dans la scène heavy metal au milieu et à la fin des années 1990. En mars 2002, le groupe se sépare à la suite d'un conflit entre ses membres, mais se reforme plus tard sans Dino Cazares, membre fondateur et guitariste du groupe. C'est l'ancien bassiste Christian Olde Wolbers qui prend sa place, remplacé lui-même à son précédent poste par Byron Stroud. En septembre 2020, le chanteur Burton C. Bell annonce officiellement son départ du groupe à la suite de litiges judiciaires avec les autres membres de la formation.

À la croisée des chemins entre le death metal (au début de leur carrière, le style vocal de Burton C. Bell ayant évolué à partir de l'album Demanufacture) et le metal industriel, Fear Factory est un groupe précurseur dans plusieurs domaines : la démo Concrete enregistrée en 1991 avec Ross Robinson qui deviendra ensuite un célèbre producteur de metal, l'utilisation de guitares à sept cordes accordées très bas et l'intégration de samples dans des morceaux de metal.

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