Everything has to start somewhere, and this fact is no different for our metal heroes. Over that past few years I have been asking some of my favorite artists the question “What was your first band called and what did it sound like?” and here are their answers. Devin Townsend Well, I guess I was [...]
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Earlier this year, Fear Factory released The Industrialist, an album that was a return to form for the band. The pummeling riffs from Dino Cazares and Burton C. Bell’s menacing and melodic vocals haven’t sounded this assured since Obsolete. The concept album’s man vs. machine plot isn’t necessarily breaking any new ground, but the album was definitely [...]
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
While Fear Factory are noted as the forefathers of cyber metal, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is arguably the song that helped Nirvana kill hair metal in the early 90’s. So what do the two have in common? If you had asked us before we heard frontman Burton C. Bell’s interview with MusicFrenzy.net, we would’ve said” [...]
Friday, July 27, 2012
The Syndicate, Metal Insider’s parent company, is a promotion and marketing company that has championed the metal scene for almost 15 years. In our weekly Radio Spotlight, we’ll offer a look behind the scenes of metal radio from some of the stations and outlets playing metal that the Syndicate works with to spotlight the newest underground music on [...]
Monday, June 11, 2012
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. There’s a lot at stake for a band that’s been out of the public eye for years or simply experienced their fair share of bad luck. In some cases, those said bands have already been written off by many as hopeless [...]
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
How many times can a band reinvent their lineup before they lose their appeal? Fear Factory has certainly tested those limits in the past decade, so much so that singer Burton C. Bell is the only founding member of the band to have remained in the lineup for the band’s entire career. Somehow, against impossible [...]
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Fear Factory’s latest album, The Industrialist, isn’t out until Tuesday (5), but that hasn’t stopped people from covering music from it already. Dead Talking Mind, a band from Lyon, France, have posted their take of the album’s first single, “Recharger,” on YouTube, and they don’t do a half bad job. For one, they don’t use [...]
Monday, April 30, 2012
Last Thursday night (April 26), Fear Factory took the stage at the Teatro Vorterix in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The concert marked a big occasion for fans, since it was guitarist Dino Cazares and singer Burton C. Bell’s first show with new bassist Matt DeVries (ex-Chimaira/ Six Feet Under) and new drummer Mike Heller (Malignancy/ System [...]
Monday, April 30, 2012
Radio host Full Metal Jackie has interviewed Fear Factory’s Burton C. Bell about their new album The Industrialist. You can read a transcript of the interview on Loudwire. The band’s second album for Candlelight will be released on June 5. Tweet
Monday, April 16, 2012
Earlier today, Fear Factory released a trailer for their new album The Industrialist. And when we say trailer, we literally mean a trailer. The nearly two minute clip plays more like a promotion for a motion picture than a typical audio teasers. And while we’re still trying to wrap our minds around the album’s concept, [...]
Did you love hearing Anvil’s new song “Mankind Machine”? Then stream the Canadian thrashers’ new album Hope In Hell in its entirety before it’s released on May 28 over at Loudwire.
Kylesa’s new album, Ultraviolet, is streaming online at Pitchfork. Check out the album, as well as some pretty awesome visuals, here. The album will come out on May 28 on Season of Mist.
Unsigned & Streamed vets Anciients, who’s Season of Mist debut Heart of Oak is out now, have landed the opening slot on the Lamb of God tour. They’ll be playing from May 16 – June 10. Check out the dates here.
Sinestra Studios (who very often provides Metal Insider with some killer live photos) is hosting its very first art galleria and metal show on Saturday, May 25, at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. Tickets for the event are onsale now.
Louna has premiered a new music video for the song “Business” with Crave Online. The extravagant and politically themed music video comes in support of the Russian hard rock group’s new album, Behind The Mask, available now via Red Decade Records and MEG/RED.
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