Metal Anarchy

It looks like we’re getting even closer to a new a release from Fear Factory. According to guitarist Dino Cazares, the band are “gonna be coming out with a new single really soon.”

Cazares told Jaimunji of Metal On Tap the following about the band’s new album:

“On this new record, we have a team of people that are working with us. We had Rhys Fulber do some of the keyboards. We had our fill-in basis, a guy named Ricky Bonazza, who is our fill-in basis for Tony Campos when he can’t do it, when he is on tour with STATIC-X, he helped contribute a lot with some of the programming, some of the arrangements and some of the vocals, actually, lyrics. Of course [singer Milo Silvestro] did a great job with a lot of his lyrics and a lot of going over the concept ideas. And our producer Damien [Rainaud] right now, he’s been working with us since [2012’s] ‘The Industrialist’, so he definitely knows the band pretty well. We’ve got a great team of writers, and this record’s gonna have a shit-ton of killer songs and it’s gonna make it harder picking which songs of that record to play live. And we’re gonna be coming out with a new single really soon, so it’s gonna be great.”

He continued:

“When we released ‘Aggression Continuum’ [in 2021], we got Milo in, and then right after that we were on tour. So, we were supporting that record. I know that I have said in the past that I was gonna release a [new] single [with Milo’s vocals], but I was, like, ‘Okay, maybe Milo needs to develop a little bit more before we do that.’ We knew that he could jump in seamlessly, singing all of Burt’s vocals live, but creatively we still needed to work out that together. And that’s exactly what we did. We took our time, and we wanted to make sure this release is gonna be fucking sick. And it is. So I really can’t wait for the world to hear it.”

He also commented on the musical direction:

“It’s heavy. It’s modern. It’s got a lot of great programming, cool little surprises. Milo definitely comes into his own, not just a replacement of the last singer. He definitely does have his own little niche, and it’s great. All the beautiful melodic choruses that people like, the melodic elements of the clean vocals, of course ripping guitars, shit’s getting heavier. Shit’s getting lower. So it’s all over the place. Shit’s fast, shit’s groovy. Epic outros, epic closing songs. It’s gonna be everything that I think people are gonna love about FEAR FACTORY.”

[via Blabbermouth]