Metal Anarchy

It looks like we’re getting closer to the release of new music from Fear Factory. According to guitarist Dino Cazares, “more than one single will be out this year.”

Cazares told Wall Of Sound the following when asked about release plans for the band’s new album:

“I don’t have a date when the whole record’s coming out, but we will be releasing a single soon. I know I’ve said it over the years, but for real, it’s gonna be coming out this year as far as the first single. Actually, more than one single will be out this year.”

He continued when asked if he is worried about the way fans will respond to the new material:

“Nah. What does it mean anymore? It doesn’t mean anything anymore. As long as you believe in what you’re doing, and you 100% love it, it doesn’t matter what anybody says. It comes down to how you feel. And I feel it’s gonna be a classic. Now, if people don’t like it, I don’t know what to tell them. That’s their problem. But I 100% believe that people are gonna love this shit, ’cause it’s new, it’s brutal, it’s heavy, it’s melodic. [There are] beautiful moments on the record. It’s everything that makes FEAR FACTORY a FEAR FACTORY record. And we’re talking about ‘Obsolete’ and ‘Demanufacture’, but this is going to a different place than some of the older classic stuff. This is going to a different place, and the place that it’s gone to is newer, it’s fresher, it sounds modern, it sounds where we are now in this genre of music. And also, a bit forward-thinking as well.”

He also added the following about lyrics:

“Conceptually it’s about… It’s always been about the relationship between man and machine and where we are. And obviously, technology has caught up to some of the stuff that we have been talking about over the years on our records. Now, it’s like we’re talking about the next 50 years from now, where we’re gonna be at with this technology. And, of course, everybody’s got this A.I. bug in them, and we’re definitely capitalizing on a lot of our concepts that we came up over the years. And we always felt that we were ahead of the game when it came to that kind of stuff, with a lot of warnings. Especially ‘Obsolete’, where we were talking about how a lot of things were gonna become obsolete. Which is true, but not only did they become obsolete, we, as a human species, have learned how to adapt to this, and I think that’s exactly what’s happening. We put out a remix record a couple years ago called ‘Recoded’, and the intro said, ‘You adapt or die.’ And that’s it. You have to adapt to where technology is going or you’re gonna get left behind. A lot of people complain about A.I. A lot of people complain about A.I. artwork. A lot of people complain about A.I. in general. But a lot of people don’t realize that if you wanna get rid of A.I., which you’re not, but if you wanna start getting rid of A.I., you gotta get rid of all your electronic devices, because everything that we do online, all that is is information for A.I. to learn off of, to learn who we are, what we are and what makes us who we are. And that’s how they become sentient. So if you don’t want that to happen, then get rid of every electronic device you got. Which I know that’s not what’s gonna happen. No one wants to get rid of their phones. So this is what we gotta deal with.”

[via Blabbermouth]