Posted by Zenae Zukowski on March 13, 2018
While it’s been previously reported that Devin Townsend has most likely pulled the plug on The Devin Townsend Project despite releasing Transcendence in 2016 as well as touring everywhere to support it, it looks like a few former members of the group have made an alliance with ex- Strapping Young Lad members to form a […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on August 5, 2013
While last year’s The Industrialist was an impressive album, many fans wondered why Fear Factory opted to record the album with a drum machine instead of longtime drummer Gene Hoglan. As it turns out, Hoglan is still wondering the same thing. In an interview with Metal-Rules, the “Atomic Clock” revealed that he found out via […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on April 30, 2012
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGNRlVaAg1Y[/youtube] 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/ […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on March 9, 2012
When Fear Factory announced that Matt DeVries (ex-Chimaira/ Six Feet Under) had replaced longtime bassist Byron Stroud, it had us question whether or not Gene Hoglan was still in the group as well. While he may still appear on their new album The Industrialist (due out on June 5 via Candlelight Records), it now turns […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on February 13, 2012
This certainly explains why he recently left Six Feet Under. It’s been confirmed that Matt DeVries (former guitarist from Chimaira) has joined Fear Factory as their new bassist. DeVries, who hinted that big news was still to come following his departure from Six Feet Under, had the following to say about his new gig: “I […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on January 25, 2012
3 Inches Of Blood have been utilizing the services of many bassists on the road since Jamie Hooper left the band in 2008. Now with their new album Long Live Heavy Metal set to come out on March 27 via Century Media Records, and with the Metal Alliance Tour just around the corner, it would […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on November 10, 2009
While this is all relatively old news by now (in Internet time, anyway), since we’ve covered these stories before, we’re going to weigh in on a few band announcements and lineup changes: FEAR FACTORY Fear Factory has finally made it official and announced a release date and label for Mechanize. Well, 3/5ths of them, anyway. Their […]
Posted by Dan Rodriguez on July 24, 2009
It’s not like these guys are busy getting their main band’s shit together, right? Our bros at SMN News report that Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell and bassist Byron Stroud have started another side project dubbed City Of Fire, adding to the list of active FF-related bands including Divine Heresy, Arkaea and Burton-Dino-Byron-and-Gene-Hoglan, aka […]
Posted by Dan Rodriguez on June 17, 2009
My head hurts already, so you’d better brace yourself. Members of Fear Factory (sort of) are in a legal battle over the trademark after a quick series of lineup reunions and departures, and way too many hasty announcements. Let’s see if I can break this down as clearly as possible: first, Fear Factory vocalist Burton […]
