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FEAR FACTORY<\/strong>\u00a0today confirms their first tour dates for 2012. Set to begin in San Antonio on May 1, the tour\u2019s initial dates include stops in Dallas, Philadelphia, New York City, Baltimore, and Denver among others.<\/p>\n Joining\u00a0FEAR FACTORY<\/strong>\u00a0for the tour is Boston\u2019s Shadows Fall, Kansas City-based The Browning, Riverside, California\u2019s The Devastated, and Legacy Of Disorder from New Zealand. The tour will precede the release of\u00a0FEAR FACTORY<\/strong>\u2019s new album titled\u00a0The Industrialist<\/em>.<\/p>\n FEAR FACTORY<\/strong>\u00a0recently announced the addition of bass player Matt DeVries. The Ohio native previously noted, \u201cI have been asked to join one of my favorite bands. I have been a fan of\u00a0FEAR FACTORY<\/strong>since 1992 and I could not be more excited to be part of this incredible band.\u201d Guitarist Dino Cazares and vocalist Burton C. Bell noted, \u201cwe are very excited to have Matt playing bass for\u00a0FEAR FACTORY<\/strong>. We feel he is a great addition to our touring line-up. He has been a friend for a very long time and he is a great musician who will be a perfect instrument in the\u00a0FF\u00a0<\/strong>machine.\u201d<\/p>\n With rehearsals for the tour expected to start soon, the members of\u00a0FEAR FACTORY<\/strong>\u00a0are finishing details on their forthcoming new album expected for release early summer. Greg Reely has now completed the album\u2019s mix. All that remains is final artwork and packaging. Regarding the new material, Cazares and Bell affirm, \u201cthis album perfectly captures the true nature of\u00a0FEAR FACTORY<\/strong>. The industrial\/metal blend is a strong return to our original concept for\u00a0FEAR FACTORY<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n The Industrialist<\/em>\u00a0follows 2010\u2019s critically acclaimed\u00a0Mechanize<\/em>. Blabbermouth said, \u201cthis is the album fans have been waiting for\u2026a fiery and evolved rebirth of the band that changed metal in the \u201990s.\u201d Revolver Magazine called\u00a0Mechanize<\/em>, \u201cone of the best albums of the band\u2019s career. Its combination of new-wave melody, rapid-fire aggression, and electronic ambiance sounds as fresh today as\u00a0FEAR FACTORY<\/strong>\u00a0did nearly 20 years ago. Call it the soul of their new machine.\u201d Decibel Magazine noted,\u00a0\u201cFEAR FACTORY are back and beyond intact.\u201d<\/p>\n Confirmed dates as of press time are: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fearfactory<\/span><\/a> FEAR FACTORY\u00a0today confirms their first tour dates for 2012. Set to begin in San Antonio on May 1, the tour\u2019s initial dates include stops in Dallas, Philadelphia, New York City, Baltimore, and Denver among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2287"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3075,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287\/revisions\/3075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>5\/01\/2012 Backstage Live – San Antonio, TX
\n5\/02\/2012 Trees \u2013 Dallas, TX
\n5\/03\/2012 Scout Bar \u2013 Houston, TX
\n5\/05\/2012 State Theater – St. Petersburg, FL
\n5\/06\/2012 Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
\n5\/09\/2012 Ziggy\u2019s – Winston-Salem, NC
\n5\/10\/2012 Theater of Living Arts \u2013 Philadelphia, PA
\n5\/11\/2012 Wally\u2019s Pub – Hampton Beach, NH
\n5\/12\/2012 Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY
\n5\/13\/2012 Sonar \u2013 Baltimore, MD
\n5\/16\/2012 The Crofoot Ballroom \u2013 Pontiac, MI
\n5\/20\/2012 Summit Music Hall \u2013 Denver, CO<\/p>\n
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