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Candlelight Records today confirms\u00a0June 5<\/strong>\u00a0as the North American release date for\u00a0FEAR FACTORY<\/strong>‘s new album,\u00a0The Industrialist<\/em>.<\/p>\n Produced by the band with Rhys Fulber (Front Line Assembly), the album was mixed by Greg Reely (Paradise Lost\/Skinny Puppy\/Machine Head). It features additional tracking by Logan Mader (Gojira\/Divine Heresy\/Five Finger Death Punch) and artwork by Anthony Clarkson (Devin Townsend).<\/p>\n The Industrialist<\/em>\u00a0is a conceptual album that brings to life a story scripted by vocalist Burton C. Bell. The album’s lyrics detail the plot of the original narrative while delivering\u00a0FEAR FACTORY<\/strong>‘s massive signature sound. Bell reveals, “the album is a futuristic tale of an automaton, striving to survive by fighting for its existence within a desperate world. The lyrics tell the story while the music takes our industrial roots and blends them more perfectly than ever with our metal edge. And all without losing the sound that makes\u00a0FEAR FACTORY<\/strong>\u00a0a machine of sonic devastation.\u00a0FEAR FACTORY<\/strong>\u00a0fans of any era will not be disappointed.”<\/p>\n Clocking in at just under one hour, the album’s ten songs again unite Bell with guitarist Dino Cazares. It is the second album written by the duo, reuniting in 2009 after a seven year split. Cazares says, “collaborating with Burton again on the new album was like magic. Everything just fell into place naturally. It felt good to recapture the true sound of\u00a0FEAR FACTORY<\/strong>, taking it back to where it all started while raising it to new levels.”<\/p>\n The Industrialist<\/em>\u00a0again pairs\u00a0FEAR FACTORY<\/strong>\u00a0with long-time friend Rhys Fulber. Their collaborations together include five albums and two remixes, including the certified gold album\u00a0Obsolete<\/em>. “Rhys has been our secret member,” shares Cazares. “He is the one producer who has been able to understand what we have been trying to accomplish from the beginning and has opened our eyes to new things without sacrificing our original sound. His talents in production and keyboard\/samples has made\u00a0FEAR FACTORY<\/strong>\u00a0stand out amongst the many bands of our genre.”<\/p>\n The Industrialist<\/em>\u00a0follows the 2010 release of\u00a0Mechanize<\/em>. Widely regarded, the album was the first release from the band in six years and the first new material from the nucleus of Bell and Cazares since 2002. The album debuted on Billboard’s Top 100 album chart week of release and continues to sell in early 2012. Sirus XM\/Headbangers Ball’s host Jose Mangin comments, \u201cafter\u00a0Mechanize<\/em>\u00a0dominated 2010 as Liquid Metal\u2019s Album Of The Year, North America is chompin\u2019 at the bit to get an ear full of new\u00a0FEAR FACTORY<\/strong>. I have no doubt that\u00a0FEAR FACTORY<\/strong>\u00a0are going to kick our collective asses in 2012.”<\/p>\n Revolver editor Brandon Geist adds, “in the ’90s,\u00a0FEAR FACTORY’s<\/strong>\u00a0founding duo of Burton C. Bell and Dino Cazares changed the sound of metal, from the way that metal vocalists sing to the way that metal and electronic music can be fused together. With 2010’s reunion album,\u00a0Mechanize<\/em>, their partnership proved to be as lethal as ever. Though 2012 promises plenty of massive heavy-music releases, there isn’t a record that I’m looking forward to more than\u00a0The Industrialist<\/em>.”<\/p>\n FEAR FACTORY<\/strong>\u00a0recently announced their first tour dates since 2011. Joining them for the tour that is set to kick off on May 1 is Boston’s Shadows Fall, Kansas City-based The Browning, Riverside, California\u2019s The Devastated, and Legacy Of Disorder from New Zealand. The complete list of confirmed dates are:<\/p>\n 5\/01\/2012 Backstage Live \u2013 San Antonio, TX 5\/07\/2012 Masquerade, Atlanta, GA (NEW) 5\/15\/2012 McGuffy’s House Of Rock\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Dayton, OH (NEW) 5\/17\/2012 Bottom Lounge\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Chicago, IL (NEW) 5\/23\/2012 Yost Theater\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Santa Ana, CA (NEW)<\/p>\n The Industrialist<\/em>\u00a0will be available as a standard jewel case CD and a limited edition deluxe digi book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Candlelight Records today confirms\u00a0June 5\u00a0as the North American release date for\u00a0FEAR FACTORY‘s new album,\u00a0The Industrialist.<\/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\/2331"}],"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=2331"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3064,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331\/revisions\/3064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n5\/02\/2012 Trees \u2013 Dallas, TX
\n5\/03\/2012 Scout Bar \u2013 Houston, TX
\n5\/05\/2012 State Theater \u2013 St. Petersburg, FL
\n5\/06\/2012 Culture Room \u2013 Ft. Lauderdale, FL<\/p>\n
\n5\/09\/2012 Ziggy\u2019s \u2013 Winston-Salem, NC
\n5\/10\/2012 Theater of Living Arts \u2013 Philadelphia, PA
\n5\/11\/2012 Wally\u2019s Pub \u2013 Hampton Beach, NH
\n5\/12\/2012 Gramercy Theatre \u2013 New York, NY
\n5\/13\/2012 Sonar \u2013 Baltimore, MD<\/p>\n
\n5\/16\/2012 The Crofoot Ballroom \u2013 Pontiac, MI<\/p>\n
\n5\/20\/2012 Summit Music Hall \u2013 Denver, CO<\/p>\n