In a brand new interview with Brutal Planet Journal, FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares was requested if the band’s newest addition, Italian-born vocalist Milo Silvestro, has introduced a brand new vitality to the long-running California metallic act. Dino responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Sure and no. I’ve at all times had the hearth. I do not want anyone to carry me new vitality, but it surely does really feel good when you have got any person who can match the vitality that you’ve. As a result of for some time there, I simply felt that — and I am talking off the cuff right here — that [original FEAR FACTORY singer] Burton C. Bell was simply sort of phoning issues in; he was simply sort of going by way of the motions, and it simply felt like he did not wanna be there. And so it was sort of missing. The band was taking place for a short while. And as quickly as Milo got here in, it was a breath of contemporary air to play with any person who needed to be there. And that felt actually good. And, after all, all of the trolls are gonna come after me for saying that, however it’s what it’s. I imply, I lived by way of it. I used to be there.”

Cazares continued: “Individuals ask me the identical query that you’ve: Did [Milo] carry new vitality? Did he carry new life into the band? Sure, he did, as a result of, like I stated, he is matching my vitality that I’ve for this band.

“You have gotta bear in mind: I stay, breathe, die FEAR FACTORY. I stay, breathe and die fucking metallic and all totally different types of it. I stay for this shit. I love it. And that is why I am nonetheless right here.”

Concerning the challenges concerned in changing Bell with Silvestro, Cazares stated: “Lots of followers, I perceive, they do not actually know what it is like — or possibly they do. It is a relationship. Generally it is simply not understanding with that individual you are with and generally you simply want a change.

“All these things, it is a Catch-22 as a result of in the event you get a singer that feels like your outdated singer, then individuals are gonna complain: ‘Oh, it sounds just like the outdated singer.’ And in the event you get a singer that would not sound just like the outdated singer, ‘Nicely, it would not sound just like the outdated stuff.’ After which in the event you get a lady singer, in the event you get a feminine, ‘Nicely, she sounds an excessive amount of like a feminine. It would not sound just like the outdated singer.’

“Milo simply knew every part,” Dino defined. “And once I say that, it is, like, Milo, when it got here to the bodily audition, the primary day he did, like — I do not know — 5 or 6 songs. And no matter track I threw at him, he bought. So I invited him once more the second day, ‘trigger he was in L.A. for a couple of days. I stated, ‘Nicely, come again once more. I wanna hear extra.’ And so he got here again once more the second day, and he nailed, like, one other eight songs. He did, like — I do not know — 10 or 15 songs. So no matter I threw at him, he knew it. He sang it. He did not have to take a look at his cellphone for lyrics. Nothing. It was a straightforward transition.”

Final December, Dino informed RichardMetalFan about Bell‘s 2020 departure: “I might see through the years that he at all times had one foot out the door; he was at all times that man. He initially stop method again in 2002, and he ended up coming band into the band and restarting the band with the opposite guys with out me. Not less than that is what I believed. However I do not know. I by no means actually bought the total story of why they did what they did. However to me, it at all times appeared like he at all times had one foot out the door, and I feel that this was simply his time to exit, for no matter purpose. I imply, it’s a must to ask him, actually, to get [the full story of why he left]. However he just about left me to deal with the remainder of the duties for [FEAR FACTORY‘s latest album] ‘Aggression Continuum’. And so now I am transferring ahead with out him, and the band’s gonna go on with out him, and that is simply how it’s. He is moved on, and so have I. Followers can cry all they need and other people can need what they need. And I get it; I perceive. He was within the band for a few years, and he was the one vocalist on the document, although he had stop the band two or thrice earlier than that. However he is gone, and I’ve moved on, and so has he.”

In September 2020, Bell issued an announcement formally asserting his departure from FEAR FACTORY, saying that he “can not align” himself with somebody whom he doesn’t belief or respect.

Bell later informed Kerrang! journal that his break up with FEAR FACTORY was a very long time coming. “It has been on my thoughts for some time,” he stated. “These lawsuits [over the rights to the FEAR FACTORY name] simply drained me. The egos. The greed. Not simply from bandmembers, however from the attorneys concerned. I simply misplaced my love for it.”

He continued: “With FEAR FACTORY, it is simply continuously been, like, ‘What?!’ You may solely take a lot. I felt like 30 years was a superb run. These albums I’ve finished with FEAR FACTORY will at all times be on the market. I am going to at all times be a part of that. I simply felt prefer it was time to maneuver ahead.”

Earlier this month, Dino informed ADK Steel Information, Critiques, Reactions & Interviews that FEAR FACTORY will tour the U.S. and Europe this fall after which embark on a “killer bundle” U.S. two-month tour in late January. “After which we have some festivals — April, Might, June and possibly August [of 2024],” he stated. “Then, in the summertime, I must take the summer time off to complete the brand new document, get it out after which get again on the street in all probability by October, November subsequent yr once more.”

He continued: “It is lots of planning. We’re getting requested to do lots of issues and proper now I have been saying sure, simply to attempt to get the band again on the market, attempt to get the band to rebuild our massive stay credibility. We would like the followers to return again. And then you definately hit ’em with a brand new track and then you definately hit ’em with a brand new album. And also you simply get again on the market and do it once more.”

An early instrumental model of a brand new FEAR FACTORY track referred to as “Roboticist” was made accessible in March to advertise Toneforge Disruptor, a digital guitar rig plugin and standalone app.

Cazares informed BLABBERMOUTH.NET about “Roboticist”, which was blended by longtime FEAR FACTORY collaborator Damien Rainaud: “Initially it was simply going to be a instrumental for the plugin, but it surely got here out so good that I made a decision to make it a track for the brand new album. Perhaps the album might be referred to as the ‘Roboticist’. It matches so properly with our idea.”

FEAR FACTORY‘s subsequent LP would be the band’s first with Silvestro, whose addition to FEAR FACTORY was formally introduced in late February.

FEAR FACTORY performed its first headlining live performance with Silvestro and touring drummer Pete Webber on Might 5 on the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California.

FEAR FACTORY‘s lately accomplished “Rise Of The Machine” U.S. tour because the assist act for STATIC-X marked the Cazares-led outfit’s first run of exhibits with Silvestro and Webber.

Webber has been filling in for FEAR FACTORY‘s longtime drummer Mike Heller who’s unable to play with the band attributable to “scheduling conflicts.”

FEAR FACTORY will play a one-off present on September 17 on the Steel Injection Competition the place the band will carry out a really particular “Demanufacture” and “Out of date” set. FEAR FACTORY will then launch a five-date headlining “DisrupTour” with particular friends LIONS AT THE GATE, which can kick off on October 7. This might be adopted by the band heading out on the “October Daybreak 2023” tour with headliners LACUNA COIL and openers LIONS AT THE GATE. The ten-date trek will start on October 13 in Atlanta and make stops in Louisville, Oklahoma Metropolis, and Houston earlier than concluding in St. Petersburg on October 29.

FEAR FACTORY will embark on a European tour this fall. The 44-date trek will mark the band’s first European exhibits since 2016. Becoming a member of them on this run are BUTCHER BABIES from the USA and IGNEA from Ukraine.

FEAR FACTORY‘s newest album, “Aggression Continuum”, was launched in June 2021 by way of Nuclear Blast Information. The LP, which was recorded primarily in 2017, options Cazares and Bell alongside Heller.