I FEAR NO FACTORY.

FEAR FACTORY Confirm More In-Stores/Meet-And-Greets
Additional North American Dates Announced

Candlelight Records today confirms three more in-store/meet-and-greets as part of FEAR FACTORY's ongoing Fear Campaign American Tour 2010. All four members of the band will be available to meet with fans at Magnolia Thunderpussy in Columbus, Ohio on May 30, Digital Ferret Records in Philadelphia on June 6, and Vintage Vinyl Records in Fords, New Jersey on June 10. 

FEAR FACTORY, currently on tour supporting their latest album Mechanize, had a brief scare earlier this week when their tour bus nearly went off road while in route to Boise, Idaho. Luckily no one was injured and the band made their show at Knitting Factory Concert House without much delay. Guitarist Dino Cazares says, “we were on our way to Boise for a day off when about 8:45am our bus driver fell asleep at the wheel.  He swerved to the opposite side of the road. Most of us woke up when we felt the bus on the rumble strips and then the dirt.  He woke up in time to swerve back onto our side of the road and pull over.” Continuing he notes, “thank god there was no on coming cars or 18-wheelers on the road.  Everyone is fine just a little nervous.”

The second leg of FEAR FACTORY’s Fear Campaign American Tour continues the band’s ongoing promotion and the worldwide momentum surrounding the quartet’s eighth studio album, Mechanize.  Released February 9, the album has received amazing fan and media acclaim. The record is approaching 90,000 sales worldwide and continues to see significant weekly sales. The North American dates, now expanded to run through the end of July, follows the band’s recent eight-day European tour supporting Metallica, and their successful performance at Revolver Magazine’s Golden God Awards scheduled for television broadcast this Saturday via VH1.

FEAR FACTORY’s latest radio single, “Final Exit” made impact this week at hard rock/metal stations nationwide. The song is expected to follow the success of earlier singles “Powershifter” and “Fear Campaign.” As earlier reported, the band have done two special edits of the 8:11 minute song with hopes to position the song for breakout play on the country’s larger Active Rock stations. Vocalist Burton C. Bell noted, “Dino and I have created the edits to condense the song into a time specific for radio. We are very happy fans are loving the song for it is one that touches upon the importance of the freedom of choice and personal liberty that all human beings should be allowed.”

Complete tour dates are noted below and available at the band’s official website, http://www.fearfactorymusic, and official social networking sites located at http://www.myspace.com/fearfactory and http://ww.facebook.com/fearfactory.  Tickets are available via all major ticket agencies and each venue’s in-house box offices. Mechanize is available in stores now and via Candlelight’s official webstore located at http://www.candlelightrecordsusa.com.

FEAR FACTORY with Prong, Silent Civilian, Thy Will Be Done

5/21 – Club Sound @ In the Venue, Salt Lake City UT

5/22 – Marquis Theatre, Denver CO

5/24 – Pop’s, Sauget IL

5/26 – The Machine Shop, Flint MI

5/27 – The Intersection, Grand Rapids MI

5/28 – Headliner’s Music Hall, Louisville KY

5/29 – The Rave, Milwaukee WI (live webcast!)

5/30 – Al Rosa Villa, Columbus OH (in store: Magnolia Thunderpussy, address below)

6/01 – The Norva, Norfolk VA

6/02 – Jesters’ Pub, Fayetteville NC

6/03 – Jaxx, W. Springfield VA

6/04 – The Palladium, Worcester MA

6/05 – Webster Theater, Hartford CT

6/06 – Trocadero, Philadelphia (in store: Digital Ferret, address below)

FEAR FACTORY with All That Remains, Silent Civilian, Thy Will Be Done

6/08 – Higher Ground, S. Burlington VT

6/09 – Port City Music Hall, Portland ME

6/10 – Starland Ballroom, Sayreville NJ (in store: Vintage Vinyl, address below)

6/11 – Northern Lights, Clifton Park NY

6/12 – The Town Ballroom, Buffalo NY

FEAR FACTORY with Silent Civilian, Thy Will Be Done

6/15 – Mr. Small’s Theatre, Millvale PA

FEAR FACTORY with 36 Crazyfists, After the Burial, Divine Heresy, Baptized in Blood

7/07 – House of Blues, W. Hollywood CA

7/09 – Roseland Theatre, Portland OR

7/10 – Studio Seven, Seattle WA

7/11 – Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC

7/13 – Flames Central, Calgary AB

7/14 – The Starlite Room, Edmonton AB

7/15 – Riddell Centre, Regina SK

7/16 – The Garrick Centre, Winnipeg MB

7/17 – The Rock, Maplewood MN

7/19 – People’s Court, Des Moines IA

7/20 – Metro, Chicago IL

7/21 – Harpo’s, Detroit MI

7/23 – Opera House, Toronto ON

7/24 – Parterre Parc Jean Drapeau/Heavy MTL Festival (no tour package)

7/25 – Fillmore NY @ Irving Plaza, New York NY

7/26 – Recher Theatre, Towson MD

7/27 – Crocodile Rock, Allentown PA

Instore address information:

Magnolia Thunderpussy: 3pm, 1155 N. High St., Columbus OH 43201. Phone 614-421-1512

Digital Ferret: 5pm, 732 S. 4^th St., Philadelphia PA 19147. Phone 215-925-9259

Vintage Vinyl Records: 5pm, 51 Lafayette Rd., Fords NJ 08863. Phone 732-225-7717

http://www.candlelightrecordsusa.com

STREETS OF FIRE

CITY OF FIRE Debut To Be Released Via Candlelight Records

 

CITY OF FIRE, featuring Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell and bassist Byron Stroud, will release their self-titled debut album via Candlelight Records on August 24. The album, recorded at renowned Factory Studios in Vancouver in late 2008 with additional material completed in April of this year, features Bell and Stroud with guitarist Terry Murray, drummer Bob Wagner (Econoline Crush), and guitarist Ian White. The album features fourteen songs, including remakes of The Cult’s “Rain” and T-Rex’s “Children of the Revolution.” It will also include the band’s video for the song ‘Rising.’

 

Bell says, “CITY OF FIRE is the culmination of our life's musical influences. It is a mature approach to a sound that has been lost in today’s music. Do not approach this album expecting to hear the sounds of any of our other bands for this is altogether a different beast. Based in hard rocking groove, psychedelic, and post-punk sounds of the '70s and '80s, this band experiments without restrictions or conceptual boundaries.  The world is our palette, and we are using every color to our advantage.”

 

Awareness of CITY OF FIRE has been about for well over a year but only now will the record find proper American and Canadian release. Metal Hammer editor Alexander Milas calls the record, “absolutely incredible. I can’t say enough about how diverse the record is. It is not a Fear Factory record; it is something completely different and unique. It is heavy and beautiful… so, so gorgeous.” Popular metal website SMN News adds, “CITY OF FIRE is a surprisingly organic and melodic album full of great and diverse songs.”

 

It was early 2008 when the Cobalt Hotel in Vancouver hosted the reunion of Canadian-born Stroud’s old band Caustic Thought; a popular local band that had not played together for twelve years. Little did the bassist and his old band mates (including Wagner and White) realize that this special evening would light a spark that would take the reunion further than they initially expected. Later recruiting Murray and adding friend/band mate and lone American Burton C. Bell (also of Ascension of the Watchers, G/Z/R, Ministry) the spark had now become a spirited new band. 

 

Bell explained to Noisecreep in 2009, "Byron and I have always talked about music and realized that we had many similarities between us: the same music likes and dislikes. He knew that I would love the music he and the guys were creating and he was right. When I first heard the music I was pretty excited.”

 

Discussing the album’s two unique remakes and the decision to include them, Stroud notes, "'Rain’ really fits well with the concept of the record and the vibe of Vancouver, which really influenced CITY OF FIRE. I have been wanting to do a version of that song for a long time and once we started writing the record, I knew this was the band to do it.”  Murray adds, “aside from being a killer rock song, we chose ‘Children of the Revolution’ because we felt the title was a relevant commentary on the climate of the world today. Kids have a lot to revolt about these days and hopefully this will be an anthem for it. We knew that Burt's voice could give this song a modern edge to it, and make it for this generation."

 

CITY OF FIRE will see North American release just as Fear Factory finish up their Canadian run of dates which will include their performance at Montreal’s Heavy MTL Festival where the band will appear alongside Megadeth, Slayer, Mastodon, Korn, Rob Zombie, Lamb of God and more.

 

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