Fear Factory

In the organizer's words:

Fear Factory: the industrial metal epigones on a big German tour: five shows in September with exciting special guests!

Presented by ROCK HARD, metal.de, Rock Antenne and In München

Supports: Crystal Lake, Hate + The Nocturnal Affair

With Fear Factory, the undisputed kings of industrial metal return to the worldwide concert stages! In their sprawling, now 36-year history, the band has experienced many ups and downs, gone through highs and personal differences - but somehow it has only made them stronger. This was proven in 2021 not only by their latest studio album "Aggression Continuum", but also by their breathtaking live shows, five of which German fans can experience this coming September: in Cologne, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich and Karlsruhe. They weren't just epigones of a previously unknown sound when Fear Factory formed in 1989 under the name Ulceration; with their wild mixture of trash and groove metal as well as pounding industrial, they helped define a new genre: Industrial Metal. Initially more at home in death metal, the three founding members Burton C. Bell (vocals, keyboards), Dino Cazares (guitar, bass) and Raymond Herrera (drums) developed a new sound aesthetic that was as brute as it was futuristic, terrifying as it was emotional. After the programmatically titled debut "Soul of a New Machine" (1995), released in 1992, they achieved their breakthrough in the USA and Great Britain with their second album "Demanufacture"; with the follow-up "Obsolete", released in 1998, on which Fear Factory condensed their very own genre mix into the band's first internal climax, they became new stars of the metal scene worldwide: despite its uncompromising heaviness, the album climbed into high chart regions in countless nations. Fear Factory are one of the longest-lasting metal bands with one of the highest fluctuations of band members, all of whom brought new impulses to the band time and again. In particular, there have been repeated wild disputes between the two heads of the band, Burton C. Bell and Dino Cazares, which even led to a temporary break-up of the band in 2007. Now that Bell has left the band for good in 2021, Fear Factory's latest album "Aggression Continuum" features new frontman Milo Silvestro for the first time, but at the same time in his old strength. The special guests also lend the line-up of this tour additional depth and a rare international arc of suspense. Crystal Lake from Tokyo, for example, will provide energetic, Asian-influenced moments with their explosive metalcore. Hate, one of Poland's most respected extreme metal bands, deliver a relentless assault of dark black and death metal based on decades of underground credibility. The Nocturnal Affair from Las Vegas, on the other hand, bring a darker, melodic dimension, interweaving gothic and atmospheric rock elements - doing their part to condense these five evenings into highly layered, powerful metal sound journeys.