Shows: 2002
Earliest: Sep 29, 1989
Latest: Oct 2, 2025
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WikiPedia] Fear Factory is an American industrial metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1989. It has released ten full-length albums and evolved through a succession of sounds, all in its main style of industrial metal. Over the years, Fear Factory has seen frequent changes in its lineup, with lead vocalist Burton C. Bell the only consistent member for 31 years until his departure in 2020. Guitarist Dino Cazares is the only original member still in the band.
The band went on hiatus in March 2002 after internal disputes, but resumed activity a year later without Cazares. Former bassist Christian Olde Wolbers replaced him on guitar, while Byron Stroud handled bass duties. After a second hiatus in 2006, Fear Factory reunited in 2009 with a new lineup that featured Cazares, Gene Hoglan as the replacement of original drummer Raymond Herrera, and Bell and Stroud reprising their respective roles; this lineup recorded the band's seventh studio album, Mechanize (2010). Wolbers and Herrera—together comprising 50% of the band's legal ownership—disputed the reunited band's legitimacy, and a legal battle began. Despite this, Fear Factory has since released The Industrialist (2012), Genexus (2015), and Aggression Continuum (2021).
Fear Factory has performed at Ozzfest four times and the inaugural Gigantour. Its singles have charted on the US Mainstream Rock Top 40 and albums on the Billboard Top 40, 100, and 200. It has sold more than a million albums in the U.S. alone.
