Fear Factory announces Roboticist with new song Detonizer
Fear Factory has announced its eleventh studio album, Roboticist, for April 9, 2027, and released the song Detonizer. The album features vocalist Milo Silvestro alongside Dino Cazares, Pete Webber and Tony Campos. Thomas Mignone’s video continues the fictional story begun by the band’s Roboticist video in August.
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Roboticist is due in April
Industrial metal band Fear Factory has announced Roboticist for April 9, 2027, through record label Nuclear Blast, and released Detonizer on November 10. Milo Silvestro sings alongside guitarist Dino Cazares, drummer Pete Webber and bassist Tony Campos.[1], [2]
Roboticist is the band’s eleventh studio album. Damien Rainaud contributes keyboards and handles production, engineering, mixing and mastering at Mix Unlimited.[1]
The video continues a fictional AI story
Director Thomas Mignone’s Detonizer video continues the fictional narrative introduced by the band’s Roboticist video on August 29. The story features an artificial intelligence system owned by a fictional company, Cybernetic Industries. Doom Inc and Undaunted Media are involved in production, with visual effects by Gabriel Connor. Artist Jean-Baptiste Robilliard, who works as Rhubarbes Lab, created the album cover.[1]
Silvestro follows Bell on a new studio album
Fear Factory’s previous studio album, Aggression Continuum, came out in June 2021. It had been recorded in 2017 with Cazares, drummer Mike Heller and then-singer Burton C. Bell. The band announced Silvestro’s appointment in February 2023. His first headlining performance with the group followed on May 5, 2023, at the Whisky a Go Go music venue in Los Angeles.[1]