Fear Factory

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Fear Factory
(From left-to-right) Hoglan, Bell, Cazares, Stroud
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, CA
Genres	Industrial metal, [thrash metal, death metal
Years active	1989–2002, 2003–2006, 2009–present
Labels	Roadrunner, Candlelight Records
Associated acts	Brujeria, Asesino, Ascension of the Watchers, Arkaea, Zimmers Hole, Strapping Young Lad, Divine Heresy, Phobia
Website	www.fearfactorymusic.com
Members
Burton C. Bell Dino Cazares Byron Stroud Gene Hoglan
Past members
Christian Olde Wolbers Raymond Herrera

Fear Factory formed in 1989 (as Ulceration) and have released seven full-length albums. Over the course of their career they have evolved from a succession of styles, as well as steadily pioneered a combination of the styles death metal, thrash metal and industrial metal. Their sound proved to be extremely influential on the metal scene from the mid-90s and onwards.

Band members

Current

• Burton C. Bell – lead vocals (1989–present)
• Dino Cazares – guitar (1989−2002, 2009–present)
• Gene Hoglan – drums (2009–present)
• Byron Stroud – bass (2003–present)

Former

• Raymond Herrera – drums, percussion (1989–2008)
• Christian Olde Wolbers – bass (1993–2002), guitar (2002–2008)
• Dave Gibney – bass, vocals (spoken word intro for "Big God/Raped Souls" on Concrete) (1989–1991)
• Andy Romero – bass on Concrete (1991–1992)
• Andrew Shives – bass (1992–1994 live only * see note)

Additional personnel

• Rhys Fulber – samples/keyboards/programming/mixing (1993–2004, 2009–present)
• Reynor Diego – samples/keyboards (live and recorded on Demanufacture) (1991–1995)
• Steve Tushar – keyboards, programming, electronics
• John Bechdel – live keyboards (1998–2006)

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions											Certifications (sales thresholds)
		US	AUS	AUT	BEL (Fla)	FIN	FRA	GER	NLD	NZ	SWE	UK
1992	Soul of a New Machine Released: August 25, 1992 Label: Roadrunner (9160) Format: CD, CS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	Demanufacture Released: June 13, 1995 Label: Roadrunner (8956) Format: CD, CS, LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	31	53	—	—	27	UK: Silver AUS: Gold
1998	Obsolete Released: July 28, 1998 Label: Roadrunner (8752) Format: CD, CS	77	14	24	—	36	31	12	32	29	28	20	US: Gold AUS: Gold
2001	Digimortal Released: April 24, 2001 Label: Roadrunner (8561) Format: CD, LP	32	10	26	45	25	40	11	60	47	31	24
2004	Archetype Released: April 20, 2004 Label: Liquid 8 (12189) Format: CD (+DVD)	30	18	25	50	30	50	26	52	—	47	41
2005	Transgression Released: August 23, 2005 Label: Calvin (37) Format: CD (+DVD), DualDisc	45	26	44	74	38	87	37	54	—	56	77
2010	Mechanize Released: February 5, 2010 Label: Candlelight Format: CD	72	24	46	—	31	198	31	87	—	51	133
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Compilation albums

Year	Album details
2003	Hatefiles Released: April 8, 2003 Label: Roadrunner (8398) Format: CD
2006	The Best of Fear Factory Released: September 11, 2006 Label: Roadrunner (8261) Format: CD

Remix albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US	US	AUS	BEL (Fla)	GER	NZ	UK
1997	Remanufacture Released: May 21, 1997 Label: Roadrunner (8261) Format: CD	158	6	33	15	93	47	22

Demos

released on a major label

Year	Album details	UK
2002	Concrete Released: July 30, 2002 Label: Roadrunner (8398) Format: CD	190

Extended plays

Year	EP details
1993	Fear Is the Mindkiller Released: April 14, 1993 Label: Roadrunner (9082) Format: CD, CS, LP
2005	Live on the Sunset Strip Released: August 9, 2005 Label: Calvin (38) Format: CD

Singles

Year	Song	Peak chart positions				Album
		US	US	US	UK
1996	"Dog Day Sunrise"	—	—	—	99	Demanufacture
1997	"Burn"	—	—	—	97	Remanufacture
1998	"Resurrection"	—	—	—	98	Obsolete
	"Shock"	—	—	16	—
1999	"Descent"	—	—	38	—
	"Cars"	—	38	—	57
2001	"Linchpin"	—	—	31	85	Digimortal
2004	"Bite the Hand That Bleeds"	47	—	—	—	Archetype
2005	"Supernova"	—	—	—	—	Transgression
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Video albums

Year	Video albums	Notes
2001	Digital Connectivity Released: December 18, 2001 Label: Roadrunner (969) Format: DVD, VHS	Peaked at number six on the Billboard Top Music Video chart.

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
1995	"Replica"	Bill Ward
1999	"Resurrection"	William Morrison
	"Cars"
2002	"Linchpin"	Thomas Mignone
2004	"Cyberwaste"	Dale Resteghini
	"Archetype"	Cesario Montano
	"Bite the Hand That Bleeds"	Eric Chase
2006	"Transgression"	Michael Sarna
	"Moment of Impact"
2010	"Fear Campaign"	Ian McFarland & Mike Pecci
	"Powershifter"	Fear Factory

note

In 1993 Fear Factory released a 7" single under their Spanish name Factorio De Miedo called Sangre De Ninos. This is the only song that was ever recorded in a studio with Andrew Shives.

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