Burton C. Bell Announces Intimate Spoken Word Tour Celebrating 30 Years of Fear Factory’s Obsolete


 Former Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell announces “Obsolete By Word Of Mouth,” a rare, deeply personal spoken-word experience celebrating Obsolete’s 30th anniversary, limited to 50 guests per event across three intimate dates in October in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. Phones off. No recording. Just the story, told by the man who lived it. Tickets at burtoncbell.com. Continue reading →


Fear Factory Books The “Disruptour” Headline Tour Around Lacuna Coil Dates


Fear Factory has booked some additional headline tour dates for this fall, surrounding their tour with Lacuna Coil and their EXCLUSIVE appearance September 17th at the Metal Injection Festival. At the fest they will perform a very special Demanufacture and Obsolete set. The band will then launch their five-date headlining ‘DisrupTour’ with special guests Lions At The Gate which will kick off on October 7th. This will be followed by the band heading out on the ‘October Dawn 2023’ tour with headliners Lacuna Coil and openers Lions At The Gate. The 10-date trek will begin on October 13th in Atlanta and will make stops in Louisville, Oklahoma City, and Houston before concluding in St. Petersburg on October 29th before heading on their European/U.K. tour!

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Obsolete’s Streams Entire New Album “Animate/Isolate” Ahead of Release


Minneapolis Death/Thrashers Obsolete are dropping their debut album, Animate/Isolate, this Friday, April 19th, 2021 via Unspeakable Axe Records. The band’s brutal technicality and uncompromising songcraft are on full display and will find fast fans of OSDM originators, Melo-death legends, and even some modern like-minded heroes. You can catch the full album stream early right now, courtesy of Decibel Magazine. 

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