Fear Factory is back in business. Three years after the industrial-metal titans enlisted vocalist Milo Silvestro as their full-time vocalist, he’s now made his studio debut with the band via the launching of their new “Roboticist” single.
The song marks the first new music from the group since 2021’s Aggression Continuum album, and it was teased earlier this month via video stills that cast Silvestro as a techno-organic figure akin to Tetsuo, the Iron Man. Now that the song’s live, we know he’s got vocal chops, too. The song was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Damien Rainaud, while the music video was directed by Vincente Cordero
During a recent interview with Poland’s Strefa Music Art (via Blabbermouth), guitarist Dino Cazares called the single the dawn of “a whole new era” of Fear Factory, as the group had just been playing old songs live since Silvestro and drummer Pete Webber joined the lineup in 2023.
A press release notes that the new song details “a dystopian reality where flesh fails and only consciousness endures.” Cazares adds in a statement: “The future isn’t coming. It’s already here, ‘Roboticist’ is the next evolution of Fear Factory. Man, Machine and the war for what comes next. I can’t wait for everyone to hear the beginning of a new era of Fear Factory.”
You can check out Fear Factory’s weaponized aggression via the flesh-and-circuits fusing performance video up above.
“Roboticist” is streaming now via Nuclear Blast Records. Details on an upcoming LP have yet to appear, though Fear Factory have a chance to perform “Roboticist” live across a series of concert appearances throughout the rest of 2026. You’ll find the North American date details below, while info on an upcoming European trip with Hate, Crystal Lake and more is here.
Fear Factory North American tour dates 2026:
10/13 New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place !
10/14 Portland, ME – Aura !
10/15 Hampton Beach, NH – Wally’s !
10/16 Harrisburg, PA – Capitol City Music Hall !
10/17 Stroudsburg, PA – Sherman Theater !
10/18 Leesburg, VA – Tally Ho !
10/20 Glenside, PA – Keswick Theater !
10/21 Pittsburgh, PA – Preserving Underground !
10/22 Harrison, OH – The Blue Note !
10/23 St/ Charles, IL – Arcada Theater !
10/24 Green Bay, WI – Epic Events Center !
10/25 Belvidere, IL – Apollo Theater !
10/27 Hobart, IN – The Art Theatre !
10/28 Cadillac, MI – Venue Event Center !
10/29 Flint, MI – Machine Shop !
10/31 Cleveland, OH – Agora Theater !
11/01 Indianapolis, IN – Vogue Theater !
11/03 Lexington, KY – Manchester Music Hall !
11/05 Houston, TX – Scout Bar !
11/06 Austin, TX – Come And Take It Live !
11/07 Corpus Christi, TX – Brewster Ice House !
11/08 Dallas, TX – AM/FM !
11/10 Sauget, IL – Pop’s !
11/11 Nashville, TN – Basement East !
11/13 Wichita, KS – Wave $
11/14 Denver, CO – Oriental Theater $
11/15 Colorado Springs, CO – Black Sheep $
11/17 Billings, MT – Pub Station $
11/18 Great Falls, MT – The Newberry $
11/20 Seattle, WA – El Corazon $
11/21 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre $
11/22 Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club $
11/24 Fresno, CA – Strummers $
11/25 San Diego, CA – House Of Blues $
11/27 Pomona, CA – The Glasshouse $
11/28 Los Angeles, CA – Whiskey $
11/29 Los Angeles, CA – Whiskey $
! with Mushroomhead
$ with Darkest Hour and Brotality