Extreme music pioneer, multimedia talent, and iconoclastic provocateur, Burton C. Bell is known as the original voice of Fear Factory, which defined futuristic anxiety, existential desperation, and steadfast resistance. He has continued to explore themes of dystopian angst, identity, and technology gone wrong in his solo work. Today, Bell has shared the lyric video for his new single “Savages”. Watch it below.
“The lyrics for ‘Savages’ were not realized until the day after the tumultuous presidential election,” states Bell. “Upon learning that many evangelical Christians turned a blind eye to the scarce moral compass in a fallible candidate to elect as president was staggering. I decided that the working title was quite suitable to describe those evangelicals who willfully elected a compulsive liar, [alleged] prolific adulterer, conman, convicted felon, and documented racist whose only goal is to fleece everyone in his path to gain power. If this is the paragon of their divine providence, there is no God coming to save them now.”
Bell finishes, “‘Savages’ is to be played at maximum volume.”
Bell heads to Australia next month for a solo run. All dates are below.
06/11 – Brisbane – The Triffid*
06/12 – Newcastle – King St. Band Room**
06/13 – Sydney – Factory Theatre**
06/14 – Melbourne – Corner Hotel^
* With Monsters Around Us
** With Mortality
^ With The Last Martyr
“I’m starting my solo career,” Bell says enthusiastically. “I’m working with different producers and co-songwriters, making music that I love, with full control of the music and creative direction.”
Bell‘s discography includes multiple live and recorded collaborations with Black Sabbath icon Geezer Butler and Journey‘s Deen Castronovo (as GZR); industrial maverick Al Jourgensen and Ministry; and guest vocal appearances with Pitchshifter, Conflict, Soil, Static-X, Soulfly, and Delain, among others. He’s the vocalist of Ascension Of The Watchers and City Of Fire and, of course, the co-creator of Fear Factory and the only musician to appear on every Fear Factory release from 1992 through 2024.
