Fear Factory have just released their first new song in five years – and there’s a secret Terminator connection: “We’ve always sung about the relationship between man and machine, and now it’s caught up to reality”
Fear Factory have released Roboticist, their first new song in five years, timed to coincide with the date Skynet becomes self-aware in Terminator 2. The single explores artificial intelligence and the risks created by its human inventors, continuing the band’s longstanding focus on the relationship between people and machines.
Roboticist is the first single from Fear Factory’s forthcoming 11th album and marks vocalist Milo Silvestro’s recording debut after he replaced Burton C Bell in 2023. Guitarist Dino Cazares said Silvestro was discovered through Fear Factory cover videos posted on Facebook during the Covid period, before joining ahead of a 2023 tour with Static-X.
- Fear Factory return with AI-themed single Roboticist
- Release date references Terminator’s Skynet
- New singer Milo Silvestro makes recording debut
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Fear Factory are an American metal band whose music has often explored technology and the relationship between people and machines. Their name may also be familiar to fans of The Terminator, the science-fiction films in which Skynet is an artificial intelligence system that turns against humanity.
The band’s long-running members include guitarist Dino Cazares, while Milo Silvestro became their singer in 2023, replacing Burton C Bell. Silvestro had posted videos of himself covering Fear Factory songs on Facebook during the Covid period before joining the band.