In October 2001, Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares and singer Burton C. Bell got into a fistfight on the band's bus that spelled the beginning of the end. About a year later, Bell walked into a rehearsal and told his bandmates he was quitting. Unable to continue without their vocalist, Fear Factory broke up -- for a while. Then in 2003 they reformed without Cazares, insisting that Dino had been the primary source of their previous discord. Since then the band have recorded two albums, 2004's Archetype and 2005's Transgression.
Over the past five years, Cazares has appeared as a producer on the Roadrunner United compilation album and as a producer for the soundtrack of the TV show "Shield." But he's been largely under the radar as a player -- until now.
In August Cazares will release Bleed the Fifth, the debut album from his new band, Divine Heresy. A few days ago, he streamed snippets of two songs from the album, "Bleed the Fifth" and "Failed Creation." The former is a ferocious blend of death metal beats and jagged thrash riffs and the latter is more in-your-face, with storming blast beats, start-stop rhythms and semi-melodic vocals.
Cazares plays bass and guitar in Divine Heresy and is joined by drummer Tim Yeung (Hate Eternal, Vital Remains) and singer Tommy Vext.
"It took me four years to find the right musicians to make this happen and I'm very excited to finally unleash this to the world," Cazares said in a statement. "Many people will be wondering what it sounds like, but it is hard for me to describe it. All I can say is when you hear the legendary machine gun riffs mixed with Tim Yeung's lighting speed double bass drums combined with Tommy's brutal and powerful vocals, just be prepared to face annihilation. I promise you will not be disappointed."
Bleed the Fifth was co-produced and co-mixed by Dirty Icon (Logan Mader and Lucas Banker) and Divine Heresy.
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