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Vocalist Burton C. Bell<\/a><\/strong> has finally launched his post-Fear Factory<\/a><\/strong> solo career with the single “Anti-Droid”. And with lyrics like “I severed the machine that no longer served me” and “I’d rather be dead than a slave to the factory,” you gotta wonder if this is pointed toward any of his former co-workers.<\/p>\n “I’m starting my solo career,” Bell<\/a><\/strong> said enthusiastically. “I’m working with different producers and co-songwriters, making music that I love, with full control of the music and creative direction.”<\/p>\n Bell<\/a><\/strong> continued, saying the song is “a statement about breaking free. Breaking the bonds of what I felt was a prison in many ways. Not just financially or contractually but creatively, as well. I felt constrained to this format we’d written ourselves into. The ‘factory’ doesn\u2019t have a capital F. It’s the factory of the music industry, a certain form of business, and priorities. Being a slave to an established way of thinking is not really freedom. I am moving forward.”<\/p>\n Stay tuned for more Bell<\/a><\/strong> solo stuff, which I’m hoping is more of this down-tempo industrial heaviness. This is pretty cool. As for Bell<\/a><\/strong>‘s upcoming (and unannounced) solo shows, he revealed back in 2023 that he’d still like to perform his work with Fear Factory<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n “People will hear those [old Fear Factory<\/strong><\/a> songs] again. When I get back on the road, I’ll be playing\u2026 I’m proud of 99 percent of the songs we did [with] Fear Factory<\/strong><\/a>. Not every song is a winner, but I’m proud of all the work I did with Fear Factory<\/a><\/strong>, The Watchers<\/strong>, GZR<\/strong>, City Of Fire<\/strong>, Ministry<\/a><\/strong>, Hateface<\/strong>. There’s all these bands I’ve been part of.<\/p>\n “So when I go on the road, I will be playing music from all of these bands. Obviously, a lot from Fear Factory<\/a><\/strong>, ’cause I got 30 years of that. But it’s not gonna be all about Fear Factory<\/a><\/strong>. It’s gonna be Fear Factory<\/a><\/strong>, Watchers<\/strong>, classic GZR<\/strong>, City Of Fire<\/strong> \u2014 just do all of it. It’s gonna be fun. And I’m jamming with some guys right now. We’re working on it and making those steps to make that happen.”<\/p>\n Bell<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> quit the band in 2020, later saying that he has zero interest in ever rejoining<\/a>. Bell<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> would eventually clarify that leaving Fear<\/strong> Factory<\/strong> wasn’t an easy decision<\/a>, but also made it known that he wasn’t keeping up with the band’s new lineup either<\/a>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n