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In early 2009, when Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell and guitarist Dino Cazares decided to play together again after seven years of not speaking to one another, they asked original bassist Christian Olde Wolbers and drummer Raymond Herrera to help create a full band reunion...

When Arkaea vocalist Jon Howard was sidelined by a case of pneumonia, it forced the band to drop off a few remaining tour dates. This happens often; a band is on the road, touring, supporting its music, and someone gets sick and dates get cancelled...

"We plan to finish out the rest of the year, doing as much touring as possible," Straight Line Stitch vocalist Alexis Brown told Noisecreep. Touring is the bread and butter for a new band -- and the way to make yourself into a household name, one fan at a time...

Arkaea, the project featuring Christian Olde Wolbers and Raymond Herrera, late of Fear Factory, are rolling right along since the release of 'Years in the Darkness.' As was Burton C. Bell when we asked him, drummer Herrera was tight-lipped about the Fear Factory developments, since that's a whole legal drama in and of itself...

As Canada's Threat Signal ready 'Vigilance,' their new album, for release, vocalist Jon Howard wants the headbangers who haven't heard of his band yet to know Threat Signal aren't a one trick pony. "Threat Signal combine a lot of elements found in metal and rock, and we are not a one trick pony," Howard told Noisecreep...

We've all seen that dude who wears a band's shirt to that same band's concert. But yesterday, when we were in the record store, we noticed something we've never seen before. A dude in line, buying a band's new album, wearing said band's T-shirt...

Another week is in the books, people, and the summer's just getting started (although it feels like Seattle in December here in New York City lately; what gives, Ma Nature?) This month, some of the summer's biggest tours will be kicking off, and we're psyched about that...

"There are some rumors about Fear Factory, but from a legal standpoint, none of them are true," Fear Factory/Arkaea drummer Raymond Herrera told Noisecreep somewhat cryptically. "I am still in Fear Factory and so is Christian and we are ultimately doing this project because we can...