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What Makes The Mushroomhead And Fear Factory Tour So Anticipated?

The tour unites two visually and sonically intense live acts whose legacies helped define alternative metal, industrial metal, and shock-driven performance.

TL;DR:

Mushroomhead and Fear Factory announce Fall 2026 U.S. tour
Tour titled “Soul Of A New War Machine”
Nine Treasures confirmed as support
Run kicks off October 13

Two Worlds Of Heavy Collide

Few tour pairings feel this naturally volatile.

On one side, Mushroomhead, Cleveland’s masked metal institution built on theatricality, layered vocals, and genre-defying darkness.

On the other, Fear Factory, pioneers of industrial metal precision — mechanical riffs, dystopian atmosphere, and cybernetic aggression.

Together, they form the “Soul Of A New War Machine” tour, a title that reads less like branding and more like a warning.

Fear Factory on tour — check ticket availability!

Why This Lineup Hits Different

This isn’t nostalgia booking.

Both bands enter 2026 carrying momentum:

Mushroomhead continue pushing forward following Call The Devil
Fear Factory advance into a new era with Milo Silvestro

For fans of heaviness with atmosphere, groove with menace, and performance with impact — this tour checks every box.

Nine Treasures Add A Wildcard Element

Support comes from Nine Treasures, the Chinese Mongolian progressive metal outfit known for blending traditional instrumentation with modern heaviness.

Translation:

Expect sonic contrast
Expect curiosity
Expect early crowd conversion

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Tour Dates: Fall 2026

Oct. 13 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
Oct. 14 – Portland, ME – Aura
Oct. 15 – Hampton Beach, NH – Wally’s
Oct. 16 – Harrisburg, PA – Capitol City Music Hall
Oct. 17 – Stroudsburg, PA – Sherman Theater
Oct. 18 – Leesburg, VA – Tally Ho
Oct. 20 – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theater
Oct. 21 – Pittsburgh, PA – Preserving Underground
Oct. 22 – Harrison, OH – The Blue Note
Oct. 23 – St. Charles, IL – Arcada Theater
Oct. 24 – Green Bay, WI – Epic Events Center
Oct. 25 – Belvidere, IL – Apollo Theater
Oct. 27 – Hobart, IN – The Art Theatre
Oct. 28 – Cadillac, MI – Venue Event Center
Oct. 29 – Flint, MI – Machine Shop
Oct. 31 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theater (Annual Halloween Show)
Nov. 01 – Ft. Wayne, IN – Pierre’s
Nov. 03 – Lexington, KY – Manchester Music Hall
Nov. 05 – Houston, TX – Scout Bar
Nov. 06 – Austin, TX – Come And Take It Live
Nov. 07 – Corpus Christi, TX – Brewster Ice House
Nov. 08 – Dallas, TX – AM/FM
Nov. 10 – Sauget, IL – Pop’s
Nov. 11 – Nashville, TN – Basement East

Mushroomhead Continue Their Post-Hiatus Evolution

Following 2024’s Call The Devil, Mushroomhead reinforced their creative identity while embracing lineup fluidity.

Steve “Skinny” Felton framed the band’s evolution as less “traditional group” and more cinematic universe:

Comedy
Drama
Violence
Surprise

A comparison to Quentin Tarantino’s creative world wasn’t accidental.

Mushroomhead isn’t built on predictability — it thrives on reinvention.

Fear Factory’s New Era Gains Traction

Fear Factory’s next studio album is expected in 2026 — their first full-length featuring:

Milo Silvestro
Pete Webber

After nearly three years on the road, Silvestro has earned strong fan approval.

Dino Cazares described Milo as:

“Reminiscent of Burton in the mid-‘90s”

But Silvestro’s approach goes deeper than imitation.

Milo Silvestro: Respecting Legacy Without Erasing Identity

Silvestro has been candid about stepping into Fear Factory’s enormous legacy.

His philosophy:

Honor the original performances
Replicate nuance
Introduce subtle personal touches

“I try to sneak in some bits of my vocal personality — but not too much.”

For longtime Fear Factory listeners, that balance matters.

Why “Soul Of A New War Machine” Feels Like A Smart Collision

This tour works because both bands occupy complementary but distinct lanes:

Mushroomhead → theatrical, chaotic, visual
Fear Factory → precise, mechanical, dystopian

Shared DNA:

Atmosphere
Intensity
Emotional weight
Live impact

The Halloween Stop That Fans Will Circle Immediately

Oct. 31 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theater

Mushroomhead’s annual Halloween show remains one of their most mythic live traditions.

With Fear Factory attached?

Expect madness.

Loaded Radio Perspective

Some tours feel like scheduling.

Others feel like chemistry.

Mushroomhead + Fear Factory lands firmly in the second category — a pairing that blends spectacle and sonic violence in ways modern heavy tours often struggle to achieve.

This one feels dangerous in the best possible way.

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FAQ

When Does The Tour Start?

October 13, 2026.

Who Supports The Tour?

Nine Treasures.

Is Fear Factory Releasing A New Album?

Yes — tentatively expected in 2026.

What Was Mushroomhead’s Last Album?

Call The Devil (2024).

Which Date Will Fans Be Most Excited About?

October 31 – Cleveland Halloween show.

About Mushroomhead

Formed in Cleveland, Ohio, Mushroomhead built a reputation on masked imagery, theatrical stagecraft, and a genre-blending sound spanning metal, industrial, and alternative elements. Over decades, the band has maintained a fiercely loyal fanbase while continually reinventing its sonic and visual identity.

About Fear Factory

Fear Factory emerged as pioneers of industrial metal, merging mechanical precision, dystopian themes, and aggressive riff architecture. With landmark releases like Demanufacture, the band helped define a generation of futuristic heavy music and continues evolving with a revitalized lineup.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CREEPER’S CRUSHING IS OUT NOW VIA No Life Til Metal Records

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Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX — Texas metal war machine CREEPER USA has officially unleashed their long awaited new album Crushing , and it is exactly what the title promises. No filler. No trends. Just straight up, Texas groove driven heavy metal done the way it is supposed to be done.
Formed in 2007 by guitarist Jimi Fritz, Creeper has spent nearly two decades grinding it out in the trenches of the Texas underground. With the current lineup locked in and firing on all cylinders since 2021, the band has evolved into a tightly wound wrecking crew built for both stage destruction and studio precision.
Crushing was recorded at MediaTech Institute, House of Wags, and Boot Hill Studios, and shaped by Texas metal heavyweights Kerry Crafton and Sterling Winfield . Winfield’s track record alone speaks volumes, having worked with legends like Pantera , King Diamond , and Mercyful Fate . Crafton brings the pedigree of Rigor Mortis and Warbeast into the fold. Together, they helped forge a record that is punishing, precise, and unapologetically heavy.
The sound? Think the aggression of Slayer , the groove and swagger of Pantera, and the Southern grit of Exhorder , all filtered through Creeper’s own battle hardened identity. This is not nostalgia. This is legacy level metal carried forward the right way.
The lineup delivering the damage:
Texx Duncan – Vocals
Jimi Fritz – Guitar
Paul Fritz – Guitar
Ian Train – Bass
Kurtis Lawrence – Drums
Over the years, Creeper has shared stages with heavy hitters including Drowning Pool , Symphony X , UDO Dirkschneider , Loudness , Metal Church , Anvil , Primal Fear , Overkill , and Prong , proving night after night they belong in that company.
Standout singles from the album include “The River,” “Big Bad Wolf,” and the hard hitting “White Devil,” all showcasing the band’s blend of bone cracking riffs, thunderous rhythm work, and commanding vocal delivery.
This isn’t a comeback. This isn’t hype. This is a band that put in the years, sharpened the blade, and delivered when it counted.
Crushing is available now on digital, CD, and limited vinyl through No Life Til Metal Records, as well as select retailers including Target, Amazon, Best Buy, Tower Records, Walmart, and Bandcamp.
For fans who still believe heavy metal should hit like a sledgehammer and groove like a freight train, Creeper just dropped your soundtrack.
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For the longest time, folks that didn’t really know much about Slayer and the dudes that made up that band would sometimes link their songs and imagery directly with the Nazis. Despite numerous attempts by the band to clarify that they weren’t pro-Nazi despite writing songs like “Angel of Death” and using an eagle in merchandise that eerily looks similar to the one used in Nazi imagery.

Yet in a recent statement issued by Kathryn Hanneman, the widow of late guitarist Jeff Hanneman, explained that narrative that Slayer was in any way pro-Nazi is categorically false.

“If anyone here is posting immature or negative comments, you’re not representing what it truly means to be a @slayerbandofficial fan. My husband never glorified Nazism. He told stories through his music — essentially documentaries in song form — and did it with remarkable intelligence and depth. At no point did Jeff EVER condone Nazism.”

The impetus for her to post such a clarification stems from continued argument that Slayer’s use of similar imagery used by the Germans in World War II means they condoned what the Nazis did during that time.

Kathryn later went on to clarify some of the band’s uses of symbolism that strikingly resembled Nazi iconography was nothing more than imagery.

“For those that honor my husband with the Slayer ‘S’ or reference to his song ‘Angel of Death,’ please do not automatically assume the S represents the SS or that these fans are Nazis. That couldn’t be further from the truth. They are simply paying tribute to the music and legacy he created. Making assumptions like that is unfair, uninformed, and dismissive of the intelligence behind the art.”

Eventually, Kathryn ended her statement protecting her late husband’s legacy with a reminder the songs and imagery of Slayer do not condone Nazis in any way.

“Jeff never promoted hate — he told historic stories through music. To assume otherwise is not only inaccurate, it diminishes the meaning his work holds for so many people.”

When he was still alive, Jeff Hanneman defended his lyrics for “Angel Of Death” by stating that it was all about recounting what happened.

“I know why people misinterpret it — it’s because they get this knee-jerk reaction to it. When they read the lyrics, there’s nothing I put in the lyrics that says necessarily [Josef Mengele] was a bad man, because to me — well, isn’t that obvious? I shouldn’t have to tell you that.”

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Jeff Hannemann clarifies that Slayer never glorified Nazism, urging fans to honor the music’s legacy without spreading negativity.

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Hockitay has released over/over, the first single from a new EP due later in 2026 via Future Gods. The track arrives about a year after his sophomore EP slo mach, a five-track meditation on burnout and disconnection that has passed 100,000 streams since its May 2025 release.

Where slo mach leaned inward, over/over has more edges. Written during a period of heavy social media use, the song picks at the performative nature of belief and the exhaustion of living inside a constant feed of other people’s certainty. The lyric that lands hardest is a simple one: “I wear the jersey, but I’ve never seen them play.” It’s a precise description of how opinion circulates online, and it doesn’t overstay its welcome.

Listen below:

Hockitay is the moniker of Santiago Castillo, a Guatemalan-born, Montreal-based artist who holds a BFA in Recording Arts from Concordia. Raised by a painter and a filmmaker, he handles his own art direction and approaches both sound and visuals as a collage, assembling elements separately and fitting them together later to see what holds. The production on over/over reflects that process; looping melodic fragments sit against distorted guitars and electronic textures that feel deliberately unresolved, simmering without releasing.

Castillo has cited James Blake, Bon Iver, and King Krule as touchstones, and you can hear all three without the music feeling derivative. The new EP, still untitled, is described as shaped by a broader disillusionment, a logical extension of where slo mach left off.

Photo – Buvard & David S. Blouin

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