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Richmond, VA groove metal mainstays Lamb Of God have unveiled official live footage from their appearance at this past August’s Bloodstock Festival. The band took the stage on August 7th, and professionally filmed footage of their performance of “Blunt Force Blues” is now available to watch below. Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

King Buffalo have premiered their latest single “Vagabond,” accompanied by a freshly released music video directed by Mike Turzanski. “Doomsayer” is the title of the psych rock trio’s upcoming seventh studio album, which is scheduled to arrive on December 4th. Drummer Scott Donaldson offered the following remarks on the track: Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Posted on October 16th 2026, 7:56am

Live Gallery: Fear Factory – Rock City, Nottingham

2nd October 2026
Support: Crystal Lake, Hate, The Nocturnal Affair
Photos: Tom Atkin

We look back at the epic Fear Factory show through the eyes of our photographer Tom Atkin!

Fear Factory

Crystal Lake

Hate

The Nocturnal Affair

Photo credits: Tom Atkin

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KK’s Priest have returned to an early Judas Priest song, releasing a fresh cover of “Never Satisfied.” The band, featuring former Judas Priest members K.K. Downing (guitars) and Tim “Ripper” Owens (vocals), recruited John Psaras to direct the accompanying video below, which has drawn criticism from fans over its apparent extensive use of AI. … Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Live Review: Fear Factory – O2 Ritz, Manchester

1st October 2026
Support: Crystal Lake, Hate, The Nocturnal Affair
Words: Oli Gonzalez
Photos: Tom Atkin

It’s difficult for a band in any genre to remain relevant for three decades. Let alone a band like Fear Factory, pioneers of the industrial metal movement! Since their groundbreaking “Demanufacture” album in 1995, or blockbuster seminal release “Digimortal” 6 years later, they’ve always been a band that others are compared to. Though unlike what the lyrical themes of the band’s music would dictate, humans aren’t machines, and for various reasons, the people in bands eventually leave. Burton C. Bell, the voice behind those iconic albums and a constant in the band’s history departed, and filling his almighty shoes would be the much younger Milo Silvestre.

Many people in the UK were introduced to the Italian stallion in August 2025 as he was thrown in the deep end and had to perform vocals on an iconic album “Demanufacture” during their Bloodstock Open Air main stage performance. He stepped up to the task, and on this night in Manchester, he would have an opportunity to play other songs in the band’s storied discography, as well as newer material he had had the chance to make his mark on the band with.

Early 6pm doors had meant that the O2 Ritz was very sparsely populated by the time The Nocturnal Affair had taken to the stage. Though the upstairs balcony was open so that was a good sign; Shadow Of Intent headlining Manchester Academy just down the road hadn’t cannibalized the crowd too much. Despite the small numbers, the Las Vegas natives were not half-assing things and played with the same energy and conviction then if they were playing to a full venue. Frontman Brendon was warm, charismatic and engaging, describing the UK as the band’s second home and confessing his love for a ‘proper cup of tea’. As charismatic as he was fearsome behind the mic, the tip of the spear for the band’s melodic hard rock sound. We also learned that their drummer for the evening had filled in only 24 hours notice after the regular man behind the kit Kyle had suffered appendicitis whilst in Italy! A cover of ‘What Is Love’ ensured they ended a very short 30 minute set on a high, and showed that they deserve a much bigger crowd!

From melodic hard rock to blackened death metal, Poland’s Hate were up next. They’re no strangers to the city having levelled Rebellion just down the road in February 2023, in one of the band’s strongest performances! Since then, they had added the new album “Bellum Regis” to their vast discography, with the album’s title track opening up the evening. Though it was really older classics like ‘Erebos’ and ‘Sovereign Sanctity’ that seemed to get bigger reactions from the crowd! A crowd which had grown to a much more respectable level now! Whilst it still may have been too early to have seen the same level or carnage they caused on that night in Rebellion, seeing the band utilise the superior lighting rig and sound system portrayed them as a genuine powerhouse and underrated force in the world of extreme metal!

The night was as eclectic as it could get genre-wise. From hard rock to blackened death metal and now modern metalcore in the shape of Japan’s Crystal Lake! We were introduced to the band’s drummer who treated us to a rather excellent drum solo…and that was just the line check! He was soon joined by his four band mates as the lights went down for the 3rd time this evening. They immediately asserted themselves with that blistering high energy metalcore sound, with the mix flawless and sharp to bring out the best in every single one of them. Given the relentless energy they were pumping out, this high-end production quality was the latest they deserved!

“JUMP MANCHESTER!”

A little ambitious of an instruction given the age profile of the crowd, and the fact that we were all a little bit bigger than we were in our teenage years and early 20s.

“CIRCLE PIT!”

Look, if we weren’t going to jump, what makes you think a circle pit would open? Although a space opened, the lack of activity and movement felt a tad awkward. Maybe tone down the enthusiasm and…oh hang on! It wasn’t long before people started hurling their bodies around. No need for demands now, like day turns to night, the pit was full in motion. In some ways, this felt like the wrong crowd. Imagine if they had joined the likes of Fit For An Autopsy or Sylosis, metalcore adjacent bands with younger crowds who have graced this venue in recent times. Though in other ways, this was a much welcome and somewhat necessary injection of dynamism into the evening. The X-Factor and unknown quantity to many, they left Manchester with many people knowing their names and for all the right reasons!

“DINO! DINO! DINO!”

The venue much more full now, the crowd began shouting for their hero, genius and driving force behind Fear Factory Dino Cazares. Whereas there was an ocean of space for when The Nocturnal Affair had taken to the stage, that space was now very much a luxury. Get a good spot now or regret it for the rest of the night. The lights went down for the final time and the roar was deafening! The band took to the stage, and all eyes were on Milo. Could he pull it off?

The account opened with ‘Acres of Skin’. Close your eyes and you couldn’t have been able to tell if it was Burton or Milo singing. Just like that sunny Saturday afternoon in Catton Hall Park, Milo more than captured the trademark grit and aggression from Burton, as well as the soaring opulent cleaner quality in the clean choruses. Any doubters should well and truly be put in their place now! By the time ‘Powershifter’ made its way into the set, the crowd were practically doing Milo’s job for him by singing the choruses back at him! That’s when you know you’ve won as a band…and Fear Factory were more than winning! Introducing Crystal Lake vocalist PK for a cameo in ‘Edgecrusher’ felt like a genuine passing of the torch moment and touch of genuine class. Though seeing PK stage dive into the crowd almost upstaged Milo and co. Though it was clear who people had come to see tonight.

The pits were well and truly in motion now, with Milo needing not to ask or direct this. It just happened. People going airbourne, a wall of death. It was carnage. That carnage became too much for one person who was turfed out for his rather poor display of drunken Kung Fu which has no place in the pit!

“Death is nothing to be afraid of, the mind moves on!”

It took a while but we got there eventually. The new single ‘Robotocist’ and the first time Milo had truly been given the chance tonight to put his own mark on the band tonight. The Manchester crowd were the first people in the country to hear this played live, and amongst the first in the world! If this is a glimpse into the future, then the future of Fear Factory is in very safe hands! Milo proved that he’s not only an adaptable performer but a crucial cog in the wheel that is Fear Factory!

“I don’t want to live that way! I don’t want to live that way”

It had to come. The zenith of the set. Arguably their biggest hit ‘Replica’. The underlining and exclamation mark on a powerhouse of a headline set. Not only are Fear Factory remaining relevant, they are well and truly thriving well into their 30 plus years as an undisputed juggernaut in the metal scene!

Photo credits: Tom Atkin

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Californian deathcore veterans Carnifex have debuted a new music video for their freshly released track “Licking Love From A Knife,” directed by Midvessel. The band’s tenth studio album, “More Than Misery,” remains on track to arrive November 6th, marking their first release through Sumerian Records. The group also brought in another deathcore … Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Breakdown Of Sanity have unveiled their new single “One-Way Mirror,” taken from their upcoming album “Reveries.” The Swiss metalcore outfit are set to release the record on November 6th, with a freshly premiered lyric video for the track available below. “Reveries” will mark the band’s first new full-length album in a decade. Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Craig Breitsprecher will be unable to participate in the cruise as he recovers from shoulder surgery

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The latest from their upcoming first album in a decade, “Reveries”.

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