Band members are evolving, and so is their sound

“We’re all about change and we think change is good,” says Dino Cazares during a recent phone interview from Los Angeles. “We’re a band that keeps evolving, whether it’s through having new band members or our writing. It’s always a constant change for us.”

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Fear Factory is touring in support of its new album, “The Industrialist,” which was released in June.

The band consists of Cazares, Burton C. Bell and new members Matt DeVries and Mike Heller.

And the tour that they are on is long – nine months long.

“We’ve been on the road since March and expect to be on tour through Dec. 18,” he says. “We’ll hit the U.S. as well as plenty of places overseas. We’ve been at this for a while and know what to expect from not being home for too long. What’s great, though, is that I can fly out my wife to join me when there’s a place that she wants to see.”

Fear Factory is a band that always expressed its social and political views.

“That’s what is great about what we do,” he explains. “We’re able to get a lot off of our chests, and it’s not done in a preachy way. We’re very careful with how we put out the music, and that’s what is important.”

Cazares says the band often takes on issues from religion to schools and government.

“A lot of people think that it’s about technology,” he says. “With ‘Mechanize,’ that whole album dealt with conspiracy theories. It’s a matter of listening to the songs and absorbing the message.”