“Protomech“, a new song from Fear Factory‘s forthcoming new album “Genexus“, is now available for streaming. As for some of the inspiration behind the album itself, frontman Burton C. Bell cited the film ‘Blade Runner‘, telling Rollingstone.com:
“I was reading about Ray Kurzweil‘s theory of ‘The Singularity,’ [the era when machines become sentient], and thinking about Blade Runner and the Rutger Hauer character Roy Batty. [Director] Ridley Scott really touched upon empathy in that movie because the only ones who feel anything are the androids. The humans are totally disconnected. That got me thinking about what would happen to these machines when they developed empathy and started looking after one another.”
“Genexus” is due in stores on August 07th through Nuclear Blast Entertainment. It remains unclear whether or not Journey drummer Deen Castronovo will still be guesting on a track on the album now that he is facing trial on charges of rape, fourth-degree assault, menacing and more.
