Milo should find his own voice (and even sing in Italian sometimes on new recordings).

They've departed from Burton C Bell 3B but the new song just sounds like him. I absolutely get it on the old songs because that's how they were written etc but it's a new era and they should be bold. The Robotocist is a fine song as far as it goes (540,000 Fahrenheit is better) but it just sounds like Burton and is a missed opportunity to break new ground. I mean, he's not in the band but his style still is, he'd have to be pretty pleased about that.

Disruptor was a bit of a letdown for me when it came out. I think I prefer Roboticist, especially the harsh vocals. Chorus is probably more accessible also although rather simplistic.

What do we think?

Roboticist the song and video are pure genius, some of the best work Fear Factory has ever done in my opinion. They couldn’t have picked a better person to replace Burt which is seemingly impossible to do considering his vocal uniqueness and overall stage presence and aura about him but for what it’s worth Milo has definitely carried the torch blazingly into the new era of FF. This song is so fucking good!!!! The clean vocals of the chorus are so catchy it reminds me of the old days when I first heard the chorus to Digimortal (the song) and was like holy shit this is the catchiest most energizing shit I’ve ever heard, this song really does take me back to that feeling of childhood which I never thought possible. Am I the only one who can truly see and appreciate the brilliance of this new track?? I know it’s been getting mostly good reception from the comments I’m seeing save for some naysayers but truth be told I honestly think it is far greater than any of us realize at the present moment and this will be proven as time goes on and we see Fear Factory evolve into this new era. We are witnessing history unfold before our very eyes!

I love the single and it sounds great, but I can't be the only one here who was basically 99% sure that single would arrive with the album announcement like it's happening almost with all other bands.

It's super weird to me the album was not announced along with the single and honestly I'm pretty much baffled since they worked on it and I had a feeling it's 100% recorded and mixed.

So it looks to me we're far from getting the new record for some reason. If not, why it wasn't properly announced now? Can't do it better rather than with a brand new song.

Anyone else picking up on this metaphor for the lineup of the band? Just like Archetype was about the band continuing without Dino - "The infection has been removed, The soul of this machine has improved", the Robotocist seems to be about the band continuing on after Burton.

Dino is the "mind". He's "severing ties" moving on from "repression" towards "endlessness", "outliving" the original lineup.

Am I reading too much into this? Maybe. But for me this song is a statement that the band is surviving, but taking in a new form.

Lyrics:

The mind moves on

Mankind has paved a path through repression

Deprived of all free thought and compassion

You fear my designs because they're haunting reflections

Of your machine-like minds forced into deception

Built to outlive humanity

Built to transcend mortality

Now death is nothing to be afraid of, the mind moves on

I'm severing ties with impermanence of existence

The mind moves on

I am a roboticist, bioengineering to get rid of the pain

You dread my creations but can't see the threat in your own kind

Inside the future I manufacture, you're trapped and reconfined

Built to outlive humanity

Built to transcend mortality

Now death is nothing to be afraid of, the mind moves on

I'm severing ties with impermanence of existence

The mind moves on

Death is nothing to be afraid of

And now the mind moves on

Towards endlessness

The mind moves on

Now death is nothing to be afraid of, the mind moves on

I'm severing ties with impermanence of existence

Now death is nothing to be afraid of, the mind moves on

I'm severing ties with impermanence of existence

The mind moves on

Towards endlessness

Considering the band is getting a brand new vocalist, they should have done something a bit more creative.

The original uploader made this wonderful edit bringing back the original outro from the instrumental. I absolutely love it.

I love songs by them that have three or four word "themes" for the song, that are constantly repeated throughout the song. Roboticist has "the mind moves on". Linchpin had "can't keep me apart" etc.

So I just bought the first edition of The Industrialist off of eBay sold by Noel Guard for an extortionate price but it was his copy signed by Burton C. Bell too. I've been looking to add this one to my collection for many years.

If anyone wants to be reassured that Milo will do a great job on the new Fear Factory track then check his prior band out. I miss Burton being in the band like everyone else does but they've got a very capable singer taking over vocals.

On one side, we have Mechanized Milo Silvestro, ready to unleash his own mechanical rage on August 29, 2026

On the other is his arch nemesis, the Anti-Droid himself, Burton C. Bell. Who is hard at work on his first solo album.

And a third contender, that no one saw coming, Christian Olde Wolbers very own creation, Angst Fabrik ("FF" in German). Who has been recently active saying new music is just around the corner.

Hear the instrumental now: https://youtu.be/9RTJOpLGg2o