FEAR FACTORY/ARKAEA Drummer To Guest On 'Uncensored Net Noise'

FEAR FACTORY/ARKAEA drummer Raymond Herrera will guest on "Uncensored Net Noise" on Friday, October 24 beginning at 9:30 p.m. EST.

You can listen to the program live via the Internet at this location.

ARKAEA — the new band featuring FEAR FACTORY members Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar) and Herrera alongside vocalist Jon Howard (THREAT SIGNAL) — will release its debut album on March 10, 2009 via Koch Records.

The band has enlisted THREAT SIGNAL bass player Pat Kavanaugh and began recording last month. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Break The Silence", "Blackened Sky", "Beneath The Shades Of Grey" and "Awakening". The album is being recorded at Temple Studios in Chatsworth, California, owned by Raymond Herrera and will have Christian Olde Wolbers at the helm of production with engineer Jeremy Blair (GUNS N' ROSES, FEAR FACTORY).

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Christian comments: "These songs were designed like the FEAR FACTORY songs that Raymond and I always wrote. However, we've been able to push the boundaries and go out of that context, while remaining heavy."

"Christian and Ray have been writing together for many years, so the music does have a lot of FEAR FACTORY elements," adds Howard. "However, we've been open to trying different things. It basically fuses what I have been doing vocally in THREAT SIGNAL with driving FEAR FACTORY rhythms, along with some of our own experimentation. The idea behind the project is to be heavy, but maintain melody at the same time."

Howard has been a part of the FEAR FACTORY family ever since Olde Wolbers served as producer for THREAT SIGNAL's debut, "Under Reprisal". Given that connection, the chemistry was there the instant the band started playing together.

You can preview new music at www.myspace.com/arkaeamusic.