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Burton C. Bell

Burton Christopher Bell (born February 19, 1969) is an American musician and vocalist. He is best known as the co-founder and former frontman of the metal band Fear Factory.[2] Until 2021 he was the only member to perform on all of the band's albums. His singing style mixes clean and shouted vocals with death growls.

Burton C. Bell
Bell performing with Fear Factory in 2016
Background information
Born (1969-02-19) February 19, 1969 (age 54)
Houston, Texas, U.S.[1]
Genres
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • bass
  • keyboards
  • sampler
Years active1988–present
Member ofAscension of the Watchers
Formerly of
Websiteburtoncbell.com

Career edit

Fear Factory edit

Prior to his role in Fear Factory, Bell was in the band Hateface. In 1989, after Hateface disbanded, his housemate Dino Cazares invited him to meet a drummer (Raymond Herrera) to possibly work with. On October 31, 1990, Bell, Cazares, Herrera and Romero jammed for the first time in a studio in South Los Angeles. The group recorded four studio albums before Fear Factory disbanded temporarily in 2002. The band reformed in 2004 with Christian Olde Wolbers switching from bass to guitar and Byron Stroud on bass. This line-up recorded two albums. During the following period of inactivity within the band, Cazares and Bell patched up their differences, and in 2009 decided to have Fear Factory return to form.

Bell is the only member to have appeared on every Fear Factory release from their first demo in 1991 to their tenth studio album Aggression Continuum (2021).

In 2012, Bell and Cazares received the Revolver Golden Gods Icon award.[3]

After 31 years as the singer of Fear Factory, Bell announced on September 28, 2020 that he had left the band, citing "consistent series of dishonest representations and unfounded accusations from past and present band members" and a bitter feud between himself and Cazares. However, his vocals appear on their tenth studio album Aggression Continuum, which had been completed in 2017 but not released until 2021.[4]

On June 16 2021, Bell performed the Fear Factory song "Replica" with a group of Australian musicians in Sydney. This happened after he'd done a DJ set at a local venue.[5]

Ascension of the Watchers edit

After Fear Factory's hiatus in 2002, Bell went on to form Ascension of the Watchers with John Bechdel at Bechdel's studio in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania. The Watchers released an online-only EP titled Iconoclast in 2005. On February 19, 2008, Ascension of the Watchers released their first full-length album Numinosum through Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen's record label 13th Planet.

In February 2017, Bell rebooted Ascension of the Watchers and began recording at Northstone Studios, South Wales, collaborating with Welsh solo artist Jayce Lewis.[6] With Bell regarding Lewis as a "musical soulmate", the pair recorded a new album titled Apocrypha and released it via Dissonance Productions.[7]

Guest appearances edit

 
Bell performing

Bell has performed guest vocals on many records in addition to taking lead vocal duties for G/Z/R's Plastic Planet album released in 1995.[8] Due to commitments with Fear Factory, Bell was not the vocalist for G/Z/R's second album, Black Science.

Bell, alongside fellow bandmate, Dino Cazares, appeared on the Soulfly song "Eye for an Eye" in 1998. Bell featured as guest vocalist on the Apartment 26 song "Void", a bonus track from their debut album Hallucinating in 2000.

Bell recorded a track for UK metal band This Is Menace; the track was then cut out of the final edit from the album No End in Sight. Bell performed live in the encore segments of the Ministry 2008 Tour, singing songs such as "Stigmata", "Thieves" and "So What", taking over vocal duties from Al Jourgensen.

Bell joined with Byron Stroud to form City of Fire who released their debut album in August 2009.

Bell featured on Delain's 2012 album We Are the Others, providing vocals for the track "Where Is the Blood".[9]

Bell was featured on Chris Vrenna's project Tweaker on the song "I Am the One", intended to appear on the album The Attraction to All Things Uncertain. When Vrenna reedited the album, Bell's song was cut only to be included in a DVD instead.

Bell provided backing vocals on the 20th anniversary re-recording of Pitchshifter's "Un-United Kingdom".[10]

Bell from 2017-2018 did guest vocals on AmeriKKKant by Ministry.

Personal life edit

Bell has three children[11] and is married.

Discography edit

All appearances are as a vocalist, unless mentioned otherwise.

Band Release date Title
Fear Factory 1992 Soul of a New Machine
Fear Factory 1995 Demanufacture
Clay People- guest 1995 The Iron Icon
G/Z/R 1995 Plastic Planet
Fear Factory 1998 Obsolete
Spineshank – guest 1998 Strictly Diesel
Kilgore – guest 1998 A Search for Reason
Soulfly – guest 1998 Soulfly
Static-X – guest 2000 The Crow: Salvation
Apartment 26 - guest 2000 Hallucinating
Fear Factory 2001 Digimortal
Fear Factory 2004 Archetype
Fear Factory 2005 Transgression
Ascension of the Watchers 2005 Iconoclast (EP)
Soil – guest 2006 True Self
Ministry – guest 2007 The Last Sucker
Ministry – guest 2007 Cover Up
Ascension of the Watchers 2008 Numinosum
M.A.N – guest 2008 Peacenemy
City of Fire 2009 City of Fire
Fear Factory 2010 Mechanize
Delain – guest 2012 We Are the Others
Fear Factory 2012 The Industrialist
City of Fire 2013 Trial Through Fire
Fear Factory 2015 Genexus
Ministry – guest 2018 AmeriKKKant
DevilDriver- guest 2018 Dad's Gonna Kill Me
Conflict – guest 2019 Decision Code
Combichrist – guest 2019 One Fire
Pitchshifter– guest 2020 Un-United Kingdom 20th Anniversary Brexit Edition
Revillusion – guest 2020 Heart (Less): Revisions & Additions
Ascension of the Watchers 2020 Apocrypha
Fear Factory 2021 Aggression Continuum
Ascension of the Watchers 2021 Translations
Fear Factory 2022 Recoded

References edit

  1. ^ "FEAR FACTORY: BURTON C. BELL, DINO CAZARES (Fear Factory)". Rock Hard (in German). February 20, 2002. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  2. ^ Huey, Steve. "Biography: Fear Factory". Allmusic. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
  3. ^ . Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  4. ^ "BURTON C. BELL Officially Quits FEAR FACTORY: 'I Cannot Align Myself With Someone Whom I Do Not Trust Nor Respect'". Blabbermouth.net. September 28, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  5. ^ "Watch Ex-FEAR FACTORY Frontman BURTON C. BELL Sing 'Replica' With Australian Musicians". Blabbermouth.net. June 22, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  6. ^ "Burton C. Bell & Jayce Lewis Video Interview – Ascension of the Watchers – Burton C. Bell". February 22, 2017.
  7. ^ "Exclusive: Burton C. Bell Interview". October 20, 2020.
  8. ^ Jeffries, Vincent. "Biography: GZR". Allmusic. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
  9. ^ . Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
  10. ^ "Pitchshifter To Release 20th Anniversary Edition Of "Un-United Kingdom"". The PRP. January 1, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  11. ^ "Burton C. Bell on Instagram: "I was happy to be able to ring in the new year with these lovely Bells💙⭐️✨🥳 We missed you @mrssherrybell ⚡️🐯 #2021"".

External links edit

  •   Media related to Burton Bell at Wikimedia Commons

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Burton Christopher Bell born February 19 1969 is an American musician and vocalist He is best known as the co founder and former frontman of the metal band Fear Factory 2 Until 2021 he was the only member to perform on all of the band s albums His singing style mixes clean and shouted vocals with death growls Burton C BellBell performing with Fear Factory in 2016Background informationBorn 1969 02 19 February 19 1969 age 54 Houston Texas U S 1 GenresIndustrial metal thrash metal death metal groove metal heavy metal nu metal alternative metal experimentalInstrument s Vocals guitar bass keyboards samplerYears active1988 presentMember ofAscension of the WatchersFormerly ofFear Factory GZR City of Fire MinistryWebsiteburtoncbell wbr com Contents 1 Career 1 1 Fear Factory 1 2 Ascension of the Watchers 1 3 Guest appearances 2 Personal life 3 Discography 4 References 5 External linksCareer editFear Factory edit Main article Fear Factory Prior to his role in Fear Factory Bell was in the band Hateface In 1989 after Hateface disbanded his housemate Dino Cazares invited him to meet a drummer Raymond Herrera to possibly work with On October 31 1990 Bell Cazares Herrera and Romero jammed for the first time in a studio in South Los Angeles The group recorded four studio albums before Fear Factory disbanded temporarily in 2002 The band reformed in 2004 with Christian Olde Wolbers switching from bass to guitar and Byron Stroud on bass This line up recorded two albums During the following period of inactivity within the band Cazares and Bell patched up their differences and in 2009 decided to have Fear Factory return to form Bell is the only member to have appeared on every Fear Factory release from their first demo in 1991 to their tenth studio album Aggression Continuum 2021 In 2012 Bell and Cazares received the Revolver Golden Gods Icon award 3 After 31 years as the singer of Fear Factory Bell announced on September 28 2020 that he had left the band citing consistent series of dishonest representations and unfounded accusations from past and present band members and a bitter feud between himself and Cazares However his vocals appear on their tenth studio album Aggression Continuum which had been completed in 2017 but not released until 2021 4 On June 16 2021 Bell performed the Fear Factory song Replica with a group of Australian musicians in Sydney This happened after he d done a DJ set at a local venue 5 Ascension of the Watchers edit Main article Ascension of the Watchers After Fear Factory s hiatus in 2002 Bell went on to form Ascension of the Watchers with John Bechdel at Bechdel s studio in Mifflinburg Pennsylvania The Watchers released an online only EP titled Iconoclast in 2005 On February 19 2008 Ascension of the Watchers released their first full length album Numinosum through Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen s record label 13th Planet In February 2017 Bell rebooted Ascension of the Watchers and began recording at Northstone Studios South Wales collaborating with Welsh solo artist Jayce Lewis 6 With Bell regarding Lewis as a musical soulmate the pair recorded a new album titled Apocrypha and released it via Dissonance Productions 7 Guest appearances edit nbsp Bell performingBell has performed guest vocals on many records in addition to taking lead vocal duties for G Z R s Plastic Planet album released in 1995 8 Due to commitments with Fear Factory Bell was not the vocalist for G Z R s second album Black Science Bell alongside fellow bandmate Dino Cazares appeared on the Soulfly song Eye for an Eye in 1998 Bell featured as guest vocalist on the Apartment 26 song Void a bonus track from their debut album Hallucinating in 2000 Bell recorded a track for UK metal band This Is Menace the track was then cut out of the final edit from the album No End in Sight Bell performed live in the encore segments of the Ministry 2008 Tour singing songs such as Stigmata Thieves and So What taking over vocal duties from Al Jourgensen Bell joined with Byron Stroud to form City of Fire who released their debut album in August 2009 Bell featured on Delain s 2012 album We Are the Others providing vocals for the track Where Is the Blood 9 Bell was featured on Chris Vrenna s project Tweaker on the song I Am the One intended to appear on the album The Attraction to All Things Uncertain When Vrenna reedited the album Bell s song was cut only to be included in a DVD instead Bell provided backing vocals on the 20th anniversary re recording of Pitchshifter s Un United Kingdom 10 Bell from 2017 2018 did guest vocals on AmeriKKKant by Ministry Personal life editBell has three children 11 and is married Discography editAll appearances are as a vocalist unless mentioned otherwise Band Release date TitleFear Factory 1992 Soul of a New MachineFear Factory 1995 DemanufactureClay People guest 1995 The Iron IconG Z R 1995 Plastic PlanetFear Factory 1998 ObsoleteSpineshank guest 1998 Strictly DieselKilgore guest 1998 A Search for ReasonSoulfly guest 1998 SoulflyStatic X guest 2000 The Crow SalvationApartment 26 guest 2000 HallucinatingFear Factory 2001 DigimortalFear Factory 2004 ArchetypeFear Factory 2005 TransgressionAscension of the Watchers 2005 Iconoclast EP Soil guest 2006 True SelfMinistry guest 2007 The Last SuckerMinistry guest 2007 Cover UpAscension of the Watchers 2008 NuminosumM A N guest 2008 PeacenemyCity of Fire 2009 City of FireFear Factory 2010 MechanizeDelain guest 2012 We Are the OthersFear Factory 2012 The IndustrialistCity of Fire 2013 Trial Through FireFear Factory 2015 GenexusMinistry guest 2018 AmeriKKKantDevilDriver guest 2018 Dad s Gonna Kill MeConflict guest 2019 Decision CodeCombichrist guest 2019 One FirePitchshifter guest 2020 Un United Kingdom 20th Anniversary Brexit EditionRevillusion guest 2020 Heart Less Revisions amp AdditionsAscension of the Watchers 2020 ApocryphaFear Factory 2021 Aggression ContinuumAscension of the Watchers 2021 TranslationsFear Factory 2022 RecodedReferences edit FEAR FACTORY BURTON C BELL DINO CAZARES Fear Factory Rock Hard in German February 20 2002 Retrieved November 26 2020 Huey Steve Biography Fear Factory Allmusic Retrieved May 2 2010 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards 2012 Icon Award Sponsored by Zippo Metal Hammer Archived from the original on June 28 2013 Retrieved July 1 2013 BURTON C BELL Officially Quits FEAR FACTORY I Cannot Align Myself With Someone Whom I Do Not Trust Nor Respect Blabbermouth net September 28 2020 Retrieved September 28 2020 Watch Ex FEAR FACTORY Frontman BURTON C BELL Sing Replica With Australian Musicians Blabbermouth net June 22 2021 Retrieved July 30 2021 Burton C Bell amp Jayce Lewis Video Interview Ascension of the Watchers Burton C Bell February 22 2017 Exclusive Burton C Bell Interview October 20 2020 Jeffries Vincent Biography GZR Allmusic Retrieved May 2 2010 Discography Archived from the original on October 10 2012 Retrieved October 6 2012 Pitchshifter To Release 20th Anniversary Edition Of Un United Kingdom The PRP January 1 2020 Retrieved July 30 2021 Burton C Bell on Instagram I was happy to be able to ring in the new year with these lovely Bells We missed you mrssherrybell 2021 External links edit nbsp Media related to Burton Bell at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Burton C Bell amp oldid 1177195802, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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