Arkaea - Years In The Darkness [Album]

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June 21, 2009, 10:54 AM

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Recently I discovered that Fear Factory had decided to reform with Dino Cavaleres to do summer festivals in the UK (one of many bands to do that recently) which meant that Christian Olde Wolbers and Raymond Herrera would NOT be in the lineup.

So what would become of them do you ask? Well here's the story:

While finding a new band Christian and Raymond decided to record demos of songs that at least to them would be on the new Fear Factory record, once the news broke they decided to recruit Jon Howard from Threat Signal to do vocals.

When it came for finding a bass player however their first choice of Sam Rivers (Limp Bizkit) had to turn it down due to location and the fact I assume of the Limp Bizkit reunion (so many reunions…), the second choice became unavailable (Mudvayne’s Ryan Martinie) due to touring and his worry that no one could replicate the unique bass-lines.

In the end another member of Threat Signal in Pat Kavanagh was given the bass position and so Arkaea was finally born in the form you see now. The record itself will be pretty obvious for Fear Factory fans as Jon has a similar style to Burton in structure but should appeal to metal-core fans due to the less industrial nature of the music itself.

The style of the record will appeal to more of a metal-core nature due to the members that are involved in the project and that musically Christian and Raymond prove that their style can fit in other genres aside from industrial music.

Arkaea is a refreshing change for what was considered at the beginning a side project that has turned into a new animal in it's own right and shall appeal to not only fans of the bands all four members are/were in but to a big new audience as well.

Strong showing from all involved and this album should definitely be a grower.

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