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Raymond Herrera
(September 2005 Issue)
Fear Factory's Mr.
Laid-Back It's certainly important to know what Raymond Herrera has been
doing with his full-time progressive hard rock
group, Fear Factory.
It's important to know that they have an album, Digimortal, scheduled
for release on Roadrunner
around the time you read this. It's important
to know that they'll continue to tour internationally, just as
they've
been doing relentlessly for years. And it's important to note that
Digimortal is by far Herrera's best
effort ever laid to tape (if not
his most conservative and tasteful). Though Herrera hasn't changed his
Tama kit setup
much for the recording of the Factory's latest, his
approach to performance has been noticeably altered.
"The
way I play on this record is different from what I've
done before," Herrera says. "It's a lot simpler. I'd still say this
is
brutal, but in comparison to our previous efforts, it's actually a lot
more laid-back."
It should be noted that
Herrera had a purpose behind this new
method - and it certainly wasn't just for the sake of being different. "I
just wanted
to get people into the songs faster," he explains. "We
wanted it to be real simple, and I think we've achieved that in
every
way possible."
Waleed Rashidi
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