Fear Factory and Amon Amarth are two of metal's more recognizable names but the similarities end there. Amon Amarth's core fan base is largely standard metalheads and the kind of hardcore folk metal devotees that grow barbarian-styled beards and sport pagan jewelry. Fear Factory's fan base is composed of fans who hung on from the mid-1990s and a newer generation raised on computers, social media and digital downloading.
Since both bands were scheduled to be in San Francisco on the same night, promoters decided to pair them together for an entertaining if imperfect show at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco on April 9. Wannabe-Vikings definitely ruled the roost but a veteran Fear Factory, who recently released Mechanize, was the musical highlight, playing more than 90 minutes of their best material including a large chunk of Demanufacture.
Read the complete Fear Factory and Amon Amarth Concert Review
(photo courtesy Raymond Ahner)
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