Dino Cazares
Encyclopedia
Dino Cazares, born in El Centro, California
, is a Mexican-American
musician and the guitarist
for Los Angeles
-based industrial metal
group Fear Factory
. He also plays in the metal
bands Divine Heresy
and Asesino
.
Cazares met drummer Raymond Herrera and then Cazares formed Fear Factory in 1989 under the name Ulceration. However, it was renamed to their current name Fear Factory in the following year. The band's first album, Soul of a New Machine
, was dedicated to Cazares' mother, Natividad, and older brother, Joey. Before joining Fear Factory, Cazares was in the grindcore
band Excruciating Terror. The Mexican death/grind side-project Brujeria
formed later on with members of Faith No More, Fear Factory, and others.
When Fear Factory split up (temporarily) in 2002, Cazares returned to Brujeria, and released what was supposed to be the first of 13 Demoniaco Brujeria records (one for each member of Brujeria). Asesino
featured Static-X bassist Tony Campos on bass and vocals, and Raymond Herrera on drums. Fear Factory reformed later that year without Cazares and with bassist Christian Olde Wolbers
becoming the new guitarist for the band. Cazares was also an integral member of Brainsic, a Portland based group that played 14 shows live, with no official recordings. Brainsic featured members of Fear Factory, Lousiana Switchblade(Richard Rogers/The Richard, formerly of Crazy White man with Kim Fowley as vocalist) and Bodybag(Justin Mitkentin on bass).
In 2005, Cazares was chosen as a team captain by Roadrunner A&R Monte Conner for the Roadrunner United
album for which he wrote 4 songs and contributed with other Roadrunner Records
artists.
Dino is now busy with his group Divine Heresy
which he has signed to Roadrunner Records
and Century Media Records. He is joined by Tim Yeung
(All That Remains, Hate Eternal, Nile, Vital Remains, Morbid Angel) on drums, Joe Payne
on bass and had included newcomer Tommy Vext on vocals until he left the band due to issues with Dino in April 2008. Jake Veredika, formerly of the Washington DC band Periphery, has been hired as the singer for their tour with Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquility, and Firewind. Divine Heresy now have Travis Neil on vocals The band's debut "Bleed The Fifth
" was released on August 27 (Europe) and August 28 (USA). "Bleed The Fifth" was produced by Dirty Icon and Lucas Banker. The cover art has been developed by Joachim Luetke (Manson, Sopor Aeternus, Dimmu Borgir, Arch Enemy). According to Metal Maniacs, during a recent live show he described Divine Heresy as "similar to Fear Factory" but that it "isn't just as good as Fear Factory".
Divine Heresy's second album Bringer of Plagues
was released on July 28th, 2009, and was the first to feature Travis Neil on vocals.
) on bass and drummer Gene Hoglan
(Death, Strapping Young Lad). On April 28, this project was revealed to actually be a new version of Fear Factory, minus founding member Raymond Herrera
and long-time member Christian Olde Wolbers
. Bell, when asked why Herrera and Wolbers were not included, stated that "Fear Factory
's like a business and I'm just reorganizing...We won't talk about [their exclusion]".
rhythm guitar technique, timing palm mute
d triplets
and syncopated sixteenth notes with double bass drumming
. This has led to a distinctive "machine-gun" style identifiable in the music of Fear Factory. In previous Fear Factory albums, Cazares did not play any guitar solos in Fear Factory for stylistic reasons, but can be heard playing them in his other bands. However, the bands latest effort, Mechanize, has several lead parts and solos.
models with Seymour Duncan
Blackouts pickups installed, usually detuned a whole step (A,D,G,C,F,A,D; from Obselete
on) to allow for even lower registers . His main guitar in Asesino is an Ibanez
prototype 8-string guitar (standard tuning with two extra basses: (F#,B,E,A,D,G,B, E) loaded with 2 Seymour Duncan Blackout 8 active pickups. In the early days, his guitar tone derived from a modified Marshall JCM800 head with scooped mids and high treble settings to produce the thrashy, chugging tone which has been so influential to the metal genre. With Divine Heresy, however, he uses both his 7s and 8s.
During his time with Fear Factory, Cazares had also endorsed the Line 6 Flextone amp series,Vetta II HD and POD preamp. He is currently endorsing the Ibanez Toneblaster amps and plays custom-made 8-string RG and Xiphos guitars made by Ibanez. In 2007 Cazares switched from EMG
active pickups to Seymour Duncan
AHB-1 Blackout active pickups, which he helped design with Duncan.
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, is a Mexican-American
Mexican American
Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican descent. As of July 2009, Mexican Americans make up 10.3% of the United States' population with over 31,689,000 Americans listed as of Mexican ancestry. Mexican Americans comprise 66% of all Hispanics and Latinos in the United States...
musician and the guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
for Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
-based industrial metal
Industrial metal
Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and many different types of heavy metal, using repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Founding industrial metal acts include Ministry, Godflesh, and KMFDM.Industrial metal's...
group Fear Factory
Fear Factory
Fear Factory is an American industrial metal band. Formed in 1989, they have released seven full-length albums and a number of singles and remixes. Over the course of their career they have evolved from a succession of styles, as well as steadily pioneered a combination of the styles death metal,...
. He also plays in the metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
bands Divine Heresy
Divine Heresy
Divine Heresy is an American metal band formed by founder of Fear Factory, guitarist Dino Cazares and Devolved, drummer John Sankey. Although the band's origins trace back to 2002, Divine Heresy was officially formed in 2006...
and Asesino
Asesino
Asesino is an American extreme metal band and the recurring project of ex-Brujeria guitarist Dino Cazares, which has featured members of Brujeria, Fear Factory, Sepultura, Sadistic Intent and Static-X....
.
Biography
Cazares was born in El Centro, California.Cazares met drummer Raymond Herrera and then Cazares formed Fear Factory in 1989 under the name Ulceration. However, it was renamed to their current name Fear Factory in the following year. The band's first album, Soul of a New Machine
Soul of a New Machine
Soul of a New Machine is the debut studio album by the Los Angeles, California metal band Fear Factory. It was released on August 25, 1992...
, was dedicated to Cazares' mother, Natividad, and older brother, Joey. Before joining Fear Factory, Cazares was in the grindcore
Grindcore
Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....
band Excruciating Terror. The Mexican death/grind side-project Brujeria
Brujeria (band)
Brujeria is an extreme metal band formed in Tijuana, Mexico in 1989. Their name comes from the Spanish word for "witchcraft". Their songs, which are sung in Spanish, are focused on Satanism, anti-Christianity, sex, immigration, narcotics smuggling, politics....
formed later on with members of Faith No More, Fear Factory, and others.
When Fear Factory split up (temporarily) in 2002, Cazares returned to Brujeria, and released what was supposed to be the first of 13 Demoniaco Brujeria records (one for each member of Brujeria). Asesino
Asesino
Asesino is an American extreme metal band and the recurring project of ex-Brujeria guitarist Dino Cazares, which has featured members of Brujeria, Fear Factory, Sepultura, Sadistic Intent and Static-X....
featured Static-X bassist Tony Campos on bass and vocals, and Raymond Herrera on drums. Fear Factory reformed later that year without Cazares and with bassist Christian Olde Wolbers
Christian Olde Wolbers
Christian Olde Wolbers , is the guitarist of the metal band Arkaea. He is the former bassist and guitarist of the industrial metal band Fear Factory, and is now in Beowülf.-Biography:...
becoming the new guitarist for the band. Cazares was also an integral member of Brainsic, a Portland based group that played 14 shows live, with no official recordings. Brainsic featured members of Fear Factory, Lousiana Switchblade(Richard Rogers/The Richard, formerly of Crazy White man with Kim Fowley as vocalist) and Bodybag(Justin Mitkentin on bass).
In 2005, Cazares was chosen as a team captain by Roadrunner A&R Monte Conner for the Roadrunner United
Roadrunner United
Roadrunner United was a project organized by the heavy metal record label Roadrunner Records to celebrate its 25th anniversary. It culminated in an album released worldwide on October 11, 2005, entitled The All-Star Sessions...
album for which he wrote 4 songs and contributed with other Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...
artists.
Dino is now busy with his group Divine Heresy
Divine Heresy
Divine Heresy is an American metal band formed by founder of Fear Factory, guitarist Dino Cazares and Devolved, drummer John Sankey. Although the band's origins trace back to 2002, Divine Heresy was officially formed in 2006...
which he has signed to Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...
and Century Media Records. He is joined by Tim Yeung
Tim Yeung
Tim Yeung is a prominent extreme metal drummer. He was born on November 27, 1978 in Rochester, New York and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Tim started playing drums when he was 11 years old.-Biography:...
(All That Remains, Hate Eternal, Nile, Vital Remains, Morbid Angel) on drums, Joe Payne
Joe Payne
Joseph "Joe" Payne was born in Tampa, Florida in 1984. He is a heavy metal bassist and guitarist. Until 2011, Joe Payne played bass in the metal band Divine Heresy with Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares, vocalist Travis Neal and ex-Vital Remains and Hate Eternal drummer Tim Yeung.Joe Payne joined...
on bass and had included newcomer Tommy Vext on vocals until he left the band due to issues with Dino in April 2008. Jake Veredika, formerly of the Washington DC band Periphery, has been hired as the singer for their tour with Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquility, and Firewind. Divine Heresy now have Travis Neil on vocals The band's debut "Bleed The Fifth
Bleed the Fifth (album)
Bleed the Fifth is the debut studio album by Divine Heresy, released in the United States on August 28, 2007. The album sold approximately 2,700 copies in its first week of release. The album name is a play on the American judicial system Fifth Amendment...
" was released on August 27 (Europe) and August 28 (USA). "Bleed The Fifth" was produced by Dirty Icon and Lucas Banker. The cover art has been developed by Joachim Luetke (Manson, Sopor Aeternus, Dimmu Borgir, Arch Enemy). According to Metal Maniacs, during a recent live show he described Divine Heresy as "similar to Fear Factory" but that it "isn't just as good as Fear Factory".
Divine Heresy's second album Bringer of Plagues
Bringer of Plagues
Bringer of Plagues is the second album by Divine Heresy, released in the United States on July 28, 2009. It's their first album to feature new vocalist Travis Neal and the only one to feature bassist Joe Payne....
was released on July 28th, 2009, and was the first to feature Travis Neil on vocals.
Reformation of Fear Factory
On April 7, 2009, Dino and ex-band mate Burton C. Bell announced the reconciliation of their friendship, and the formation of a new project with Byron Stroud (Strapping Young LadStrapping Young Lad
Strapping Young Lad was a Canadian extreme metal band formed by Devin Townsend in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1994. The band started as a one-man studio project; Townsend played most of the instruments on the 1995 debut album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing...
) on bass and drummer Gene Hoglan
Gene Hoglan
Eugene "Gene" Victor Hoglan II is an American drummer. He is acclaimed for his creativity in drum arrangements, including usage of odd devices for percussion effects and his trademark lengthy double-kick drum rhythms...
(Death, Strapping Young Lad). On April 28, this project was revealed to actually be a new version of Fear Factory, minus founding member Raymond Herrera
Raymond Herrera
Raymond Herrera is the drummer for industrial metal band Arkaea. He is a former member of the industrial metal band Fear Factory and Mexican death metal band Brujeria.-Biography:Herrera has been an avid gamer all his life...
and long-time member Christian Olde Wolbers
Christian Olde Wolbers
Christian Olde Wolbers , is the guitarist of the metal band Arkaea. He is the former bassist and guitarist of the industrial metal band Fear Factory, and is now in Beowülf.-Biography:...
. Bell, when asked why Herrera and Wolbers were not included, stated that "Fear Factory
Fear Factory
Fear Factory is an American industrial metal band. Formed in 1989, they have released seven full-length albums and a number of singles and remixes. Over the course of their career they have evolved from a succession of styles, as well as steadily pioneered a combination of the styles death metal,...
's like a business and I'm just reorganizing...We won't talk about [their exclusion]".
Technique and style
Cazares is often identified by his fast alternate pickingAlternate picking
Alternate picking is a guitar playing technique that employs strictly alternating downward and upward picking strokes in a continuous run, and is the most common method of plectrum playing...
rhythm guitar technique, timing palm mute
Palm mute
The palm mute is a playing technique for guitar and bass guitar executed by placing the side of the picking hand below the little finger across all of the strings very close to the bridge and then plucking the strings with the fingers while the damping is in effect. This produces a muted sound...
d triplets
Tuplet
In music a tuplet is "any rhythm that involves dividing the beat into a different number of equal subdivisions from that usually permitted by the...
and syncopated sixteenth notes with double bass drumming
Bass drum
Bass drums are percussion instruments that can vary in size and are used in several musical genres. Three major types of bass drums can be distinguished. The type usually seen or heard in orchestral, ensemble or concert band music is the orchestral, or concert bass drum . It is the largest drum of...
. This has led to a distinctive "machine-gun" style identifiable in the music of Fear Factory. In previous Fear Factory albums, Cazares did not play any guitar solos in Fear Factory for stylistic reasons, but can be heard playing them in his other bands. However, the bands latest effort, Mechanize, has several lead parts and solos.
Equipment
Cazares' main guitars in Fear Factory were custom-made 7-string IbanezIbanez
is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe, as well as the first brand of guitars to mass produce...
models with Seymour Duncan
Seymour Duncan
Seymour Duncan is a company that is best known for manufacturing of guitar pickups, and currently has a line of effects pedals. The company was founded in 1976 by guitarist and luthier Seymour W. Duncan and his then-wife Cathy Carter Duncan in Goleta, California, USA...
Blackouts pickups installed, usually detuned a whole step (A,D,G,C,F,A,D; from Obselete
Obsolete (album)
Obsolete is the third studio album by American industrial metal band Fear Factory, released on July 28, 1998. Conceptually, it is a sequel to 1995's Demanufacture...
on) to allow for even lower registers . His main guitar in Asesino is an Ibanez
Ibanez
is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe, as well as the first brand of guitars to mass produce...
prototype 8-string guitar (standard tuning with two extra basses: (F#,B,E,A,D,G,B, E) loaded with 2 Seymour Duncan Blackout 8 active pickups. In the early days, his guitar tone derived from a modified Marshall JCM800 head with scooped mids and high treble settings to produce the thrashy, chugging tone which has been so influential to the metal genre. With Divine Heresy, however, he uses both his 7s and 8s.
During his time with Fear Factory, Cazares had also endorsed the Line 6 Flextone amp series,Vetta II HD and POD preamp. He is currently endorsing the Ibanez Toneblaster amps and plays custom-made 8-string RG and Xiphos guitars made by Ibanez. In 2007 Cazares switched from EMG
EMG, Inc.
EMG, Inc. is the current legal name of a company based in Santa Rosa, California which manufactures guitar pickups and EQ accessories. Founded in 1976, the company was originally called Dirtywork Studios. The name was changed to "Overlend" in 1978 and then to the current name in 1983...
active pickups to Seymour Duncan
Seymour Duncan
Seymour Duncan is a company that is best known for manufacturing of guitar pickups, and currently has a line of effects pedals. The company was founded in 1976 by guitarist and luthier Seymour W. Duncan and his then-wife Cathy Carter Duncan in Goleta, California, USA...
AHB-1 Blackout active pickups, which he helped design with Duncan.
Fear Factory
- Soul of a New MachineSoul of a New MachineSoul of a New Machine is the debut studio album by the Los Angeles, California metal band Fear Factory. It was released on August 25, 1992...
(1992) - Fear Is the MindkillerFear Is the Mindkiller-Band members:* Burton C. Bell − Vocals* Dino Cazares − Guitar* Raymond Herrera − Drums-Production/continued credits:* Rhys Fulber − Digital adaptation* Brian Gardner − Mastering* Bernie Grundman − Mastering* Karl Kotas − Art direction, computer graphics...
(1993) - DemanufactureDemanufactureDemanufacture is the second studio album by the Los Angeles industrial metal band Fear Factory. This is the band's first album with their classic line-up adding new bassist Christian Olde Wolbers. Many regard it as the band's best album and a heavy metal classic...
(1995) - ObsoleteObsolete (album)Obsolete is the third studio album by American industrial metal band Fear Factory, released on July 28, 1998. Conceptually, it is a sequel to 1995's Demanufacture...
(1998) - Digimortal (2001)
- Concrete (2002)
- HatefilesHatefiles-Credits:*John Aguto - Mixing*Duane Baron - Engineer*John Bechdel - Keyboards, Programming*Burton C. Bell - vocals*Dino Cazares - Guitar, Mixing*Monte Conner - Compilation, Song Notes*Fear Factory - Producer...
(2003) - The Best Of (2006)
- MechanizeMechanizeMechanize is the seventh studio album by Fear Factory. It is the first album to feature Gene Hoglan on drums and the first since 2001's Digimortal to include original guitarist and founding member Dino Cazares who rejoined the band after a reconciliation with vocalist Burton C. Bell in April 2009...
(2010)
Brujeria
- Matando GüerosMatando GüerosMatando Güeros is the debut album from the band Brujeria. The album talks mostly about killing white Americans and border crossing. "Güero" is a Mexican-Spanish slang term for a pale-skinned or blonde-haired person, often used as a slur....
(1993) - Raza OdiadaRaza OdiadaRaza Odiada is the second album by Brujeria. Brujeria's main concepts are Satanism, revolution, pro-immigration, narcotics/drug smuggling, and related themes.-Album information:...
(1995) - BrujerizmoBrujerizmoBrujerizmo is the third studio album by Brujeria. Brujerizmo featured a more clear and refined sound as opposed to the grindcore/deathgrind style of the previous albums.-Reception:...
(2000) - MarijuanaMarijuana (EP)Marijuana EP is an EP released by Brujeria. The song "Marijuana" is the death metal parody of the pop hit "Macarena". Two vinyl versions exist - green and black...
(2000)
Divine Heresy
- Bleed the FifthBleed the Fifth (album)Bleed the Fifth is the debut studio album by Divine Heresy, released in the United States on August 28, 2007. The album sold approximately 2,700 copies in its first week of release. The album name is a play on the American judicial system Fifth Amendment...
(2007) - Bringer of PlaguesBringer of PlaguesBringer of Plagues is the second album by Divine Heresy, released in the United States on July 28, 2009. It's their first album to feature new vocalist Travis Neal and the only one to feature bassist Joe Payne....
(2009)
External links
- http://www.myspace.com/dinocazares
- http://www.myspace.com/asesino
- http://www.myspace.com/divineheresyband
- Interview with Dino Cazares