Fear Factory

American industrial metal band
Organization Musical Group Q128010

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
musical group
Official website
fearfactory.com[12]

Status and dates

Inception
1989[10]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1989 GND (DNB) 1990 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗

Location

Location of formation
Los Angeles[11]
More facts +9
Country of origin
United States[8]
Name
Fear Factory[15]
Social media followers
111k (61k–138k, n=8)[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Start of work period
1989[14]
Topic has template
Template:Fear Factory[13]
Website account on
PureVolume[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Fear Factory en FF da FF es FF fa فیر فکتوری he פיר פקטורי ja FEAR FACTORY ja フィア・ファクトリー ko 피어 팩토리 ru Фиэр Фэктори zh 恐懼工廠
🔖 Identifiers · 52
VIAF cluster ID
106158359
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no00000861
AZLyrics artist ID
f/fearfactory
Acharts.co artist ID
fear_factory
Album of the Year artist ID
7979
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000167320
Apple Music artist ID
15773169
Bandsintown artist ID
1070
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14001192q
Billboard artist ID
fear-factory
Deezer artist ID
2985
Discogs artist ID
11610
Encyclopaedia Metallum band ID
189
Facebook username
fearfactory
Freebase ID
/m/01b40n
Genius artist ID
Fear-factory
Google Play Music artist ID (former scheme)
Af53elsyjgwwsfbobeslyllpmle
Hoopla artist ID
467725978
IMDb ID
nm2311354
IMVDb artist ID
fear-factory
Instagram username
fearfactory
Last.fm ID
Fear+Factory
Laut.de artist ID
Fear-Factory
Munzinger Pop ID
02000000720
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000054081
NL CR AUT ID
kn20030215172
Official Charts artist ID
32253
Rate Your Music artist ID
fear_factory
Rock's Backpages artist ID
fear-factory
SecondHandSongs artist ID
14588
Shazam artist ID
15773169
Songfacts artist ID
fear-factory
Songkick artist ID
203691
SoundCloud ID
fearfactory
Spotify artist ID
74Hj7BmnUXyx2udrIEIKwX
Subreddit
FearFactory
TMDB person ID
1586494
Tidal artist ID
37293
Topic's main category
Category:Fear Factory
WhoSampled artist ID
Fear-Factory
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MusicAct", "FearFactory::758r2"]
X (Twitter) username
Fear_Factory, FearFactory
Yandex Music artist ID
48163
YouTube channel ID
UCEtBVHMgm0oLyERk3apcM7Q
📚 Sources · 2
  • GND (DNB) as of 2026-09-30 · 2 statements · CC0 1.0 DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
  • BnF data as of 2026-10-01 · 1 statement · fr-lo Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Licence Ouverte. Source ARK in subject/source_uri; dump 2026-05-04 through 2026-05-10 (generation; directory listing 2026-05-28); retrieved 2026-10-01T14:32:18Z. RDF tokens retained; entity keys/type classification derived. Data includes external enrichment and inferred relationships.
⚖ Sources disagree · 1
Dissolved, abolished or demolished
⚖ sources disagree BnF data 2002 · preferred edition 2026-10-01 ↗GND (DNB) 2006 edition 2026-09-30 ↗

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United States 2026-09-30 GND (DNB) (CC0 1.0) as of 2026-09-30
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Source
GND (DNB)
Edition
20260930 · as of 2026-09-30 · newer edition 20261105 landed
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
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Dissolved, abolished or demolishedP576
2002 2026-10-01 BnF data (fr-lo) as of 2026-10-01
where from?
Source
BnF data
Edition
20261001 · as of 2026-10-01 · newer edition 20261102 landed
Licence
fr-lo
Credit
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Licence Ouverte. Source ARK in subject/source_uri; dump 2026-05-04 through 2026-05-10 (generation; directory listing 2026-05-28); retrieved 2026-10-01T14:32:18Z. RDF tokens retain…
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2006 2026-09-30 GND (DNB) (CC0 1.0) as of 2026-09-30
where from?
Source
GND (DNB)
Edition
20260930 · as of 2026-09-30 · newer edition 20261105 landed
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
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4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Licence Ouverte. Source ARK in subject/source_uri; dump 2026-05-04 through 2026-05-10 (generation; directory listing 2026-05-28); retrieved 2026-10-01T14:32:18Z. RDF tokens retained; entity keys/type classification derived. Data includes external enrichment and inferred relationships.
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Genre 3
Record label 3
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Mb:recording contract 2
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Country of origin 1
Influenced 1
Instance of 1
Location of formation 1
Topic has template 1
Website account on 1
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Why It Matters

Fear Factory has been cited as an influence by Shadows Fall[24], a heavy metal band[25], founded in 1995[26].

FAQs

Who did Fear Factory influence?

Fear Factory has been cited as an influence by Shadows Fall[24].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Metal Evolution. wikidata.org.
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  21. [21] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Cronopio · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Added [sv] description: amerikanskt industrimetalband"
  2. 10w ago · Putnik · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    TMDB person ID → 1586494
    Official website → https://fearfactory.com/
    "Changed claim: Official website: https://fearfactory.com/"
  3. 10w ago · Putnik · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    X (Twitter) username → Fear_Factory, FearFactory
    "Changed claim: X (Twitter) username: FearFactory"
  4. 22w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → k0004426-Fear-Factory-hudebni-skupina
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: k0004426-Fear-Factory-hudebni-skupina, batch #259492"
  5. 25w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → Roadrunner Records, Nuclear Blast, Candlelight Records
    Topic's main category → Category:Fear Factory
    Subreddit → FearFactory
    Discography → Fear Factory discography
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Subreddit: FearFactory, Matched to FearFactory (#144658165) in Subreddit Direct…"
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