City of Fire - Trial Through Fire

So a lot of buzz was surrounding Fear Factory and their 2012 release of "The Industrialist".  Burton and Dino out a lot of effort into the album and it paid off with Fear Factory being the talk of the industry last summer.  Well, I know not all of your forgot about City of Fire, but I sure as hell lost track of their sophomore album titled "Trial Through Fire".  The five piece Vancouver based group is back at it after months of delay.

City of Fire consists of:

Burton C. Bell - Vocals | Byron Stroud - Bass | Ian White - Guitar 

Sho Murray - Guitar | Bob Wagner - Drums

In an ideal world, we would release the CITY OF FIRE CD late summer, building the band through the rest of 2012, and have the band on the road in 2013 when Burton’s commitment to Fear Factory touring is complete. At this time, that timeline is still unknown.

Once again, we cannot thank you more for your time, and support with this band and project. Each of you did a HUGE part in spreading the word on this new project and you all seem to be as excited as we are.

We also thank you for your time and patience with us. Our challenges have been both business and personal – some small, some big – but our fans and family have been beside us and supportive and we couldn’t ask for anything more.

Thanks again.

Bob, Burton, Byron and Terry"

So we lucked out and finally got a glimpse of the new album artwork and the track listing, along with the already established music video for "Bad Motivator":

1. Deliver Me
2. Follow Mantis
3. Bad Motivator
4. Prometheus Unbound
5. Olympus Mons
6. Oceanaut
7. Dichotomy Blues
8. Made Of Stars
9. Steps To Redemption
10. Enjoy The Silence

"As I was a Roadrunner employee up until recently, I had to lay silent about my involvement with the band. Now that I was a part of the cut backs at RR, I am able to say I am overseeing this project. For several reasons this has been delayed. Greg Reely who mixed COF also mixed Fear Factory. Therefore a delay in the master. Other things, politically and personally, have delayed this project and we apologize. Once we have distribution confirmed and in place we will be looking at getting the music out to everyone! Thank you in advance for your help and support.

Regards, 
Rose Slanic"

Since the album has been delayed time and time again, we already have a music video for "Bad Motivator" which was released right after their album funding campaign finished up.  Enjoy!



"Trial Through Fire" has officially been released and is available for purchase on their official store site.