Ancient beliefs
Are a curse on mankind
Theories of punishment
Leading the blind

[Pre-Chorus]
Force the concept of mortality
Force attack to kill the disease

[Chorus]
Bow down submission
Kneel to obsession
Pray to infection
Church of execution

Your static doctrines
Overreach the past
Faith executions
Through cowardly acts

[Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus]

Death as a way of life
Godless contagion
Drawn in the promised land
New retribution
Your false epiphanies
For persecution
Hollow morality
Lethal religion

Manufactured lies
Destroying all life

[Chorus]

Bow down damnation
Force fed salvation
Pray to infection
Church of execution

Fear Factory

Fear Factory is an American heavy metal band that was formed in 1989. During the band’s career, they have released nine full-length albums and have evolved through a succession of styles, including nu metal, death metal, groove metal, and thrash metal. Fear Factory was enormously influential on the heavy metal scene in the mid-to-late 1990s. Fear Factory went on hold in March 2002 following some internal disputes, but reformed later that year without founding member Dino Cazares, adding bassist Byron Stroud, and previous bassist Christian Olde Wolbers as guitarist.

In April 2009, a new lineup was announced. Cazares returned as lead and rhythm guitarist, and Gene Hoglan as drummer. Bell and Stroud reprised their respective roles, and the band completed a seventh studio album titled Mechanize. Former members Christian Olde Wolbers and Raymond Herrera —both of whom were playing in Arkaea—disputed the legitimacy of the new lineup, and a legal battle from both parties was begun. Fear Factory released its eighth studio album, The Industrialist, in June 2012. Their latest album, Genexus, was released in August 2015.

Over the years, Fear Factory has seen changes in its members, with lead vocalist Burton C. Bell being the only consistent member since 1989. The band has performed at three Ozzfests and the inaugural Gigantour. Their singles have charted on the US Mainstream Rock Top 40 and albums on the Billboard Top 40, 100, and 200, and they have sold more than a million albums in the U.S. alone.