Burton C. Bell New single 'Savages' and Australian tour

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Published 2 June 2025 by Ned Tepper

‘No one is coming to save you now’—and Bell means it.

Burton C. Bell isn’t pulling punches. The former Fear Factory frontman, whose voice became synonymous with apocalyptic futurism and industrialised rage has returned with a solo single that’s just as venomous as his past work, if not more. Titled ‘Savages’, the track arrives with a lyric video and a demand to crank the volume until your walls shake.

Bell’s latest dives deep into the murky waters of moral decay and willful ignorance, fuelled by the aftermath of a political cycle that left many questioning reality itself. And he’s not subtle about it.

“The lyrics for ‘Savages’ weren’t fully formed until the day after the presidential election,” Bell explains. “It was staggering to watch Evangelical Christians justify electing a compulsive liar, serial adulterer, conman, convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, and documented racist all in the name of divine providence. If this is their messiah, there’s no god coming to save them now.”

That fury bleeds through every word he growls. The line ‘No one is coming to save you now’ isn’t just a hook, it’s a f**king gut punch. Bleak? Absolutely. Honest? Brutally so.

Bell’s solo material continues the trajectory he started in Fear Factory, layering themes of broken identity, technological rot, and spiritual emptiness into metallic textures that grind and burn. ‘Savages’ feels like a natural evolution, a sermon for the damned, preached through distortion.

And in case there’s any doubt: “‘SAVAGES’ IS TO BE PLAYED AT MAXIMUM VOLUME,” Bell insists.

You’d be a fool not to obey.

In case you missed it, check out Bell’s debut solo single ‘Anti-Droid’