Candlelight Records today confirms the first of several planned in-store/meet-and-greets with FEAR FACTORY on their upcoming Revolver Presents: Fear Campaign American Tour 2010.

All four members of the band will appear at Hastings Entertainment, located at 4315 Wyoming Northeast in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Tuesday, March 23rd beginning at 6 PM. This will be the first opportunity for fans to meet the band who have not toured the US in nearly three years.

Visit gohastings.com to also enter to win a fully-autographed Ibanez guitar (no purchase necessary).

Fear Factory announced their first American dates in support of their recently released new album, Mechanize, several weeks ago. Set to begin March 22nd, tickets for all shows are on sale now through all major ticket agencies and individual venue ticket box offices.

The band recently announced two special VIP ticket packages now on sale exclusively via Artistarena.com (direct link is here). Each package contains a ticket to the show granting early admission, plus a T-shirt and other special items. VIP packages are available for each of the shows on the upcoming tour, also featuring WINDS OF PLAGUE, DIRGE WITHIN and PERIPHERY.

Confirmed dates are:

March

22 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
23 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
24 - Colorado Springs, CO - The Black Sheep
26 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues Dallas
27 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
28 - Houston, TX - The Channel - Wired Live
30 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
31 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House Of Blues

April

1 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
2 - Knoxville, TN - Valarium
3 - Little Rock, AR - The Village
5 - Ft. Collins, CO - Aggie Theatre
6 - Grand Junction, CO - Mesa Theatre & Club
9 - San Francisco, CA - Regency Center - The Grand Ballroom
10 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
11 - San Diego, CA - House Of Blues

Fear Factory's new album, Mechanize is the first album to feature the lineup of vocalist Burton C. Bell, returning guitarist Dino Cazares, bassist Byron Stroud and veteran drummer Gene Hoglan. It also welcomes back keyboardist/producer Rhys Fulber (FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY).

BraveWords.com has reviewed the record at this location - "Prepare to be blown away!" says scribe Aaron Small.

Mechanize was released in North America on February 9th via Candlelight and February 5th in Europe via AFM and contains the following ten songs:

'Mechanize'

'Industrial Discipline'

'Fear Campaign'

'Powershifter'

'Christploitation'

'Oxidizer'

'Controlled Demolition'

'Designing The Enemy'

'Metallic Division'

'Final Exit'

Samples of all tracks can be heard here.

The video for 'Fear Campaign' can be viewed below: