Roboticist Rising: Fear Factory's Reboot, Carnifex's New Misery, and What It Means for Florida's Death Metal Bloodline

Some weeks the national metal news cycle feels like it's speaking directly to Florida, even when the datelines say California, Sweden, or New Jersey. This is one of those weeks. Between an industrial metal reboot, a deathcore juggernaut's new album, and a Norwegian power metal record getting its overdue flowers, there's a lot to unpack — and every thread ties back, somehow, to the state that invented death metal in the first place.