Dino Cazares On Milo Silvestro: ‘He Adapted Very Quickly’

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Published March 24, 2026 by Ned Tepper

Fear Factory Australian tour is shaping up like a precision strike, and behind the circuitry, Dino Cazares sounds quietly confident about where the band sits right now.

Three years into the Milo Silvestro era, the machine hasn’t stalled, speaking in a recent interview, Cazares didn’t dance around it (per Blabbermouth):

“Yeah, it’s been three years — pretty much exactly three years. And [Milo] pretty much adapted well. He wasn’t really a professional touring musician ’cause he didn’t tour a lot, but he definitely played live a lot in his local area. But as far as touring, he wasn’t really that experienced. And so that was the one thing that he had to learn, and he definitely learned along the way. He adapted very quickly, so that was easy.”

For a band built on precision and control, that learning curve could’ve been a weak point, but it wasn’t.

Cazares points to Silvestro’s deep rooted connection to the band’s DNA as the difference maker:

“But as far as singing and as far as knowing the FEAR FACTORY style, he was a big fan of the band. He was definitely influenced by our past singer. So that’s how he learned pretty much how to sing heavy and melodic and do the combination of heavy growls and melodic vocals.”

That hybrid vocal style has always been Fear Factory’s backbone, losing it wasn’t an option.

“I mean, when I auditioned him, he sang 15 songs and he didn’t have to look at the lyrics… When Milo came in, he sang the three songs without having to look at the lyrics… And I was, like, ‘Wow. Let’s try some more.'”