Fear Factory [ tickets ], which spent the spring on tour with Slipknot and Chimaira, sets out on its own headlining run this month.

The quartet gets the month-long run started with a July 25 performance at Hellfest, a three-day metal festival set in Elizabeth, NJ. A full contingent of U.S. club and theater dates follows, and a pair of Canadian stops is also planned. Details are shown below.

The roadwork backs Fear Factory's April release, "Archetype," which is the group's first album for Liquid 8 Records. The set, which debuted in the top 30 on The Billboard 200 album chart, has sold more than 100,000 copies, according to a press release.

The band recently filmed a video in downtown Los Angeles for the album's title track. Michael Kahn--whose resume includes work on the films "Die Hard," "Die Hard II," "Lethal Weapon 2," "Lethal Weapon 3" and "Se7en"--directed the clip.

Fear Factory drummer Raymond Herrera--who also supplies music and sound effects for films and videogames via his Herrera Productions company--has been working on the soundtrack for "Mischief Invasion," which is the fourth entry in the "Mischief" reality street-racing film series. The album is due to hit stores on Aug. 8.

Herrera is featured in the July issue of Modern Drummer magazine, according to Fear Factory's website.