Following Caustic Thought, he made his way to Front Line Assembly, joining them on the Hard Wired tour as a drum tech.

Strapping Young Lad disbanded in 2007, allowing him to concentrate more on Fear Factory until his departure in 2012.

He is a co-founding member of Zimmers Hole and he also featured on Devin Townsend's punk parody project Punky Brüster.

In February 2012, Stroud left Fear Factory and was replaced by former Chimaira rhythm guitarist Matt DeVries.

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