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Stream MASTER BOOT RECORD’s “DOT MATRIX” HERE.
Italy’s MASTER BOOT RECORD will release its Computer Metal full-length on October 30th via Metal Blade Records!
Computer Metal makes a bold statement across its ten songs, kicking off with the first single, “DOT MATRIX” and wrapping up with “CTRL+ALT+DEL.” The follow-up to 2024’s Hardwarez, Computer Metal was written via MIDI in Cubase, with the computer as the main instrument. The record refines a hybrid of real guitar layered with synths and pushes the production to higher levels.
Multi-instrumentalist mastermind Vittorio D’Amore explains the thrust of his latest opus, “Hardwarez was about the hardware; Computer Metal is more connected to what computers represent in our lives and the memory we have of them. This album is a sort of codex of the genre, since each song expresses a different style of metal, while still being done with the computer.”
The record shifts from hardcore to progressive metal, thrash metal, melodic metal, death metal, symphonic classical metal, industrial metal, and so on. Each song is the expression of one of the different styles of metal that influenced MASTER BOOT RECORD’s music making it MBR’s most relatable album to date, appealing to a wide audience who may not be exceptionally tech savvy. “These are terms that entered everyday language, and that is the point: this culture is not a niche, it was a generation’s shared experience,” says D’Amore. “Even someone who never opened a computer case knows what it means when a screen asks you to press Ctrl+Alt+Del.”
Elaborates D’Amore on lead single, “DOT MATRIX,” “Angry printers head slamming characters into your face. Hardcore metal was never in the MASTER BOOT RECORD codebase before. Now it boots first, no warm-up.”
Stream MASTER BOOT RECORD’s “DOT MATRIX” HERE.
“Computer Metal” is not a genre tag D’Amore picked; it is a genre he built, and Computer Metal is its definition. Ten tracks, 42 minutes, a single LP, old-school. Everything you hear was written note by note by a human with a keyboard and a mouse controlling a machine. Everything you see in the artwork was typed character by character. No generated content, no shortcuts. If you lived that era, this album will read your memory. If you didn’t, it will install it. SPREAD THE CODE.
MASTER BOOT RECORD’s Computer Metal will be released on CD and digitally as well as vinyl in the following color variants:
Onyx (US)
Electric Blue Smoke (US)
180g Black (EU)
Grey/Black A Side B Side (EU – Ltd. 500)
Terminal Green Smoke (EU – Ltd. 300)
Find all preorders at metalblade.com/masterbootrecord.
Computer Metal Track Listing:
1. DOT MATRIX
2. COMMAND PROMPT
3. PLUG AND PLAY
4. FIRMWARE
5. SOCKET 7
6. BOOT SECTOR
7. TURBO BUTTON
8. VOODOO2
9. CRT
10. CTRL + ALT + DEL
MASTER BOOT RECORD:
Vittorio D’Amore – everything
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