Video for MASTER BOOT RECORD Single “RAM” Will Take You Back to Your DOS Days
That headline’s referring to a time back in the 90s in which old farts like myself spent time fucking around testing our memory and defragging hard drives on old Windows 3.1 and DOS machines. You know, like cool kids did back then…
For the uninitiated, MASTER BOOT RECORD (or MBR) is an electronic metal act not unlike Perturbator, Gunship, or Carpenter Brut. However, instead of using flashy art and super sexy cyberpunk babes on their album covers, MBR goes the no bullshit route of floppy disks and Pentium hardware. It’s hard music made for the technically savvy/chronically tinkering nerds like myself, while still catering to the more open-minded slice of the metal audience.
MBR mastermind and multi-instrumentalist Vittorio D’Amore (aka. Vincent Love) explained the aforementioned track, which you can check out below.
“‘RAM’ is powerful anthem merging the raw intensity of classic heavy metal with the shimmering allure of retro-futuristic synths creating a sound that is both nostalgic and groundbreaking with epic solos featuring lead synths and guitars playing at unison.”
MBR’s forthcoming album HARDWAREZ is the follow up to 2022’s Personal Computer and 2020’s Floppy Disk Overdrive. Fans of the artist will likely already have heard the album, since it was composed live on YouTube by programming everything via MIDI.
“The concept of HARDWAREZ is by default the continuation of the concept of previous albums, which is about spreading the word about retro hardware and software.”
HARDWAREZ will be released on October 11 via Metal Blade Records, but you can preorder your copy today. If you’d like to catch MBR live, you can check out the list of dates below.
MASTER BOOT RECORD – C:HARDWAREZTOUR.EXE:
9/25/2024 Soda Bar – San Diego, CA
9/26/2024 The Wayfarer – Costa Mesa, CA
9/27/2024 MagWest – San Jose, CA
10/01/2024 Star Theater – Portland, OR
10/02/2024 The Pearl – Vancouver, BC
10/03/2024 Substation – Seattle, WA
10/05/2024 Synthbangers Fest – Denver, CO
10/06/2024 Aces High Saloon – Salt Lake City, UT
10/08/2024 The Nile Theater – Mesa, AZ
10/09/2024 Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA
10/12/2024 Hackfest – Quebec City, QC
10/18/2024 Le Molotov – Marseille, FR
10/19/2024 Backstage By The Mill – Paris, FR
10/20/2024 Le Ferrailleur – Nantes, FR
10/22/2024 Academy 2 – London, UK
10/23/2024 Satans Hollow – Manchester, UK
10/24/2024 Cathouse – Glasgow, UK
10/26/2024 Grand Social – Dublin, IR
10/28/2024 Exchange – Bristol, UK
10/30/2024 Effenaar – Eindhoven, NL
10/31/2024 Melkweg – Amsterdam, NL
11/02/2024 Club Volta – Cologne, DE
11/03/2024 Neushoorn – Leeuwarden, NL
11/04/2024 Logo – Hamburg, DE
11/06/2024 Stengade – Copenhagen, DK
11/07/2024 Valand – Gothenburg, SE
11/08/2024 Goldie – Oslo, NO
11/09/2024 Kollektivet Livet – Stockholm, SE
11/11/2024 Lacznick – Wroclaw, PL
11/12/2024 Gretchen – Berlin, DE
11/13/2024 Chemiefabrik – Dresden, DE
11/14/2024 Cross Club – Prague, CZ
11/15/2024 Kabinet Muz – Brno, CZ
11/16/2024 Turbina – Budapest, HU
11/17/2024 Szene – Vienna, AT
11/18/2024 Pont Rouge – Monthey, CH
11/19/2024 Exil – Zurich, CH
