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What an inspiring collaboration between members of Fucked Up and the always great Riley Gale. The music of "Rotting Fruit" sounds like a hybrid of Ministry/early NIN industrial meeting an almost "Screamadelica" production feel. With fucking Riley Gale's vocals on top? Yeah - it's the shit.
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It's a pity that there will be no more of this. I really liked both tracks and hoped they would go full-length. This really works while 90% of artists who try to create a 90s-Industrial-vibe fail.
Favorite track: Rotting Fruit.
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Members of Fucked Up and Power Trip have coalesced to create the throbbing musical beast that is Masterpiece Machine. Imagine the pounding the drum of Psalm-era Ministry with flashes of Nine Inch Nails, massive rock riffs, cinematic electronics, and post-hardcore influenced vocals. Rotting Fruit b/w Letting You In On A Secret is their debut 12” single. In this chaotic world, industrial influenced music seems more relevant than ever as it channels the unstoppable wheels of a mutating mass of electronic and biological matter lurching towards an unknown destination.
Singer Riley’s love of comics led to a collaboration with celebrated comic artist and animator Lale Westvind, known for critically acclaimed works such as Grip, Hot Dog Beach and Hyperspeed to Nowhere. Lale’s art for Rotting Fruit/Letting You In On A Secret perfectly captures the aforementioned musical qualities as technological chimeras made up of biological matter cruise a desert landscape seemingly without purpose, while simultaneously racing towards the future head on.
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released April 9, 2020
MM is Riley Gale, Mike Haliechuk, Jonah Falco
Art by Lale Westvind lalewestvind.com/index.php?/about/about/
Released as a 12" single by Triple B Records and Quality Control Records
Though each of these 4 20-minute-long tracks flutters between Damian's best raging since "David Comes to Life" and immersive synth-led passages of female vocals, and there's an opera here somewhere, the real strength of the whole album lies in its accessible set of lyrical hardcore gems--more consistent and fun than any other recent FU work. VAST DEFERENS
The Brooklyn crushers crank up the intensity and swagger across a scorching LP with hints of powerviolence, metalcore, and hard rock. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 15, 2025
Some bands just do thrash right, and when they do, I buy. Leaning towards death in the vocals, but by no means of cookie monster brand. Everything is just right here.
Update- after a couple weeks of constant spins, I have to say this is possibly the best modern thrash I’ve heard in a long time. The drumming is off the chain, and the riffs and changeups are evidence of genius level songwriting. I gotta dig deeper into the band members. Lute FP