Justifiably so, we reckon, AI has change into the brand new boogeyman of the steel scene (and maybe the world at giant) and UK loss of life crushers Mutagenic Host have just a few ideas on the matter. Their newest single, “Synthetic Harvest of the Obscene,” assaults the theme with a gap salvo of glacially paced DM earlier than thrashing ahead into a sophisticated, progressive combine of maximum textures and sounds, narrated by acid-chug vocals. These dudes—Ash Moore (vocals), Jack Thompson (guitar), Sami Tuohino (guitar), Dan Bulford (guitar/bass), George Kinsella-Pearn (drums)—completely couple the grim lyrical theme with equally bleak loss of life steel.
The Diseased Machine was produced by the band and recorded by Boulty at Caught on a Identify, and Charlie Wilson at Monolith Studios. It was combined and mastered by Ben Jones. The total-length is about for launch on vinyl and cassette by way of Gurgling Gore/Dry Cough on January 3, 2025. It will likely be issued on CD by Memento Mori on January 20. Place your preorder right here (USA) or right here (EU).
The band had this to say about its new single:
“This monitor marks a defining second for us, encapsulating the dystopian imaginative and prescient on the core of our music—a livid condemnation of the technological apocalypse and the AI-driven decay of humanity. Whether or not it’s the domination of sophistication by means of AI brokers or the destruction of kids with high-yield weaponry, The Diseased Machine pulls no punches.
“’Synthetic Harvest of the Obscene’ delves into the center of those themes: the diseased techniques we’ve constructed to dominate and management, and the chilling actuality of our complicity in them. It’s not nearly know-how spiraling uncontrolled—it’s about humanity’s energetic function in its systematic destruction.”
