tag:mutoidman.com,2005:/blogs/mutoid-man-news?p=15Mutoid Man News2024-02-02T15:14:53-05:00Mutoid Manfalsetag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/73448472024-02-02T15:14:53-05:002024-02-02T15:15:12-05:00SUPPORT BANDS ANNOUNCED FOR 'MUTANTS' 2024 SHOWS<p><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/159790/83aab6d306c9f6e85f042a35e71530ca412cde57/original/photo-dec-11-2023-10-01-55-pm.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Mutoid Man have just announced all support for their Spring 2024 run of shows. All dates listed below, buy your tickets <a class="no-pjax" href="https://linktr.ee/mutoidmanband" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><strong><u>HERE</u></strong></a></p><p>‘MUTANTS’ US 2024<br>Mar 1 Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom *<br>Mar 2 Boston, MA @ The Sinclair *<br>Mar 4 Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground =<br>Mar 6 Baltimore, MD @ Metro Baltimore ^<br>Mar 7 New York City, NY @ Racket +<br>Mar 8 Bensalem, PA @ Broken Goblet +<br>Mar 9 Mechanicsburg, PA @ Lovedraft’s Brewing Co. +</p><p>Supports:<br>Mother Iron Horse *<br>Ian Blurton’s Future Now =<br>Teen Mortgage & Suicide Wave ^<br>Tower +</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/73393282024-01-24T11:04:58-05:002024-01-24T14:30:05-05:00MUTOID MAN ANNOUNCE 2024 US DATES<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/159790/16b4a7a338def7fde5e3953b6befd60b3de3c459/original/4x5-mutoid-man-us-2024-ad-mat.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Mutoid Man have added US dates for 2024. This includes the rescheduled shows from November. Mutoid March is coming up quick so mark your calendars, grab your tickets and let’s have a grand ol’ mutated time together.</p><p>All dates and tickets available <a class="no-pjax" href="https://linktr.ee/mutoidmanband" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><strong><u>HERE</u></strong></a></p><p><strong><u>MUTANTS US 2024</u></strong><br>Mar 1 Hamden CT, @ Space Ballroom<br>Mar 2 Boston, MA @ The Sinclair<br>Mar 4 Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground<br>Mar 6 Baltimore, MD @ Metro Baltimore<br>Mar 7 New York City, NY @ Racket w/ Tower<br>Mar 8 Bensalem, PA @ Broken Goblet Brewing w/ Tower<br>Mar 9 Mechanicsburg, PA @ Lovedraft’s Brewing Co. w/ Tower</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/73394522024-01-24T11:04:13-05:002024-01-24T14:30:05-05:00MUTOID MAN ANNOUNCE 2024 US DATES<p><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/159790/16b4a7a338def7fde5e3953b6befd60b3de3c459/original/4x5-mutoid-man-us-2024-ad-mat.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Mutoid Man have added US dates for 2024. This includes the rescheduled shows from November. Mutoid March is coming up quick so mark your calendars, grab your tickets and let’s have a grand ol’ mutated time together.</p><p>All dates and tickets available <a class="no-pjax" href="https://linktr.ee/mutoidmanband" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><strong><u>HERE</u></strong></a></p><p><strong><u>MUTANTS US 2024</u></strong><br>Mar 1 Hamden CT, @ Space Ballroom<br>Mar 2 Boston, MA @ The Sinclair<br>Mar 4 Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground<br>Mar 6 Baltimore, MD @ Metro Baltimore<br>Mar 7 New York City, NY @ Racket w/ Tower<br>Mar 8 Bensalem, PA @ Broken Goblet Brewing w/ Tower<br>Mar 9 Mechanicsburg, PA @ Lovedraft’s Brewing Co. w/ Tower</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/73182232023-12-12T14:20:31-05:002023-12-12T14:20:53-05:00MUTOID MAN BBC RADIO 1 LIVE SESSION<p><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/159790/c237f71ac85658aaca2730d7de07ca71d7d59fe8/original/img-0329.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p>Mutoid Man join Daniel P Carter on BBC Radio 1's Rock Show for a live session from Maida Vale Studios. Check out the stream <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001t3pq" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><strong><u>HERE</u></strong></a>.</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/72983132023-11-03T14:14:59-04:002023-11-03T16:50:38-04:00MUTOID MAN ANNOUNCE MORE 2023 WEST COAST DATES<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/158408/a81d660b25eacd7945215e240604a0c5548c2fce/original/7i4a0443.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" />It’s getting close to <i>Mutants </i>tour time again and Mutoid Man have added 4 more shows in California. Tickets on sale now for all of these.</p><p>All tickets <a class="no-pjax" href="https://linktr.ee/mutoidmanband" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><strong><u>HERE</u></strong></a></p><p>MUTANTS US LIVE 2023<br>Nov 8 Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery<br>Nov 9 Mechanicsburg, PA @ Lovedraft’s Brewing Co.<br>Nov 10 New York City, NY @ Webster Hall w/ BOTCH<br>Nov 11 Buffalo, NY @ Rec Room<br>Nov 12 Boston, MA @ The Sinclair<br>Nov 13 Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom<br>Dec 7 Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda w/ BOTCH + Dummy<br>Dec 9 Costa Mesa, CA @ The Wayfarer<br>Dec 10 Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room<br>Dec 11 San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick<br>Dec 12 Berkeley, CA @ Cornerstone</p><p>11/8 - 11/13 w/ Tower opening</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/72704582023-09-08T14:00:11-04:002023-10-16T10:47:43-04:00MUTOID MAN ANNOUNCE 2023 US DATES <p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://linktr.ee/mutoidmanband" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/159790/2431ae0629b86c31df1438d8a4dfc9048df66854/original/usa-2023-tour-admat.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p><p><span style="color:#ffffff;">Mutoid Man<strong> </strong>are currently selling out shows on their European tour, and we’re delighted to announce that they’re adding East coast dates surrounding their show with Botch in November. Hopefully more dates to be announced later…</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffffff;">All tickets available </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://linktr.ee/mutoidmanband" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><u>HERE</u></span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/72489602023-07-28T16:21:24-04:002023-07-28T16:28:47-04:00MUTOID MAN RELEASE NEW ALBUM 'MUTANTS' - FANS & CRITICS ARE LOVING IT<p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-mutoid-man-mutants" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/159790/b2e0b570ed6b5c4ae8ac1520a064470d0c268319/original/kerrang.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p><p><span style="color:#ffffff;">It’s over six years since</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"> </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.kerrang.com/artists/cave-in/"><u>Cave In</u></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"> </span><span style="color:#ffffff;">founder Stephen Brodsky and</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"> </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.kerrang.com/artists/converge/"><u>Converge</u></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"> </span><span style="color:#ffffff;">drummer Ben Koller last released an album as</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"> </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.kerrang.com/artists/mutoid-man/"><u>Mutoid Man</u></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">, </span><span style="color:#ffffff;">but the pair have hardly been idle. Between them, they’ve played on around 10 albums since 2017, while MM have worked as the house band for metal chat show Two Minutes To Late Night, regularly contributing to their lockdown cover version series. This return to active duty, with</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"> </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.kerrang.com/artists/high-on-fire/"><u>High On Fire</u></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"> </span><span style="color:#ffffff;">bassist Jeff Matz replacing the departed Nick Cageao, hits that sweet spot between the serious business of their principal bands and the ridiculously enjoyable nature of their internet-based side hustle.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffffff;">Full article:</span> <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-mutoid-man-mutants" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><span style="color:hsl(210, 75%, 60%);"><u>kerrang.com</u></span></a> <span style="color:#ffffff;">[4/5]</span></p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.treblezine.com/mutoid-man-mutants-review/" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/159790/022fbb6931ac168cdf671e5c42d8fc0f10b2352d/original/7.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p><p><span style="color:#ffffff;">I was worried that</span><span style="color:rgb(10,10,10);"> </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.treblezine.com/tag/mutoid-man/"><u>Mutoid Man</u></a><span style="color:rgb(10,10,10);"> </span><span style="color:#ffffff;">might never record again. After all, Mutoid Man felt in so many ways like</span><span style="color:rgb(10,10,10);"> </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.treblezine.com/cave-in-stephen-brodsky-interview-pendulum/"><u>Stephen Brodsky</u></a><span style="color:rgb(10,10,10);"> </span><span style="color:#ffffff;">letting himself cut loose and make wild and uninhibited, super-shreddy heavy music after the close of Cave In for the umpteenth time. And what a mighty ruckus they made: I was one of the lucky few to get that initial EP <i>Helium Head</i> just as it dropped, living by a providential fluke in the same small Virginia town that was home to their initial record label</span><span style="color:rgb(10,10,10);"> </span><a class="no-pjax" href="http://www.magicbulletrecords.com/mailorder.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><u>Magic Bullet</u></a><span style="color:rgb(10,10,10);">, </span><span style="color:#ffffff;">and followed them devoutly ever since. Their magic was on delivering what Cave In had always promised, taking that wave of metalcore which always danced between the brutish swagger of hardcore, the keening and wicked metal riffs of groups like Slayer as well as the early wave of death metal and the dalliances with prog and alternative music as each of those bands began to age and mature.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffffff;">Full article:</span><span style="color:rgb(10,10,10);"> </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.treblezine.com/mutoid-man-mutants-review/" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><span style="color:hsl(210,75%,60%);"><u>treblezine.com</u></span></a></p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://everythingisnoise.net/reviews/mutoid-man-mutants/" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/159790/e619f70856b21fdbef9b0a839035908f6c151343/original/ewf-1.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p><p><span style="color:#ffffff;">So, some lore real quick. Six years and a month ago, I joined this team, back when we went under a different name. It just so happened that’s also when Mutoid Man dropped <i>War Moans</i>, a bastard of an album, action-packed with so many good riffs, vocals, writing, drums, and more that I regularly return to it along with their other albums. It was the first album I reviewed and the first article I put up on the site – number one. All this time later, I’m at a very interesting milestone myself, Mutoid Man are back, and there’s no other way I’d rather spend my 501st article for Everything Is Noise than reviewing their new album.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffffff;">Full article:</span><span style="color:rgb(48,60,82);"> </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://everythingisnoise.net/reviews/mutoid-man-mutants/" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><span style="color:hsl(210,75%,60%);"><u>everythingisnoise.net</u></span></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong>More quotes:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">“Fast, pummeling, shreddy and catchy as all hell” – Revolver</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">"Mutoid Man made the metal album of the year" – Stereoboard</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">“'Mutants' is an album that evolves beyond the confines of any one genre, defying expectations and delivering an experience that is both exhilarating and unpredictable.”</span><br><span style="color:#ffffff;">– Uncut Magazine</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">“Mutants perfects the balance between technicality and bore-into-brain hooks. The energy is bristling and unparalleled, the songs are unfettered earworms, and it's an album that will be sitting atop 'best of' lists come year's end.”</span><br><span style="color:#ffffff;">9/10 – Metal Hammer Magazine</span></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/72448442023-07-20T15:33:27-04:002023-07-20T15:35:40-04:00MUTOID MAN'S STEPHEN BRODSKY REVEALS 10 GUITARISTS WHO SHAPED HIS SOUND - GUITAR WORLD<p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.guitarworld.com/features/mutoid-man-stephen-brodsky-10-guitarists-who-shaped-my-sound" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/159790/170ff7e5a2b0c37d2ee4cf7fc7aae82c76bd6e90/original/dod9790-2-1-min.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_m justify_center border_" /></a></p><p>Just like the rest of us, Mutoid Man guitarist Stephen Brodsky dove deep into the Van Halen catalog following Eddie’s death in the fall of 2020. The Massachusetts-raised musician explains to Guitar World that around that time, he started filling out his vinyl collection with key releases from the revolutionary hard rockers.</p><p>While Brodsky confesses the lighting-quick lickin’ he surges into Setting Sun – the final track from Mutoid Man’s upcoming Mutants album – might sport a bit of EVH in its DNA, it took the guitarist a long time to build up the flashiest elements of his own style.</p><p>Full article: <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.guitarworld.com/features/mutoid-man-stephen-brodsky-10-guitarists-who-shaped-my-sound" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><u>guitarworld.com</u></a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/72413452023-07-13T14:58:47-04:002023-07-13T15:02:37-04:00MUTOID MAN RELEASE "DEMONS" - FEATURED IN STEREOGUM, REVOLVER, UPSET MAG & MORE<p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.stereogum.com/2229941/mutoid-man-demons/music/" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/159790/70ea83f0d5bd64ee3607f458874979e47178fff6/original/mutoid-man-1689252398.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p><p>Later this month, heavy metal supergroup Mutoid Man — singer/guitarist Stephen Brodsky of Cave In, bassist Jeff Matz of High On Fire, and drummer Ben Koller of Converge — will release Mutants, the follow-up to 2017’s War Moans. They’ve already dropped lead single <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.stereogum.com/2224057/mutoid-man-call-of-the-void-mutants/music/" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><u>“Call Of The Void”</u></a> and <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.stereogum.com/2227074/mutoid-man-siren-song/music/" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><u>“Siren Song.”</u></a> Today, we’re getting a final album preview called “Demons.”</p><p>Full article: <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.stereogum.com/2229941/mutoid-man-demons/music/" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><u>stereogum.com</u></a></p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.revolvermag.com/music/hear-mutoid-mans-new-punk-metal-rager-demons" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/159790/9f38e07362c5397baa6e3912dca7dc350d18b80c/original/7i4a0771-1.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p><p><span style="color:#ffffff;">Mutoid Man have just released their latest ripping cut from the upcoming album Mutants. "Demons" is another wild mix of punk rock and metal — as unpredictable as it is infectious. <i>Mutants</i> is Mutoid Man's first full album of new material since 2017's <i>War Moans</i>. The band, which features Steven Brodsky (Cave In), Ben Koller (Converge) and Jeff Matz (High on Fire), have already released the singles "</span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.revolvermag.com/music/see-mutoid-mans-literally-face-melting-video-new-song-call-void" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Call of the Void</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;">" and "</span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.revolvermag.com/music/hear-mutoid-mans-new-rock-roll-rager-siren-song" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Siren Song</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;">," which both expand on the band's raging style.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffffff;">Full article: </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.revolvermag.com/music/hear-mutoid-mans-new-punk-metal-rager-demons" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><u>revolvermag.com</u></span></a></p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://upsetmagazine.com/news/mutoid-man-single-demons/" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/159790/2630eab983d28093da664eb283e7ee782e894446/original/mutiod-man-promo-03-4-min.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p><p>Mutoid Man have released a new single. ‘Demons’ is the latest cut – following on from ‘Siren Song’ and ‘Call Of The Void’ – from their first album in over six years. ‘Mutants’ will be released on 28th July, followed by a UK and EU headline tour through autumn.</p><p>Full article: <a class="no-pjax" href="https://upsetmagazine.com/news/mutoid-man-single-demons/" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><u>upsetmagazine.com</u></a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/72272362023-06-15T17:00:24-04:002023-06-15T17:05:09-04:00MUTOID MAN RELEASE "SIREN SONG" - GETTING RAVE REVIEWS<p><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/159790/428542eaaf0287ca462446925e7940020302a386/original/mutiod-man-promo-01-2-1.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p>"It’s been six years since heavy metal power trio Mutoid Man released War Moans, their last album. The members of this particular band all have other commitments — singer/guitarist Stephen Brodsky to Cave In and his various other projects, bassist Jeff Matz to High On Fire, drummer Ben Koller to Converge. But now the beast is back. Mutoid Man’s new album <i>Mutants </i>is coming out next month, and they’ve already dropped the insane video for lead single “Call of the Void.” Today, they’ve got another one."</p><p>Full article: <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.stereogum.com/2227074/mutoid-man-siren-song/music/" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><u>stereogum.com</u></a></p><p><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/159790/f8bea0eefdb26d79de6e7a88db2568dc2449fb90/original/siren-son.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p>"Mutoid Man — the punky hard-rock trio comprised of Cave In's Stephen Brodsky, Converge's Ben Koller and High on Fire's Jeff Matz — are gearing up to drop their long-awaited new album, Mutants. It's the follow-up to 2017's War Moans, and the band's first with Matz on bass. Back in May, Mutoid Man offered up the LP's ripping lead single, "Call of the Void." Today (June 15th), they're back with its second, the raucous rock & roll anthem “Siren Song.” The song arrived accompanied by a cool animated music video directed by Loverman. Watch and listen above via YouTube."</p><p>Full article: <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.revolvermag.com/music/hear-mutoid-mans-new-rock-roll-rager-siren-song" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><u>revolvermag.com</u></a></p><p><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/159790/81e84ff3dc901ee47d2e054fdca4a3656ce1cd9b/original/mutiod-man-promo-03-2-1.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p><span style="color:#ffffff;">"I don’t think I can be objective here. For a long time now, Mutoid Man has been kicking ass and too many people on this planet either don’t know they exist or have never heard them. And that’s some straight up bullshit — especially when they consistently put out bangers like the latest single, “Siren Song.”</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffffff;">Full article:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"> </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.metalsucks.net/2023/06/15/mutoid-mans-new-single-siren-song-simply-kicks-ass/" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><u>metalsucks.net</u></a></p><p> </p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/72143122023-05-23T17:50:58-04:002023-05-25T19:49:40-04:00HEAVY SONG OF THE WEEK: MUTOID MAN LET IT RIP ON COMEBACK SINGLE "CALL OF THE VOID"<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/158408/27b18a54b91a3a487389e9c489ada27822fc98db/original/7i4a0775-1.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p>One of the more pleasant surprises of the past week was the return of post-hardcore/stoner metal supergroup Mutoid Man. Following a six-year hiatus after 2017’s War Moans, the band announced a new album and bassist — High on Fire’s Jeff Matz — rounding out a stacked power-trio lineup including Cave In’s Stephen Brodsky on guitar/vocals and Converge drummer Ben Koller.</p><p>Full article: <a class="no-pjax" href="https://consequence.net/2023/05/mutoid-man-call-of-the-void-heavy-song-of-the-week/" target="_blank" data-link-type="url">consequence.net</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/72116112023-05-18T15:55:54-04:002023-05-18T19:00:09-04:00MUTOID MAN ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM "MUTANTS" WATCH "CALL OF THE VOID" VIDEO, PRE ORDER & TOUR <div class="video-container size_xl justify_center" style=""><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="wdQFzJIG-dU" data-video-thumb-url="" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wdQFzJIG-dU?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="" width="" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://found.ee/mm-mutants" target="_blank" data-link-type="url">Mutoid Man</a> just dropped their “<a class="no-pjax" href="https://found.ee/mm-mutants" target="_blank" data-link-type="url">Call of the Void</a>” video for the debut track from their upcoming album “MUTANTS” out on July 28, 2023 via Sargent House. <br><br>Pre-Orders for the band's exclusive vinyl colors, cd and new merch are now live in their <a class="no-pjax" href="https://found.ee/mm-mutants" target="_blank" data-link-type="url">stores</a><a data-link-type="url"> here.</a></p><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/159790/e63ced3c692e20a1270eeda51176aa82867b5203/original/mutoid-man-ig.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><p>Don't miss them on their headlining tour in Europe this Fall 2023 - <a class="no-pjax" href="http://linktr.ee/mutoidmanband" target="_blank" data-link-type="url">See all tickets and tour info</a><a data-link-type="url"> </a><br>US dates to be announced. </p><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/159790/e91f8d31790bf728b13dad349f6f676235b5fd17/original/mm-eu-tour-2023-instapost.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" />Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/72113472023-05-18T12:14:14-04:002023-05-18T19:00:09-04:00MUTOID MAN ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM "MUTANTS" WATCH "CALL OF THE VOID" VIDEO, PRE ORDER & TOUR <div class="video-container size_xl justify_center" style=""><iframe data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="wdQFzJIG-dU" data-video-thumb-url="" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wdQFzJIG-dU?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://found.ee/mm-mutants" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Mutoid Man</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"> just dropped their “</span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://found.ee/mm-mutants" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Call of the Void</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;">” video for the debut track from their upcoming album “MUTANTS” out on July 28, 2023 via </span><a class="no-pjax" href="http://sargenthouse.com" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Sargent House</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;">. </span><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/158408/0a83d36351b3179930234a521b55fe43882937e2/original/mm-mutants-front-cover-3000x3000-300dpi.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><br><span style="color:#ffffff;">Pre-Orders for the band's exclusive vinyl colors, cd and new merch are now live in their </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://found.ee/mm-mutants" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><span style="color:#ffffff;">stores</span></a><a data-link-type="url"><span style="color:#ffffff;"> here.</span></a></p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://found.ee/mm-mutants" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/158408/9f5d5bbc99ab4ff133c9cd1c543dddda52e171e1/original/mutants-merch-mockup.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a><br> </p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/72113482023-05-18T12:13:17-04:002023-05-18T12:13:17-04:00MUTOID MAN ANNOUNCE EUROPEAN TOUR IN SUPPORT OF "MUTANTS" <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/158408/38a1e44a55e623a2218fc87b2c9edf09e36d977e/original/mm-eu-tour-2023-poster.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p>See all MUTOID MAN <a target="_blank" data-link-type="page">Tour dates and ticket links here</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/71235572022-12-15T15:19:33-05:002023-05-18T12:11:51-04:00MUTOID MAN WILL PLAY HELLFEST 2023<p><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/7483421a8e0da040b8a2a3b3b01da8c009e132d8/original/mm-hf.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Mutoid Man will be playing Hellfest Open Air on June 18th, 2023</p>
<p>Tickets: <a contents="https://www.hellfest.fr" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.hellfest.fr">https://www.hellfest.fr</a></p>
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<p><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/8791a0e623d53245fb171b30604512fc4e9825b7/original/img-6030.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/70588052022-04-20T11:40:23-04:002022-09-12T19:15:02-04:00STEPHEN BRODSKY ON EPISODE 81 OF SONGWRITING MALPRACTICE<p><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/ff9c9a27c7a7990c703d3b9c636f0ca7006a91c3/original/screenshot-2022-04-20-at-17-19-02.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" />New episode of Songwriting Malpractice with Stephen Brodsky of Mutoid Man.</p>
<p><strong>Listen on Spotify <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6okHAr5WNQebNXOWIj4CeK?si=6Hc0VnNvSAalkDGBjo76EQ&nd=1">HERE</a></strong></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/68920452022-02-01T13:02:25-05:002022-02-08T13:42:41-05:00MUTOID MAN Drummer On New Album: "I Can't Even Handle The Heaviness Of Some Of It"<p><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/1e10aa3bbd5146a87ab5e2afcad1a6fbaf6d969f/original/screenshot-2022-02-01-at-17-48-51.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsInNtYWxsIl1d.png" class="size_s justify_center border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/10e16d31acaf405d1ce8541eba20c64194cc6d5d/original/screenshot-2022-02-01-at-19-01-08.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/f3a78b2a4348bfa39a897038d33db269ae28b9a2/original/mutoid-man-2021.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Mutoid Man is in the studio with producer Kurt Ballou for their first record in five years, and first with High On Fire bassist Jeff Matz who stepped in after now-ex-bassist Nicholas Cageao left the band in 2020. All we know so far is that there's a new song the band played live called "Call Of The Void" at Psycho Las Vegas 2020 that rips big time. But according to drummer Ben Koller, the new record is also heavy as a really heavy thing.</p>
<p>Full article: <a contents="metalinjection.net" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/mutoid-man-drummer-on-new-album-i-cant-even-handle-the-heaviness-of-some-of-it?fbclid=IwAR09VPA3Z6EgdVHmC6n3B-1lC0a74KnPzFR-2uwxgyj7d5h2arygrtKduz4">metalinjection.net</a></p>
<p> </p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/68920462021-08-18T10:21:08-04:002022-02-08T13:42:41-05:00MUTOID MAN UNVEIL NEW BASSIST JEFF MATZ<p><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/64ccd82c696ce908382beeb968d67a445064a502/original/screenshot-2021-08-18-at-16-01-33.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Mutoid Man have announced a permanent new bass player: as speculated, the power trio — also featuring Stephen Brodsky and Ben Koller — will be rounded out by Jeff Matz(High On Fire). Having amicably parted ways with previous bassist Nick Cageao in 2019, Mutoid Man are thrilled to unveil Matz as their new member. Mutoid Man will debut the new lineup at this year’s Psycho Las Vegas — see them on the main stage at Mandalay Bay on Friday, August 20th at 2:25pm. </p>
<p>Mutoid Man will release their third album with this new lineup in 2022 via Sargent House; once again the band’s stage one-upmanship will carry over to their songcraft to yield an album of ridiculously savage hooks and next-level dexterity.</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/68920472021-08-09T18:47:04-04:002022-02-08T13:42:41-05:00MUTOID MAN ADDED TO PSYCHO LAS VEGAS 2021<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.axs.com/psycho" target="_blank"><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/f64b09afbb16b8bfb5f0b6a48bc525e23f72f735/original/friday.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p>Mutoid Man has just been added to <a contents="Psycho Las Vegas 2021" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://vivapsycho.com" target="_blank">Psycho Las Vegas 2021</a> and will perform Friday 8/20 on the Main Stage. The festival takes place at the Mandalay Bay Resort on August 20-22 and features over 70 bands across three days.</p>
<p>For tickets and info, <a contents="CLICK HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.axs.com/psycho" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></p>
<p> </p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/68920482021-05-24T12:01:54-04:002022-02-08T13:42:41-05:00WATCH BEN CHISHOLM AND STEVE BRODSKY COVERING BJORK "HYPERBALLAD" // TWO MINUTES TO LATE NIGHT<p><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/b14f576fe0e720522e98ac2231e07527238cb2bc/original/screenshot-2021-05-24-at-17-55-15.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Watch Ben Chisholm, Steve Brodsky of Mutoid Man covering Björk's "Hyperballad" with Adam D from Killswitch Engage, Sergio from Deftones, Tanner from In Flames for <a contents="Two Minutes To Late Night" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHhYclZ6aGVINXZwM0M0dk1BZUZnd3pSdDNMQXxBQ3Jtc0ttNGxPejFuY0FxQ0FYLTZrUUNHZEhFM1lqaDZJRkhRSnBiMWJrRk5Kc3NVbmZ4Qmc5WVFOd2FvYTl6dktxMXpWazJqeE5fYzVtLS0ydG9ySmg5RFB2Y2dzY0NHTlV5QTE4c0NhWHhKdTFXN3Z6Wkt1bw&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twominutestolatenight.com">Two Minutes To Late Night</a>.</p>
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<p><img src="safari-extension://C852CC6D-2F67-4793-BF27-CF5F99C45B16/93980a39/holaIconWhite.svg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" id="hola-icon-globe" style="top: 311px; left: 444px;" /></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/68920502021-03-01T10:46:44-05:002022-02-08T13:42:41-05:00MUTOID MAN: "WAR MOANS" WEEK // VINYL AND CDs 20% OFF. WATCH THE VIDEO OF 'MICRO AGGRESSION' <p><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/568db4b24c6abd52a4c190463f4d56d05258625c/original/rg7-t3so.jpeg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>We found this never released HIDDEN TREASURE! <strong>Mutoid Man</strong> “Micro Aggression “ live from God City shot back in 2017 while they were recording “War Moans”. It reminded us just how ripping that record is, to celebrate we put it on SALE 20% off the Vinyl or CD’s all this week in both their stores Hello Merch & Evil Greed (EU/UK) both stores ship worldwide. </p>
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<p>US: <a contents="http://mutoidman.hellomerch.com&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://mutoidman.hellomerch.com%E2">http://mutoidman.hellomerch.com </a> <br>EU/UK: <a contents="smarturl.it/EGmutoidman&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://smarturl.it/EGmutoidman">smarturl.it/EGmutoidman </a></p>
<p>It’s also an option in our Vinyl and CD bundles at Hello Merch. Evil Greed put up a bunch of classic tour merch from 2015 that we found on sale while they last. </p>
<p>Mutoid Man will be recording this year. </p>
<p><strong>Watch the video:</strong></p>
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<p> </p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/68920512021-02-17T09:00:00-05:002022-02-08T13:42:41-05:00STEPHEN BRODSKY GUEST OF RIGS OF DAD PODCAST<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://rigsofdad.libsyn.com/the-rigs-of-dad-prodcast-ep-44-stephen-brodsky-cave-in-mutoid-man-old-man-gloom-and-more" style="" target="_blank"><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/fd4d32ee59bda1252a1f535547a68cc012ac7b07/original/151994881-10165321608745529-5633262465651020244-n.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p>Listen to the new episode of the Rigs of Dad Podcast with Stephen Brodsky of Mutoid Man below or <strong><a contents="here" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://rigsofdad.libsyn.com/the-rigs-of-dad-prodcast-ep-44-stephen-brodsky-cave-in-mutoid-man-old-man-gloom-and-more" style="" target="_blank">here</a></strong><em><strong>.<br><br>"</strong></em>Stephen Brodsky is most known for his work in Cave In, Mutoid Man, Two Minutes to Late Night, and almost every other musical project that I have been listening to for more the last two decades. Excellent look into the mind of the madman behind the riffs, tones, effects, vocals, and more. We talked about the evolution of Cave In's sound, the writing process for his many projects, what makes the business side of the "Music Business" tolerable, and much more." – Rigs of Dad</p>
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<p><a contents="Mutoid Man" data-link-label="Mutoid Man" data-link-type="page" href="http://mutoidman.com/mutoid-man" style="" target="_blank"><strong>Mutoid Man</strong></a> are releasing demos for ’Headrush’ and ‘Micro Aggression’ today Feb 5 for the first Bandcamp Friday of 2021. These two demos were recorded at St. Vitus Bar in Brooklyn in March 2016 using a 4-track cassette machine, the same one used for tracking the EP ‘Helium Head’ and would later be recorded for the album ‘War Moans’. All proceeds from the sales of these tracks on Bandcamp Friday will go to the band. To celebrate the demos we have this new longsleeve now available in their stores US <a contents="Hello Merch" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.hellomerch.com/collections/mutoid-man/products/mutoidvania-black-long-sleeve-t-shirt" style="">Hello Merch</a> and EU/UK <a contents="Evil Greed" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://evilgreed.net/collections/all/products/mutoid-man-mutoidvania-longsleeve" style="">Evil Greed</a>.</p>
<p>Link: <a contents="https://mutoidman.bandcamp.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://mutoidman.bandcamp.com" style="">https://mutoidman.bandcamp.com</a></p>
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<p> </p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/68920532020-11-06T18:53:13-05:002022-02-08T13:42:41-05:00Hooked: Stephen Brodsky on Led Zeppelin's "Communication Breakdown" // Premier Guitar <p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/31009-hooked-stephen-brodsky-on-led-zeppelins-communication-breakdown" style="" target="_blank"><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/25c6652474d483e68997fd649967aa91a52ea14c/original/logo.png/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" class="size_m justify_center border_" /></a></p>
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<p>Mutoid Man maestro and Two Minutes to Late Night staple Stephen Brodsky notes "the glue" he needed to stick with guitar lessons and traces how Led Zeppelin steered the evolution of his bands.<br><br><em>Via Hooked on <a contents="Premier Guitar" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/31009-hooked-stephen-brodsky-on-led-zeppelins-communication-breakdown" style="" target="_blank">Premier Guitar</a></em></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/68920542020-08-07T20:41:32-04:002022-02-08T13:42:41-05:00Bandages (Demo) // Bandcamp Friday<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/track/bandages-demo?fbclid=IwAR0LlWJvXGIvcitKj6p0db1tBQn9XdGBMg6uQ8JL8gSqm7H08Spd4b6dUXc" target="_blank"><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/158408/696c87905792a525901ff350f8ee4587bac43da1/original/117298916-2932047980238081-8199093136195052387-n.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a>Mutoid Man released a demo version of the track "Bandages" off their sophomore studio album, <em>War Moans</em>, on bandcamp for 'Bandcamp Friday'. 100% of the proceeds go to the artist. Listen <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/track/bandages-demo?fbclid=IwAR0LlWJvXGIvcitKj6p0db1tBQn9XdGBMg6uQ8JL8gSqm7H08Spd4b6dUXc" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/63824072020-07-10T18:20:17-04:002021-02-16T06:46:25-05:00Nick's Rare Bundle // Sargent House Fundraiser for BLM Orgs<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.hellomerch.com/collections/sargent-house-raffle/products/nick-s-stuff-bundle-w-war-moans-test-press?fbclid=IwAR2AdMbOPJHn6h_TYRFG_Oe6nRyP9YhGXTFVi8ZGMpWwbM3BrC_diQIuUo8" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/158408/f89e3bb075fd88ae80f0212a4924c6cb8cf05cdf/original/screen-shot-2020-07-10-at-3-16-39-pm.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p>Check out Nick’s bundle for the Sargent House raffle to support various BLM related organizations. Entry fee is $10 and entry is unlimited. The raffle ends July 15th, 2020 Donate and win: <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.hellomerch.com/collections/sargent-house-raffle/products/nick-s-stuff-bundle-w-war-moans-test-press?fbclid=IwAR2AdMbOPJHn6h_TYRFG_Oe6nRyP9YhGXTFVi8ZGMpWwbM3BrC_diQIuUo8" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>
<p>– Leave Them All Behind 2018 Japan tour T-Shirt / size youth large <br>– Mutoid Man "War Moans" - Test Press <br>– Mutioid Man "Helium Head" - Japanese CD version released by Daymare Recordings.</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/68920562020-06-10T15:51:12-04:002022-02-08T13:42:41-05:00Ben Koller Signed Zildjian Cymbal & Vinyl Bundle Black Lives Matter Raffle<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.hellomerch.com/collections/sargent-house-raffle"><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/7f7905670021d6cb22806372f127ec1980409b9d/original/benkoller-mutoidmansignedcymbal.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p>Sargent House will be holding a raffle to help contribute to various Black Lives Matter organizations and will be selling many exclusive items from various members of the Sargent House family.</p>
<p>Mutoid Man has contributed a signed Zildjian cymbal that has been used at many of their gigs and recording sessions along with a vinyl bundle. Enter the raffle <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.hellomerch.com/collections/sargent-house-raffle">HERE</a>. Entries are unlimited and are all going to a great cause.</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/68920572020-03-18T15:17:09-04:002022-02-08T13:42:41-05:00Steve Brodsky, Ben Koller & more 2M2LN // Bedroom Covers "Dare to be Stupid"<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="0RwVldl216U" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/0RwVldl216U/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0RwVldl216U?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="360" width="600" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
<p>Stephen Brodsky (Mutoid Man, Cave In, Old Man Gloom), Ben Koller (Mutoid Man, Converge, All Pigs Must Die), Ben Hutcherson (Khemmis and Glacial Tomb), Mitch Wells (Thou), Jordan Olds aka Gwarsenio Hall & "Weird Al" Vira cover Weird Al's "Dare to be Stupid" on 2M2LN's new series, 'Bedroom Covers'.</p>
<p>"We got a bunch of musicians to cover our favorite Weird Al song from the comfort of their own bedrooms (and Ben's practice space.) We started filming parts of this song in January with plans and demos laid out for a series of bedrooms covers to come; completely unaware of the oncoming pandemic. Now, with so many musicians stuck at home with no outlets, we're going to keep producing these style videos and use the Patreon to give some money to everyone who has a part in them. Please support our friends by donating to our newly redone Patreon at <a contents="www.honorableswords.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.honorableswords.com" target="_blank">www.honorableswords.com</a>" – 2M2LN</p>
<p><em><a contents="video link" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RwVldl216U&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">video link</a></em></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/68920582020-01-09T18:20:36-05:002022-02-08T13:42:42-05:00War Moans on Best Metal Albums of The Decade // Metal Assault<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://metalassault.com/2019/12/05/best-metal-albums-of-the-decade-2010-19/" target="_blank"><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/0b16ac0716baf73e87acbed01116ab4c5fa269bb/original/safe-image.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a><br><strong>#16. MUTOID MAN – War Moans (2017)</strong>: Side-projects and supergroups are, more often than not, overhyped and overrated, but members of Cave In and Converge proved this notion completely wrong when they came together to form Mutoid Man in 2012. While the trio’s debut EP Helium Head (2013) and first LP Bleeder are both fantastic, the 2017 sophomore album is where Mutoid Man expressed itself to the fullest. By far the best album of that year, and one of the finest of this decade, the incredibly intense and unabatedly insane War Moans is impossible to categorize into any existing sub-genre and simply defines Mutoin Man as its own unique sound.<br><br><a contents="Full feature on Metal Assault" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://metalassault.com/2019/12/05/best-metal-albums-of-the-decade-2010-19/" target="_blank">Full feature on Metal Assault</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/68920592019-09-17T15:21:51-04:002022-02-08T13:42:42-05:00Stephen Brodsky Up To Date Playlist // Evil Greed<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2nLU17yo1FbBK6D1JFVIuI?si=F18airh4Q4yG0Fs7ZJitLQ" target="_blank"><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/8ab4474939c1eb70f235698926093892aca1ac78/original/70845028-2458664437587516-3478760571585691648-n.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a>Stephen Brodsky shares some of his current favorite music with Evil Greed. Check out the playlist on Spotify: <a contents="https://sptfy.com/d68r" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://sptfy.com/d68r" target="_blank">https://sptfy.com/d68r</a><br>Includes tracks from Flower Travellin' Band, Russian Circles, Emma Ruth Rundle, Yob, Lingua Ignota, JoniMitchellcom, Mdou Moctar, Wear Your Wounds, ZOZOBRA, Torche and more.</p>
<p>Mutoid Man stores <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://mutoidman.com/shops" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/58953592019-09-17T15:21:51-04:002020-09-10T11:31:17-04:00Stephen Brodsky Up To Date Playlist // Evil Greed<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2nLU17yo1FbBK6D1JFVIuI?si=F18airh4Q4yG0Fs7ZJitLQ" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/8ab4474939c1eb70f235698926093892aca1ac78/original/70845028-2458664437587516-3478760571585691648-n.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a>Stephen Brodsky shares some of his current favorite music with Evil Greed. Check out the playlist on Spotify: <a contents="https://sptfy.com/d68r" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://sptfy.com/d68r" target="_blank">https://sptfy.com/d68r</a><br>Includes tracks from Flower Travellin' Band, Russian Circles, Emma Ruth Rundle, Yob, Lingua Ignota, JoniMitchellcom, Mdou Moctar, Wear Your Wounds, ZOZOBRA, Torche and more.</p>
<p>Mutoid Man stores <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://mutoidman.com/shops" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/58038982019-06-25T19:48:57-04:002021-02-16T06:45:10-05:00Mutoid Man: 50 Best American Metal Bands from 2010s // Kerrang!<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="694" data-orig-width="1282"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.kerrang.com/features/the-50-best-american-metal-bands-from-the-past-decade/" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/ffd76a3f3c8a07dd4b7d57d21ab5359713674fc5/original/screen-shot-2019-06-12-at-11-09-53-am.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a><p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.kerrang.com/features/the-50-best-american-metal-bands-from-the-past-decade/" target="_blank"><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/155e581e2e44a9735574efb4eeadb483/tumblr_inline_pszzteM8YX1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" style="text-align: center;" /></a></p></figure>
<p><i><a href="https://www.kerrang.com/features/the-50-best-american-metal-bands-from-the-past-decade/">via Kerrang!</a></i></p>
<h2><b>5. MUTOID MAN</b></h2>
<p>Brooklyn supergroup <a href="https://www.kerrang.com/artists/mutoid-man/">Mutoid Man</a> have done something many metal fans might have considered unlikely: they’ve made speed metal important. Rather than fall back on traditional anthems about breaking laws and chasing strange, the trio pen delicious, riveting tunes about addiction, depression, and keeping your head together. 2017’s <a href="https://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/war-moans">War Moans</a> proved to us that a band can be traditional and ridiculous while grabbing us by the heartstrings.</p>
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<p><a href="https://clashmusic.com/live/live-preview-brooklyn-sound-presents-mutoid-man" target="_blank">Full feature and ticket entry via CLASH</a></p>
<p>Authenticity is at the core of everything Brooklyn Brewery undertake. Created by the team at Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn Sound is providing music fans with an insight into the musical subcultures that are thriving in NYC and the sounds that fuel them, alongside a platform for the leading protagonists to perform. 2018 saw Brooklyn Sounds tours with Ho99o9, Lightning Bolt and Chk! Chk! Chk!, this year the team is once again gearing up to host another series of explosive one-off shows.</p>
<p>Championing New York’s thriving music scene by providing key players with the means to tour in style. Orange Amps will be powering the back-line, the tour bus fueled up ready, a fridge full of cold beer and tour route mapped. Note that customised Brooklyn x Orange Crush Pro guitar amps wll remain in-house, providing parnering venues and the touring axe slingers that will grace their stages with the amplification fit for rock and roll royalty.</p>
<p>That is why Clash jumped at the opportunity to join forces. For the first tour of 2019, we are going to dive head first into a sonic assault of frantic, ferocious, no-frills metalcore with MUTOID MAN.</p><!-- more -->
<p>Their savage sounds were born in the sweaty basement of legendary Brooklyn metal club <a href="https://www.saintvitusbar.com/" target="_blank">St.Vitus</a>.</p>
<p>Guitarist/vocalist Steven Brodsky and drummer Ben Koller joined forces, recruiting then St.Vitus’ sound man and master behind the desk Nick Cageo to play bass and a monstrous three-piece was formed. Exuding gritty New York City charm with every note shredded, it is an honour to host MUTOID MAN on U.K stages and bring a slice of St.Vitus’ hardcore underground scene to a venue near you.</p>
<p>Their live show is renowned, showmanship abounds melded with relentless head-nod riffs and Van-Halen'esque panache. The gang join Brooklyn Sound straight off the back of tour support duties for the mightiest of mighty, Mastodon. This is a rare opportunity to experience that frenzy up close and personal at one of four of the countries finest music establishments.</p>
<p>Tickets for Brooklyn Sound shows are a mere £5.00 and are available <a href="https://brooklynbrewerypresents.com/verify" target="_blank">here</a>. Note ticket price also includes a free can of beer, a piece of tour merchandise and there are no other booking fees applied.</p>
<p>The tour will kick off at <a href="https://thecluny.com/" target="_blank">The Cluny </a>in Newcastle on 17th April, and then roll onwards north of the border to <a href="https://broadcastglasgow.com/" target="_blank">Broadcast </a>in Glasgow (18th), <a href="https://soupkitchenmcr.co.uk/" target="_blank">Soup Kitchen</a> in Manchester (20th) before culminating with a very special finale show at <a href="http://www.ourblackheart.com/" target="_blank">The Black Heart</a> in London on 21st April.</p>
<p>See you in the pit!</p>
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<p><a href="https://clashmusic.com/live/live-preview-brooklyn-sound-presents-mutoid-man" target="_blank">Enter to win free tickets via Clash</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/56590172019-02-25T16:34:28-05:002021-01-26T05:30:46-05:00Mutoid Man, Mastodon & Kvelertak at Casino de Paris Live Review // The Heavy Chronicles<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1001" data-orig-width="1500"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://theheavychronicles.com/2019/02/mastodon-kvelertak-mutoid-man-paris/?lang=en" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/647f25a4b7bf5f834399957d506bc808b8919d32/original/tumblr-inline-pni3r5dg2q1sdy2if-540.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></figure>
<p><a href="https://theheavychronicles.com/2019/02/mastodon-kvelertak-mutoid-man-paris/?lang=en" target="_blank">Full article + photos via The Heavy Chronicles</a></p>
<p><a href="http://facebook.com/mutoid-man" target="_blank">MUTOID MAN</a> are the goofy kind of band, the one who makes appearances on the <i>Two Minutes to Late Night</i> web show, performing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykNHtIWl9Og" target="_blank">Tom Jones covers in the subway </a> or any other song while being dressed weirdly. Anyway, NYC’s shredding punks prove to have some strong, anthemic songwriting skills on top of their highly infectious rowdiness. We can’t help grinning when hearing the interwoven lyrics of “Kiss of Death” while headbanging all along — the trio’s records hold a decent amount of catchy treasures like this one. With such seasoned musicians, Mutoid Man kick our asses and crush all eardrums with a high-octane performance that gets everyone in the mood for the night. On drums, Chris Maggio is filling in nicely for Ben Koller (to whom we’re wishing a swift recovery). </p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/68920632019-02-15T15:07:54-05:002022-02-08T13:42:42-05:00Mutoid Man Announce Headlining UK Dates <figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1200" data-orig-width="1200"><p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://brooklynbrewerypresents.com/brooklynsound/uk/mutoid-man?fbclid=IwAR2Gu2MJgga-BJQs3K8HAveSWRKQNe9AAsrYCvMOqNxnwCmm1oAu3BhPd2k" target="_blank"><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/13bb0f5dbc96774c73da0881ba11ba76501fbb32/original/bksound-mutoidman-social-tourwide-ig.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p></figure>
<p><a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://sargenthouse.com/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> will be back in the UK in April for a few intimate shows presented by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thebrooklynbrewery/?__tn__=K-R&eid=ARCFyrwJrkiLMS1M3ajgVqeG1h-LdvEyY0KXIYCWE_azQ1rm_sEE5G5jy7Ab5ZsxsggeR0l2XVrkuicu&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBmk9QnTxZRq8CGgXxWOAwzkeUHnUffxiWeh9cs7BUuEVdoah0qCxpamC04e0LKAMnLj3NR-qOCFqlvnKpeILRs6bLWyKv4z5q2YTXY1kSy-gJ77mbpNnHU3TU1OgAhQqsvwXU9d8YHKbd_D-55Sv_oSa-T8inIYhuhRG9_9AeBRgRKi5yduKv4-jMl6OwjbUnGcBBmYGzxFgARc0rnezb46F_9NLIk96aia-MJLh6QYsS-BUjX29mASDmLO9RjerDWdFP6wa-CjWmPv2nLCwz3eTz1xgWQMw0cK7fhQiWEO2Yq-Q2lay7--nn565tEHBE9zvVRXByHQ6XlNg6eCzdr7Q" target="_blank">The Brooklyn Brewery</a>. Tickets on sale Feb 22. More info here <a href="http://brooklynbrewerypresents.com/brooklynsound/uk/mutoid-man?fbclid=IwAR2Gu2MJgga-BJQs3K8HAveSWRKQNe9AAsrYCvMOqNxnwCmm1oAu3BhPd2k" target="_blank">brooklynbrewerypresents.com/brooklynsound/uk/mutoid-man</a> // <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmutoidman.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1RbpRPtXWv7VIvI2ICyuzNRXU5n0ewDZ9nMtE59zLWKxQArPYrequ5EBk&h=AT2GEDrIoFD4wk4G_YcwE_L-sTCVXRAwHNIrRGnGoe4n1EHYj9I5xl4l2h8urj7CDXi2mshoDljtDtFS7drnW5mTLitY1nqVH4BRKhhOnOHUWiqDMVPSskL_GnESrDMigebXavioYixJi1er8iqlz7h5WeVYeE4bFnOVPd97iAdA-zlqrDDwjxWkCWaaHny7pmXdWi-EUel5p9JQOWmi3YWNNGCdUgTin15nGK88iRByUVVZ-VnPPL1XawTE9sjRgfPi273wcidJHnnrWifa4nMaJqiYRlwAdZvd2yUrBKWn5UCShZ9L8frVHDp50nPqVQEh7K6uk6x6M3knQx1kWidDF_G5IkAsgSW4q2I24FSw3a-nLLgo9EY0T-JQP9ENi7s2EW76owUODojvBA2emQkQuEaat5YWQRGKjyHURXUJ88P-YRe45NGCUdZifQIlbVrGVC-SKerEJfgkQYbT_5xKp9t03Yh0Y4ZVr1jzQweNZpRyYOMPDgDNwSc1Ms3iC_YOYeoFZ0l4u5pP3fhUw7sy7xPsVGgTqu0B97jxT8vJppc_4RXVekrk-Z9XOwCpa7DP8-vbChdIq1ILJKd3uA7cOu7CAgk4jxnA0iYxR8CqD1cxRTRLqhSvTML3b9qNiZ99lKP8qR0kxlk9jutm91Y" target="_blank">mutoidman.com</a></p>
<p>APR 17 Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny 2 <br>APR 18 Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast <br>APR 20 Manchester, UK @ Soup Kitchen<br>APR 21 London, UK @ The Black Heart</p>
<p><br><strong>UPDATE: All shows are SOLD OUT</strong></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/56453492019-02-15T15:07:54-05:002021-04-21T12:33:37-04:00Mutoid Man Announce Headlining UK Dates <figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1200" data-orig-width="1200"><p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://brooklynbrewerypresents.com/brooklynsound/uk/mutoid-man?fbclid=IwAR2Gu2MJgga-BJQs3K8HAveSWRKQNe9AAsrYCvMOqNxnwCmm1oAu3BhPd2k" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/13bb0f5dbc96774c73da0881ba11ba76501fbb32/original/bksound-mutoidman-social-tourwide-ig.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p></figure>
<p><a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://sargenthouse.com/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> will be back in the UK in April for a few intimate shows presented by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thebrooklynbrewery/?__tn__=K-R&eid=ARCFyrwJrkiLMS1M3ajgVqeG1h-LdvEyY0KXIYCWE_azQ1rm_sEE5G5jy7Ab5ZsxsggeR0l2XVrkuicu&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBmk9QnTxZRq8CGgXxWOAwzkeUHnUffxiWeh9cs7BUuEVdoah0qCxpamC04e0LKAMnLj3NR-qOCFqlvnKpeILRs6bLWyKv4z5q2YTXY1kSy-gJ77mbpNnHU3TU1OgAhQqsvwXU9d8YHKbd_D-55Sv_oSa-T8inIYhuhRG9_9AeBRgRKi5yduKv4-jMl6OwjbUnGcBBmYGzxFgARc0rnezb46F_9NLIk96aia-MJLh6QYsS-BUjX29mASDmLO9RjerDWdFP6wa-CjWmPv2nLCwz3eTz1xgWQMw0cK7fhQiWEO2Yq-Q2lay7--nn565tEHBE9zvVRXByHQ6XlNg6eCzdr7Q" target="_blank">The Brooklyn Brewery</a>. Tickets on sale Feb 22. More info here <a href="http://brooklynbrewerypresents.com/brooklynsound/uk/mutoid-man?fbclid=IwAR2Gu2MJgga-BJQs3K8HAveSWRKQNe9AAsrYCvMOqNxnwCmm1oAu3BhPd2k" target="_blank">brooklynbrewerypresents.com/brooklynsound/uk/mutoid-man</a> // <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmutoidman.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1RbpRPtXWv7VIvI2ICyuzNRXU5n0ewDZ9nMtE59zLWKxQArPYrequ5EBk&h=AT2GEDrIoFD4wk4G_YcwE_L-sTCVXRAwHNIrRGnGoe4n1EHYj9I5xl4l2h8urj7CDXi2mshoDljtDtFS7drnW5mTLitY1nqVH4BRKhhOnOHUWiqDMVPSskL_GnESrDMigebXavioYixJi1er8iqlz7h5WeVYeE4bFnOVPd97iAdA-zlqrDDwjxWkCWaaHny7pmXdWi-EUel5p9JQOWmi3YWNNGCdUgTin15nGK88iRByUVVZ-VnPPL1XawTE9sjRgfPi273wcidJHnnrWifa4nMaJqiYRlwAdZvd2yUrBKWn5UCShZ9L8frVHDp50nPqVQEh7K6uk6x6M3knQx1kWidDF_G5IkAsgSW4q2I24FSw3a-nLLgo9EY0T-JQP9ENi7s2EW76owUODojvBA2emQkQuEaat5YWQRGKjyHURXUJ88P-YRe45NGCUdZifQIlbVrGVC-SKerEJfgkQYbT_5xKp9t03Yh0Y4ZVr1jzQweNZpRyYOMPDgDNwSc1Ms3iC_YOYeoFZ0l4u5pP3fhUw7sy7xPsVGgTqu0B97jxT8vJppc_4RXVekrk-Z9XOwCpa7DP8-vbChdIq1ILJKd3uA7cOu7CAgk4jxnA0iYxR8CqD1cxRTRLqhSvTML3b9qNiZ99lKP8qR0kxlk9jutm91Y" target="_blank">mutoidman.com</a></p>
<p>APR 17 Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny 2 <br>APR 18 Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast <br>APR 20 Manchester, UK @ Soup Kitchen<br>APR 21 London, UK @ The Black Heart</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/56057162019-01-21T13:35:39-05:002021-04-21T12:33:25-04:00Mutoid Man Ulster Hall Live Reviews // Rock ‘N’ Load and Metal Planet Music<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1500" data-orig-width="7500"><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/be6dae2b0ab967e9cc78f6e61c91bd7d/tumblr_inline_plp24xe9t51sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/c9e0b2b3a272fe0670c7d9e759755642/tumblr_inline_plp279wCDj1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></p>
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<p>Full Rock ‘N’ Load review<a href="https://rocknloadmag.com/news/mastodon-kvelertak-mutoid-man-live-review-ulster-hall-belfast-2/" target="_blank"> HERE</a><br>Full Metal Planet Music review<a href="https://metalplanetmusic.com/2019/01/gig-review-mastodon-gives-the-ulster-hall-a-real-mother-puncher/" target="_blank"> HERE</a></p>
<h2><a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a></h2>
<p>kick off proceedings to a modest crowd, happy to have the few in front of them they launch into one of the most brutal and visceral performances Norn Iron has witnessed in a very long time. By the end of the 1<sup>st</sup> song the few were many and the many were in awe! This trio laid down and gargantuan sounding soundtrack that shook you from the ground up, possibly the loudest gig in the Ulster Hall since the hayday’s of Motorhead, these guys played like they were headlining banging out killer riff after killer riff and winning over the Belfast crowd with each and every single track. Their first three tracks were over in a flash, a gnarly and savage sound pummels the crowd below whilst Mutoid Man throw out a performance as if it were from the depths of hell. Both guitarist and bassist are adorned in Flying V’s wailing away as they give each other the finger, an epic start to a hefty and riff-tastic evenings entertainment.</p><!-- more -->
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<p>As the cool evening in Belfast closes in the line grows outside the Ulster Hall anticipating the doors opening. Tonight Mastodon, US heavy metal masters of sludge and stoner rock, were playing the first night of their UK & European tour. Belfast once again paves the way for a massive band. They were being supported tonight by Kvelertak and Mutoid Man.</p>
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<p>As the crowd filtered in and began to grow Mutoid Man opened up their energy for all to see. This American trio had enough energy and enthusiasm to fill the stage with their presence and the Hall with their fast, raw and powerful sound. Their set, including “Kiss of Death”, “Date with the Devil”, and “1,000 Mile Stare”, proved to everyone there that they more than deserved to be on stage. They pushed on, with a now awe inspired audience lapping it up, with a chugging freight train of a set.</p>
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<p>They played hard, fast, aggressive with a wonderful sense of mischief. Chatting to the audience every so often the roars got louder and more enthusiastic. This is a band that is on the up and if Animal from the Muppets wanted a band that would surpass his energy, then Mutoid Man is the one. Their impromptu partial cover of Led Zepplin’s “Communication Breakdown” was incredible. They already had some fans in the Ulster Hall, but by the end of their set with the last song “Gnarcissist” they had many, many more fans. Mutoid Man are a must see band.</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/55298532018-11-27T15:00:30-05:002019-07-26T05:12:16-04:00Mutoid Man Perform DEC 1st // Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1023" data-orig-width="1016"><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/a5a79d1307ccc7b928fbf3af83d327c7/tumblr_inline_pivbf4EcRD1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></p></figure>
<p>Catch Mutoid Man on Dec 1st at Saint Vitus in Brooklyn. Tickets <a href="https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1792426?utm_medium=459899&fbclid=IwAR32kE2npbJi7KO9sC5v9tgPhu8z22MmEsXn8_P2VyZldma35ahyTbis53Q" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/54826272018-10-23T14:02:00-04:002020-01-13T19:13:58-05:00Mutoid Man EU/UK Tour with Mastodon & Kvelertak // 2019<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="5700" data-orig-width="3900"><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/7a6135275481461ee2c477a3e1515982/tumblr_inline_ph2c0nO04Q1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></p></figure>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mutoidman/?__tn__=K-R&eid=ARBPyDS3kyzXSskX1hzEPYVUMWYo6f0n8fyn-JKO9sxFx9RGV-jdATvcSZtoGLrguUgPF6eYnjhG8s-6&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBR3nhqebsQ5XzO8Jp43ZhdGq10jU3Z6C8c4VnOiqAwyG-nfBtUYUHeJgn_55jmArWD4mGKZLoaWWSHocMxneKyJozi30NDSDkB2lc2xcQRIiYvuaVgjn9Y77LX3VX3jc1RG1F8i4KOdMdt4_xIW_1FR0RhQcDAy6mXMChpoYfbiMa1xmjXg4_L6JbUTkbATOGMvpciGK24IzjgxwGxf88aZKU" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> will be joining <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Mastodon/?__tn__=K-R&eid=ARAxBa4N7ThH7DtQc-_7-y7TrtdNQHLQSJ8MzH06zQBnCCuJNrEarumtVWd5yxwm3oZEAlaa12kl1x4o&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBR3nhqebsQ5XzO8Jp43ZhdGq10jU3Z6C8c4VnOiqAwyG-nfBtUYUHeJgn_55jmArWD4mGKZLoaWWSHocMxneKyJozi30NDSDkB2lc2xcQRIiYvuaVgjn9Y77LX3VX3jc1RG1F8i4KOdMdt4_xIW_1FR0RhQcDAy6mXMChpoYfbiMa1xmjXg4_L6JbUTkbATOGMvpciGK24IzjgxwGxf88aZKU" target="_blank">Mastodon</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Kvelertak/?__tn__=K-R&eid=ARCzQUK9dT8qSmzTdIKLGcPn7iRKO8oQgZWsS65el4VR2GNcRGbx__ZbZD-5wigcdLwFJryPqEYldCPE&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBR3nhqebsQ5XzO8Jp43ZhdGq10jU3Z6C8c4VnOiqAwyG-nfBtUYUHeJgn_55jmArWD4mGKZLoaWWSHocMxneKyJozi30NDSDkB2lc2xcQRIiYvuaVgjn9Y77LX3VX3jc1RG1F8i4KOdMdt4_xIW_1FR0RhQcDAy6mXMChpoYfbiMa1xmjXg4_L6JbUTkbATOGMvpciGK24IzjgxwGxf88aZKU" target="_blank">Kvelertak</a> on tour in 2019 - tickets on sale this Friday, Oct 26. Full Mutoid Man tour info <a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">HERE</a></p><!-- more -->
<p>Jan 14 Belfast, IE @ Ulster Hall<br>Jan 15 Dublin, IE @ Olympia<br>Jan 17 Southampton, UK @ Guildhall<br>Jan 18 Newcastle, UK @ Newcastle Academy<br>Jan 19 Glasgow, UK @ Glasgow Academy<br>Jan 21 Leeds, UK @ Leeds Academy<br>Jan 22 Birmingham, UK @ Birmingham Academy<br>Jan 24 Norwich, UK @ UEA<br>Jan 25 London, UK @ Brixton Academy<br>Jan 28 Luxembourg, LU @ Rockhal Box<br>Jan 30 Wiesbaden, DE @ Schlachthof<br>Jan 31 Hamburg, DE @ Docks<br>Feb 02 Copenhagen, DK @ Aarhus Train<br>Feb 03 Oslo, NO @ Spektrum<br>Feb 04 Stockholm, SE @ Munchenbrewery<br>Feb 06 Hannover, DE @ Capitol<br>Feb 07 Oberhausen, DE @ Turbinenhalle<br>Feb 09 Brussels, BE @ AB<br>Feb 10 Tillburg, NL @ 013<br>Feb 12 Zurich, CH @ Komplex<br>Feb 13 Paris, FR @ Casino de Paris<br>Feb 15 Barcelona, ES @ Razzmatazz 1<br>Feb 16 Madrid, ES @ La Riviera<br>Feb 17 Lisbon, PT @ Sala Tejo</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/53966662018-08-21T18:17:33-04:002021-04-21T13:13:19-04:00Mutoid Man Live Review at Psycho Las Vegas // mxdwn<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="97" data-orig-width="396"><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/81ed74927f7ebb2157b9127187f9d282/tumblr_inline_pdu0codLJW1sdy2if_540.gif" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></p></figure>
<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="301" data-orig-width="768"><p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://music.mxdwn.com/2018/08/20/reviews/psycho-vegas-2018-day-3-review-the-hellacopters-mutoid-man-and-sunn-o-inspire-on-sunday/" target="_blank"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/533317ebc013a3f49a9c4409fc1594ee/tumblr_inline_pdu0dijkhj1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/8597ade80a7cf3a858ef0c2f82a99eaf/tumblr_inline_pdu0br64Qb1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a></p></figure>
<p>Full review by Raymond Flotat via <a href="https://music.mxdwn.com/2018/08/20/reviews/psycho-vegas-2018-day-3-review-the-hellacopters-mutoid-man-and-sunn-o-inspire-on-sunday/" target="_blank">mxdwn</a><br><br>Back at the Vinyl Stage <a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> put on what can only be called a star-making performance. </p><!-- more -->
<p>Fronted by Stephen Brodsky (known also for his role as singer/guitar player Cave In) this trio combined equal parts entertaining hilarity and intricately performed heavy music spanning the gamut of metal genres. Joining Brodsky are Ben Koller on drums and Nick Cageao on bass. Impressively, the three constantly crack jokes or engage the crowd playing loose enough to keep things fun and enjoyable, yet somehow never sacrificing technical skill. Here at Psycho Vegas, they played a mix of original songs (“Micro Aggression” and “Bandages”) mixed with thrash-y covers from all over the musical map. In a short 40 minutes they did excellent renditions of Tom Jones’ “She’s a Lady,” The Animals’ “Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” Led Zeppelin’s “Communication Breakdown” and even King Crimson’s “21st Century Schizoid Man” (hilariously changing the song’s chorus to “21st century Mutoid Man”).</p>
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<p>At one point Koller even stabbed through his snare drums prompting a hilarious chant egged on by the band of, “fuck you snare / fuck you snare,” followed by “welcome new snare / welcome new snare,” when a stagehand quickly brought up a replacement. During their finale, an uproarious number called “Gnarcissist,” Brodsky continually emoted “I’m never gonna fall in love / with myself.” During its final moments, Koller ran off the stage seemingly randomly. Brodsky invited the crowd to a cappella sing along on various exaggerated treatments to the song’s chorus like a ‘60s soul singer might. Then, punctuating the close of each variation, a drumstick would come flying through the air, sent hurling by Koller hidden in the crowd, and almost unbelievably perfectly hitting one of the cymbals as if to punctuate the measure’s completion. Incredibly, on the final time, Cageao wound up his bass, swung it like a bat and prompted a massive cheer by the crowd on hand. Brodsky’s reputation has always been one of excellence following several incredible years with Cave In, but with this much stage presence and charisma, Mutoid Man should be the hard rock band everyone pays attention to. This is American hard rock the way it should be but rarely is.</p>
<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="668" data-orig-width="1000"><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/dc29ed6244dd45b7649240e42da9e52d/tumblr_inline_pdu0h0BlXZ1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/0fb7c90ff39dfb529eaf3555e4d4915f/tumblr_inline_pdu0h2ttte1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></p></figure>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/68920692018-08-02T19:57:45-04:002022-02-08T13:42:45-05:00Mutoid Man Announce Show Date with Power Trip<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1490" data-orig-width="1000"><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/51b709271078232eb7464db15c69d9fa/tumblr_inline_pcuyaiK8Bl1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></p></figure>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mutoidman/" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> will be playing with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/powertripTX/" target="_blank">Power Trip</a> November 2 at The Rebel Lounge in Phoenix, AZ.<br>Tickets <a href="https://www.bandsintown.com/t/1011102069?app_id=js_mutoidman.com&came_from=242&affil_code=js_mutoidman.com&utm_medium=web&utm_source=widget&utm_campaign=ticket" target="_blank">HERE</a><br><br>Read more for all tour info // more info <a href="https://mutoidman.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a></p><!-- more -->
<p>AUG 19 Las Vegas, NV @ Psycho Las Vegas<br>SEP 29 Salt Lake City, UT @ Crucial Fest<br>OCT 24 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater *+<br>OCT 25 Seattle, WA @ Showbox Sodo *+<br>OCT 27 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex *+<br>OCT 28 Reno, NV @ Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort *+<br>OCT 31 Denver, CO @ Fillmore *+<br>NOV 01 Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theater *+<br>NOV 02 Phoenix, AZ @ The Rebel Lounge +<br>NOV 03 Irvine, CA @ Fivepoint Amphitheatre *+<br><br>w/ DANZIG *<br>w/ Power Trip +</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/53729842018-08-02T19:57:45-04:002020-09-16T02:57:11-04:00Mutoid Man Announce Show Date with Power Trip<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1490" data-orig-width="1000"><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/51b709271078232eb7464db15c69d9fa/tumblr_inline_pcuyaiK8Bl1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></p></figure>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mutoidman/" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> will be playing with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/powertripTX/" target="_blank">Power Trip</a> November 2 at The Rebel Lounge in Phoenix, AZ.<br>Tickets <a href="https://www.bandsintown.com/t/1011102069?app_id=js_mutoidman.com&came_from=242&affil_code=js_mutoidman.com&utm_medium=web&utm_source=widget&utm_campaign=ticket" target="_blank">HERE</a><br><br>Read more for all tour info // more info <a href="https://mutoidman.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a></p><!-- more -->
<p>AUG 19 Las Vegas, NV @ Psycho Las Vegas<br>SEP 29 Salt Lake City, UT @ Crucial Fest<br>OCT 24 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater *+<br>OCT 25 Seattle, WA @ Showbox Sodo *+<br>OCT 27 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex *+<br>OCT 28 Reno, NV @ Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort *+<br>OCT 31 Denver, CO @ Fillmore *+<br>NOV 01 Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theater *+<br>NOV 02 Phoenix, AZ @ The Rebel Lounge +<br>NOV 03 Irvine, CA @ Fivepoint Amphitheatre *+<br><br>w/ DANZIG *<br>w/ Power Trip +</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/53416522018-07-11T13:41:08-04:002020-11-03T00:19:35-05:00Mutoid Man on Tour with Danzig<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="5100" data-orig-width="3300"><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/6a99eaf804e5bbd150cad0bd57f28bc7/tumblr_inline_pbofkxkZ0X1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></p></figure>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mutoidman/" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> have announced support for Danzig’s 30th Anniversary Tour.<br><br>All dates with DANZIG, Venom INC & Power Trip<br>OCT 24 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater<br>OCT 25 Seattle, WA @ Showbox Sodo<br>OCT 27 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex<br>OCT 31 Denver, CO @ Fillmore<br>NOV 01 Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theater</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/68920712018-06-27T14:52:34-04:002022-02-08T13:42:46-05:00Mutoid Man Live At Saint Vitus // KERRANG!<figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-orig-height="304" data-orig-width="540" data-provider="youtube" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8wfooXP-SdM"><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8wfooXP-SdM?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" width="540"></iframe></p></figure>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mutoidman/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> headlining <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kerrangmagazine/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">Kerrang!</a>’s first ever U.S. show with a full performance of “War Moans”…and more!</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/53205222018-06-27T14:52:34-04:002018-12-16T00:40:12-05:00Mutoid Man Live At Saint Vitus // KERRANG!<figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-orig-height="304" data-orig-width="540" data-provider="youtube" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8wfooXP-SdM"><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8wfooXP-SdM?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" width="540"></iframe></p></figure>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mutoidman/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> headlining <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kerrangmagazine/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">Kerrang!</a>’s first ever U.S. show with a full performance of “War Moans”…and more!</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/68920722018-06-20T18:44:57-04:002022-02-08T13:42:46-05:00Mutoid Man + Gina Gleason "Hot for Teacher"<figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-orig-height="304" data-orig-width="540" data-provider="youtube" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DcvYQ3svO9h0%26feature%3Dyoutu.be"><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cvYQ3svO9h0?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" width="540"></iframe></p></figure>
<p>Watch <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mutoidman/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> with Gina Gleason from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/YourBaroness/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">Baroness</a> cover <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VanHalen/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">Van Halen</a>’s “Hot For Teacher” from the new episode of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/2M2LN/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">Two Minutes To Late Night</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/53075882018-06-20T18:44:57-04:002018-06-20T18:48:58-04:00Mutoid Man + Gina Gleason "Hot for Teacher"<figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-orig-height="304" data-orig-width="540" data-provider="youtube" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DcvYQ3svO9h0%26feature%3Dyoutu.be"><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cvYQ3svO9h0?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" width="540"></iframe></p></figure>
<p>Watch <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mutoidman/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> with Gina Gleason from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/YourBaroness/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">Baroness</a> cover <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VanHalen/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">Van Halen</a>’s “Hot For Teacher” from the new episode of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/2M2LN/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">Two Minutes To Late Night</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/52820622018-06-07T17:27:36-04:002019-11-03T03:30:07-05:00Mutoid Man Live at Saint Vitus Photo Gallery // KERRANG!<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="368" data-orig-width="892"><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/a8fbb89d61281f49c5e71f562994fafa/tumblr_inline_p9z261Rcoc1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/6c68efe5fe83aadd0d5d3d2156952288/tumblr_inline_p9z2615QPG1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/8d005067cb3338597cd0ba3086fcbc58/tumblr_inline_p9z2844CqS1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></p></figure>
<p>Last night was one to remember at Brooklyn’s iconic heavy metal club, <a href="http://www.kerrang.com/features/the-9-most-epic-shows-at-saint-vitus-bar-in-nyc/" target="_blank">Saint Vitus Bar</a>, as Kerrang! curated and sponsored its first ever show in the United States.</p>
<p>Headlined by New York’s <a href="https://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> (featuring Stephen Brodsky of <a href="http://www.kerrang.com/artists/cave-in/" target="_blank">Cave In</a> and Ben Koller of <a href="http://www.kerrang.com/artists/converge" target="_blank">Converge</a>), with support from <a href="https://thehatchet.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Ruby the Hatchet</a> of Philadelphia, and <a href="https://thewellaustin.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">The Well</a> of Austin, Texas, the evening was filled with fuzzed-out heavy riffs and whiplash-inducing head-banging.</p>
<p>Full article via <a href="http://www.kerrang.com/features/gallery-mutoid-man-ruby-the-hatchet-the-well-perform-at-saint-vitus-bar/" target="_blank">KERRANG!</a></p><!-- more -->
<p>The beer-fueled night kicked off with a performance from The Well, whose evil brand of psychedelic stoner rock immediately got the crowd nodding solemnly in unison. By the time Ruby took the stage, the room was already packed; lead singer Jillian Taylor captivated the crowd with her witchy ways, while the band played a dynamic set that made a huge impression on the awestruck crowd. Of course, the Mutoid boys brought things home like only they can, first playing through <a href="https://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/war-moans" target="_blank">War Moans</a> in its entirety to celebrate the album’s first birthday — and then blasting through older songs and covers (like <a href="http://www.kerrang.com/video/exclusive-mutoid-man-release/" target="_blank">Little Richard’s Keep A Knockin’</a>) with power, precision, and humor.</p>
<p>Fortunately, we had star photographer <a href="http://www.angelaxowens.com/" target="_blank">Angela Owens</a> on hand to document every glorious moment. Check out the gallery below, and be sure to stay tuned to Kerrang!’s social channels in the coming weeks, when we’ll be streaming each and every set from the show, uncut!</p>
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<p>Guitarist/vocalist ,Stephen Brodsky, in this month’s issue of <a href="http://www.kerrang.com/" target="_blank">Kerrang Magazine</a>.</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/52291602018-05-11T14:47:34-04:002018-05-11T14:51:39-04:00Mutoid Man Live Review // Hustle & Heart Films<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="480" data-orig-width="640"><p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://hustleandheartfilms.com/mutoid-man-w-lazur-wulf-live-at-masquerade/" target="_blank"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/5d949e401b9ed6510aef10202fa5d501/tumblr_inline_p8ku8siII21sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a></p></figure>
<h2>
<a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> w/ Lazur/Wulf Live at Masquerade</h2>
<p>Full review via <a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://hustleandheartfilms.com/mutoid-man-w-lazur-wulf-live-at-masquerade/" target="_blank">Hustle & Heart FIlms</a></p><!-- more -->
<p>The masquerade is a fantastic club in downtown Atlanta, with 3 separate venues. Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory. Mutoid Man, appropriately enough, played in Hell. The venue was small, but as I walked in, my excitement grew. Sure, stadium concerts are great, but there is NOTHING better than a small, intimate club setting.</p>
<p>I was introduced to the Mutoid Man’s music about a year or so ago by my husband who randomly came across them while browsing new music to listen to. We both instantly fell in love with them, so getting tickets to this show the second they went on sale was a no-brainer! The opening band, Lazer/Wulf was new to me, and I enjoyed the hell out of them. Playing mostly instrumental metal, these guys completely kicked ass. Heavy and insane guitar playing, combined with incredible drumming and bass playing. I was instantly a new fan. If you haven’t heard of these guys, their music is streaming on Amazon music, check them out! One of the best opening bands I’ve seen in a long time. I’ll be seeing them again for sure! Now onto why we drove 4 hours to Atlanta…Mutoid Man!</p>
<p>Opening with “Melt Your Mind” off of their newest album, War Moans (buy it ASAP. You’ll thank me) I knew we were in for a mindblowing show. These guys are FLAWLESS live. The album War Moans is perfect anyways and hearing the tracks live made me love it even more. Hard-hitting insane drumming by ex Converge drummer, Ben Koller, killer bass playing by Nick Cageao, and fronted by one of the best guitarists/vocalists around now, Stephen Brodsky. These guys had a stage presence that you just don’t see anymore in the music scene. They have chemistry, they’re goofy and fun and know how to work a crowd. I had a lot of laughs by their constant giving each other the middle finger while playing.</p>
<p>The show was constant high energy. They played my absolute favorites such as “Microaggression”, “Date with the Devil”, and even slowed it down and played “Bandages.” (My new song to conquer on guitar).<br>You can tell these guys love what they do. Metal has been in a weird place for a while, but these guys breathe new life into it and prove GOOD heavy metal is still alive and will kick all ass.</p>
<p>My ONLY complaint was that the show was only an hour long. I wanted more. I guess we’ll just have to go see them every single time they come around. Pensacola? Atlanta? Come back, guys!! Living in the south now, we need metal down here, badly!</p>
<p>If you love heavy metal and need something new and completely awesome to listen to, please pick up Mutoid Man’s discography, see them live, and buy their merchandise at shows/their website. Get these guys out there more!! I guarantee they’ll be the next big thing in metal if people would just step out of their comfort zone and try something NEW. They’re on tour now, so if they’re coming by your city buy a ticket. Take off work, and go have your face melted off. You’ll be completely entertained by one of the best heavy metal bands around. Trust me.</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/52230682018-05-08T14:14:11-04:002021-01-12T05:56:38-05:00Mutoid Man Release Little Richard Cover // Kerrang!<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="383" data-orig-width="1136"><p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.kerrang.com/the-news/exclusive-mutoid-man-release/" target="_blank"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/1623a69eb3310a4745f5cd25b923c588/tumblr_inline_p8fahcfBfx1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a></p></figure>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">EXCLUSIVE: MUTOID MAN’S NEW COVER OF LITTLE RICHARD’S KEEP A KNOCKIN</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">’Brooklyn’s baddest-ass rock band pays homage to a classic.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mutoidman/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> have premiered a new cover track of Little Richard’s “Keep Rockin’” via <a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.kerrang.com/the-news/exclusive-mutoid-man-release/" target="_blank">Kerrang!.</a><br><br>Catch Mutoid Man on the road – a can’t-miss exercise in headbanger gymnastics – this month: <br>MAY 08 New Orleans, LA @ Santos *<br>MAY 09 Austin, TX @ Barracuda *<br>MAY 10 Houston, TX @ Satellite *<br>MAY 11 Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street *<br>MAY 12 Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room *<br>MAY 13 Somerset, WI @ Northern Invasion<br>MAY 14 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen *^<br>MAY 15 St. Louis, MO @ Fubar *^<br>MAY 16 Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme *^<br>MAY 17 Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar *^<br>MAY 18 Columbus, OH @ Rock On The Range<br>MAY 19 Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck *<br>MAY 20 Montreal, QC @ Pouzza 8 Fest<br>JUN 06 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus<br>AUG 19 Las Vegas, NV @ Psycho Las Vegas</p>
<p>Lazer/Wulf * <br>The Armed ^</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/52173322018-05-04T14:05:30-04:002018-05-04T14:18:49-04:00Mutoid Man @ CRUCIALFEST 8<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="829" data-orig-width="960"><p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/crucialfest/" target="_blank"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/60bad27b6986748c4ab71b8145bfc5ae/tumblr_inline_p87u4a6U1M1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a></p></figure>
<p>Mutoid Man will be performing <a href="https://www.facebook.com/crucialfest/" target="_blank">CRUCIALFEST 8</a> – this September in SLC.<br>Get your tickets <a href="https://www.24tix.com/event/1345026003/crucialfest-8" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/52157432018-05-03T15:37:35-04:002018-05-04T14:19:16-04:00See Mutoid Man for a live taping of Two Minutes To Late Night<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="640" data-orig-width="480"><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/8e10ae00ad8999ade71b7531009d31bc/tumblr_inline_p863kw9y3f1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></p></figure>
<p>Come see <a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> perform during for a live taping of Two Minutes To Late Night TONIGHT (May 3) at Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn, NY. <br>$5 at the door – first come first serve. More info <a href="https://www.saintvitusbar.com/event/1684509-2-minutes-2-late-night-live-brooklyn/" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>
<p>Visit <a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">mutoidman.com</a> for full US Tour info.</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/52116182018-05-01T12:45:16-04:002019-10-02T02:56:58-04:00Exclusive Track Premiere: Mutoid Man’s “Mutation Breakdown” // MetalSucks<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="311" data-orig-width="1082"><p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.metalsucks.net/2018/05/01/exclusive-track-premiere-mutoid-mans-mutation-breakdown/" target="_blank"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/5854b4509f0bab527c1b05f1dcad9981/tumblr_inline_p826eqPrA81sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/dfbadd84b2e51cb1318cfa4546d2201b/tumblr_inline_p826fyH93U1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></a></p></figure>
<p>Premiere via <a href="http://www.metalsucks.net/2018/05/01/exclusive-track-premiere-mutoid-mans-mutation-breakdown/" target="_blank">MetalSucks</a><br><br>Last week, the mighty <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mutoidman/" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> announced a three-part series of cover tunes, starting with a totally righteous <a href="http://www.metalsucks.net/2018/04/26/mutoid-man-release-cover-of-tom-jones-shes-a-lady/" target="_blank">cover of Tom Jones’ “She’s a Lady”</a> (re-christened “She’s a Mutoid Lady,” natch). Today, MetalSucks is SO FREAKIN’ EXCITED to be premiering the second entry in the series, a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Communication Breakdown” dubbed “Mutation Breakdown.”</p><!-- more -->
<p>They probably should have called it “Mutation Fix-up,” though, ’cause there ain’t nuthin’ broken down about this mutation. Mutoid Man have taken the framework of Led Zep’s original classic and turned it into a raucous explosion of heavy metal madness. The results sound like the world’s best garage band actively trying to destroy said garage; it feels modern and relevant and fresh while maintaining respect for its forefather. We love it, and we’re confident you will, too.</p>
<p>Do yourself a solid and check out Mutoid Man’s “Mutation Breakdown” below! It was originally recorded live and mixed by Jeff Filmer at Long Island City’s Best Rehearsal in 2015, and it was mastered by Drew Arndt at BMG NYC. And don’t forget — Mutoid Man kick off their next tour of the U.S. and Canada this coming Sunday, March 6! These guys put on a live show you have to see to believe, so make sure you don’t miss ’em! Dates are at the bottom of this post!!!</p>
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<p><b>Mutoid Man Tour Dates</b><br>May 6 Concord, NC @ Carolina Rebellion<br>May 7 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Hell)<br>May 8 New Orleans, LA @ Santos<br>May 9 Austin, TX @ Barracuda<br>May 10 Houston, TX @ Satellite<br>May 11 Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street<br>May 12 Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room<br>May 13 Somerset, WI @ Northern Invasion<br>May 14 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen<br>May 15 Saint Louis, MO @ Fubar<br>May 16 Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme<br>May 17 Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar<br>May 18 Columbus, OH @ Rock On The Range<br>May 19 Toronto, CA @ Hard Luck<br>May 20 Montreal, CA @ Pouzza Fest<br>June 6 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus<br>August 19 Las Vegas, NV @ Psycho Las Vegas</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/52109692018-04-30T20:27:23-04:002018-05-01T12:52:24-04:00Mutoid Man Photos from Roadburn Festival 2018 // REVOLVER<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="137" data-orig-width="1091"><p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.revolvermag.com/events/roadburn-festival-2018-photos-grave-pleasures-converge-zola-jesus-and-more" target="_blank"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/0a55a37173f3c82af3cdc16b9b7df645/tumblr_inline_p80x96hTS11sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/07078774290e96294bb6f4bf86d1731e/tumblr_inline_p80wlo3xqf1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/7a25deec1b86676da65d7f22cf46594b/tumblr_inline_p80wr9M7Yq1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a></p></figure>
<p><a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> at Roadburn – photograph by Jimmy Hubbard<br>Roadburn Festival 2018 in Photos via <a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.revolvermag.com/events/roadburn-festival-2018-photos-grave-pleasures-converge-zola-jesus-and-more" target="_blank">REVOLVER</a></p><!-- more -->
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<p>Mutoid Man at Roadburn – photograph by Dante Torrieri</p>
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<p>Stephen Brodsky & Adam McGrath at Roadburn (Cave In tribute) – photograph by Falk-Hagen Bernshausen</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/52039222018-04-26T12:39:22-04:002018-05-01T12:52:32-04:00New Mutoid Man Cover Track, “She’s a Mutoid Lady”<figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-orig-height="304" data-orig-width="540" data-provider="youtube" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DABB7-qhaXJQ"><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ABB7-qhaXJQ?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" width="540"></iframe></p></figure>
<p>Listen to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mutoidman/" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a>’s new cover track, “She’s a Mutoid Lady” – originally by Tom Jones.<br>Mutoid Man US Tour info @ <a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">mutoidman.com</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/51886252018-04-18T09:30:31-04:002018-05-01T12:52:43-04:00KERRANG! Presents Mutoid Man, Ruby The Hatchet, & The Well<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="3508" data-orig-width="2481"><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/4295a11b7fbb93165c667e0d355b4665/tumblr_inline_p7cq4iE7xJ1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></p></figure>
<p><a href="https://mutoidman.com/" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> will kick off Three Nights of Mind-Expanding Heaviness presented by <a href="http://www.kerrang.com/" target="_blank">KERRANG!</a> They will be performing along side Ruby The Hatchet and The Well at Saint Vitus in Brooklyn on June 6, 2018.</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/51788382018-04-12T13:41:10-04:002018-05-01T12:52:54-04:00Mutoid Man Plays Sunday, August 9 @ Psycho Las Vegas<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1350" data-orig-width="1080"><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/acf57396d832556752d4f71d84133f10/tumblr_inline_p73255MDXK1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></p></figure>
<p>Single day line-ups are announced for Psycho Las Vegas 2018. <a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> will be playing the Vinyl on Sunday, August 19. Tickets <a href="https://www.vivapsycho.com/pages/tickets" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/51606902018-04-02T18:18:40-04:002018-04-06T20:29:19-04:00Mutoid Man on Two Minutes To Late Night S01 E01 with Walter Schreifels<figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-orig-height="304" data-orig-width="540" data-provider="youtube" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DaZVkShGjRBw%26feature%3Dyoutu.be"><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aZVkShGjRBw?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" width="540"></iframe></p></figure>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/51550402018-03-29T16:14:39-04:002018-04-06T20:30:27-04:00Trailer Released For First Season ‘Two Minutes To Late Night’ // THE PRP<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="315" data-orig-width="851"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.theprp.com/2018/03/29/news/trailer-released-first-season-heavy-metal-talk-show-two-minutes-late-night/" target="_blank"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/22f4b21f3937762a4b6318071881cb0f/tumblr_inline_p6dbldx74v1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_xl justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.theprp.com/2018/03/29/news/trailer-released-first-season-heavy-metal-talk-show-two-minutes-late-night/" target="_blank"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/850f539149ba6dfa9f66206b7171d021/tumblr_inline_p6dbheGg5x1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_xl justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a></figure>
<p>A trailer of sorts for the upcoming first season of the comedic heavy metal talk show ‘<b>Two Minutes To Late Night</b>‘ has been released below. That show features <b><a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a></b> as the house band and finds members <b>Stephen Brodsky</b> (also of<b> Cave In</b>, etc.) and <b>Ben Koller</b> (also of <b>Converge</b>) taking part in some skits.</p>
<p>Eight new episodes are planned for the season with <a href="https://www.patreon.com/2M2LN" target="_blank">this <b>Patreon</b></a> launched to help cover the costs. Previously released episodes from the show can be seen <a href="https://www.theprp.com/2016/06/17/news/watch-ben-weinman-mutoid-man-metal-late-night-show-ever/" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.theprp.com/2017/05/01/news/second-episode-two-minutes-late-night-released-baroness-mutoid-man-cover-prince/" target="_blank">here</a> respectively.</p>
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<p>Via <a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.theprp.com/2018/03/29/news/trailer-released-first-season-heavy-metal-talk-show-two-minutes-late-night/" target="_blank">theprp.com</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/51015942018-02-27T13:23:11-05:002018-02-28T15:01:10-05:00Mutoid Man Announce North American Tour // May 2018<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="5100" data-orig-width="3300"><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="640" data-orig-width="414"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/1316168150738d00626008414ed03f8c/tumblr_inline_p4vlzoYC1e1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_xl justify_inline border_" /></figure></figure>
<p>More info @ <a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">mutoidman.com</a></p><!-- more -->
<p>MAY 06 Charlotte, NC @ Carolina Rebellion<br>MAY 07 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Hell) *<br>MAY 08 New Orleans, LA @ Santos *<br>MAY 09 Austin, TX @ Barracuda *<br>MAY 10 Houston, TX @ Satellite *<br>MAY 11 Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street *<br>MAY 12 Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room *<br>MAY 13 Somerset, WI @ Northern Invasion<br>MAY 14 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen *^<br>MAY 15 St. Louis, MO @ Fubar *^<br>MAY 16 Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme *^<br>MAY 18 Columbus, OH @ Rock On The Range<br>MAY 19 Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck *<br>MAY 20 Montreal, QC @ Pouzza 8 Fest</p>
<p>Lazer/Wulf *<br>The Armed ^</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/50999062018-02-26T13:42:35-05:002018-02-27T13:32:48-05:00Mutoid Man at Pouzza Fest // 2018<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="2550" data-orig-width="1650"><p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://pouzzafest.com/en/" target="_blank"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/b07fa4e5ec94c5ef01a32a9a9df5542c/tumblr_inline_p4rurydShZ1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_xl justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a></p></figure>
<p><a href="https://mutoidman.com/" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> will be performing at <a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://pouzzafest.com/en/" target="_blank">Pouzza Festival</a> May 18-20, 2018 in Montreal.</p>
<p>Tickets <a href="https://pouzzafest.com/en/tickets/" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/50958392018-02-23T14:33:39-05:002018-02-23T14:52:34-05:00Mutoid Man @ Psycho Las Vegas 2018<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1650" data-orig-width="1275"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.vivapsycho.com/" target="_blank"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/3dff358b61db5763286dd58502cd1163/tumblr_inline_p4mblshP7B1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_xl justify_inline border_" /></a></figure>
<p><a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> will be performing @ Psycho Las Vegas 2018 this August.</p>
<p>Tickets <a href="https://www.vivapsycho.com/pages/tickets" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/50900372018-02-20T14:23:38-05:002018-02-23T14:52:55-05:00Riff Rundown: Mutoid Man's ‘Kiss of Death’ // Premier Guitar<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="93" data-orig-width="490"><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/8f9b73409d2a6f3c5a67669d85d8d8a0/tumblr_inline_p4gr2kV3Ol1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></p></figure>
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<p>See <a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a>’s Stephen Brodsky break down the main guitar part for, “Kiss of Death,” the band’s most popular song off ‘War Moans’.</p>
<p>via <a href="https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/27042-riff-rundown-mutoid-mans-kiss-of-death" target="_blank">Premier Guitar</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/50794412018-02-14T14:14:30-05:002018-02-23T14:53:16-05:00RSVP for Mutoid Man // Two Minutes To Late Night<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="960" data-orig-width="621"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/edd3c54e906b40859ef30892c8f26cc8/tumblr_inline_p45mh4TWNk1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_xl justify_inline border_" /></figure>
<p>RSVP for Two Minutes to Late Night w/ <a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> live taping of episode 4 in Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus Bar in March! </p>
<p>Event Page <a href="https://t.co/mtk0PiPNGo" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/50695962018-02-08T13:50:24-05:002018-02-23T14:53:28-05:00Mutoid Man Live Taping Feb 8 // Two Minutes To Late Night<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1200" data-orig-width="927"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/46afcccd9b42c6db528ff5cfc21fc254/tumblr_inline_p3uhfyBKrA1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_xl justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure>
<p><a href="https://www.saintvitusbar.com/event/1628341-2-minutes-2-late-night-live-brooklyn/" target="_blank">SOLD OUT</a>: <a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> is LIVE for a new <a href="http://www.twominutestolatenight.com/" target="_blank">2 Mins 2 Late Night</a> taping at <a href="https://www.saintvitusbar.com/" target="_blank">Saint Vitus Bar</a> on Feb 8th w/ special guest Walter Schreifels. Look out for the new episode!</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/50679722018-02-07T14:19:54-05:002021-04-21T13:11:34-04:00Northern Invasion Single Day Line-up // Mutoid Man May 13<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="960" data-orig-width="960"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/1e176968c40457a5c69c39093b3b8759/tumblr_inline_p3snu95xiv1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_xl justify_inline border_" /></figure>
<p>Single Day line-up for Northern Invasion just announced! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mutoidman/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> will be taking the stage Sunday, May 13.<br>Tickets are on sale now @ <a href="http://northerninvasion.com/tickets" target="_blank">northerninvasion.com/tickets</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/50436452018-01-25T13:47:34-05:002018-02-23T14:53:54-05:00Mutoid Man's Ben Koller 10 best hardcore albums // TeamRock<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="50" data-orig-width="351"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/d27652d4896ba85b24796e9b76f10d62/tumblr_inline_p34k017SoN1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure>
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<h2>The Mutoid Man drummer chooses his favourite hardcore albums of all time.</h2>
<p>Ben Koller is a legend of heavy music. Not only is he the drummer for seminal noisemakers <a href="http://teamrock.com/feature/2017-04-05/the-cult-of-carnage-revisiting-converges-jane-doe" target="_blank">Converge</a>, but he’s also responsible for All Pigs Must Die, Killer Be Killed and <a href="http://teamrock.com/artist-directory/m/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a>, the latter of which are releasing their new album War Moans on June 2.</p>
<p>As you’d expect from a Ben Koller project, it’s hard-hitting, erratic and dripping with old school hardcore influences from Boston, New York and beyond. But which hardcore records does he think think belong at the top of the pile? Well, we caught up with the man himself to find out…</p>
<p>Full article via <a href="http://teamrock.com/feature/2017-05-30/the-10-best-hardcore-albums-as-chosen-by-mutoid-mans-ben-koller" target="_blank">TeamRock</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/50305892018-01-18T14:32:31-05:002020-10-13T02:33:05-04:00Watch MARTY FRIEDMAN Join MUTOID MAN On Stage // Metal Injection<figure data-orig-height="101" data-orig-width="262"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/04bb465f44aa826644d43b9c70f7d474/tumblr_inline_p2rnkgFJ711sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure>
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<p>Marty Friedman played lead guitar on <a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a>’s song “War Moans” from the album of the same name, and Friedman has decided to reprise his effort live at The Fever in Tokyo, Japan. Friedman stays on stage with the band, and they also perform a cover of Prince’s “Purple Rain,” which Mutoid Man recently performed with Baroness’ frontman <a href="http://www.metalinjection.net/video/metal-comedy-talkshow-two-minutes-to-late-night-returns-with-episode-2-featuring-baroness-mutoid-man-and-more" target="_blank">live on Two Minutes To Late Night</a>.</p>
<p>Article by <a href="http://www.metalinjection.net/author/kennelty" target="_blank" title="Posts by Greg Kennelty">Greg Kennelty</a> via <a href="http://www.metalinjection.net/video/marty-friedman-joins-mutoid-man-on-stage-for-a-prince-cover-war-moans" target="_blank">Metal Injection</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/50253722018-01-15T16:56:30-05:002018-02-23T14:54:39-05:00Mutoid Man & Marty Friedman<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1024" data-orig-width="729"><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/2b40af40b144cf59266b797d52e3a0ea/tumblr_inline_p2m8fyVzwd1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></p></figure>
<p>Marty Friedman of Megadeth joined <a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> onstage last night in Tokyo - pictured here with Steve Brodsky</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/50175192018-01-10T15:21:43-05:002018-02-23T14:54:40-05:00TOMORROW: Mutoid Man Leave Them All Behind 2018<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="640" data-orig-width="453"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/47fb7d5fc11c58555c527e342b60b8f9/tumblr_inline_p2cw1zNJ3A1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_xl justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure>
<p>Leave Them All Behind 2018 starts tomorrow, Jan 11 in Osaka, Japan.<br>More info <a href="https://mutoidman.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>
<p>Jan 11 Osaka, JP @ Umeda Trad<br>Jan 12 Tokyo, JP @ Ebisu Liquidroom w/ <a href="http://borisheavyrocks.com" target="_blank">Boris</a> (No Mutoid Man)<br>Jan 13 Tokyo, JP @ Shimokitazawa<br>Jan 14 Tokyo, JP @ Shindaita Fever</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/49873692017-12-20T19:37:11-05:002018-02-23T14:54:54-05:00Mutoid Man – War Moans #1 Robba’s Top 10 Albums of 2017 // Metal Injection<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="329" data-orig-width="617"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/80331d7d8c79445ce0f9344a3b38f8eb/tumblr_inline_p1ac7pVFSa1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_xl justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure>
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<p>Full list by Rob Pasabani via <a href="http://www.metalinjection.net/best-of-2017/robs-top-10-albums-of-2017" target="_blank">Metal Injection</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/49854442017-12-19T17:46:22-05:002017-12-19T22:15:27-05:00Mutoid Man – War Moans // Invisible Oranges Top Albums of 2017<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="103" data-orig-width="358"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/6ab84939ed032589311d785b322cda6a/tumblr_inline_p18ch5JxDs1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1200" data-orig-width="1200"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/496f530163b6dc30672a17e02fce3f92/tumblr_inline_p18chyXz2b1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p><b><a href="http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man – War Moans</a></b> (<a href="http://sargenthouse.com" target="_blank">Sargent House</a>, USA)</p><p>Metal can be dead-serious — and basically everything on my list this year is dead-serious — but it’s important to remember that it can also be really fucking fun, right? The most fun metal album I heard all year was <a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a>’s <i>War Moans</i>. They employ a Motorhead-style chug, and Stephen Brodsky and Ben Koller still find time to work in the technical nuances of their main bands (Cave In and Converge, respectively). Brodsky’s bluesy wail and endless riffage is perfect for this kind of beer-fueled, party-ready heaviness, and Mutoid Man up the shredding even more when they bring in Marty Friedman for a solo on the title track. It’s the kind of album you can play again and again and it revs you up every time.</p><p>Listen <a href="https://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/war-moans" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Full list by <a href="http://www.invisibleoranges.com/author/asacher/" title="Andrew Sacher" target="_blank">Andrew Sacher</a> via <a href="http://www.invisibleoranges.com/top-albums-of-2017-andrew-sacher/" target="_blank">Invisible Oranges</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/49847262017-12-19T13:57:19-05:002017-12-19T15:45:36-05:00Mutoid Man – War Moans // Punktastic Top 25 AOTY<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1156" data-orig-width="2018"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/04bffeb3bf49431bf980e8e44a3cc89f/tumblr_inline_p181lf8xQE1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p><b>15. <a href="https://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Mutoid Man – ‘War Moans’</a></b><br></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1200" data-orig-width="1200"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/496f530163b6dc30672a17e02fce3f92/tumblr_inline_p181ppoHg91sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p>Every now and then, I discover a band at a show or a festival that completely stands out and instantly become interested in them. A band that stays on my radar even when they aren’t heavily promoted on social media but their music keeps me wanting more. For me that band is Mutoid Man. Their album, ‘War Moans’ came out earlier this year and it quickly became one of my favourite albums of 2017. Filled with a blended mix of aggression and melody, it reminded me again of when I first saw them live, that the way the band are on stage is shown through their music. Sometimes consistency can be repetitive but within the context of ‘War Moans’, it works especially the way each track on the album flow in to each other. [Sarah Tsang]<br></p><p>Full article via <a href="http://www.punktastic.com/radar/top-25-albums-of-the-year-2/" target="_blank">Punktastic</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/49834032017-12-18T19:59:48-05:002020-11-26T02:20:38-05:00Mutoid Man – War Moans // Metal Hammer's 100 best albums of 2017<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="449" data-orig-width="800"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/6880346253c05596c1b99ddb7b86b2d6/tumblr_inline_p16nzoSzCt1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><h2>The top 100 metal albums of 2017 – the definitive list for any rock and metal fan</h2><p>51) Mutoid Man – War Moans<br></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1200" data-orig-width="1200"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/496f530163b6dc30672a17e02fce3f92/tumblr_inline_p16o1z5Jce1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p>Full list via <a href="http://teamrock.com/feature/2017-12-15/metal-hammers-100-best-albums-of-the-year-2017" target="_blank">TeamRock</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/49800242017-12-15T20:02:38-05:002017-12-15T20:30:28-05:00Northern Invasion // Tickets On Sale NOW<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="576" data-orig-width="1024"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/44520c41cb5b8cccd9d05a38b71481d3/tumblr_inline_p1145pCA271sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NorthernInvasionFest/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">Northern Invasion</a> is ON SALE NOW! See <a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> shred in May 2018 // Somerset Amphitheater, Somerset, WI<br></p><p>More info <a href="http://northerninvasion.com/?mkt_campaign=F71H7H7ORZK0J12SSZKH55WE" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/49800252017-12-15T18:55:24-05:002018-01-19T14:09:45-05:00Mutoid Man – War Moans // Metal Insider Top 10 of 2017<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="229" data-orig-width="720"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/81fc7dd2ee11b4f1ade90580fb75783e/tumblr_inline_p110zsAsBE1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure data-orig-height="150" data-orig-width="150"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/ac6afdcb9edd6ed1cc54f9737266c67c/tumblr_inline_p1111hOP1m1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p><b>3) Mutoid Man, War Moans (Sargent House)</b><br></p><p>It’s hard to remember the last time metal was so fun. Cave-In’s Stephen Brodsky has been a great songwriter for years now. His turns of phrase and amazing guitar effects were used to great effect with his other band, but they went from essentially a metalcore band to a space rock band with a commercial detour in between. Mutoid Man is a three-headed monster. Brodsky’s vocals and guitar are met equally by bassist Nick Cageao and Converge drummer Ben Koller for songs that are mostly punchy, concise and riff-filled. The bass has as much drive as the guitar, and they’re amazingly tight on record and live.</p><p>Suggested track; “Kiss of Death” </p><p>Full article via <a href="http://www.metalinsider.net/lists/bram-teitelmans-top-10-of-2017/2" target="_blank">Metal Insider</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/49764802017-12-13T19:32:20-05:002017-12-13T23:45:36-05:00Mutoid Man – Best Bassist & Best Album Cover 2017 // Audioeclectica<figure data-orig-width="780" data-orig-height="92" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/1b67306f6a67888da63c6a1e2292e200/tumblr_inline_p0xd1kcKbh1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="620" data-orig-height="620" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/3bbeb9b6dd36d2c6865b1f8d31da567f/tumblr_inline_p0xda2PZsT1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><a href="https://audioeclectica.wordpress.com/2017/12/11/2017-end-of-the-year-list-best-album-cover/" target="_blank">2017 END OF THE YEAR LIST: BEST ALBUM COVER: </a><br></p><p>Featured<b> Mutoid Man - “War Moans”</b></p><p><a href="https://audioeclectica.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/end-of-the-year-list-2017-best-bassist/" target="_blank">END OF THE YEAR LIST 2017: BEST BASSIST:</a><br>Featured <b>Nick Cageao - Mutoid Man</b></p><p>Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, Audioeclectica will release the results of the readers poll.<br></p><p>Via <a href="https://audioeclectica.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/end-of-the-year-list-2017-best-bassist/" target="_blank">Audioeclectica</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/49726722017-12-11T18:44:07-05:002017-12-11T20:45:33-05:00Mutoid Man x Royal Thunder // Motörhead Cover<figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-provider="youtube" data-orig-width="540" data-orig-height="304" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DLOkNMBrVnGk%26feature%3Dyoutu.be"><iframe width="540" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LOkNMBrVnGk?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure><p>Another great cover by <a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> with guest vocals by Mlny of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RoyalThunderMusic/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">ROYAL THUNDER</a> playing Ace of Spades homage to the mighty <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OfficialMotorhead/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">Official Motörhead</a> for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/2M2LN/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">Two Minutes To Late Night</a>.<br></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/49726732017-12-11T16:03:09-05:002017-12-11T20:45:34-05:00Mutoid Man – “War Moans” #1 Album 2017 // Metal Assault<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="624" data-orig-width="1200"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/bface703744dc3dc7b9e5299c533bc0d/tumblr_inline_p0te9furE81sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-provider="youtube" data-orig-width="540" data-orig-height="304" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DP1griB-cC10"><iframe width="540" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P1griB-cC10?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure><p><b>#1. Mutoid Man – War Moans</b>: Brooklyn, New York power trio Mutoid Man formed in 2012 and was initially recognized as a side project featuring members of Converge and Cave In, but rapidly carved out their own identity with the 2013 debut EP ‘Helium Head’ and the 2015 full-length ‘Bleeder’, and in 2017 they left no stone unturned in stamping the authority of the Mutoid Man name. Their second LP ‘War Moans’ arrived this year and formed a vice-like grip straightaway upon anyone and everyone who gave it a listen, only strengthening it several fold with every subsequent listen. Combining elements of thrash, hardcore, prog and math rock with sprinklings of many other styles and sub-genre, ‘War Moans’ boasts the organic feel of a typical power trio but at the same time defies the simplicity of Mutoid Man’s three-piece setup with song structures and sonic patterns so rich, dynamic and complex. With 12 instantly mesmerizing tunes, this one is a winner from start to finish, and simply does not fade away till the very end. Vocalist/guitarist Stephen Brodsky puts in the absolute best recording performance of the year bar none, as do drummer Ben Koller and bassist Nick Cageao on their respective instruments, and together, they have created the best album of 2017. ‘War Moans’ triumphs over all else that surfaced this year in the world of heavy music.<br></p><p>Full list via <a href="http://metalassault.com/2017/12/11/best-albums-of-2017/4/" target="_blank">Metal Assault</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/49726742017-12-11T15:22:25-05:002017-12-11T20:45:34-05:00Mutoid Man // Extra Japan Date<figure data-orig-width="676" data-orig-height="960" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/8232f146762ca47498455c4e57ccf201/tumblr_inline_p0tb1a1W4Z1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> added a headlining show in Tokyo, Japan at Shindaita Fever (Jan 14) with support from <a href="https://endon.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Endon</a> and Disgunder.<br></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/49676402017-12-07T14:57:28-05:002017-12-07T21:00:42-05:00Mutoid Man’s “War Moans” on 20 Best Metal Albums of 2017 // Rolling Stone<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="105" data-orig-width="460"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/1979ed2d1da6b12f4574854d056bfaa5/tumblr_inline_p0lwjvtz8L1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="107" data-orig-width="758"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/4c4a2ac5f56b632eeb521c5c9d98bb5f/tumblr_inline_p0lwldR05X1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="660" data-orig-width="660"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/0ec15d0dd6412a2163f01aeee463096d/tumblr_inline_p0lwm3ShCg1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p><a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a>, the hyperactive supergroup spearheaded by Cave In singer/guitarist Stephen Brodsky and Converge drummer Ben Koller, skillfully rides the rail between highbrow progcore and knuckleheaded hesher rock. Their second full-length is full of ripping, sub-three-minute rollercoaster rides jam-packed with finger-twisting riffs, head-snapping tempo shifts, oddball time signatures and jackhammer rhythms. Add in some well-placed, left-field guest spots – former Megadeth shredder Marty Friedman unleashes fury on the epic title track; Chelsea Wolfe lends her ethereal vocals to the crushing power-ballad closer “Bandages” – and you have an album that sounds like it was probably as much fun to make as it is to listen to. You can even hear Brodsky laughing in “Kiss of Death.” <i>R.B.</i><br></p><p>Full list via <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/20-best-metal-albums-of-2017-w513250/mutoid-man-war-moans-w513281" target="_blank">Rolling Stone</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/49658112017-12-06T18:56:47-05:002019-12-18T07:51:34-05:00Rig Rundown: Mutoid Man's Stephen Brodsky // Premier Guitar<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="93" data-orig-width="490"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/4b69993362927a6879189d2e1745bad8/tumblr_inline_p0kcz0r5lz1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="706" data-orig-width="557"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/84e0d2c4be3053a4fe48df38c5048b6f/tumblr_inline_p0kd3ad9qp1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-provider="youtube" data-orig-width="540" data-orig-height="304" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DIQlBOm3_E8M"><iframe width="540" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IQlBOm3_E8M?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure><p>Full rundown via <a href="https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/26610-rig-rundown-mutoid-mans-stephen-brodsky" target="_blank">Premier Guitar</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/49644462017-12-05T20:20:27-05:002017-12-06T00:15:26-05:00Mutoid Man “War Moans” #1 Album of 2017 // Metal Sucks<figure data-orig-width="1000" data-orig-height="500" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/a24726989efd927badd3427b716a81ef/tumblr_inline_p0im5vedKM1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="604" data-orig-height="637" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/c2f9eec0f9fc893bc8fd95d8cf9a3e1d/tumblr_inline_p0im8ve2zu1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>My favorite albums usually come with a complete aesthetic—the cover art, band logo, songwriting, and sonic atmosphere combine to form a unified front that represents me in a personal way (think To Mega Therion). Maybe that’s why I am so dumbstruck by <a href="http://Mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a>’s second studio album, because I don’t feel that way at all about Mutoid Man. I hate their dumbass bubble logo, and I think their merch looks silly, and the cover of the record is cool but not awesome. And yet, every single one of the twelve songs on War Moans rocks me to my core. From the driving blitzkrieg of positivity that is “Melt Your Mind” to the closing melancholy of gut-wrenching heartbreaker “Bandages”, this album has me excited, energized, and entertained in ways I thought were no longer possible. I sing these songs while cooking in my kitchen. I drum my fingers on the subway pole to them. I post the lyrics on my Twitter, like a jackass. Without the aid of any window dressing, on the wings of musicianship alone, Mutoid Man have won 2017 for me. On War Moans, they have proved that if your music is unbeatable, you can do anything you want. A diamond served in a Big Mac wrapper by your math teacher is still a motherfucking gem.</p>
<iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4067097325/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=e99708/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/war-moans" target="_blank">War Moans by Mutoid Man</a></iframe><p>Full list via <a href="http://www.metalsucks.net/2017/12/05/sucking-all-the-way-to-the-bank-emperor-rhombus-top-fifteen-metal-albums-of-2017/" target="_blank">Metal Sucks</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/49619462017-12-04T15:53:49-05:002017-12-04T16:30:22-05:00Mutoid Man Cover KESHA’s “Bastards” // Metal Injection<figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-provider="youtube" data-orig-width="540" data-orig-height="304" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DWPJWGKN-M3g"><iframe width="540" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WPJWGKN-M3g?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure><p>Last week, Two Minutes to Late Night released a killer cover which featured Royal Thunder frontwoman Mlny Parsons joining <a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> for a <a href="http://www.metalinjection.net/video/royal-thunder-mutoid-man-members-cover-miley-cyrus-wrecking-ball" target="_blank">very powerful cover of Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball”</a> – it was so awesome, the collective is back for another round. This time, they change it up by taking Kesha’s song “Bastards” and covering it in the style of Motorhead. Another interesting take.<br></p><p>Full article via <a href="http://www.metalinjection.net/video/keshas-bastards-covered-in-the-style-of-motorhead-by-mutoid-man-royal-thunder-is-great" target="_blank">Metal Injection</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/49512612017-11-27T18:03:31-05:002017-11-27T18:55:09-05:00Mutoid Man Cover Miley Cyrus // Two Minutes to Late Night<figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-provider="youtube" data-orig-width="540" data-orig-height="304" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Di5brZylfhEM%26feature%3Dyoutu.be"><iframe width="540" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i5brZylfhEM?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure><p><a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> turn “Wrecking Ball” by Miley Cyrus into a doom balled lead by the mighty Mel of <a href="http://www.royalthunderofficial.com/" target="_blank">Royal Thunder</a> thanks to the <a href="http://www.twominutestolatenight.com/" target="_blank">Two Minutes to Late Night </a>team!<br></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/49511462017-11-27T13:36:00-05:002017-11-27T17:30:33-05:00Mutoid Man // Rock on the Range<figure data-orig-width="1200" data-orig-height="1200" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/f6feba83acc7269012ae6614c35b1af4/tumblr_inline_p03a2pz7z81sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>May 2018, <a href="https://mutoidman.com/" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> are coming to Columbas, OH to play <a href="http://rockontherange.com/" target="_blank">Rock on the Range</a>. \m/<br></p><p>More info <a href="http://rockontherange.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/49337782017-11-15T13:36:44-05:002017-11-15T13:54:19-05:00Mutoid Man // Roadburn 2018<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="906" data-orig-width="639"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/51546023f37f794f4b334482f6b7fedd/tumblr_inline_ozh27p3taZ1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure>
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<a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> will be breaking the law at <a href="http://roadburn.com/band/mutoid-man/" target="_blank">Roadburn Festival </a>on Friday, April 20.</h2>
<p>More info <a href="http://roadburn.com/band/mutoid-man/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/49175162017-11-02T19:04:53-04:002017-11-15T13:53:34-05:00Vote Ben Koller // Modern Drummer 2018 Readers Poll<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="850" data-orig-width="2000"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/modern-drummer-2018-readers-poll/" target="_blank"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/4aba789473584783ce47bcfefe89871a/tumblr_inline_ozh1ohGFVg1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></a></figure>
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<p>Vote for Ben Koller (<a href="https://sargenthouse.com/mutoid-man">Mutoid Man</a>) in the <a href="https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/modern-drummer-2018-readers-poll/">2018 Modern Drummer Readers Poll</a> as Best Metal Drummer.</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/48558602017-09-18T20:38:06-04:002017-11-15T13:54:26-05:00Mutoid Man Announce Japanese Dates // Leave Them All Behind 2018<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="4086" data-orig-width="2894"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/ecce9c783e3fd3a0e42b000f31a6107f/tumblr_inline_owi4dqLV8Q1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure>
<p>Leave Them All Behind 2018</p>
<p>Jan 11 Umeda, Osaka @ Trad<br>Jun 13 Shimokitazawa, Tokyo @ Garden</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/48487502017-09-13T13:57:19-04:002017-09-13T15:01:09-04:00Mutoid Man ‘Electrify the Electric Factory’ // Metal Insider<figure data-orig-width="720" data-orig-height="229" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/9474d6b3f4503bd2e1ef970a19ea4dbc/tumblr_inline_ow8bs8WpQv1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="768" data-orig-height="512" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/08c012e4c139ea2844a4ab027f7af3b0/tumblr_inline_ow8c56LjQ41sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><i>Full article by <a href="http://www.metalinsider.net/author/jeff-podoshen" title="Posts by Jeff Podoshen" target="_blank">Jeff Podoshen</a> via</i> <a href="http://www.metalinsider.net/reviews/review-mutoid-man-corrosion-of-conformity-electrify-the-electric-factory" target="_blank">Metal Insider</a></p><p>I was excited to see <a href="http://sargenthouse.come/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> as I’ve been a fan of guitarist Stephen Brodsky’s Cave In since their first record many years ago. As many know by now, Brodsky’s latest project is quite different from Cave In and his later project, Pet Genius, though the guitar and the vocal sounds in Mutoid Man are signature Brodsky. While Stephen was know for an intense amount of diversity in his Cave In work – as the band released records that ranged from punishing post-hardcore to space rock to more accessible melodic rock – they all contained a distinct edge. (If you really want to hear something rather unique check out Cave In’s cover of “I Love I Jah” on the 1999 tribute to the Bad Brains released on Century Media). Mutoid Man, as they showed a very impressed Philly crowd last Friday, are definitely metal with a good dose of punk in the attitude department but with some pop/rock appeal. And they are all energy, all the time.<br></p><!-- more --><figure data-orig-width="768" data-orig-height="512" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/b95c931f6408c3fcf914b0bda099ac66/tumblr_inline_ow8ce95wZS1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><br></p><p>Rounding out Mutoid Man are drummer Ben Koller, also of Cave In and Converge, and bassist Nick Cageao, of <i>Pink Flamingos</i> fandom. All three are extremely talented players and interact with one another very well on stage – sans this thing that they do where they constantly flip each other off. I guess I’m too old to understand the cultural significance of this practice. Likely it is something that came about when all of the working class folk were driven out of Brooklyn by the noveau hipsteriche, so when this trends crosses over the bridge into Staten Island I might start to get it.</p><p>The guys were clearly pumped to play Philly and while many of the listeners in attendance may not have been familiar with the band before they took the stage, the room quickly filled in and I noticed a good number of people come down from the bar and move to the rail and edge of the balcony for a closer look. They began with the perfect opener, “Melt Your Mind,” which is the first cut off their wonderfully listenable and approachable <i>War Moans</i>, which is out on <a href="http://sargenthouse.com" target="_blank">Sargent House</a>. The band moved into the next four tracks on <i>War Moans</i>, gaining more crowd attention with every pose, every riff and acknowledgment from the guys on stage. The crowd also loved the band’s little foray in Zeppelin territory with their take on “Communication Breakdown.”</p><p>While most of the songs were from the latest record (their strongest work to date) they did throw in a few from their early releases like “1000 Mile Stare” and “Bridgeburner.” My disappointment of the set: they didn’t play “Bandages”. Now I can understand why; they’re the opener on a tour that features Danzig of all bands and they run the risk of hostility from Danzig’s less than empathetic crowd and “Bandages” is as close to a ballad as this band is going to provide. But damn… with the help of Chelsea Wolfe these guys recorded one of the greatest cuts of 2017. All in all, no matter what your pleasure, you’re likely going to love seeing Mutoid Man. This was my first time seeing them perform and I was easily won over. Love the musicianship and they have a tremendous and fun presence on stage. Check them out and strike a pose!</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/48380832017-09-05T15:12:00-04:002017-10-04T14:57:08-04:00Mutoid Man Tour Begins in 2 Days<blockquote>
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<p>Don’t miss Mutoid Man live! More info <a href="https://mutoidman.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>
<p>Sep 07 Hampton Beach, NH @ Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom*<br>Sep 08 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory*<br>Sep 09 Montclair, NJ @ The Wellmont Theater*<br>Sep 11 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount*<br>Sep 12 Lewiston, NY @ Artpark Amphitheatre*<br>Sep 14 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre*<br>Sep 15 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore*<br>Oct 31 Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall^<br>Nov 01 Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw^<br>Nov 04 Durham, NC @ Motorco^<br>Nov 05 Knoxville, TN @ The Concourse^<br>Nov 07 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Hell)^<br>Nov 08 Nashville, TN @ Exit / In^</p>
<p>w/ Danzig *<br>w/ Boris ^</p>
</blockquote>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/48213972017-08-21T20:09:50-04:002017-10-04T14:57:26-04:00Mutoid Man’s Signature Guitar Models // Guitar World<blockquote>
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<p><i>by Brad Tolinski , photo by <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/artist-news/post-hardcore-supergroup-mutoid-man-get-little-help-marty-friedman/31610#" target="_blank">Jammi York</a></i></p>
<p>You may not have heard of Mutoid Man, but it seems like just about everyone else has. Not only does this Brooklyn-based outfit’s sensational new album, War Moans, feature special guest guitar icon Marty Friedman, but they’ve already earned the ultimate stamp of rock and roll legitimacy—their own signature guitars.</p>
<p><a class="tmblr-truncated-link read_more" href="http://sargenthouse.tumblr.com/post/164463060968/mutoid-mans-signature-guitar-models-guitar" target="_blank">Keep reading</a></p>
</blockquote>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/48173562017-08-17T13:22:37-04:002020-12-03T01:34:54-05:00Mutoid Man’s Pedals & Creative Process // Delicious Audio<figure data-orig-width="1045" data-orig-height="97" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/efd1545631922598dcacaa683eda5f21/tumblr_inline_ouuam5yebw1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="745" data-orig-height="612" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/d9d3726d80f38bd356b29fdd2f33936c/tumblr_inline_ouuaikhc8y1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><i>PC: Jammi York </i><br></p><p>Sludgy, frenetic, and surprisingly melodic, <a href="https://mutoidman.com/" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> serves up nasty, heavy jams with a side of skilled riffage. Their latest release, War Moans, is 12-tracks worth of head spinning metal aptitude, so of course, we here at the Deli were very curious as to what kind of gear went into making their signature gut-busting sound. <i>– by Olivia Sisinni</i></p><p><b>What feelings, events, people, records, inspired your latest album War Moans?</b></p><p>Feelings of joy, persistence, happiness, and gleeful rage are all present on <a href="https://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/war-moans" target="_blank">War Moans</a>. We found lots of musical inspiration from our peers on the road last year, sharing the stage with <a href="http://pedals.thedelimagazine.com/wp-content/themes/newsight/ad728test.php?video_id=DnYO7iQfQDQ&title=Baroness" target="_blank">Baroness</a>, <a href="http://pedals.thedelimagazine.com/wp-content/themes/newsight/ad728test.php?video_id=k0g-TcjDf68&title=Gwar" target="_blank">Gwar</a>, <a href="http://pedals.thedelimagazine.com/wp-content/themes/newsight/ad728test.php?video_id=dm3zkZX_FxI&title=Converge" target="_blank">Converge</a>, etc… and of course, when <a href="http://chelseawolfe.net" target="_blank">Chelsea Wolfe</a> and <a href="http://pedals.thedelimagazine.com/wp-content/themes/newsight/ad728test.php?video_id=pXECaAsYD-s&title=Marty%20Friedman" target="_blank">Marty Friedman</a> are down to collab on your album, it’s hard not to be stoked.</p><figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-provider="youtube" data-orig-width="540" data-orig-height="304" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FU2OBw-LhNto"><iframe width="540" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/U2OBw-LhNto?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure><p><b>Can you talk a bit about the themes that encompass this release?</b></p><p>The perversion of sex occupies our day-to-day in some shape or form, from product advertising to the the fact that any type of porn is accessible within seconds on our handheld devices. War Moansacknowledges this perversion and celebrates it having a home in the world of rock ‘n’ roll, continuing the tradition of this being a perfectly acceptable place for all forms of sexual expression.</p><p><b>Was there a person outside the band that had an important role in shaping your sound?</b></p><p>Kurt Ballou who recorded War Moans and also our previous album <a href="https://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/bleeder" target="_blank">Bleeder</a> is a good suck filter – we welcome his oftentimes blunt manner of guiding the production and occasional song writing, which usually leads to us doing better work.<br></p><!-- more --><p><b>Did you guys work on a new or improved guitar sound for this record, and, if so, what made everything click?</b></p><p>I played an <a href="http://pedals.thedelimagazine.com/wp-content/themes/newsight/ad728test.php?video_id=v9SNMxgY3YM&title=Aria%20Pro%20II%20XX-MS%201985%20Flying%20V" target="_blank">Aria Pro II XX-MS 1985 Flying V</a> with stock pick ups that I bought last year. It’s built for speed and really helps me wrangle the faster tempo stuff. We used the same amp on War Moans as we did with Bleeder – a Gibson Titan from the 60’s. This time we added more soundproofing foam in the live room to give the drum tracks greater isolation, and I think you can hear noticeable improvement in the overall mix.</p><p><b>How much of your distortion is amp and how much of it is pedals? </b></p><p>I like to dial in amp gain to the point of it sounding like speakers breaking up naturally, then I’ll add the external overdrive. If need be, I’ll push the amp gain harder when the floor needs extra shaking.</p><p><b>Tell us about your first time with… a guitar pedal. How old were you and what did you stomp on?</b></p><p>I started playing an acoustic guitar at age 12 and quickly became impatient to crank things up a notch with an electric. I remember driving with my folks to buy a used Rickenbacker practice amp… this thing was tiny and very basic but it didn’t matter – I was so excited to play through it, thinking “finally I’ll sound just like of all my favorite rock n roll and metal albums!” Of course when I plugged in, the sound was way cleaner than I’d hoped and the only way to get any gain was to pin every knob to 10 and strum the guitar as hard as possible – even then it provided soft gain at best. Several broken strings later, I’d managed to savesome paper route money and bought my first distortion pedal – the <a href="http://pedals.thedelimagazine.com/wp-content/themes/newsight/ad728test.php?video_id=9qx0GhcSWlc&title=DOD%20American%20Metal" target="_blank">DOD American Metal</a>, which I still own to this day. Game changer for sure! Recently I listened back to some cassette boombox recordings I’d made around that time and thought “This tone would be right at home on those early Hellhammer and Darkthrone albums”, both of which were way off my radar in 1993!</p><p>I still get nostalgic for the old <a href="http://pedals.thedelimagazine.com/wp-content/themes/newsight/ad728test.php?video_id=c3LQRM_9178&title=Yamaha%20stereo%20Flanger%20pedal" target="_blank">Yamaha stereo Flanger pedal</a> sound from the 80’s. It was the first “effect” pedal I owned and that was my way of exploring the feeling of how Nirvana used stereo chorus on “Nevermind”. Later on, I’d say discovering the<a href="http://pedals.thedelimagazine.com/wp-content/themes/newsight/ad728test.php?video_id=1N68u96-zvU&title=%20Boss%20PS-3" target="_blank"> Boss PS-3</a> was a major revelation, as it contains a particular setting which mirrors a distinct shimmery sound that’s existed deep in my musical imagination for several years. My band Cave In obviously exploited this sound to the degree in which Kurt Ballou now calls that pedal the “Caveinator” haha.</p><figure data-orig-width="612" data-orig-height="459" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/d533116d30a1126ddb4cc0bbde5e9537/tumblr_inline_ouub0uy0rJ1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><b>What do you have on your pedalboard these days?</b></p><p>Pictured above is my basic set up for Mutoid Man. Yellow tape arrows indicate the [Boss PS-5] <a href="http://pedals.thedelimagazine.com/wp-content/themes/newsight/ad728test.php?video_id=fNmRMJZU240&title=Super%20Shifter" target="_blank">Super Shifter</a> quick octave up for piercing eardrums and a slowdiving octave down for brown note central. There’s a <a href="http://pedals.thedelimagazine.com/wp-content/themes/newsight/ad728test.php?video_id=lvda3RVczhg&title=reverse%20delay" target="_blank">reverse delay</a> for mild trippy ambience, flanger, octave down laser-like sonic intensity mimicking some intergalactic bass playing <a href="http://pedals.thedelimagazine.com/wp-content/themes/newsight/ad728test.php?video_id=RhMlYAwdxKc&title=alien%20phenom" target="_blank">alien phenom</a> , a <a href="http://pedals.thedelimagazine.com/wp-content/themes/newsight/ad728test.php?video_id=_jVITuwiw-g&title=sampler%20pedal" target="_blank">sampler pedal</a> for when I get lonely as the lone guitar player in a band and want some loopy company, octave up for more sharp frequency violence upon unsuspecting eardrums, and a (sexual) <a href="http://pedals.thedelimagazine.com/wp-content/themes/newsight/ad728test.php?video_id=98u-MDTKAWU&title=organ%20simulator" target="_blank">organ simulator</a> for me to launch into “take me out to the ballgame” at any given moment.</p><p><b>What’s your favorite pedal on your board right now?</b></p><p>The [Electro-Harmonix] <a href="http://pedals.thedelimagazine.com/wp-content/themes/newsight/ad728test.php?video_id=98u-MDTKAWU&title=B-9" target="_blank">B-9</a> is pretty great as it tracks one’s playing super well – it’s also a happy medium for all the years I’ve said how badly I wanna take piano lessons.</p><figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-provider="youtube" data-orig-width="540" data-orig-height="304" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FP1griB-cC10"><iframe width="540" height="304" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P1griB-cC10?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure><p><b>Are there any stompboxes you are itching to buy?</b><br></p><p>I’m looking to pick up an <a href="http://pedals.thedelimagazine.com/wp-content/themes/newsight/ad728test.php?video_id=iVUpLbKgmrs&title=Eterna" target="_blank">Eterna</a> [a reverb from Mr. Black]. Also we used the <a href="http://pedals.thedelimagazine.com/wp-content/themes/newsight/ad728test.php?video_id=Inb8sUgpdVk&title=Boss%20Vocoder" target="_blank">Boss Vocoder</a> all over War Moans to the point where it might actually be busted haha – I dig it so much that I’ll prolly buy a new one if that’s the case. Strymon is making some cool stuff. Also been getting back into messing around with envelope filter – I’m sure technology has come leaps and bounds since the DOD version from the early 90’s.</p><p><b>Are there any up-and-coming New York bands that you’re really excited about?</b></p><p>I think Sarahbeth from the band <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TOWERnyc/" target="_blank">Tower</a> has one of the most killer voices in the entire city.</p><p><a href="http://pedals.thedelimagazine.com/mutoid-man-pedals-creative-process/" target="_blank">FULL ARTICLE</a> </p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/48067582017-08-08T11:00:30-04:002017-08-08T12:45:22-04:00Mutoid Man announce dates with Danzig<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1200" data-orig-width="827"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/09a2a53c1652838b38e1c251ccf5a523/tumblr_inline_ouc80fXVSP1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p>Mutoid Man will support Danzig alongside Corrosion Of Conformity this fall. Dates below:</p><p>SEP 07 Hampton Beach, NH @ Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom<br>SEP 08 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory <br>SEP 09 Montclair, NJ @ The Wellmont Theater<br>SEP 11 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount<br>SEP 12 Lewiston, NY @ Artpark Amphitheater<br>SEP 14 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre<br>SEP 15 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/47772932017-07-12T19:04:42-04:002017-07-12T23:09:15-04:00Mutoid Man in New Noise Magazine Issue 33<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="2250" data-orig-width="3000"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/3b5282eed9c000ce5a1fc217ccf53ca8/tumblr_inline_ot02fgPoZ11sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p><a href="https://sargenthouse.com/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> is features in New Noise Magazine Issue 33.</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/47579682017-06-26T15:21:33-04:002017-06-26T16:47:04-04:00Mutoid Man Add Fall Dates w/ Boris and Endon<figure data-orig-width="1504" data-orig-height="913" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/f6ccc95bdc477a5e30f47af3aeb84696/tumblr_inline_os65kqQVUE1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><a href="http://sargenthouse.com/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> just added some shows with <a href="http://sargenthouse.com/boris" target="_blank">Boris</a> & <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tokyodionysos/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">ENDON</a> this fall but first, July tour with <a href="http://sargenthouse.com/helms-alee" target="_blank">Helms Alee</a>. More info <a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><!-- more --><p><br><b>SUMMER TOUR W/ HELMS ALEE</b><br>July 6 Seattle, WA @ Neumos<br>July 7 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater<br>July 8 San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s<br>July 10 Los Angeles, CA @ Resident<br>July 11 Santa Ana, CA @ The Constellation Room<br>July 12 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah<br>July 13 Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge<br>July 14 Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar<br>July 15 Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall<br>July 16 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge</p><p><b>FALL DATES W/ BORIS & ENDON</b><br>10/31 – Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall<br>11/01 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw<br>11/04 – Durham, NC @ Motorco<br>11/05 – Knoxville, TN @ The Concourse<br>11/07 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade Hell<br>11/08 – Nashville, TN @ Exit / In</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/47542542017-06-22T14:35:22-04:002017-06-22T18:33:15-04:00Mutoid Man featured in August 2017 issue of Decibel Magazine // on newsstands now!<figure data-orig-width="634" data-orig-height="812" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/3c5e61c27e9857be7b12ee9c0d5155c9/tumblr_inline_oryo4k7DfR1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><a href="https://mutoidman.com/" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> // <a href="http://decibelmagazine.com/best-new-noise/2017/6/12/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Decibel Magazine</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/47441472017-06-13T20:10:44-04:002017-06-13T23:33:36-04:00Mutoid Man in Guitar World Magazine<figure data-orig-width="887" data-orig-height="960" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/2f5cc5571e447a7cf4d12fc2d38cdcba/tumblr_inline_orifttuYEc1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p>Check out the feature on <a href="https://mutoidman.com/stephen-brodsky" target="_blank">Stephen Brodsky</a> and <a href="https://mutoidman.com/nicholas-cageao" target="_blank">Nick Cageao</a> in the August 2017 issue of <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/" target="_blank">Guitar World</a> – on newsstands now.</p><p>And don’t miss Mutoid Man on their US tour <a href="https://mutoidman.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/47424282017-06-12T14:07:05-04:002017-06-12T18:17:05-04:00Mutoid Man // Decibel Review<figure data-orig-width="250" data-orig-height="50"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/2b0a5116df605c384a9f4d77d769f8c3/tumblr_inline_org4hwW0By1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="750" data-orig-height="750" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/9f8e8f1afe54d683ee3b9455d3bdf1e8/tumblr_inline_org4i86ajo1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="250" data-orig-height="102"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/facf4269a0f0a453062362757b0ec851/tumblr_inline_org4i7sVPR1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><a href="http://sargenthouse.com/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> are our new Van Halen, and their trajectory already looks pretty similar to Eddie and Alex’s prime with Diamond Dave. <a href="https://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/helium-head" target="_blank">Helium Head</a> was their Van Halen, a raw release of proficient energy that showed a brighter side to Steve Brodsky and Ben Koller’s mathcore pasts. </p><!-- more --><p><a href="https://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/bleeder" target="_blank">Bleeder</a> resembles II and Women and Children First by finding new edges without sacrificing the fun, with Nick Cageao joining as Michael Anthony with Ben Green’s tone. <a href="https://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/war-moans" target="_blank">War Moans</a> is their Fair Warning, still rife with shreddy catchiness but a bit more impenetrable. There’s still a ton of spazz—“Melt Your Mind” is cut from the same hyperactive cloth as Bleeder’s leadoff, “Bridgeburner”—that’s tempered by the relative sludginess of “Kiss of Death” and the title track. The balance works, as it makes a track like “Headrush”—a contrast between hardcore and lofty Steve Harris instrumental—even more hellish. Brodsky’s Klaus Meine impression is more convincing, capturing not just his cadence but his ability to grin when doom is a next door neighbor. “Kiss of Death” in particular sounds like Kurt Ballou replaced Rudolf Schenker and is hellbent on leading Brodsky into an endless rat race. Darker by design or just circumstance? Hard to tell in these times. There’s more keyboard here, mostly background texture, and cosmic organ lays the foundation for the spacey and beautiful “Bandages.” Finally, they manage to just chill out, and Brodsky can summon a Space Ritual—is it blissful? War certainly is.<br></p><p>Via <a href="http://decibelmagazine.com/best-new-noise/2017/6/12/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Decibel 8/10</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/47396602017-06-09T13:28:35-04:002020-10-15T06:40:42-04:00Mutoid Man "Date With The Devil" Live<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P1griB-cC10" width="560" height="315" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0"></iframe><p>Check out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1griB-cC10" target="_blank">“Date With The Devil”</a> live at God City - this song will fuck you silly. Don’t miss us on our summer tour with <a href="https://sargenthouse.com/helms-alee" target="_blank">Helms Alee</a> info posted <a href="https://mutoidman.com/shows" target="_blank">HERE.</a></p><!-- more --><p>June 9 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean <br>June 10 Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle Brewing - SOLD OUT <br>June 12 Dallas, TX @ Curtain Club <br>June 13 Austin, TX @ Barracuda <br>June 14 Houston, TX @ The Studio at Warehouse Live <br>June 15 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon <br>June 16 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Hell) <br>June 17 Orlando, FL @ The Social <br>June 19 Raleigh, NC @ King's <br>June 20 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts - Black Box </p><p>July 06 Seattle, WA @ Neumos <br>July 07 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater <br>July 08 San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s <br>July 10 Los Angeles, CA @ Resident <br>July 11 Santa Ana, CA @ The Constellation Room <br>July 12 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah <br>July 13 Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge <br>July 14 Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar <br>July 15 Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall <br>July 16 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge </p><p>Video: Jay Zucco</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/47355832017-06-06T13:09:27-04:002017-06-06T16:16:46-04:00Interview with Ben Koller // Invisible Oranges<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/158408/d70d5f8632fb33606fc33de478ae4f14290186d0/original/screen-shot-2017-06-06-at-9-55-39-am.png?1496768461" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/158408/162fe1e37e5017ff9033c440f3b65815ea3f0867/original/screen-shot-2017-06-06-at-9-55-56-am.png?1496768462" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/158408/19aa4a12da1484999a70fc8d0c3478be256e9be9/original/benkollerblog.jpg?1496768469" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><p><a href="https://mutoidman.com/benjamin-koller" target="_blank">Ben Koller</a> is one of the most prolific drummers in heavy music. In each of his bands—<a href="https://sargenthouse.com/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a>, Converge, All Pigs Must Die, and Killer Be Killed—he’s a Swiss Army knife, playing a variety of styles with panache. One moment he’ll be blasting on par with Dave Witte, and then he’ll smoothly change to the lurching heaviness of Jason Roeder. Koller’s drumming has a feel that’s undeniably his own, which is rare in a world with so many mechanical players. </p><!-- more --><p>That feel has its stink all over Mutoid Man’s War Moans. The LP keeps the hair-metal- party-gone-wrong vibe of previous LP Bleeder intact, but it also delves into ballad and even pseudo-dance territory, creating an unshakable urge to headbang while doing the running man. </p><p>Koller sat down with Invisible Oranges to discuss War Moans and the things that have shaped him into the drummer he is today. </p><p>-J.J. Anselmi </p><iframe src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4012094723/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/bleeder&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; href=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/bleeder&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Bleeder by Mutoid Man&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</iframe><p></p><p>How do you see War Moans in comparison to Bleeder? </p><p>It’s probably a little more comfortable, as in being comfortable doing what we want and not having any guidelines. We wrote a wide range of songs on this one, and the production is definitely better. We allotted more time in the studio to make sure we were totally happy with the way it sounds. On Bleeder, we felt a bit rushed. We did the whole thing — tracking, mixing, everything — in about 10 days. That record came out great, and I’m really happy with it, but it almost felt like a second demo with better production. War Moans sounds more like a fully realized band. </p><p>From balls-out rock and thrash to the dance groove in “Kiss of Death,” it’s clear that Mutoid Man has a wide range of influences. But War Moans also has a cohesive feel. </p><p>I’d like to think that now we just sound like us — like Steve, Nick, and Ben — so no matter what styles we venture into on the record, we still sound like Mutoid Man, which is what I admire about bands like Dillinger, Mastodon and Baroness. It’s always unmistakably them. That’s what makes a band really special: you can immediately tell who it is when they start playing. </p><p>We didn’t have any boundaries when we were writing. When we were joking around about writing a ballad, we were like, “Fuck it, let’s do it.” We were listening to a lot of Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s “Lucky Man” and Mötley Crüe’s “Without You” at the time and just decided to do a ballad. Steve [Brodsky] busted one out pretty much in the next breath, which became “Bandages,” the last song on the record with Chelsea Wolfe and Ben Chisholm adding a little extra magic to it. </p><p>I like to say that Mutoid Man is a culmination of everything we’ve ever listened to since were 12-years-old: from the classic Metallica to our peers in Mastodon, Dillinger and Baroness, and just about everything else — punk, hardcore, pop punk, metal, and thrash. It’s all in there in one big soup. </p><iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/322756871&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" frameborder="no"></iframe><p></p><p>When I think of Mutoid Man, I also think of Torche and Old Man Gloom, who make heavy music with a sense of humor. </p><p>It just naturally happens that we like to have fun onstage, and we like to joke around off-stage. We’re all big fans of stand-up comedy and good friends with Torche and Old Man Gloom. We have fun and like to show it, and I think it’s good for the audience. It’s not fun to see a band when they’re super uncomfortable and just plant their feet, stare at the ground, and try to play their songs as perfectly as possible. We like to improv, and Mutoid Man shows are a bit different every night because we take liberties here and there with songs. We try to keep it loose and fun and put on a good show for people. </p><p>How different is the writing process for Mutoid Man compared to Converge? </p><p>There are actually a lot of similarities. You just start with basic riffs and build from there: jam a little, demo those jams, and then listen back and fine-tune. Most of it starts with guitar riff ideas that Brodsky will send to Nick and me in a text message. He wakes up in the morning, plays guitar in his underwear, sends us riffs, and asks what we think. When we get together, we jam on those ideas and the songs evolve from there. </p><p>What’s one of your favorite songs to play from </p><p>Probably “Kiss of Death” because it’s a slow creeper. There’s not a whole lot of super fast stuff on it, so you can really lay into it. That song and “Date with the Devil” are similar in that way. It’s more pocket playing rather than overplaying, which is more of what I’m used to. Venturing into pocket playing is getting fun for me, which I wasn’t that into in the past. I love the songs where I can just find a groove and use the Chuck Biscuits and John Bonham caveman approach—but where it’s a caveman that’s pretty good at geometry and algebra. A metrosexual caveman. </p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/U2OBw-LhNto" width="560" height="315" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0"></iframe><p></p><p>When did you start playing drums, and did you take lessons? </p><p>I started playing in about 1992, when I was 12. I had a drum pad first, and that was a drag, so I had to figure out how to get a kit. Then I got a really crappy drum kit with mismatched brands, but I didn’t care because it was something to bash on. I took lessons from a couple guys for a few years, like this little Italian guy named Philip Vitale, who was a Latin and orchestral player in the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra. He had a huge impact on me. He was kind of a nut, as a lot of drummers are. He would coach me on rudiments, and, to get me to play faster, he’d smack my hands with a drumstick, trying to motivate me in a funny but painful way. </p><p>I played all I could in high school. I was in concert band, jazz band, and elite jazz band. I also played in the pep band at basketball and hockey games, a Blues Brothers cover band, and three or so bands with my friends. I did everything I could to play as much as possible, because that’s all I wanted to do. </p><p>Who are some of the drummers who have influenced you the most, and what have you taken from them? </p><p>John Bonham and Dave Lombardo are two of the biggest ones. Bill Stevenson had a huge impact on me, because The Descendents and Black Flag were the first punk bands I listened to. I definitely incorporated that super-fast right hand surf style when I started playing in punk and hardcore bands. </p><p>Drummers from my first local shows probably had more of an influence on me than anyone. When I was first learning, I was going to a ton of shows and playing as much music as I could. I was in awe of every drummer I saw, even the ones who turned out to be not so good in the end. Nick Branigan from Bane was the first drummer I ever saw play a blastbeat when he was in Rise Again a million years ago. I had never seen a blastbeat before, and I was just in shock. I immediately went home and tried to figure it out. And again, I’m a huge fan of that Chuck Biscuits, chopping-wood style, but then combining that with the finesse of Keith Moon and John Bonham. </p><p>What was the first real band you were in? </p><p>That would be a band called Where’s Ben? We went to an open mic night at Cape Cod Community College to play our first show. When we were supposed to go on, I was at Taco Bell and didn’t make it, so we called the band Where’s Ben? We were a pretty bad pop punk/hardcore band. We had a song called “The STD Song” about chlamydia and gonorrhea. We listened to a lot of bands that mixed pop punk with hardcore, like Good Riddance, Suicide Machines, Strung Out and The Descendants—bands who played blazing metal riffs but were mostly pop punk. </p><p>Can you describe one of the worst shows you’ve ever played? </p><p>The first one that comes to mind is this festival that Converge played called Zwarte Cross in Holland in 2010. It was a huge extreme sports festival with dirt bikes and crazy stunts. We were basically the side show, and it was us and Papa Roach. Around 200,000 people were at the festival, but only a couple hundred people decided that we were worth their time. We got lots of sideways looks, and it was just really weird. Sometimes you take an offer for a festival and wonder why the hell you’re there. You just get up, punch the clock, do your job, and get off the stage. But sometimes those shows are the most fun because it can make you try harder to get a reaction out of people. You can get a little more loose because you think it doesn’t really matter, and sometimes it makes the show more energetic. </p><p>If you could do a collaboration with any active drummer, who would it be and why? </p><p>Probably my friend Chris Maggio, who was in Trap Them, Coliseum and Sleigh Bells, because he’s as much of a kook as me. We could start a band called Ludicrous Speed and just face each other’s drums and try to blastbeat each other to death. </p><p>I’ve always wanted to start a drummer podcast and just shoot the shit with all my drummer friends. Maybe one of these days I’ll get it together. </p><p>You’re one of the rare metal drummers who has a totally distinct style. Do you have any advice for drummers when it comes to developing their own feel? </p><p>I was never a sit-in-your-bedroom-and-practice-double-paradiddles-with-a-metronome-until-your-hands-fall-off-kind of drummer. I always went and played with other people. If I tried to count the number of bands I’ve been in, it would probably take me 24 hours, because I’ve been in dozens of random bands, side projects, and short-lived collaborations. That definitely affected the feel of how I play, because you absorb the musical vibe of whoever you jam with. Playing with Converge is totally different from playing with Mutoid Man, which is totally different from All Pigs Must Die, which is totally different from Killer Be Killed, because it’s all different musical personalities. That’s made me pretty adaptable. </p><p>I think it’s important to play what you love and play a lot, and not necessarily practice to a metronome in your bedroom for a million hours, unless that’s what you love. For me, I was always just into jamming with my friends as much as possible and keeping my chops up that way—being a band drummer and not a clinical drummer. </p><p>Via <a href="http://www.invisibleoranges.com/interview-ben-koller-converge-mutoid-man/" target="_blank">Invisible Oranges</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/47317732017-06-02T13:34:06-04:002017-06-02T18:33:32-04:00‘War Moans’ Is Out Now!<figure data-orig-width="1236" data-orig-height="1248" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/2b83530745ba3884f92dcf6fec8a34aa/tumblr_inline_oqxk8qOhNG1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>Happy release day from <a href="https://sargenthouse.com/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a>. Listen to ‘War Moans’ <a href="http://smarturl.it/MMWarMoans_Retail" target="_blank">HERE.</a><br><br>Hear why the critics are raving:</p><p>“a Motorhead-style punk/metal ripper ” - <a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/" target="_blank">Brooklyn Vegan</a></p><p>“Blistering” - <a href="http://onsequenceofsound.com" target="_blank">Consequence of Sound</a> <br><br>“From the shreddy fingers and wide vocal range of Stephen Brodsky, bass thunder of Nick Cageao, and creative complex drumming of Ben Koller, it’s never a dull moment with the Mutoid camp, and why have it any other way?” - <a href="http://www.metalinjection.net/" target="_blank">Metal Injection </a><br><br>“hits with a simplicity that reminds me of Motörhead” - <a href="http://www.stereogum.com/" target="_blank">Stereogum</a></p><p>Catch us on tour with <a href="https://sargenthouse.com/helms-alee" target="_blank">Helms Alee</a> this summer.</p><p>Dates Below:</p><!-- more --><p>June 4 Boston, MA @ Great Scott<br>June 5 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus<br>June 6 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus<br>June 7 Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery<br>June 8 Detroit, MI @ El Club<br>June 9 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean<br>June 10 Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle Brewing<br>June 12 Dallas, TX @ Curtain Club<br>June 13 Austin, TX @ Barracuda<br>June 14 Houston, TX @ The Studio at Warehouse Live<br>June 15 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon<br>June 16 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Hell)<br>June 17 Orlando, FL @ The Social<br>June 19 Raleigh, NC @ King’s<br>June 20 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts - Black Box<br>July 6 Seattle, WA @ Neumos<br>July 7 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater<br>July 8 San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s<br>July 10 Los Angeles, CA @ Resident<br>July 11 Santa Ana, CA @ The Constellation Room<br>July 12 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah<br>July 13 Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge<br>July 14 Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar<br>July 15 Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall<br>July 16 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge<br></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/47300142017-06-01T14:04:11-04:002021-01-28T08:51:42-05:009/10 for 'War Moans' by Mutoid Man // Metal Injection<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/97cdf731f9f0b1575838a43c9876f2f9f75174ee/original/screen-shot-2017-06-01-at-10-47-47-am.png?1496339602" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/21f4b1882e0c8664a4fd9dc08f65bc98a1420aa5/original/screen-shot-2017-06-01-at-10-48-23-am.png?1496339607" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/5cd74a021172eb3e5b05cbb768c320edc9557b75/original/screen-shot-2017-06-01-at-10-49-22-am.png?1496339619" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>The way <a contents="Mutoid Man" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://sargenthouse.com/mutoid-man">Mutoid Man</a> blends metal savagery with rock and roll catchiness is mind-blowing. Take the opening track “Melt Your Mind” off of War Moans (Sargent House), the guitar riffs come with a consistent heat as the rhythm whirls around and pops. The racing pace shoots forward, popping with vibrancy in bright guitar work and vocal inflection. This is just one of the many treats that make up War Moans, and its terrific blend of metal aggression, rock and roll attitude, and poppy tinges. </p>
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<p>The album comes with a rather unique theme in sexuality, specifically how things can become sexualized, and how society views sex as a whole. The record is pretty forward in these themes, especially with lines like, “Came inside Satan’s daughter/ nine months later, who’s the father?” With this, Mutoid Man present another work that captures a multitude of shades, vibes, and sounds. War Moans keeps the attitude at a pretty steady direction of aggression for a majority of its run time. That said, the album also tosses in some bouncy and fun electric rock. The drum work is always like that of a locomotive, constantly blasting its engines away. Most of the record’s flavor comes from the guitar, which has its moments of shredding riffs, to fluid smooth jams. The bass and vocals both add an attitude in their fuzz and various rockabilly-like inflections (respectively). </p>
<p>“Bone Chain” is fairly similar to the structure and style of the opening track. It goes for a time with clashing cymbals and hefty riffs, to lifting up the mood with sensual moans and playful guitar rhythms. “Micro Aggression” has the drumming going nonstop in its beat down, while also introducing a piercing sound to the guitar. “Kiss of Death” is the first time in four songs where the record slows things down. There’s a bluesy mood to the track with the guitar tone layering on the fuzz and coming off with more of heat. Minus the speed, the drumming comes down just as hard, but spacing its intensity throughout the track to provide more of a balance. </p>
<p>Just in its very beginning, War Moans already presents so much of a delectable buffet of goodies to seduce its audience. The rest of the album provides just as much flexibility, excitement, and wonder. “Wreck and Survive” is another moody jammer, tossing in some shocking moments of noise that sting the eardrums, before dropping into a bluesy-rock crawl. “Afterlife” plays to chaotic pacing that shoots from solid drive, to spinning in circles like a monster truck on fire. Specifically, the guitar mixes in various styles of speed and contrasting tones, displaying an interesting use of tempo shifts. The final track, “Bandages”, is one of the most surprising songs on the record. Given that it’s the last title, it is unlike anything else heard previously, showing off new shades of emotion, depth, and sound. There’s much more of a weight in emotion that is warm and somber. </p>
<p>Mutoid Man’s War Moans is an absolute joy of an album. It’s fun, wild, and a technical treat in style and tone. There’s a lot of blending, and being able to exactly hit that middle ground of heavy that meets catchy. Mutoid Man doesn’t just land right where they want to be, but expand that sound to greater heights. War Moans is surely going to get listeners coming for more and more. </p>
<p>Score: 9/10</p>
<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4067097325/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;">&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/war-moans&quot; href=&quot;http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/war-moans&quot;&gt;War Moans by Mutoid Man&lt;/a&gt;</iframe></p>
<p>Via <a contents="Metal Injection" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.metalinjection.net/reviews/mutoid-man-war-moans">Metal Injection</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/47300132017-06-01T14:03:24-04:002017-06-01T14:03:24-04:00Mutoid Man' on Their "Most perverted" record to date // Bandcamp Daily<p><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/9acff2a831597b2c354231d52c38d430dc06e9b6/original/screen-shot-2017-06-01-at-10-01-27-am.png?1496336916" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/4d730bf9c9c7e94ad6292fac2137755b4d3daf89/original/screen-shot-2017-06-01-at-10-01-32-am.png?1496336925" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Since their somewhat casual inception in 2012, Mutoid Man has transformed from an outlet for Stephen Brodsky (Cave In) and Ben Koller (Converge, All Pigs Must Die) to explore the lighter side of metal to a deadly serious supergroup. Their 2015 release, Bleeder, netted endless praise, inspiring the band to push themselves even further on their next release. Accordingly, War Moans, leaps forward musically and lyrically, challenging the conventions of metal, culture, sexuality, and politics. We spoke with Brodsky and bassist Nicholas Cageao about perversion, relationships, and war. </p>
<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4067097325/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;">&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/war-moans&quot; href=&quot;http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/war-moans&quot;&gt;War Moans by Mutoid Man&lt;/a&gt;</iframe></p>
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<p>You said this was your most ‘perverted record.’ Can you expound on that? What makes it perverted? </p>
<p>Stephen Brodsky: Well, I think there’s sort of the personal side and the political side. It’s sexually perverted, probably more so than anything we have done so far. We had the title War Moans kicking around for a while, and with the way things are heading politically, everyone just seems hot for war. There’s this unsettling idea of things just being too peaceful. Thrash bands were singing about warheads in the ’80s, and things just haven’t changed. There’s this element of, ‘Well, we have to accept that there’s this faction of humanity that is obsessed with the game Risk, but in real life.’ </p>
<p>Nicholas Cageao: The thing that I think is super relevant about the title: hormones are something that happen to your body, you know? Testosterone and estrogen—your body reacts to these things. Currently, the world is kind of a piece of shit full of reactions. You’ve got politicians saying, ‘Let’s bomb this place’ and ‘Let’s send a warship here.’ </p>
<p>Brodsky: Yeah, I think there’s the two sides of it. There’s a lyric in the song ‘Bone Chain’ that goes, ‘Like lovers in chains / bored with our lives today / we’re getting restless / oh what a goddamned shame / but what can you say.’ I think the idea of sexuality is heightened by the fact that you can watch porn anywhere, anytime you want now. And, there is this ‘war on your body,’ that too much heightened sexuality can bring upon a person and their various relationships, and how they function in society. </p>
<p>How does that affect your personal relationships? Is it that you no longer need another person, and a whole emotional connection? </p>
<p>Cageao: Yeah, it’s like, people just don’t have time for that stuff anymore. </p>
<p>You guys were writing this album before the whole ‘alternative facts’ arguments started to take shape. That’s kind of another way to look at perversion. </p>
<p>Brodsky: That really started when the artwork for the album was coming together. Ben [Koller] thought it would be really cool to follow the idea and flesh it out to where it’s this soldiers kissing on the frontlines. </p>
<p>Cageao: I think Santos Illustration did a really good job making the characters really androgynous. People are conditioned to think that only men fight the wars, and we have these androgynous characters. That makes people think just a bit. </p>
<p>Brodsky: Yeah. It could easily just be Trump and Putin, making out on the battlefield. </p>
<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4067097325/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;">&amp;lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&amp;quot;http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/war-moans&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/war-moans&amp;quot;&amp;gt;War Moans by Mutoid Man&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;</iframe></p>
<p>I wanted to ask you about the ‘Kiss of Death’ and whether the ultimate love really is dying for someone. </p>
<p>Brodsky: Well, I’d say that the character in that song is definitely coming onto this other person with the degree of intensity that would probably necessitate, in their mind, death of some kind. That’s the level of intensity, confidence, and cockiness—their swagger, really. It’s cavalier like, ‘I’d fucking die for you. I don’t care. I’ll just jump off that cliff naked and that would be the last thing you see of me.’ Someone who writes really great, dark lyrics that go to those extremes would be someone like Peter Steele, and I was trying to channel some of that darker personality and vibe on that song. </p>
<p>There is definitely a goth vibe that appears on the album at times. </p>
<p>Brodsky: I think a lot of bands in our world are either afraid to, or don’t know how to, express some level of sexuality in their lyrics or their attitude, vocally. It’s just something you don’t see a lot of—at least in our world. </p>
<p>You guys are a decidedly ‘fun’ band in a scene that often intentionally rejects fun. Is that conscious, or is that just expressions of your personalities? </p>
<p>Cageao: Playing music is super fun, and making it anything other than that is wrong. I never started playing music as a kid thinking I was going to be a rich rock star. I picked up the bass because it was fun, and I just loved guys like Les Claypool and other people who could play stupidly good riffs. Working a job where I see four bands a night, seven days a week, you definitely see people go up there and just go through the motions. I question why they’re doing it. If that isn’t the best night of your life, at that given moment, then why are you doing this? </p>
<p>Brodsky: Mutoid Man is still a relatively new band, so we’re still in our honeymoon phase. But with me coming from Cave In and Ben coming from Converge—those are two bands that have a much more overall serious tone and vibe. I think, for us, Mutoid Man is kind of a break from that, something that is a little more light-hearted. Also, it’s not really our ‘career.’ We all do other stuff besides this band, and that has an effect on how much fun you can have. It takes the pressure off. We’re very serious about playing as best as we can. We really demo’d these songs and tore them apart. We worked hard at making them the best they can be, lyrically and musically. We don’t shortchange people who come to shows or buy our records. But we have found a nice balance about our overall attitude between doing it and having some fun. </p>
<p>—Zachary Goldsmith</p>
<p>Via <a contents="Bandcamp Daily" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://daily.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp Daily</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/47304602017-06-01T14:01:26-04:002020-11-24T03:54:06-05:009/10 for 'War Moans' by Mutoid Man // Metal Injection<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/97cdf731f9f0b1575838a43c9876f2f9f75174ee/original/screen-shot-2017-06-01-at-10-47-47-am.png?1496339602" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/21f4b1882e0c8664a4fd9dc08f65bc98a1420aa5/original/screen-shot-2017-06-01-at-10-48-23-am.png?1496339607" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/5cd74a021172eb3e5b05cbb768c320edc9557b75/original/screen-shot-2017-06-01-at-10-49-22-am.png?1496339619" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><p>The way <a href="https://sargenthouse.com/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> blends metal savagery with rock and roll catchiness is mind-blowing. Take the opening track “Melt Your Mind” off of War Moans (Sargent House), the guitar riffs come with a consistent heat as the rhythm whirls around and pops. The racing pace shoots forward, popping with vibrancy in bright guitar work and vocal inflection. This is just one of the many treats that make up War Moans, and its terrific blend of metal aggression, rock and roll attitude, and poppy tinges. </p><!-- more --><p>The album comes with a rather unique theme in sexuality, specifically how things can become sexualized, and how society views sex as a whole. The record is pretty forward in these themes, especially with lines like, “Came inside Satan’s daughter/ nine months later, who’s the father?” With this, Mutoid Man present another work that captures a multitude of shades, vibes, and sounds. War Moans keeps the attitude at a pretty steady direction of aggression for a majority of its run time. That said, the album also tosses in some bouncy and fun electric rock. The drum work is always like that of a locomotive, constantly blasting its engines away. Most of the record’s flavor comes from the guitar, which has its moments of shredding riffs, to fluid smooth jams. The bass and vocals both add an attitude in their fuzz and various rockabilly-like inflections (respectively). </p><p>“Bone Chain” is fairly similar to the structure and style of the opening track. It goes for a time with clashing cymbals and hefty riffs, to lifting up the mood with sensual moans and playful guitar rhythms. “Micro Aggression” has the drumming going nonstop in its beat down, while also introducing a piercing sound to the guitar. “Kiss of Death” is the first time in four songs where the record slows things down. There’s a bluesy mood to the track with the guitar tone layering on the fuzz and coming off with more of heat. Minus the speed, the drumming comes down just as hard, but spacing its intensity throughout the track to provide more of a balance. </p><p>Just in its very beginning, War Moans already presents so much of a delectable buffet of goodies to seduce its audience. The rest of the album provides just as much flexibility, excitement, and wonder. “Wreck and Survive” is another moody jammer, tossing in some shocking moments of noise that sting the eardrums, before dropping into a bluesy-rock crawl. “Afterlife” plays to chaotic pacing that shoots from solid drive, to spinning in circles like a monster truck on fire. Specifically, the guitar mixes in various styles of speed and contrasting tones, displaying an interesting use of tempo shifts. The final track, “Bandages”, is one of the most surprising songs on the record. Given that it’s the last title, it is unlike anything else heard previously, showing off new shades of emotion, depth, and sound. There’s much more of a weight in emotion that is warm and somber. </p><p>Mutoid Man’s War Moans is an absolute joy of an album. It’s fun, wild, and a technical treat in style and tone. There’s a lot of blending, and being able to exactly hit that middle ground of heavy that meets catchy. Mutoid Man doesn’t just land right where they want to be, but expand that sound to greater heights. War Moans is surely going to get listeners coming for more and more. </p><p>Score: 9/10</p><iframe src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4067097325/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/war-moans&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; href=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/war-moans&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;War Moans by Mutoid Man&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</iframe><p></p><p>Via <a href="http://www.metalinjection.net/reviews/mutoid-man-war-moans" target="_blank">Metal Injection</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/47304612017-06-01T13:24:20-04:002017-06-01T19:07:18-04:00Mutoid Man on Their "Most Perverted" record to date // Bandcamp Daily<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/9acff2a831597b2c354231d52c38d430dc06e9b6/original/screen-shot-2017-06-01-at-10-01-27-am.png?1496336916" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/4d730bf9c9c7e94ad6292fac2137755b4d3daf89/original/screen-shot-2017-06-01-at-10-01-32-am.png?1496336925" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><p>Since their somewhat casual inception in 2012, Mutoid Man has transformed from an outlet for Stephen Brodsky (Cave In) and Ben Koller (Converge, All Pigs Must Die) to explore the lighter side of metal to a deadly serious supergroup. Their 2015 release, Bleeder, netted endless praise, inspiring the band to push themselves even further on their next release. Accordingly, War Moans, leaps forward musically and lyrically, challenging the conventions of metal, culture, sexuality, and politics. We spoke with Brodsky and bassist Nicholas Cageao about perversion, relationships, and war. </p><iframe src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4067097325/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/war-moans&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; href=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/war-moans&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;War Moans by Mutoid Man&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</iframe><p></p><p>You said this was your most ‘perverted record.’ Can you expound on that? What makes it perverted? </p><!-- more --><p>Stephen Brodsky: Well, I think there’s sort of the personal side and the political side. It’s sexually perverted, probably more so than anything we have done so far. We had the title War Moans kicking around for a while, and with the way things are heading politically, everyone just seems hot for war. There’s this unsettling idea of things just being too peaceful. Thrash bands were singing about warheads in the ’80s, and things just haven’t changed. There’s this element of, ‘Well, we have to accept that there’s this faction of humanity that is obsessed with the game Risk, but in real life.’ </p><p>Nicholas Cageao: The thing that I think is super relevant about the title: hormones are something that happen to your body, you know? Testosterone and estrogen—your body reacts to these things. Currently, the world is kind of a piece of shit full of reactions. You’ve got politicians saying, ‘Let’s bomb this place’ and ‘Let’s send a warship here.’ </p><p>Brodsky: Yeah, I think there’s the two sides of it. There’s a lyric in the song ‘Bone Chain’ that goes, ‘Like lovers in chains / bored with our lives today / we’re getting restless / oh what a goddamned shame / but what can you say.’ I think the idea of sexuality is heightened by the fact that you can watch porn anywhere, anytime you want now. And, there is this ‘war on your body,’ that too much heightened sexuality can bring upon a person and their various relationships, and how they function in society. </p><p>How does that affect your personal relationships? Is it that you no longer need another person, and a whole emotional connection? </p><p>Cageao: Yeah, it’s like, people just don’t have time for that stuff anymore. </p><p>You guys were writing this album before the whole ‘alternative facts’ arguments started to take shape. That’s kind of another way to look at perversion. </p><p>Brodsky: That really started when the artwork for the album was coming together. Ben [Koller] thought it would be really cool to follow the idea and flesh it out to where it’s this soldiers kissing on the frontlines. </p><p>Cageao: I think Santos Illustration did a really good job making the characters really androgynous. People are conditioned to think that only men fight the wars, and we have these androgynous characters. That makes people think just a bit. </p><p>Brodsky: Yeah. It could easily just be Trump and Putin, making out on the battlefield. </p><iframe src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4067097325/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/transparent=true/">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/war-moans&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; href=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/war-moans&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;War Moans by Mutoid Man&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</iframe><p></p><p>I wanted to ask you about the ‘Kiss of Death’ and whether the ultimate love really is dying for someone. </p><p>Brodsky: Well, I’d say that the character in that song is definitely coming onto this other person with the degree of intensity that would probably necessitate, in their mind, death of some kind. That’s the level of intensity, confidence, and cockiness—their swagger, really. It’s cavalier like, ‘I’d fucking die for you. I don’t care. I’ll just jump off that cliff naked and that would be the last thing you see of me.’ Someone who writes really great, dark lyrics that go to those extremes would be someone like Peter Steele, and I was trying to channel some of that darker personality and vibe on that song. </p><p>There is definitely a goth vibe that appears on the album at times. </p><p>Brodsky: I think a lot of bands in our world are either afraid to, or don’t know how to, express some level of sexuality in their lyrics or their attitude, vocally. It’s just something you don’t see a lot of—at least in our world. </p><p>You guys are a decidedly ‘fun’ band in a scene that often intentionally rejects fun. Is that conscious, or is that just expressions of your personalities? </p><p>Cageao: Playing music is super fun, and making it anything other than that is wrong. I never started playing music as a kid thinking I was going to be a rich rock star. I picked up the bass because it was fun, and I just loved guys like Les Claypool and other people who could play stupidly good riffs. Working a job where I see four bands a night, seven days a week, you definitely see people go up there and just go through the motions. I question why they’re doing it. If that isn’t the best night of your life, at that given moment, then why are you doing this? </p><p>Brodsky: Mutoid Man is still a relatively new band, so we’re still in our honeymoon phase. But with me coming from Cave In and Ben coming from Converge—those are two bands that have a much more overall serious tone and vibe. I think, for us, Mutoid Man is kind of a break from that, something that is a little more light-hearted. Also, it’s not really our ‘career.’ We all do other stuff besides this band, and that has an effect on how much fun you can have. It takes the pressure off. We’re very serious about playing as best as we can. We really demo’d these songs and tore them apart. We worked hard at making them the best they can be, lyrically and musically. We don’t shortchange people who come to shows or buy our records. But we have found a nice balance about our overall attitude between doing it and having some fun. </p><p>—Zachary Goldsmith</p><p>Via <a href="https://daily.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bandcamp Daily</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/47286032017-05-31T13:36:18-04:002017-05-31T13:47:00-04:00Stream Mutoid Man’s ‘War Moans’ // Noisey<figure data-orig-width="504" data-orig-height="90" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/b7fdd23b32b2de618df9f03cd0cf52a0/tumblr_inline_oqtu537n8g1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="1818" data-orig-height="436" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/268dab665092d8a2026b1553a623b99d/tumblr_inline_oqtu5iUPVA1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="1316" data-orig-height="1202" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/048ab406a716ad72f97ac12ca75b121f/tumblr_inline_oqtu4tZ3Oj1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p>When the world first met <a href="https://sargenthouse.com/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a>, the supergroup comprised of members of Cave In, Converge, and All Pigs Must Die, it didn’t seem like the project was built to last. The band was a bi-coastal trio of friends with other higher priority gigs in their way. But the seeds they planted with their 2013 debut, <i>Helium Head</i>, have since sprouted into a towering behemoth in its own right.</p><p>On <i>War Moans</i>, their third album in four years, Mutoid Man has not only found their footing in their identity, but is full-on running through walls with it. The album showcases the members’ unabashed love of metal riffs and fucked up time signatures, which seem to get more illogical for each year that Mutoid Man endures. At points, it feels like an inside joke among the members as they try to warp, twist, and stretch timings until they’re barely playable by human hands.</p><p>And while the band members—Stephen Brodsky, Ben Koller, and Nick Cageao—are clearly students of the Van Halen-style of guitar worship, <i>War Moans</i> is not simply a tribute record. Instead, it inverts the macho metal mindset, making the listener question the very fabric of their devotion to the genre. At times, this comes in the form of over-the-top sexualization, like a narrative about impregnating Satan’s daughter on “Date with the Devil,” but other times it’s simply an overly exaggerated wail from singer/guitarist Brodsky.</p><p><i>War Moans</i> is a spacey, mathy record that’s finds that hairline balance between being sincere and being meta, all from a band that, thankfully, looks like it’s here to stay.</p><p>Listen to <i>War Moans </i>below and catch Mutoid Man on tour with Helms Alee at the dates below.</p><iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/326198319&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" frameborder="no"></iframe><p></p><p>June 4 Boston, MA @ Great Scott<br>June 5 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus<br>June 6 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus<br>June 7 Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery<br>June 8 Detroit, MI @ El Club<br>June 9 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean<br>June 10 Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle Brewing<br>June 12 Dallas, TX @ Curtain Club<br>June 13 Austin, TX @ Barracuda<br>June 14 Houston, TX @ The Studio at Warehouse Live<br>June 15 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon<br>June 16 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Hell)<br>June 17 Orlando, FL @ The Social<br>June 19 Raleigh, NC @ King’s<br>June 20 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts - Black Box<br>July 6 Seattle, WA @ Neumos<br>July 7 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater<br>July 8 San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s<br>July 10 Los Angeles, CA @ Resident<br>July 11 Santa Ana, CA @ The Constellation Room<br>July 12 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah<br>July 13 Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge<br>July 14 Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar<br>July 15 Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall<br>July 16 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge</p><p>Via <a href="https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/mutoid-man-war-moans-album-stream" target="_blank">Noisey</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/47106422017-05-16T11:20:30-04:002017-05-16T11:27:04-04:00Mutoid Man Premiers “Bandages” (Feat. 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<p>New York rock heavyweights <a contents="Mutoid Man" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://sargenthouse.com/mutoid-man">Mutoid Man</a>, who include members of Cave In and Converge among their ranks, are nearing the release of sophomore album War Moans. We’ve posted <a contents="“Melt Your Mind”" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.stereogum.com/1933663/mutoid-man-melt-your-mind/music/">“Melt Your Mind”</a> and <a contents="“Kiss Of Death,”" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.stereogum.com/1938875/mutoid-man-kiss-of-death-video/video/">“Kiss Of Death,”</a> and today we present album closer <a contents="“Bandages.” " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.stereogum.com/1941258/mutoid-man-bandages-feat-chelsea-wolfe/premiere/">“Bandages.” </a>It’s not a Hot Hot Heat cover but rather a slow-burn behemoth elevated a few extra notches skyward by guest vocals from <a contents="Chelsea Wolfe" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://sargenthouse.com/chelsea-wolfe">Chelsea Wolfe</a>. Listen below.</p><iframe frameborder="0" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/315937052&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe>
<p>Mutoid Man are about to go on tour with <a contents="Helms Alee" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://sargenthouse.com/helms-alee">Helms Alee</a>: </p>
<p>05/22 New York, NY @ Terminal 5 w/ Coheed & Cambria (No Helms Alee) <br>06/04 Boston, MA @ Great Scott <br>06/05 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus <br>06/06 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus **Sold Out** <br>06/07 Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery <br>06/08 Detroit, MI @ El Club <br>06/09 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean <br>06/10 Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle Brewing <br>06/12 Dallas, TX @ Curtain Club <br>06/13 Austin, TX @ Barracuda <br>06/14 Houston, TX @ The Studio at Warehouse Live <br>06/15 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon <br>06/16 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Hell) <br>06/17 Orlando, FL @ The Social <br>06/19 Raleigh, NC @ King’s <br>06/20 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts – Black Box <br>07/06 Seattle, WA @ Neumos <br>07/07 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater <br>07/08 San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s <br>07/10 Los Angeles, CA @ Resident <br>07/11 Santa Ana, CA @ The Constellation Room <br>07/12 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah <br>07/13 Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge <br>07/14 Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar <br>07/15 Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall <br>07/16 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge </p>
<p>War Moans is out 6/2 on Sargent House. Pre-order it <a contents="here." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.hellomerch.com/collections/mutoid-man">here.</a><br><br>via <a contents="Stereogum" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.stereogum.com/1941258/mutoid-man-bandages-feat-chelsea-wolfe/premiere/">Stereogum</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/46936812017-05-02T13:35:02-04:002017-05-02T14:13:34-04:00Mutoid Man premiers video for new single “Kiss Of Death” // Loudwire<figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-provider="youtube" data-orig-width="540" data-orig-height="304" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DU2OBw-LhNto%26feature%3Dyoutu.be"><iframe width="540" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/U2OBw-LhNto?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure><p><a href="http://loudwire.com/mutoid-man-kiss-of-death-exclusive-video-premiere/" target="_blank">Loudwire </a>has an exclusive music video premiere from <a href="https://sargenthouse.com/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a>! From the band’s sophomore full-length album, War Moans, watch the clip for “Kiss of Death” <a href="http://loudwire.com/mutoid-man-kiss-of-death-exclusive-video-premiere/" target="_blank">HERE.</a></p><p>Mutoid Man are a three-man crew of crazy talented musicians. Featuring Cave In guitarist-vocalist Steve Brodsky, <a href="http://loudwire.com/tags/converge" target="_blank">Converge</a> drummer Ben Koller and Vermefug bassist Nick Cageao, Mutoid Man stirred up some buzz with 2015’s Bleeder. You may also recognize Mutoid Man as the house band from metal’s funniest talk show, <a href="http://loudwire.com/baroness-john-baizley-marty-friedman-ice-t-two-minutes-to-late-night/" target="_blank">Two Minutes to Late Night</a>.</p><p>“Everyone knows that Tom Jones deflowered Elvira, and by her own account she was nearly torn in half by his legendary girth,” Brodsky recounts. “I like to imagine ‘Kiss of Death’ playing during that scene — easily the most painfully heavy jam on the new album.” Indeed! Mutoid Man bring the chunky riffs throughout “Kiss of Death,” serving up enough sludge to fill <a href="http://loudwire.com/tags/eyehategod" target="_blank">Eyehategod</a>’s tour van.</p><p>As for the rest of War Moans, Brodsky explains, “Well, it’s certainly our most perverted record. It’s about how easily things can be sexualized and how that can be at war with your senses, how that makes you perceive things, and how it forces you to behave. Maybe it even attacks your ability to stay on the straight and narrow.” Cageao adds, “It makes more sense now after the election, and that wasn’t even the intention. The world is destroying itself.”</p><p>Mutoid Man’s War Moans will see a June 2 release date, and can be pre-ordered at the band’s <a href="https://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">merch page</a> or at <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/war-moans/id1219140279" target="_blank">iTunes</a>. The trio will also embark on a U.S. tour this summer, so check out those dates below!</p><figure data-orig-width="3000" data-orig-height="3000" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/f79a7d22a6779ea535163d4b309a6b29/tumblr_inline_opc5jnPFdT1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p><b><a href="https://sargenthouse.com/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> 2017 Tour Dates with <a href="https://sargenthouse.com/helms-alee" target="_blank">Helms Alee</a>:</b></p><p>06/04 – Boston, Mass. @ Great Scott<br>06/06 – Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Saint Vitus<br>06/07 – Baltimore, Md. @ Metro Gallery<br>06/08 – Detroit, Mich. @ El Club<br>06/09 – Chicago, Ill. @ Subterranean<br>06/10 – Indianapolis, Ind. @ Black Circle Brewing<br>06/12 – Dallas, Texas @ Curtain Club<br>06/13 – Austin, Texas @ Barracuda<br>06/14 – Houston, Texas @ The Studio at Warehouse Live<br>06/15 – Baton Rouge, La. @ Spanish Moon<br>06/16 – Atlanta, Ga. @ Masquerade (Hell)<br>06/17 – Orlando, Fla. @ The Social<br>06/19 – Raleigh, N.C. @ King’s<br>06/20 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ Underground Arts – Black Box<br>07/06 – Seattle, Wash. @ Neumos<br>07/07 – Portland, Ore. @ Hawthorne Theater<br>07/08 – San Francisco, Calif. @ Slim’s<br>07/10 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Resident<br>07/11 – Santa Ana, Calif. @ The Constellation Room<br>07/12 – San Diego, Calif. @ The Casbah<br>07/13 – Phoenix, Ariz. @ Rebel Lounge<br>07/14 – Las Vegas, Nev. @ Beauty Bar<br>07/15 – Salt Lake City, Utah @ Metro Music Hall<br>07/16 – Denver, Colo. @ Larimer Lounge</p><p>Via <a href="http://loudwire.com/mutoid-man-kiss-of-death-exclusive-video-premiere/" target="_blank">Loudwire</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/46920882017-05-01T13:30:05-04:002017-05-01T14:06:03-04:00Mutoid Man on Two Minutes To Late Night Episode 2<figure data-orig-width="746" data-orig-height="266" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/230f34a2816a6a8d7c00eb453aac6557/tumblr_inline_opaaowYVzw1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-provider="youtube" data-orig-width="540" data-orig-height="304" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F4buQMV8YG24"><iframe width="540" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4buQMV8YG24?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure><p><a href="https://sargenthouse.com/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> is the house band on Two Minutes To Late Night. </p><p>The second episode of Two Minutes to Late Night is upon us! This time around, <a href="http://loudwire.com/tags/baroness" target="_blank">Baroness</a> frontman <a href="http://loudwire.com/tags/john-baizley" target="_blank">John Baizley</a> guests along with special appearances by <a href="http://loudwire.com/tags/megadeth" target="_blank">Megadeth</a> legend <a href="http://loudwire.com/tags/marty-friedman" target="_blank">Marty Friedman</a> and <a href="http://loudwire.com/tags/body-count" target="_blank">Body Count</a>’s <a href="http://loudwire.com/tags/ice-t" target="_blank">Ice-T</a>!</p><p>Two Minutes to Late Night won over the metal community in its <a href="http://loudwire.com/two-minutes-to-late-night-heaviest-talk-show-history/" target="_blank">first episode</a>, bringing us guests, games and most importantly, the weather from <a href="http://loudwire.com/tags/glenn-danzig" target="_blank">Glenn Danzig</a>’s house. It’s been almost a year since late night’s most frostbitten talk show hit YouTube, and thank the dark lord episode two has arrived!</p><!-- more --><p>John Baizley conducted his first interview since losing out on a Grammy Award to Megadeth at this year’s ceremony. “It’s pretty bulls—t,” Baizley said of his Grammys experience, noting how awesome it was to hear the Grammy house band play a <a href="http://loudwire.com/tags/metallica" target="_blank">Metallica</a> song as Megadeth walked the aisle to accept their award. Baizley also ranked his least favorite interview questions and took part in a game show guessing the prices of the world’s worst rock-based products.</p><p>Ice-T made an appearance near the end of Two Minutes to Late Night’s second episode, all because we idiotically mentioned the show in his presence. Ice immediately began insulting the program while our cameras were rolling, threatening to kill everyone involved the next time Body Count rolls into town. Naturally, we sent over the footage.</p><p>The show ends with a loving tribute to <a href="http://loudwire.com/tags/prince" target="_blank">Prince</a> as TMTLN house band <a href="https://sargenthouse.com/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Mutoid Man </a>and John Baizley perform a rendition of “Purple Rain.” Watch the new episode of Two Minutes to Late Night above!</p><p>Via <a href="http://loudwire.com/baroness-john-baizley-marty-friedman-ice-t-two-minutes-to-late-night/" target="_blank">Loudwire</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/46583762017-04-04T16:08:59-04:002017-04-06T20:43:48-04:00“Melt Your Mind” Preimier // Metal Injection<figure data-orig-width="538" data-orig-height="258" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/34cf82e53d669ae53c3812d33b358155/tumblr_inline_onwfk3ZNIb1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="1238" data-orig-height="282" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/f99fadf84755425936bfddc7c2cd27ce/tumblr_inline_onwfk9JE8S1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="1236" data-orig-height="838" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/9179718d749b94a052d8fa2bd1766996/tumblr_inline_onwfkevonD1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>Earlier this year, I named <a href="https://sargenthouse.com/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> one of the most anticipated releases of 2017, and couldn’t be happier to share “Melt Your Mind,” the first bit of new music from the upcoming War Moans album today!</p><p>As you can hear below, the dynamic trio are back with an all new onslaught of energetic tunes on War Moans, that sees Mutoid Man continue to blur the lines between rock and hardcore. From the shreddy fingers and wide vocal range of Stephen Brodsky, bass thunder of Nick Cageao, and creative complex drumming of Ben Koller, it’s never a dull moment with the Mutoid camp, and why have it any other way?</p><p>The new album will also feature guest artists such as Adam McGrath of Cave In, Chelsea Wolfe, and Marty Friedman!</p><p><a href="https://www.hellomerch.com/collections/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Pre-order</a> Mutoid Man’s War Moans out June 2nd, via Sargent House and check them out on tour with Helms Alee this summer:</p><p>June 4 Boston, MA @ Great Scott<br>June 6 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus<br>June 7 Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery<br>June 8 Detroit, MI @ El Club<br>June 9 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean<br>June 10 Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle Brewing<br>June 12 Dallas, TX @ Curtain Club<br>June 13 Austin, TX @ Barracuda<br>June 14 Houston, TX @ The Studio at Warehouse Live<br>June 15 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon<br>June 16 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Hell)<br>June 17 Orlando, FL @ The Social<br>June 19 Raleigh, NC @ Barcade<br>June 20 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts – Black Box<br>July 6 Seattle, WA @ Neumos<br>July 7 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater<br>July 8 San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s<br>July 10 Los Angeles, CA @ Resident<br>July 11 Santa Ana, CA @ The Constellation Room<br>July 12 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah<br>July 13 Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge<br>July 14 Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar<br>July 15 Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall<br>July 16 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/44610612016-11-10T15:35:54-05:002016-11-10T16:33:29-05:00Metal Injection covers Mutoid Man’s House of Vans show<figure data-orig-height="127" data-orig-width="267"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/34abd8dbfc90ab56d4bbc2f36e92f3dc/tumblr_inline_ogg1535O6r1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-provider="youtube" data-orig-width="540" data-orig-height="304" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FdKxcPyxOFFc"><iframe width="540" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dKxcPyxOFFc?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="87" data-orig-width="687"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/361db2e17eb888b0c28bf127a2a227ae/tumblr_inline_ogg168x6po1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p><a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> is only getting better as time goes on, and it’s incredible to watch. The band just wrapped up its third album and premiered a whopping four new tracks at an October 29 show at the House Of Vans in Brooklyn. The songs sound great, if not even more technical and riffy than they’ve ever been before!</p><p>[via <a href="http://www.theprp.com/2016/11/02/news/watch-mutoid-man-cave-inconverge-play-bunch-new-songs-live/" target="_blank">The PRP</a>]</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/43837662016-09-21T14:35:24-04:002021-02-12T02:14:37-05:00Birthday Cake For Breakfast - a/s/l interview with Mutoid Man<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="85" data-orig-width="899"><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/39e78d62b6f8172cccf6519be3f760fe/tumblr_inline_odv9qbXp271sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="411" data-orig-width="555"><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/094e86a03d9148c933dd46899951ad23/tumblr_inline_odv9qu0L021sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="87" data-orig-width="577"><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/ca7978d3b3a8c915dc5c9a49f88f8353/tumblr_inline_odv9rb0YJt1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p>Remember the days of the old schoolyard? Remember when Myspace was a thing? Remember those time-wasting, laborious quizzes that everyone used to love so much? <a href="https://birthdaycakebreakfast.wordpress.com/2016/09/21/asl-mutoid-man/" target="_blank">Birthday Cake For Breakfast</a> is bringing them back! <br></p><p>This week: Nick Cageao, bass player in the phenomenal <a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a>!<br></p><p><b>a/s/l?</b><br>28 / m / Brooklyn NY</p><p><b>Have you ever seen a dead body?</b><br>Yes.</p><p><b>Who is your favourite Simpsons character?</b><br>Moe Syzlak.</p><p><b>What T-Shirt are you wearing?</b><br>Koloss skate shirt.</p><p><b>What did your last text message say?</b><br>I love you!</p><p><b>What’s the last song you listened to?</b><br>‘<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyxNgnQ9m30" target="_blank">Fuck the shit</a><i>‘</i> – Sons of Butchers.</p><p><b>How did you meet the people in your band?</b><br>Russian Bath House.</p><!-- more --><p><b>What’s the first record you bought?</b><br>RATM self-titled.</p><p><b>What was your favourite VHS growing up?</b><br>The Ghoulies or Winner Takes All.</p><p><b>When was the last time you cried?</b><br>When Josh asked Amanda to marry him on Bachelor In Paradise.</p><p><b>Have you ever kissed someone & regretted it?</b><br>Probably.</p><p><b>Best Physical Feature?</b><br>Ask my girlfriend.</p><p><b>Worst physical feature?</b><br>My love handles.</p><p><b>Reasonably ok/not bad feature that you’re not fussed about?</b><br>My face.</p><p><b>Do you have any pets?</b><br>I wish.</p><figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-provider="youtube" data-orig-width="540" data-orig-height="304" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DykNHtIWl9Og"><iframe width="540" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ykNHtIWl9Og?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure><p><b>Ever picked up any injuries on tour?</b><br>Yes.</p><p><b>What did you do for your last birthday?</b><br>Ate a stake, got way too drunk.</p><p><b>Name something you CANNOT wait for?</b><br>The Bachelor.</p><p><b>Do you have a crush on someone?</b><br>Ewelina.</p><p><b>What’s the shittest experience you’ve had as a musician?</b><br>Sound guy at local 506 in NC.</p><p><b>If you could go back in time, how far would you go?</b><br>All the way.</p><p><b>How do you want to die?</b><br>Peacefully.</p><p><b>What’s your favourite thing about pizza?</b><br>All of it.</p><p><b>What are you craving right now?</b><br>Pierogies.</p><p><b>Have you ever been on a horse?</b><br>Yes?</p><p><b>What did you dream about last night?</b><br>One of my old land lords. It was an anxious dream.</p><p><b>If you could go back in time and kill the baby Hitler, would you?</b><br>What kind of question is that? I’d probably try to get him to a psychiatrist.</p><p><b>Do you like Chinese food?</b><br>Yes.</p><p><b>Have you ever been on TV?</b><br>Yes.</p><p><b>Ever meet someone famous?</b><br>Yes.</p><p><b>What do you want to be when you grow up?</b><br>An astronaut.</p><p>Mutoid Man are currently playing a load of shows with the mighty GWAR, with more dates coming up in October, so if you’re lucky enough to be Stateside right now – Do not miss! </p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="552" data-orig-width="429"><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/d09be47a8f74303c79817d2d6bea2aea/tumblr_inline_odvaa5S85X1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p><a href="https://birthdaycakebreakfast.wordpress.com/2016/09/21/asl-mutoid-man/" target="_blank">(via Birthday Cake For Breakfast)</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/43824962016-09-20T19:07:15-04:002017-01-16T09:25:14-05:00Live photos from Fall 2016 Shows<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="618" data-orig-width="924"><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/a014a7bd997668b4370bb42595e7eea7/tumblr_inline_odtrpvDU9s1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="617" data-orig-width="923"><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/9d6feb2bda7ff98c990080e174d6fe5f/tumblr_inline_odtrq2caoq1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="619" data-orig-width="537"><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/74558f95c3d18e4283ac46fe6a8c8a9a/tumblr_inline_odtrqfyCpO1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="704" data-orig-width="1034"><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/396f1342177d57b0bc7870db823ff8ca/tumblr_inline_odtrrpSeUF1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p><i>photos by Kristin Kesterson for <a href="http://currentlystreaming.com/music/concert-coverage-gwar-with-crowbar-and-mutoid-man/" target="_blank">Currently Streaming</a></i></p><!-- more --><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="750" data-orig-width="622"><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/70f1d19bfb291e06f6a49819b5709999/tumblr_inline_odtrs7ZC6q1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="715" data-orig-width="623"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/d1684e7a45c06799446184abc181c3ab/tumblr_inline_odtrsdocsq1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p><i>photos by Haintso Rakouth for <a href="http://rockatnight.com/2016/09/mutoid-man-in-grand-rapids-michigan-infectious-heavy-metal-and-humor/" target="_blank">Rock At Night</a></i></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/43801992016-09-09T18:16:45-04:002020-08-26T02:15:31-04:00US Fall 2016 Shows<p> </p>
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<p><br><i>photo: Nick Sayers</i></p>
<p><a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> starts a string of US tour dates on September 13th, playing several shows with GWAR & Crowbar and some headlining shows. Then they hit the road again with GWAR & Darkest Hour.</p>
<p>A full list of announced shows can be found below. Tickets are available <a href="http://mutoidman.com/shows" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>
<p>MUTOID MAN LIVE 2016</p>
<p>Sep 13 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme<br>Sep 14 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s *<br>Sep 15 Cleveland, OH @ Agora *<br>Sep 16 Indianapolis, IN @ 5th Quarter<br>Sep 17 Detroit, MI @ Harpos *<br>Sep 18 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom *<br>Oct 27 Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa #<br>Oct 28 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small’s Theatre #<br>Oct 29 Brooklyn, NY @ FREE Show Venue TBA #<br>Oct 30 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club #</p>
<p>Nov 26 Brooklyn, NY @ St. Vitus w/ ENDON</p>
<p>* w/GWAR, Crowbar<br># w/ GWAR, Darkest Hour</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/43802002016-08-24T15:37:47-04:002017-01-16T09:25:12-05:00Mutoid Man announce additional shows with GWAR<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1553" data-orig-width="1200"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/1125d78df6de51df5c5b76ddba67b4fa/tumblr_inline_ocfhsxW9op1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure>
<p><a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> have just announced additional shows with GWAR and Darkest Hour in late October. In September, Mutoid Man will play with GWAR & Crowbar, as well as headline shows and Hopscotch Festival.</p>
<p>See a full list of shows below - tickets are available <a href="http://mutoidman.com/shows" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>
<p>MUTOID MAN LIVE 2016</p>
<p>Sep 08-10 Raleigh, NC @ <a href="http://hopscotchmusicfest.com/" target="_blank">Hopscotch Festival</a><br>Sep 13 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme<br>Sep 14 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s *<br>Sep 15 Cleveland, OH @ Agora *<br>Sep 16 Indianapolis, IN @ 5th Quarter<br>Sep 17 Detroit, MI @ Harpos *<br>Sep 18 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom *<br>Oct 27 Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa #<br>Oct 28 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small’s Theatre #<br>Oct 29 Brooklyn, NY @ FREE Show Venue TBA #<br>Oct 30 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club #</p>
<p>* w/GWAR, Crowbar<br># w/ GWAR, Darkest Hour<br> </p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/43802012016-07-06T14:17:44-04:002017-01-16T09:25:12-05:00Mutoid Man adds shows with GWAR, Crowbar as well as headlining shows<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1941" data-orig-width="1500"><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/4a57ea100328eb1711fa199fcdd97871/tumblr_inline_o9wmq8TuGe1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure>
<p>After returning from their European shows and festival appearances, Mutoid Man will be joining <a href="http://gwar.net" target="_blank">GWAR</a> and <a href="http://crowbarnola.com" target="_blank">Crowbar</a> for a string of dates in the US, as well as <a href="http://hopscotchmusicfest.com/" target="_blank">Hopscotch Festival</a> and headlining shows. A full list of currently announced shows can be found below. Tickets and info available <a href="http://mutoidman.com/shows" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>
<p>MUTOID MAN LIVE 2016</p>
<p>Aug 10-13 - Jaroměř, CZ @ <a href="http://brutalassault.cz/" target="_blank">Brutal Assault Festival</a><br>Aug 12 - Le Locle, CH @ <a href="http://mutoidman.com/rockaltitude.ch" target="_blank">Rock Altitude Festival</a><br>Aug 13 - Castellina Marittima, IT @ <a href="http://www.musicaw.net/" target="_blank">Musica W Festival</a><br>Aug 15 - Stuttgart, DE @ Keller Club<br>Aug 16 - Wiesbaden, DE @ Schlachthof<br>Aug 17 - Kiewit, BE @ <a href="https://www.pukkelpop.be/en/" target="_blank">Pukkelpop Festival</a><br>Aug 18 - Dortmund, DE @ FZW Club<br>Aug 19-20 - Bristol, UK @ <a href="http://www.arctangent.co.uk/" target="_blank">ArcTanGent Festival</a><br>Aug 21 - London, UK @ Boston Music Rooms</p>
<p>Sep 08-10 - Raleigh, NC @ <a href="http://hopscotchmusicfest.com/" target="_blank">Hopscotch Festiva</a>l<br>Sep 13 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme<br>Sep 14 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s *<br>Sep 15 - Cleveland, OH @ Agora *<br>Sep 16 - Indianapolis, IN @ 5th Quarter<br>Sep 17 - Detroit, MI @ Harpos *<br>Sep 18 - Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom *</p>
<p>* w/ GWAR, Crowbar</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/43802022016-06-17T13:57:01-04:002017-01-16T09:25:12-05:00Mutoid Man are the house band for Two Minutes To Late Night<p><figure data-orig-height="200" data-orig-width="200"><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/213b4c20c89f86abe9039b40f3c44cad/tumblr_inline_o8xf1qPssQ1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-provider="youtube" data-orig-width="540" data-orig-height="304" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DNJY9ZqadiIc"><iframe width="540" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NJY9ZqadiIc?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="188" data-orig-width="857"><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/649648cd793762983f0bd3d1654cd4ba/tumblr_inline_o8xflnJ7XU1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure></p><p>There’s been a lot of talk lately about the lack of diversity in late night television, with even broadcast legend David Letterman himself <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/david-letterman-thinks-woman-late-show-host-article-1.2667434" target="_blank">weighing in on the topic</a>. So far, <a href="http://www.avclub.com/review/full-frontal-samantha-bee-231942" target="_blank">Samantha Bee</a> remains the only female host of a late night comedy series, and her program only airs once a week on basic cable. On the major networks, meanwhile, all the nightly gabfests are hosted by white men, most of whom are named Jimmy. That situation will hopefully change someday.</p><p>But there is still one demographic in American society that remains criminally under-represented on the chat show circuit: metalheads. When will America be ready for a late-night program with pentagrams, face paint, and kick-ass guitar solos every few minutes? Jordan Olds and Drew Kaufman, both halves of a creative team called<a href="https://www.facebook.com/mrswomanproductions/timeline" target="_blank"> Mrs. Woman Productions</a>, must have gotten tired of waiting, so they created their own called<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJY9ZqadiIc" target="_blank"> <i>Two Minutes To Late Night</i></a>. The 22-minute pilot, produced in 2015, is now surfacing on YouTube.</p><p>Hosted by the glib, suit-wearing “Gwarscenio Hall” (Olds), <i>Two Minutes </i>has the pacing and structure of a normal talk show, give or take. There are interviews, games, and remote segments, just like on <i>The Tonight Show</i>. The difference is that the host wears spooky, ICP-style makeup and the house band, Nick Cageao & <a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a>, produce a sound loud enough to jolt Satan himself from his slumbers. Two honest-to-god celebrity guests show up to sit on Hall’s all-black (what else?) couch. Guitarist Ben Weinman, best known for his work with The Dillinger Escape Plan, talks about his adventures at the Grammys. And singer-songwriter Laura Stevenson talks about the perils and pleasures of being in a romantic relationship with her bass player. Weinman is also shown auditioning for an all-female R&B band, while Stevenson dons full GWAR gear to perform a song with the band, dubbing herself “Chlamydia Newton-John.”</p><!-- more --><p>And the fun doesn’t stop there. Throughout the show, a roving reporter keeps viewers apprised of the weather outside Glenn Danzig’s house. (No worries. It’s sunny and 85. But where’s Glenn?) The game of the night, “Squeal Of Fortune,” asks contestants to determine which phrases are bad Google translations and which are the titles of grindcore songs. No one excels at that. Thus far, though it could use some gore effects, <i>Two Minutes To Late Night </i>seems like it has potential to be a true alternative in the often homogeneous late night scene.</p><p>Kaufman tells <i>The A.V. Club </i>his motivations were musical: “We want to give exposure to so many bands of all genres. Could you imagine being a young weirdo and watching a show that introduces you to queer and feminist metal bands?” Olds concurs: “What’s really special about metal in particular is just how fun it is. It’s fearless. It isn’t afraid to look stupid or sound like shit.” He adds: “I also hope I’m the last white male talk show host. That’s getting old.”</p><p><a href="http://www.avclub.com/article/two-minutes-late-night-would-be-most-metal-talk-sh-238345" target="_blank">(via AV Club)</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/43802032016-05-16T15:46:29-04:002017-01-16T09:25:13-05:00Mutoid Man add shows around EU Festival appearances<figure data-orig-width="1465" data-orig-height="979" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/b3992c01d3c4c727c317fe89bdbabe38/tumblr_inline_o7abpy2OcY1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> have just announced shows in Germany and London in addition to their appearances at Roskilde, Brutal Assault, Rock Altitude, Pukkelpop, ArcTanGent, and the newly announced Musica W festivals.</p><p>In the United States they will be playing a special $6.66 show in Brooklyn at St. Vitus, as well as Hopscotch Festival in September.</p><p>A list of announced shows can be found below. Tickets and info available <a href="http://mutoidman.com/shows" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p><p>MUTOID MAN LIVE 2016<br>Jun 06 - Brooklyn, NY @ St. Vitus (SixPoint Brewery’s $6.66 Show)<br>Jul 01 - Roskilde, DK @ <a href="http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/" target="_blank">Roskilde Festival</a><br>Aug 10-13 - Jaroměř, CZ @ <a href="http://brutalassault.cz/" target="_blank">Brutal Assault Festival</a><br>Aug 12 - Le Locle, CH @ <a href="http://rockaltitude.ch" target="_blank">Rock Altitude Festival</a><br>Aug 13 - Castellina Marittima, IT @ <a href="http://www.musicaw.net/" target="_blank">Musica W Festival</a><br>Aug 15 - Stuttgart, DE @ Keller Club<br>Aug 16 - Wiesbaden, DE @ Schlachthof<br>Aug 17 - Kiewit, BE @ <a href="https://www.pukkelpop.be/en/" target="_blank">Pukkelpop Festival</a><br>Aug 18 - Dortmund, DE @ FZW Club<br>Aug 19-20 - Bristol, UK @ <a href="http://www.arctangent.co.uk/" target="_blank">ArcTanGent Festival</a><br>Aug 21 - London, UK @ Boston Music Rooms<br>Sep 08-10 - Raleigh, NC @ <a href="http://hopscotchmusicfest.com/" target="_blank">Hopscotch Festival</a><br></p><p><i>photo by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bradleyaldridge/" target="_blank">Bradley Aldridge</a></i></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/43802042016-04-07T11:33:22-04:002017-01-16T09:25:13-05:00Mutoid Man add shows supporting Baroness after US headlining dates<figure data-orig-width="640" data-orig-height="383" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/0d0cdb838db17ef69fd448bc79a4161e/tumblr_inline_o58ohxYIUu1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><i>photo by Isabel Thomas</i></p><p><a href="http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fmutoidman.com%2F&t=Y2ExNGViOTc2MDIxMzlhZDVlN2VjNTM1YmJmMTVlMzZkMTNkNTFjMCx2UXlUaXlNNQ%3D" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> has just added three shows in Canada playing support for Baroness after a string of US headlining dates coming up in April and two shows playing support for <a href="http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fkvelertak.com%2F&t=MGFjMWEzNzg3ZjAwNDY4MWRhNzJiZDMyNzEzZTcyY2UwNjY1YWY2Yix2UXlUaXlNNQ%3D" target="_blank">Kvelertak</a>. Then they head overseas to play multiple festivals, including the recently announced Pukkelpop. A list of announced shows can be seen below - <a href="http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fmutoidman.com%2Fshows&t=Mzk1OGI5NmM0OTZhNTc1YzFiYWNlOTI1MzFmYmIyOTEyOWMyNTMxMyx2UXlUaXlNNQ%3D" target="_blank">tickets are available HERE</a>.</p><p>Apr 19 - Boston, MA @ Great Scott<br>Apr 20 - Buffalo, NY @ Studio at Waiting Room<br>Apr 21 - Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar *<br>Apr 22 - Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot Ballroom *<br>Apr 23 - Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme<br>Apr 24 - Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Rock Club<br>Apr 25 - Louisville, KY @ The Haymarket Whiskey Bar<br>Apr 26 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Smiling Moose<br>Apr 27 - Philadelphia, PA @ Black Box at Underground Arts<br>Apr 30 - Quebec, QC @ Le Cercle #<br>May 01 - Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre #<br>May 03 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House #<br><br>Aug 10-13 - Jaroměř, CZ @ <a href="http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fbrutalassault.cz%2Fen%2F&t=OWNhMWQzY2MwYjk1ZTRmZTA2OTc5MWY4NGZlMDNhYmJhYjk2MzMxNix2UXlUaXlNNQ%3D" target="_blank">Brutal Assault Festival</a><br>Aug 12 - Le Locle, CH @ <a href="http://www.rockaltitude.ch/" target="_blank">Rock Altitude Festival</a><br>Aug 17-20 - Kiewit, BE @ <a href="http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pukkelpop.be%2Fen%2F&t=MzFmYTBiMGI5NmZmM2RiODQwYzBjNWMyN2UzMzVlMDdiMWY1YzA3MCx2UXlUaXlNNQ%3D" target="_blank">Pukkelpop Festival</a><br>Aug 18-20 - Bristol, UK @ <a href="http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arctangent.co.uk%2F&t=NTZlYjc5YWEzZDA2N2I0MmVkNzhkMmJhNDViMDk1MzEyZTAwYjViMSx2UXlUaXlNNQ%3D" target="_blank">ArcTanGent Festival</a></p><p>* with <a href="http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fkvelertak.com%2F&t=MGFjMWEzNzg3ZjAwNDY4MWRhNzJiZDMyNzEzZTcyY2UwNjY1YWY2Yix2UXlUaXlNNQ%3D" target="_blank">Kvelertak</a><br># with <a href="http://yourbaroness.com" target="_blank">Baroness</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/43802052016-02-10T21:00:29-05:002017-01-16T09:25:13-05:00Crash Bang Boom interviews Nick Cageao of Mutoid Man<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="678" data-orig-width="1024"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/6ab3fb3204083528cc5535a5cab7c2fc/tumblr_inline_o2d1hx21RC1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p><i>photo by Nik Vechery</i></p><p><a href="https://soundcloud.com/crash_bang_boom_podcast" target="_blank">Crash Bang Boom</a> interviewed <a href="http://mutoidman.com/nicholas-cageao" target="_blank">Nick Cageao</a>, bassist for <a href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a>, discussing early influences, his origins in the band, touring with Dillinger Escape Plan, and more. Check out the podcast at the below player:</p><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/244101400&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false"></iframe>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/43802062015-12-21T10:00:00-05:002021-01-09T10:44:17-05:00Premier Guitar // Interview with Steve Brodsky and Nick Cageao<figure data-orig-width="490" data-orig-height="93" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/6bf79e36593b7870db7bd43c036f962d/tumblr_inline_o0fy4izGNn1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="637" data-orig-height="469" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/52eec41df360472187f98c2193990fd6/tumblr_inline_o0fy5gry9f1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="614" data-orig-height="111" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/751177e85e796bb89d4278b884f17145/tumblr_inline_o0fy5poOXG1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><i>photo by Ben Stas</i></p><p>For metal and hardcore fans of a certain age, the exploits of a handful of bands that proliferated in and around Boston in the early aughts remains a high water mark for creativity in contemporary heavy music.</p><p>Of those groups, Converge and Cave In truly led the pack, crafting fearlessly unique sounds that fused metal’s instrumental athletics with hardcore’s energy, while never shying from mercurial dynamic shifts, noisy atmospherics, melodic flourishes, and copious stabs of jagged dissonance—all notions that went against the grain of heavy music at the time. Cave In also grew into penning damn good songs, full of hooks that displayed a songwriting sensibility far removed from the bash-and-thrash of their peers. Although both outfits remain active and have continued to make potent recordings, Converge’s 2001 <i>Jane Doe</i> and Cave In’s 1998 debut album, <i>Until Your Heart Stops</i>, are seminal metalcore.</p><p>Vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist Stephen Brodsky, the ringleader of Cave In and a former member of Converge, is an underacknowledged legend. His knack for pairing smart lyrics and lightning-strike intensity shines through Cave In’s discography like the headlamp of an oncoming locomotive. Brodsky, who now lives in Brooklyn, is a compulsive creator. In 2013, when things slowed down significantly for Cave In, he drafted his friend, Converge drum hero Ben Koller, to form <a href="http://mutoidman.com/" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> and craft the band’s debut EP, <i><a href="http://mutoidman.com/helium-head-2013" target="_blank">Helium Head</a></i>.</p><p>Dynamic bassist Nick Cageao, formerly of Brooklyn-based power thrashers Bröhammer, was added shortly after <i>Helium Head</i> was released, and what began as a simple outlet for Brodsky’s restless energies caught the attention of Sargent House Records, who signed the group and gave Mutoid Man the opportunity to up the ante with a full-length album<i>.</i></p><p>Now, 20 years after Cave In played their first gig, Brodsky and Mutoid Man have released the 10-song <i><a href="http://mutoidman.com/bleeder-2015" target="_blank">Bleeder</a>.</i> The turbulent riff feast is dusted with unexpected melodies informed by ’60s and ’70s proto-metal, filtered through the sensibilities of players raised on ’80s thrash, then spiked and polished by the trio’s modernist musical instincts into a gleaming spire of prog-punk mayhem. Clocking in at just 29 minutes, <i>Bleeder </i>is an exercise in succinct, functional freneticism that thrashes, shreds, and incinerates.</p><p>As Brodsky and Cageao prepared for a European assault in support of the album, <i><a href="http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/23412-mutoid-mans-steven-brodsky-and-nick-cageo-prog-punk-alchemists" target="_blank">Premier Guitar</a> </i>caught up with the string-stranglers to find out what makes <i>Bleeder </i>tick, to learn about the band’s recording process, and to glean the secret to avoiding the creative plateaus that come with a career as storied as Brodsky’s.</p><!-- more --><p><b>Do Mutoid Man’s songs start with a riff?<br>Brodsky: </b>Yeah, that’s been the basis from the beginning. <i>Helium Head</i> was just Ben and I trying out riffs in the rehearsal space. We didn’t have a bass player at the time, so I used a weird tuning that dropped the lowest string down far enough to make it feel like there was some extra low end in the room. That tuning shapes our writing because it’s so unique. I come up with riffs I like and then Ben suggests things like “flip it around backwards, take out a beat, and throw an accent in <i>here,</i>” and it becomes a challenging and fun exercise that takes all of us out of our comfort zones and also happens to yield songs we dig.</p><p><b>Could you detail the tuning the band uses and how it helps shape the riffs?</b><br><b>Brodsky:</b> We tune to standard, but a half-step down, and then the lowest string is dropped down to an A#. It’s A#–G#–C#–F#–A#–D#. It’s cool because you can play riffs that would work in standard, but what would be just a power chord now has an extra low octave to it, which really changes the whole texture.</p><p>I think I first noticed a similar tuning in the song “Prison Sex” by Tool, and I remember that song really jumped out at me. When I heard that song, I thought, “That’s got to be a bass,” but it turned out to be a guitar with a low B string. I think Soundgarden’s “Rusty Cage” and some other songs on<i>Badmotorfinger </i>are also in that tuning [B–A–D–G–B–E].</p><figure data-orig-width="646" data-orig-height="688" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/1db818b7139215ec863635a6aa2f5c3a/tumblr_inline_o0fz09mlUe1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><b>What was the writing process for <i>Bleeder</i> like?<br>Cageao:</b> We were all living in different places and sent riffs to each other on our cell phones until we had a good collection of ideas. When it was getting close to the time when we had to go in to track, we went to a friend’s studio space in Long Island City and did a few weekends there trying to group things together and bang out full songs from the riffs. Things are often done unconventionally in this band. “Bridgeburner” is a good example: Steve sent me a clip from the video game <i>Tiger-Heli </i>and asked me to write a part that sounded like it, and that riff became that song.</p><p><b>So songwriting is much more collaborative than fans might assume?</b><br><b>Brodsky: </b>Oh, very much so! Ben even wrote the main riff in “Scavengers”—that noodley upper-register guitar part. It’s all over the place with how we write things, and that’s really the magic of it. There’s never a loss of ideas between all three of us.</p><p><b>Cageao: </b>It was cool to <i>really</i> do it as a proper three piece. Steve’s an unbelievable songwriter and I would have been happy to just play things that he wrote for us, but it was really cool that he’s into working so closely and interactively.</p><p><b>Stephen, there’s a thread of classic rock laced into what you do that has always set your playing apart from most other contemporary heavy metal guitarists. Tell us a bit about where you’re coming from.</b><br><b>Brodsky:</b> I’m a ’70s child, man! That had a lot to do with how my ear for music was shaped. Even down to the cover art I prefer, that period had a major influence. I got to flip through my dad’s records at a really young age. No one talks about the Cars <i>Panorama</i> album, but the back cover of that record, with those dudes in a circular formation playing the weirdest looking guitars ever, was just <i>so </i>bizarre, and seeing it as a young kid really stuck with me.</p><p>Everything I play sounds maybe a little more complex than it really is, and I like it that way because, ultimately, what makes or breaks putting a guitar part into a repertoire that I’m going to play over and over again in a band context, is whether or not it’s fun to play, and if it <i>feels</i> good to my hands. If it doesn’t, I really have to be coaxed into doing it, which is something we call “leveling up” in Mutoid Man.</p><figure data-orig-width="200" data-orig-height="304"><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/f357bd1e7a42594f3732cbec8bb7251c/tumblr_inline_o0fz4yLkb61qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><b>What players have influenced you the most, and was there any music that influenced you when the band was writing <i>Bleeder</i>?</b><br><b>Brodsky: </b>For <i>Bleeder</i>—and I know there’s no guitar player in this band—Lightning Bolt’s bassist really pushes things to a level that I aspire to, and that band definitely had an impact. Their energy was really influential.</p><p>Dave Knudson from Botch has been really important. I was fortunate that I got to see Botch play several times before they called it a day, and it was everything you hear on the records and more. For a one-guitar-player band, Dave could do stuff live that was more than what I’ve seen bands with three guitarists do.</p><p>It’s also a melting pot of thrash metal players that I love. Anthrax is from New York and I feel like there’s some of that soul being filtered into Mutoid Man. As an artist, you have to be relaxed with the idea that what you’re doing is built upon years and years of research someone did before you. Be an alchemist and mix some good shit together—even if it’s coming out of something that’s already established.</p><p><b>Who would you cite as influential, Nick?</b><br><b>Cageao:</b> The first album I got as a kid, when I was learning to play the bass, was <i>Fragile</i> by Yes, which my dad gave me. Yes was also my first show when I was 6, so Chris Squire was an extremely important influence. Then I got into Les Claypool, who was really captivating to me when I was younger. I also got really nerdy with guys like Victor Wooten, Stanley Clarke, Larry Graham, and it all eventually came back to guys like James Jamerson, whose influence probably doesn’t show too much in my playing, but was important.</p><p>The real game-changer was discovering Billy Sheehan, who blew my mind. The way he kept up with Steve Vai on the song “Shyboy” by David Lee Roth really fucked me up.</p><figure data-orig-width="200" data-orig-height="267"><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/b7a480a17b8efe8a8419cd926fe2ee73/tumblr_inline_o0fz5aKaz61qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><b>Stephen, tell me about your signature pedal with Main Ace FX.</b><br><b>Brodsky:</b> James [Granuzzo] of Main Ace hit me up and thought I’d really dig some of his pedals. I was really into one fuzz in particular. He had a schematic for a tremolo pedal he had been working on, and I had never seen a combination fuzz and tremolo pedal, so he whipped it up for me and we named it the Shell Shock. James even got permission from [illustrator] John Santos to use some of his artwork from the <i>Helium Head</i> record!</p><p>It’s a rad pedal! It’s got this very laser-like precision to it that works really well for a lot of things. We used it for just about everything on the [<i>Bleeder</i>] song “Deadlock.”</p><p><b>There are a lot of octave effects on the record, and a lot of dive-bombs. What were you using for those sounds?</b><br><b>Brodsky:</b> I’m having this love affair with the Boss PS-3 Super Shifter. One thing about playing with a whammy bar is that I really can’t stand constantly going out of tune. For a singer, it’s just about the absolute worst thing you could have to deal with. Those pedals are great because I can avoid using a whammy-equipped guitar. But they are also a rad creative tool.</p><p><b>You and Converge guitarist and producer Kurt Ballou have a long history of working together. What did he bring to <i>Bleeder</i> in the studio?</b><br><b>Brodsky: </b>This record wouldn’t have been as good without Kurt’s involvement. We went in with a lot of room for improvement in the songs, and having him suggest things and dial in such great sounds was super helpful. There was a degree of uncertainty and—honestly—a bit of panic in making this record because we didn’t have everything written when we went in and only had nine days to do <i>everything</i>.</p><p><b>Cageao:</b> There were a few times when I didn’t have a proper bass part written yet and would essentially mirror whatever lick Steve was playing, and Kurt would just push the door open to the live room, stare me down, and say, “Dude: Michael Anthony.” And that advice would immediately fix things. “Beast” is a perfect example of that situation, and it’s obviously a <i>total</i> Michael Anthony bass line!</p><figure data-orig-width="634" data-orig-height="691" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/e938d840ed4e786c9f31476ca886243c/tumblr_inline_o0fzaixDcd1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><b>Did you use your own gear on the album or the treasure trove of amps at Kurt’s God City studio in Salem, Massachusetts?</b><br><b>Brodsky: </b>I brought in my Sunn Model T head, which we used on a lot of overdubs, but it’s a really dark sounding amp and we wanted something a little brighter and more present for the core tracks. It was really fun going through the various amps we had at our disposal there, and most of them sounded great, but it wasn’t until the very end of the process that Kurt goes, “I’ve got something else we <i>could</i> try,” and came back into the live room wheeling this absolute mutant of an amplifier, which turned out to be a Gibson Titan from the ’60s.</p><p>The Gibson wound up being perfect for the recording because we tracked things live and the amp itself didn’t resonate many bass frequencies in the room, which was great because we had it running in addition to Nick’s massive bass rig, which forced us to really lock-in together and almost track as a single instrument.</p><p><b>The solo at the end of “1000 Mile Stare” is really wild sounding. What exactly are we hearing there?</b><br><b>Brodsky:</b> That’s actually a DigiTech Space Station. There’s a setting on it that sounds like when you hit the stop button on a turntable, and I randomized the pedal movement back-and-forth in a somewhat rhythmic way. I feel like the randomness of the pedal’s shifting is really what makes that solo sound entertaining.</p><p><b>How do you keep growing as a player this deep into your career? You mentioned recently taking lessons with Peter Murphy and Black Sugar Transmission guitarist Andee Blacksugar.</b><br><b>Brodsky: </b>Yeah, that was huge! I felt like I didn’t want to repeat myself anymore and wanted to get new tricks to spin my brain in new directions. Guitar players are the laziest musicians on the planet, and we won’t adjust if we don’t have to, but I felt that, going into writing a new record, I really had to step up my game. I’d like to do the same for whatever comes next. The lessons were really helpful. Now that’s gotten me into a rhythm of searching online for random nerdy guitar videos, and it’s great! Even the smallest thing or extra nuance that you learn can usually be applied to several different parts of your playing.</p><p><b>Was there anything you learned from the lessons that applied to your playing in Mutoid Man?</b><br><b>Brodsky: </b>I ran through a bunch of different modes—stuff I could hear that I was familiar with, but could never name by ear before—and then explored challenging ways of playing those modes. It brought me back to the basics and I got a better understanding of why a lot of the early thrash stuff and metal that I love sounds the way it does. There’s this rudimentary element involved in a lot of that stuff—especially early Megadeth and Metallica records. All of those guys were just on the cusp of having honed their chops, and there is a classical, almost music-school element to a lot of those riffs.</p><p><b>Tell me about those ’80s Aria basses you use, Nick.</b><br><b>Cageao: </b>I use Aria ZZB Customs, which is kind of a vamp on a Gibson Explorer shape with a wacky paint job, and the pickups on them are really, really cool. They’re essentially a split-coil P-bass pickup in a humbucker housing. I use the bridge pickup a lot for recording to get a middy growl, but live I run both to take up more low-end space. It’s a medium-scale bass with 24 frets and the neck is thin like a guitar’s, which is awesome for me because I’m all over the place.</p><p>I had an actual Gibson Explorer bass when they weren’t super expensive, and I unfortunately had to sell it to pay for hospital bills. The very next day I got a really great paying job doing sound somewhere and I went back to the store and tried to buy it back, but they had already sold it. I was so, <i>so </i>bummed. So I was looking up Explorer basses on eBay and my main Aria was the first one I found. It was $199, and I thought, “If it’s a piece of crap, whatever, it’s cheap.” I got it, had it set up, and I really haven’t used any other basses since, despite buying plenty more. It rips, it’s easy to play, and it’s got a sound that meshes nicely with Steve’s sound without sacrificing my low end.</p><figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-provider="youtube" data-orig-width="540" data-orig-height="304" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DkTdd4lg2Tq0"><iframe width="540" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kTdd4lg2Tq0?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe></figure><p><i>Like Stephen Brodsky’s earlier band Cave In, Mutoid Man blends sharply honed metal riffery and polished songcraft, displayed throughout this performance of Bleeder’s “Bridgeburner” at GodCity studio in Salem, Massachusetts, where the album was recorded. There’s a strong hook in Brodsky’s vocal melody and the tune’s backbone guitar riff, which kicks in at 0:28—and his solo, which begins at 2:23, is gloriously old-school thrash.</i></p><p><b>You play through a pretty serious mountain of amps live. What are you running?</b><br><b>Cageao:</b> I use a ’70s Sound City X188 as the core of my sound. That is insanely loud and cuts through everything, and for my lead-oriented style, works really well. I run that through an ’80s Marshall 4x12 bass cab. The second head that I use is an Ampeg V-4B, which I sometimes swap out for a Peavey Mark IV, and use strictly for clean low end through a 2x15 cab. The pairing gives me this ripping, distorted, more guitar-oriented sound from the Sound City and a nice full clean bass sound from the Ampeg. Honestly, they both sound <i>terrible</i> alone, but they work perfectly for me together.</p><p><b>Steve, you’ve always seemed to favor vintage gear. How did you get into using older stuff?</b><br><b>Brodsky:</b> The less knobs the better! I’ve had this Sunn Model T for years and it’s rarely let me down. I really prefer the sound of old-school natural amp distortion blended with an overdrive pedal. I’ve always wanted to get the sound from Slayer’s <i>Reign in Blood</i>. There’s a factor of nostalgia to it as well. There’s something robotic and almost toy-like about Boss pedals, with them all coming in the same enclosure, and growing up with that was very endearing. I spent hours at music stores just looking into the glass wishing I could own every one of them.</p><p>A big part of my sound—and I know it’s unorthodox—is a distortion pedal placed last in the chain. I tend to think that effects on their own sound really cold and cheesy, but if you mash everything into a distortion pedal, it works much better for me. I like the sound of a delayed signal being cooked and burned on the way back out! It’s really worth experimenting, because each piece of gear has its own soul and its own behavior depending on where it’s placed in a signal chain. Get creative!</p><p>(via Premier Guitar)</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/43802072015-12-14T19:19:49-05:002017-01-16T09:25:13-05:00HOLIDAY SALE at both online stores<figure data-orig-width="4256" data-orig-height="2832" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/6487005b17dc17b561302859c960a5f6/tumblr_inline_nzdi82nHI51sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>Our label <a href="http://sargenthouse.com/" target="_blank">Sargent House</a> is having a holiday sale on all 2015 Album Artists. The sale lasts until midnight, December 25th and is valid at both the US $ store and the UK £ store.</p><p><i><a href="http://hellomerch.com/collections/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Hello Merch - ships worldwide from US</a></i></p><p>Save 20% off all Bundles and CDs and 15% off all vinyl.<br></p><hr><p><i><a href="http://sargenthouse.awesomedistro.com/artists/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Awesome Distro - ships to EU from UK</a></i></p><p>Save 15% off all CDs, vinyl, and bundles by using the code DECEMBERSALE at checkout.</p><hr><p><i>photo by Nick Sayers</i></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/43802082015-11-02T19:20:43-05:002017-01-16T09:25:13-05:00Copenhagen live show review<figure data-orig-width="687" data-orig-height="82" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/a1b8e907f12e553582469064079bec83/tumblr_inline_nx7oxxpY481qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="690" data-orig-height="304" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/e2d2aad6003ccd57575473ca880764ac/tumblr_inline_nx7oy81uCg1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><i>words by <a href="http://rockfreaks.net/about/staff#AP" target="_blank">Alexsi Pertola</a><br>photos by <a href="http://www.thorstraten.eu/" target="_blank">Stefan Frank thor Straten</a></i></p><p>Here, in the live setting, the songs that comprise “<a href="http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/album/bleeder" target="_blank">Bleeder</a>” suddenly come to full fruition, with the anthemic “Sweet Ivy” and the following “1000 Mile Stare” especially played in glorious renditions that see <a href="http://mutoidman.com/stephen-brodsky" target="_blank">Brodsky</a> collapsing onto the floor and delivering a tapped solo lying on his back. All throughout the man looks every bit the mad genius he is reputed to be, all bulging eyes and snapping amusing remarks in between the songs (e.g. when <a href="http://mutoidman.com/nicholas-cageao" target="_blank">Cageao’s</a> bass strap tears during “Friday the 13/8”, Brodsky addresses this with the words, <i>”Is the strap-on fixed? How are we going to fuck without the strap-on?”</i>, or when he introduces <a href="http://mutoidman.com/benjamin-koller" target="_blank">Koller</a> as the man <i>”from at least 7000 other bands, beating the foreskins for like an hour, ripping the wood like nobody could.”</i>). Koller and Cageao, too, look to be in high spirits, the former customarily veiled by his own hair yet wildly energetic, the latter a constant whirlwind of rocking out and providing countless examples of his own technical prowess (something that was not as easy to determine whilst listening to the album).</p><!-- more --><figure data-orig-width="620" data-orig-height="414" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/0bddb08248cb1315149a55385171252a/tumblr_inline_nx7p14LD7C1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>This is <a href="http://mutoidman.com/" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a>’s first time in Denmark, so Brodsky insists on taking a moment <i>”to appreciate the wonderment and awesomeness off [our] Piss Vortex”</i> — praise like candy to a Dane’s ears — before ripping out “Sacriledge” and “Scrape the Walls”, the latter of which finds Brodsky and Cageao exchanging instruments mid-song, and the humorous antic of the former taping his mouth shut with gaffa tape and then attempting to scream the lyrics. This is one of those concerts where one would have to be a statue to avoid smiling, yet at the same time, Mutoid Man are not simply pulling the leg. Fun they like to have, which tends always to be a bonus in my book, but none of the ridiculousness compromises the authenticity or integrity of their music, which in itself is well written and complex enough to maintain your undivided attention. All of the three musicians are experts at their tradecraft, with Koller allowed a ludicrous amount of liberty to do his thing, Cageao running his fingers through licks almost as liquid as Brodsky’s melodies, and Brodsky himself showing his breathtaking range of vocals more than once (most prominently in an excellent cover of The Animals’ “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” near the end of the set).</p><figure data-orig-width="620" data-orig-height="414" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/bad18215f4d09a25d4b8cf138e8058d8/tumblr_inline_nx7p1mbyEg1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>As “Gnarcissist” concludes the festivities at the end of an encore then, it is hard to imagine anyone leaving this concert grumpy. It is a rare delight to witness a band as enamoured by playing music as Mutoid Man; the sheer enthusiasm of these three gentlemen is impossibly contagious, and even though a more raucous audience could have transformed this into a magical evening, the trio does more than enough to mark their concert as one of the best in 2015 yet. Here’s hoping for a swift return.</p><p><a href="http://rockfreaks.net/gigs/1174" target="_blank">(via RockFreaks)</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/43802092015-10-28T14:48:23-04:002017-01-16T09:25:13-05:00Live show review from Glasgow // Rock N Reel Reviews<figure data-orig-width="450" data-orig-height="44" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/b9d3190ba937d3b776350cee7006dc65/tumblr_inline_nwy01c2TtN1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="640" data-orig-height="381" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/47668fea71c31d214117b7dbd839aa7d/tumblr_inline_nwy1540oYk1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><i>photo by Isabel Thomas<br></i><i>review by John Higham</i></p><p>Somewhat of a metal supergroup, <a href="http://mutoidman.com/" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> are on the road in Europe for the first time having this summer released their excellent new album <i><a href="http://mutoidman.com/bleeder-2015" target="_blank">Bleeder</a></i>. A hardcore/math-metal trio made up of <a href="http://mutoidman.com/stephen-brodsky" target="_blank">Stephen Brodsky</a> (Cave In) on guitar and vocals, <a href="http://mutoidman.com/benjamin-koller" target="_blank">Ben Koller</a> (Converge, All Pigs Must Die “…and 457 other bands”) pounding the drums and bassist <a href="http://mutoidman.com/nicholas-cageao" target="_blank">Nick Cagaeo</a>, they sure know how to put on a cracking show.</p><p>With the support’s amps removed from the cluttered stage Mutoid Man were afforded a bit more room than Palm Reader, but Ben Koller was still tucked away at the back, partly obscured by amps and pillar. Nevertheless, this didn’t prevent him from drawing the crowd’s attention on a number of occasions and leaving a look of amazement on the face of Palm Reader’s drummer, watching from the wings.</p><!-- more --><p><a href="http://www.rocknreelreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/P1010512.jpg" target="_blank"></a>They open their lively set with Bridgeburner, the first track on Bleeder. On record the song is already full of energy and it benefits hugely from the live setting. It’s a great choice to get things off to a blistering start even with Stephen Brodsky’s guitar sound suffering from a faulty pedal. With the guilty pedal swapped out during a brief bluesy bass and drum interlude things get going proper.</p><figure data-orig-width="1180" data-orig-height="787" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/c38906141a91bef20708939684dc435e/tumblr_inline_nwy1fut9eV1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><i>photo by Asia Fairbanks</i><br></p><p>All three members look at home and like they’re having a great time on stage. Almost instantly, this is extended to the crowd with everyone perking up, enjoying themselves and singing along on a rainy Monday evening. Combining the flair, showmanship and catchiness of 80s metal with the aggression and energy of hardcore the trio are a joy to watch as they play a songs that are complex and yet accessible and catchy. Mutoid Man fly through a set comprised mostly of material from Bleeder with a couple of songs from Helium Head includingThe Manimals, their “butcher it, mutilate it, fuck it” version of The Animals’ Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood, and the encore of Gnarcissist.</p><p>But this wasn’t just your usual hardcore metal gig, there were points where it felt like a comedy show with the much of the crowd in fits of laughter. Whether it was Ben Koller taking a break from the kit by sitting on an unused amp backstage behind black curtains. Then playing the opening hi-hat to Sweet Ivy with only one arm and a drumstick poking through the gap in the curtains, looking like something out of The Muppets. Or the band members regularly flashing the middle finger to each other mid-song, and sometimes mid-solo. Even the between songs chat was humorous and delivered with charm, which is a rarity. Much of it is obviously just planned parts of the show, a practised and rehearsed shtick rather than spontaneous, but it’s funny as hell, is done brilliantly and is quite refreshing. (4.5/5)</p><p><a href="http://www.rocknreelreviews.com/mutoid-man-broadcast-glasgow-live-review/" target="_blank">(via Rock N Reel Reviews)</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/43802102015-10-26T18:15:10-04:002017-01-16T09:25:13-05:00photos by Liam Kielt, Vincent Hughes and Isabel ThomasThe Thin...<img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/d7a72e470904c35023448d558282f2aa/tumblr_nwultadYzo1ty3alfo1_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/032c73a2d0c5c94da8b7c51f360d649b/tumblr_nwultadYzo1ty3alfo4_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/5ed14f4a47c880047066301011b63a55/tumblr_nwultadYzo1ty3alfo3_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/6bdececb1ac0bb5421a100818a269886/tumblr_nwultadYzo1ty3alfo2_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/5cf8b2a20761707eb2246720219ba4c8/tumblr_nwultadYzo1ty3alfo5_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/8ce0a8a9327baf3c95cc182fe60b47c1/tumblr_nwultadYzo1ty3alfo7_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/3a77a0554119b85a8a0aa8f5a83daeb3/tumblr_nwultadYzo1ty3alfo6_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/f334f07db6a6a995e96043c6f9ccd7b2/tumblr_nwultadYzo1ty3alfo8_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><p><i>photos by Liam Kielt, Vincent Hughes and Isabel Thomas</i><br></p><p>The Thin Air captured <a href="http://mutoidman.com/" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> during their four shows in Ireland - <a href="http://thethinair.net/2015/10/irish-tour-mutoid-man/" target="_blank">see full photoset HERE</a>, and don’t miss the band on the rest of their EU tour. <br>Upcoming shows and tickets can be found <a href="http://mutoidman.com/shows" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/43802112015-10-06T16:15:13-04:002017-01-16T09:25:13-05:00Mutoid Man EU Bleeder Tour is almost here<figure data-orig-width="1200" data-orig-height="801" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/1195577f50fccd4be6b2d9d8f4f207cc/tumblr_inline_nvtdg0yc8b1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p>NEXT WEEK - <a href="http://mutoidman.com/" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> begins their Europe tour on October 14th with four shows in Ireland. They’ll be supported by <a href="http://nospillblood.com/" target="_blank">No Spill Blood</a> for all four Ireland shows, with <a href="https://75tonnesofbeard.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">7.5 Tonnes of Beard</a> joining them both in Dublin & Belfast. The rest of the UK dates will feature <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wearepalmreader" target="_blank">Palm Reader</a> as support.</p><p>Get your tickets and see a full list of shows <a href="http://mutoidman.com/shows" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/43802122015-09-30T22:33:57-04:002017-01-16T09:25:13-05:00CVLT Nation // Vancouver Live review and photos<figure data-orig-height="83" data-orig-width="200"><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/35cea7cbccb138f4bc590efc00034e60/tumblr_inline_nvis1hLrb71sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="564" data-orig-width="1440"><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/5c5b75e384b5c0da3f26cec7c160e108/tumblr_inline_nvis1qPeFx1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="76" data-orig-width="738"><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/bb9d705a70c841dbd84634d679b89c77/tumblr_inline_nvis2apCkL1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p><i>words by Milton Stille / photos by Asia Fairbanks</i></p><p>By the time <a href="http://mutoidman.com/" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> commenced their set, the venue was pretty much packed. The set that ensued was one of legend – I haven’t seen a band have so much fun onstage in a long time. Highlights included guitarist Stephen Brodsky’s and bassist Nick Cageao’s ridiculous antics and interactions, one of which involved the brief swapping of instruments, and one of which involved the cupping of balls. High energy throughout the set, it concluded with drummer Ben Koller vacating his throne to let our own Nick Yacyshyn from Baptists sit in for a song. No rehearsal, just on the fly. Just rock n roll. Definite contender for show of the year.<br></p><p><a href="http://www.cvltnation.com/cvlt-nation-captures-mutoid-man/" target="_blank">See the full review and all photos at CVLT Nation</a></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="467" data-orig-width="700"><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/2e621d795e739315b09719cd370dd5b1/tumblr_inline_nvis6oBWUS1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><!-- more --><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="466" data-orig-width="700"><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/e7c4a46c0351632076e35c76baf9e92a/tumblr_inline_nvis6onZIu1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="466" data-orig-width="700"><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/a55354e30ac20629a13fe178a59b8ff3/tumblr_inline_nvis6pRb9u1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="900" data-orig-width="601"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/d165e0e54dd91b5c11e884a587e582b7/tumblr_inline_nvis6rAhql1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="900" data-orig-width="601"><img src="//67.media.tumblr.com/5fe0f5f6c3ed5d4ec13101f14118f4f7/tumblr_inline_nvis6sLxsz1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="466" data-orig-width="700"><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/7837738c5ecb0e33b0c73eacb91c618c/tumblr_inline_nvis89CfZz1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="467" data-orig-width="700"><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/a0b6f5c69e0f0ea24fe2f0162e74da20/tumblr_inline_nvis89Fubk1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="900" data-orig-width="601"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/c46120355251a38b7a55244b5afb646a/tumblr_inline_nvis8auS7o1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p><a href="http://www.cvltnation.com/cvlt-nation-captures-mutoid-man/" target="_blank">(via CVLT Nation)</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/43802132015-09-24T15:41:38-04:002017-01-16T09:25:13-05:00Mutoid Man to play Fun Fun Fun Fest + FFF Nites<figure data-orig-width="621" data-orig-height="960" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/06c0810f3e641286f4ed7d80bb99367c/tumblr_inline_nv74l6NIaT1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="971" data-orig-height="1500" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//66.media.tumblr.com/91a4a960abd119c7d8dbb2dd3c16e9f9/tumblr_inline_nv74lhwHHT1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>Immediately after returning from their Europe tour, <a href="http://mutoidman.com/" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> will play on the Black Stage on Friday, November 6th at <a href="http://funfunfunfest.com/" target="_blank">Fun Fun Fun Fest</a> and at Sidewinder on November 7th for <a href="http://funfunfunfest.com/nites" target="_blank">FFF Nites</a> - get your tickets <a href="http://mutoidman.com/shows" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/39654252015-09-04T15:15:09-04:002015-12-16T20:51:34-05:00New Ireland shows, plus Irish & UK support<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="960" data-orig-width="1440"><img src="https://41.media.tumblr.com/96ba4a859c5d0108dda5b88de45d664a/tumblr_inline_nu62r7Yw9r1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_none border_" alt="image" /></figure>
<p><a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a> has added shows in Cork and Galway, with <a href="http://nospillblood.com/">No Spill Blood</a> supporting for all four Ireland shows.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/75-Tonnes-Of-Beard/114493138643141">7.5 Tonnes Of Beard</a>, which includes half of the band <a href="http://asiwyfa.com/">And So I Watch You From Afar</a>, will join in Dublin and Belfast.</p>
<p>The excellent <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wearepalmreader">Palm Reader</a> will be joining the Mutoids for all UK dates.</p>
<p>This tour is a guaranteed ripper - see an updated list of all shows below, and get your tickets <a href="http://mutoidman.com/shows">HERE</a>.</p><!-- more -->
<p>MUTOID MAN EURO TOUR 2015</p>
<p>Oct 14 Cork, IE @ Cyprus Avenue *<br>Oct 15 Galway, IE @ Roisin Dubh *<br>Oct 16 Dublin, IE @ Grand Social %<br>Oct 17 Belfast, IE @ Voodoo %<br>Oct 18 Birmingham, UK @ The Rainbow #<br>Oct 19 Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast #<br>Oct 20 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club #<br>Oct 21 Manchester, UK @ Deaf Institute #<br>Oct 22 London, UK @ Underworld #<br>Oct 23 Amsterdam, NE @ Q Factory<br>Oct 24 Cologne, DE @ Underground<br>Oct 25 Hamburg, DE @ Hafenklang<br>Oct 26 Copenhagen, DK @ BETA<br>Oct 27 Berlin, DE @ Cassiopeia<br>Oct 28 Vienna, AT @ Arena<br>Oct 29 Ljubljana, SI @ Menza pri Koritu<br>Oct 30 Bologna, IT @ Freakout Club<br>Oct 31 Milan, IT @ Lo Fi<br>Nov 01 Montpellier, FR @ Black Sheep<br>Nov 02 Lille, France @ La Peniche</p>
<p>* w/ No Spill Blood<br>% w/ No Spill Blood & 7.5 Tonnes Of Beard<br># w/ Palm Reader</p>
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<p><i>words & photos by <a href="http://jimsfear.tumblr.com/">James Alvarez</a></i></p>
<p><a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a> brought their high octane rock’n’roll hysterics to Los Angeles last week, touring in support of their stellar new album, Bleeder. The weeknight tour date did nothing to squash the crowd inside The Echo’s enthusiasm, as the Converge/Cave In supergroup played to a packed and sweaty room. Stephen Brodsky’s trademark croon, Ben Koller’s inhuman time keeping, and Nick Cageao ‘s low end rumbling kept heads bobbing, while the group’s hilarious onstage antics had everyone inside howling. Crowd surfing blow-up dolls and instrument swaps were just some of the lunacy Mutoid Man unleashed at The Echo. I think I saw Ben Koller kicking his hi-hat cymbals at one point. The band ended their set by performing their new album’s epic title track for the first time…ever, with assistance from their tour mate and mighty screamer, He Whose Ox Is Gored’s Lisa Mungo. It’s always a wild mix of riffs and lolz when Mutoid Man roll through town.</p>
<p><i>See all photos on <a href="http://newnoisemagazine.com/show-review-mutoid-man-at-the-echo-in-los-angeles/">New Noise</a> and check out a selection of live photos from their US Bleeder tour on the <a href="http://mutoidman.com/live-photos">Mutoid Man site</a></i></p><!-- more -->
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<p><i>photo by Mitchell Wojcik</i></p>
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<h2>The band's new album "Bleeder" is one of 2015's best.</h2>
<p><a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a> make music that is loud, noisy, nasty and gnarly on their latest release <i><a href="http://mutoidman.com/bleeder-2015">Bleeder</a></i>. One thing that's missing? Oh, just the hipster element than can come with too-cool-for-the-room metal.</p>
<p><a href="http://mutoidman.com/stephen-brodsky">Steve Brodsky</a>, formerly of Cave In, spoke to us about the band's genesis and more. Consider this the definitive scoop on Mutoid Man.</p>
<p><b>Give our readers the lowdown on how Mutoid Man came to be?</b></p>
<p>It was sort of just very unassuming and random how we got together and made a band out of it. <a href="http://mutoidman.com/benjamin-koller">Ben Koller</a>, the drummer, and I had a relationship, musically, for about 10 years now. His band Converge and my band Cave In did a recorded collaboration together years ago. Most of it never got released, but some got released on Converge's <i>Axe to Fall</i>.</p>
<p>Prior, Ben and I lived with Kurt [Ballou] from Converge. It was a slanty shanty. You could let a tennis ball go and it would roll to the other side. I had this resurgence where I was collecting video games and video game consoles, from the games that I was playing games in my youth. It was a mid-'20s life crisis. Ben was like a natural gamer. I would get stuck in <i>Zelda </i>and knock on his door. Like, 'How do I get out of the dark world here?' He'd pull out old issue of <i>Nintendo Power </i>and we were video game nerd buddies. That is how it started. We've been musically cross-pollinating over the years. He played drums in Cave In for about a year. We did a bunch of touring and recording.</p>
<p>When we found ourselves living in New York, we figured we'd just jam out and see what happens. I moved there since I was in a long-distance relationship. I was living in Boston, dating a woman in New York, and commuting. I bit the bullet and wanted to make it more serious, so I moved to New York. Ben and his girlfriend lived in Brooklyn and we ended up sharing a rehearsal space. I moved a full stack down from Boston and it was stuck in my closet. Ben said, 'It's a travesty. Let's get that in my rehearsal space.' I had nowhere else to put the stack. I had thought, 'If it falls through the floorboards and crushes someone... I'm in trouble.' So then we started jamming.</p>
<p><b>Are you still in New York? </b></p>
<p>I still live in New York but Boston is still my home.</p><!-- more -->
<p><b>I love that <i>Bleeder </i>is riffy and noisy, but it lacks the hipster element that similar-sounding bands might have. Was that at all purposeful or did it just... happen?</b></p>
<p>It's hard to say. We definitely go about crafting the songs as well as we can so that there is a little bit of all elements under the umbrella of rock 'n' roll in there. One of the covers we love to do is Little Richard song. It's a drumbeat that Led Zeppelin stole. Anyone who has an interest or an ear for rock music, if they have the patience to sit with Mutoid Man, which doesn't take that much patience, since <i>Bleeder </i>is still under a half-hour long... as long as you can roll with it, you will hear something that is a nod to punk or hardcore or classic rock or old-timey rock. We succeed at that. We are a well-rounded band. We throw out nods to rock 'n' roll.</p>
<p>Besides, do hipsters really listen to rock 'n' roll anymore?</p>
<p><b>I wonder if they do! That's a great point. So, pick one song off <i>Bleeder </i>and go deep with us.</b></p>
<p>One of the more memorable songwriting moments is 'Bridgeburner,' the opening track. Early in the writing process, when Ben and his family were packing up to move to the West Coast, where they were for a year, I helped him with the move. I helped him drive his car and some belongings and their dog across the country.</p>
<p>We were in the car for four or five days, taking a little road trip. At some point, we had podcasts, mixes, and some video games going on on the stereo. I think the theme from video game <i>Tiger Heli </i>came on and we looked at each other. We were vibing on it. We thought we should tell <a href="http://mutoidman.com/nick-cageao">Nick [Cageao]</a> to write a riff that sounds like this. We found a YouTube link to the music, sent it to Nick and five minutes later, we get a message back with Nick with his bass, playing the main riff to 'Bridgeburner.' We were like, 'Woah. That is rad.' We send ideas all the time but I remember that moment. We knew we had to jam on that riff.</p>
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<p><b>All that came from chaos! </b></p>
<p>We've dealt with some degree of chaos.</p>
<p><b>Do you resent/dislike/not care about the "supergroup" tag, since you've got some quality pedigree, with yourself and Converge/All Pigs Must Die drummer Ben Koller in the ranks?</b></p>
<p>In a sense, it is flattering, that people feel that way about groups we play in. Those groups are noteworthy enough to apply that tag. I look at it as praise. It's one of those things, where in the beginning, it can be tough. Maybe writers feel this way, or maybe you feel this way. Do you feel this responsibility to do what you can when talking or writing or music to bring it above the surface? That is fine. If people feel that way about Mutoid Man, I will call it 'God's Jizzing in Your Earhole!' I don't care. I don't care what you call it. That is one of the beautiful things about America. We have the freedom to act or behave as we wish in the world and have fun. Call it a supergroup, that's fine by me.</p>
<p><b>You have provided a charming snapshot of nerdy love of video games. Nerdiness is good in 2015. What is the one thing you want people to know about Mutoid Man? </b></p>
<p>The three of them in this band figured out how to unite under rock 'n' roll.</p>
<p><i>—Amy Sciarretto<br>08.21.15</i></p>
<p><a href="http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/interview-mutoid-man-s-steve-brodsky/11787948-all">(via Artist Direct)</a></p>
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<p> </p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/39654282015-08-20T16:17:36-04:002015-12-16T20:55:09-05:00Update from the Road: Steve Brodsky interview and live photos<p> </p>
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<p><a href="http://mutoidman.com/stephen-brodsky">Steve Brodsky</a> has been in the extreme-music game long enough to appreciate that there are ground rules to follow when you’re on the road.</p>
<p>A big one is to be grateful that there’s still an audience for bands that don’t understand the word compromise. So while Brodsky’s new endeavour, <a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a>, isn’t playing major-league hockey rinks and finer football stadiums on its current tour, the veteran singer-guitarist isn’t complaining.</p>
<p>“We could be making about 50,000 more a night, but so far we’re having a great time,” Brodsky says on his cell from a tour van headed to Raleigh, North Carolina. “Even if there’s like 30 or 300 people, you always just add a thousand to the audience in front of you and pretend that’s who you’re playing for. It’s a good psychological trick.”</p><!-- more -->
<p>Brodsky, who’s in his mid-30s, has been in bands his whole life, his first high-profile act being Salem, Massachusetts’s metalcore pioneers Converge. The singer-guitarist would go on to form long-running extreme noise alchemists Cave In, a group with a discography as extensive as it is punishing.</p>
<p>That he’s having a good time today is important when one considers what kind of headspace he was in leading up to the formation of Mutoid Man. Although he’s a bona fide icon in the underground metal world, Brodsky found himself feeling adrift after members of Cave In started having families, which had an effect on both writing music and touring. He shook things up first by moving from Boston to New York City.</p>
<p>“I moved to New York because of a woman that I was dating,” Brodsky says. “We were in a long-distance relationship, so that helped expedite the moving process. But even before that, I’d always felt that New York might be a good place to live. Having grown up in Massachusetts, I was really comfortable there. So I felt that at some point it would be really good to throw caution to the wind and move somewhere completely new—to be a little out of my comfort zone.”</p>
<p>That led to his hooking up with Converge drummer <a href="http://mutoidman.com/benjamin-koller">Ben Koller</a>, the two working on songs that surfaced on Mutoid Man’s 2013 debut EP, <a href="http://mutoidman.com/helium-head-2013">Helium Head</a>. The reception was positive enough that the group enlisted bassist <a href="http://mutoidman.com/nick-cageao">Nick Cageao</a> and then got to work crafting <a href="http://mutoidman.com/bleeder-2015">Bleeder</a>.</p>
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<p>Those who like their metal raw, ugly, and aggro won’t be disappointed by the shock-and-awe brutality of “1000 Mile Stare” and “Dead Dreams”. But Mutoid Man also finds Brodsky branching out from the sound he’s famous for. “Bridgeburner” sounds straight from a time when every Chevy panel van came complete with mag wheels, an 8-track tape player, and a Viking airbrushed on the side, while the roiling “Beast” is galloping classic rock welded to crossover hardcore. The tech-metal clinic “Soft Spot in My Skull”, meanwhile, can’t decide if it wants to cut up another line of speed or load up the bong.</p>
<p>“I guess I didn’t know it at the time, but it definitely was a good move for me creatively,” Brodsky says of relocating to New York. “Just being in survival mode kind of kicks in all these new instincts that you’re not really very familiar with. You have to readjust from a creative standpoint. And that’s really exciting. Prior to starting Mutoid Man, I felt like I was kind of in a rut writing heavy music. Between the years of 2005 and 2011, I didn’t think I was coming up with anything that was really great in the realm of heavy music. And if I did, it wasn’t coming out at a quick rate. When I started jamming with Ben, something clicked, and I tapped into a well of heavy-music writing that seemed to be just sitting there waiting to be opened.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.straight.com/music/512181/heavy-music-man-steve-brodsky-left-his-comfort-zone-start-mutoid-man">(article via The Georgia Straight)</a></p>
<p>For more live photos, check out <a href="http://www.leoweekly.com/2015/08/photo-set-mutoid-man-sweet-cobra-young-widows-haymarket-82215/">Leo Weekly</a> and <a href="http://www.imposemagazine.com/photos/mutoid-man-netherlands-and-moon-tooth-at-saint-vitus#30">Impose Magazine</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/39654292015-08-18T18:30:16-04:002015-12-16T20:56:01-05:00Mutoid Man live review from Philedelphia show<p> </p>
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<h2><b>MUTOID MAN MAKES SHREDDING LOOK EASY AT UNDERGROUND ARTS</b></h2>
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<p>Hardcore metal supergroup <a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a> came through Philadelphia to stop at <a href="http://undergroundarts.org/">Underground Arts</a> this past Friday, and performed an incredibly intense and enthusiastic set. The power trio was supported by tourmates <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sweetcobra">Sweet Cobra</a> and local noise punk band <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BardusMusic">Bardus</a>.</p>
<p>Too often when you see a technically-savvy hardcore band live, the members are stoic on stage while the crowd is going apeshit. On Friday night during <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mutoidman">Mutoid Man</a>‘s set, the exact opposite occurred. The majority of the audience stood still or banged their heads as they kept their eyes locked on the band, seemingly in disbelief that anyone could shred that well live. Not only did Mutoid Man perform their incredibly technical set of metal with precision, but they did so with an extremely jovial attitude.</p>
<p>Guitarist Steve Brodsky and bassist Nick Cageao poured huge, unrelenting riffs out of their amplifiers, while Ben Koller drove songs with his innovative and accomplished style of drumming. Each member of the band was absolutely first-rate with their respective instrument, to the point where they could enthusiastically blaze through tracks and still find time to playfully give each other the finger in between the music’s craziest moments. The band was truly in good spirits; Brodsky endearingly referred to the crowd as ‘mutants’ as he introduced their songs, Brodsky and Cageao switched instruments at one point, Cageao stole Koller’s seat when he got up to stretch, and they pulled out their insane cover of The Animals’ “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood.” Altogether they put on a topnotch and entertaining set, but possibly the most impressive thing about Mutoid Man is that vocalist/guitarist Steve Brodsky can pull off such a wide range of vocal duties while not missing a beat hammering away on his axe. Overall, Mutoid Man proved they are one of the most talented metal bands around, and more importantly that they are having the most fun doing it.</p>
<p>Click <a href="http://phillypunk.net/2015/08/18/mutoid-man-makes-shredding-look-easy-at-unerground-arts/">HERE</a> to see Philly Punk’s slideshow of photos by Jay Breslin, and don’t miss them as they continue touring North America and destroy Europe - dates and tickets <a href="http://mutoidman.com/shows">HERE</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/39654302015-08-12T19:28:00-04:002015-12-16T20:57:05-05:00Mutoid Man // Westword interviews Nick Cageao<p> </p>
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<p>It would be easy to dismiss Nick Cageao as a hired gun. After all, he didn’t join <a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a>, the psych-metal side project-turned-full-time-stunner from guitarist Steve Brodsky and drummer Ben Koller, until after the band released its blistering, ornate debut EP, <i><a href="http://mutoidman.com/helium-head-2013">Helium Head</a></i>. But even the fact that Cageao is able to keep up with Brodsky and Koller (formerly of Cave In and Converge, respectively) on songs they wrote is enough to garner him at least as much respect as any bass player gets from the music press. And even a cursory listen to Mutoid Man’s new full-length, <i><a href="http://mutoidman.com/bleeder-2015">Bleeder</a></i>, makes it obvious that Cageao isn’t just filling a hole: He’s become an integral cog in the Mutoid Man mayhem machine.</p>
<p>Though Cageao is relatively unknown outside of Brooklyn, where he works as a sound engineer at the much-lauded Saint Vitus Bar, his bandmates couldn’t be more famous. In the scene in which Cageao grew up, the pair are on the cutting edge of hard, fast and technical musicianship.</p>
<p>“They’ve been heroes of mine since I was fourteen,” says Cageao. “Ben was my favorite drummer for forever. And Stephen…It’s kind of been like a dream come true.”</p>
<p>Cageao met his bandmates through his day job, when he ran sound for one of Koller’s side projects, All Pigs Must Die.</p>
<p>“I was immediately captivated by this drummer,” says Cageao. “I remember I said something like, ‘You’re really good at drums, but you’re no Ben Koller.’”</p>
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<p>Despite the odd look the drummer gave him, it was another twenty minutes or so before Cageao says he realized it actually <i>was</i> Koller.<br>“I don’t know if he thought I was fucking with him or just an idiot,” says Cageao with a self-effacing chuckle.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, Koller appreciated Cageao’s engineering abilities and had him work sound for other shows around town. Then at a solo show Brodsky played at Saint Vitus, Cageao was behind the board when Koller hopped onstage for the final five tunes, songs that eventually became the bulk of Helium Head.</p>
<p>“As a little joke, I said, ‘Hey, if you ever need a bass player, give me a call.’”</p>
<p>In fact, the band was considering adding another member to its rhythm section. Soon after the show Cageao, got an e-mail with some tracks and a note from Koller that said, “Hey, can you learn these?”</p>
<p>He did, and the three began almost immediately to collaborate on new tracks while touring for Helium Head. The collaboration wasn’t without its hiccups, though. As old friends, Koller and Brodsky work well together because each is familiar with the other’s way of doing things. Cageao admits that he took some getting used to for the pair.</p>
<p>“I have a weird approach,” says Cageao. “I’m a bass player, but I come from a very neoclassical, death-metal-y background. Most of the things I learned on bass I took from a guitar player’s technique. My technique is completely wrong. For one thing, I start with the upstroke. Steve’s like, ‘Uh, why does that sound weird?’ and it’s like, ‘Oh, because I’m doing it wrong.’ But it lends to the creativity. Once we got together in a room and jammed, it came together pretty quickly.”</p>
<p>For his part, Cageao couldn’t be more proud of the contributions he made to <i>Bleeder</i>. The opening track, “Bridgeburner,” showed the other bandmembers just what Cageao could bring to the table as a writing partner.</p>
<p>“It started out with them sending me a clip of some video-game music,” says Cageao. “I was kind of stoned, and they were like, ‘Rip this off.’ Within five minutes, I made an iPhone video of the song, and they were like, ‘Holy shit!’”</p>
<p>Cageao even got to break out some of his metal chops on the song “1000 Mile Stare.”</p>
<p>“The thrash part at the end, we were in the studio in Long Island City, and I was like, ‘What if we took an Anthrax riff and just … (Here, he makes the crunchy sound of Scott Ian guitar part).”</p>
<p>Although he’s happy with his own role in making the record, Cageao is quick to praise his bandmates, as well.</p>
<p>“I think Steve is really, really brilliant,” says Cageao. “Steve has the best right hand of any guitar player I’ve ever played with.”<br>Brodsky and Koller’s talent, he says, is in their ability to experiment with odd sounds and structures and still make music that resonates.<br>“[Steve] is able to make weird things catchy,” says Cageao. “People want something to grasp onto. It’s cool to be nerdy musicians and still have people be able to tap their toe to it. That’s what those two monsters are completely brilliant at.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.westword.com/music/mutoid-mans-nick-cageao-on-playing-with-musical-legends-7021296">(via Westword)</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/39654312015-07-30T15:50:05-04:002015-12-16T20:57:44-05:00Mutoid Man adds European dates to headlining tour<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="2720" data-orig-width="4080"><img src="https://40.media.tumblr.com/fe05405ec6d9d2fcb4359fc16e76f92b/tumblr_inline_nsbcxcxQmb1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure>
<p>As part of their <i>Bleeder</i> shredlining tour, <a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a> will be taking over Europe beginning in October. These dates will follow their summer tour of North America. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 31st.</p>
<p>All anounced shows and ticket links can be found <a href="http://mutoidman.com/shows">HERE</a>. European performances are listed below.</p>
<p>Oct 16 Dublin, IE @ Grand Social<br>Oct 17 Belfast, IE @ Voodoo<br>Oct 18 Birmingham, UK @ The Rainbow<br>Oct 19 Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast<br>Oct 20 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club<br>Oct 21 Manchester, UK @ Deaf Institute<br>Oct 22 London, UK @ Underworld<br>Oct 23 Amsterdam, NE @ Q Factory<br>Oct 24 Cologne, DE @ Underground<br>Oct 25 Hamburg, DE @ Hafenklang<br>Oct 26 Copenhagen, DK @ BETA<br>Oct 27 Berlin, DE @ Cassiopeia<br>Oct 28 Vienna, AT @ Arena<br>Oct 29 Ljubljana, SI @ Menza pri Koritu<br>Oct 30 Bologna, IT @ Freakout Club<br>Oct 31 Milan, IT @ Lo Fi<br>Nov 01 Montpellier, FR @ Black Sheep<br>Nov 02 Lille, France @ La Peniche</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/39654322015-07-23T20:16:49-04:002015-12-16T20:58:21-05:00Mutoid Man hosts Metal Injection’s The Fix<p> </p>
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<p>Steve Brodsky and Nick Cageao from <a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a> talk about some of their favorite metal music videos on <a href="http://www.metalinjection.net/video/the-fix-141-mutoid-man-hosts">Metal Injection’s The Fix</a>.</p>
<p>Check out their playlist above, then watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTdd4lg2Tq0">“Bridgeburner” Live at God City</a> video to prep you for their upcoming US headlining tour - see show dates and get tickets <a href="http://mutoidman.com/shows">HERE</a>.</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/39654332015-07-16T15:41:38-04:002015-12-16T20:35:06-05:00Mutoid Man announces full US TourMutoid Man has announced their first full US tour in support of their new album Bleeder. The tour...Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/39654342015-07-11T00:00:00-04:002015-12-16T20:58:56-05:00Terrorizer // Print feature<p> </p>
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<p>Check out this interview with Steve Brodsky of <a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a> in the July 2015 issue of <a href="http://www.terrorizer.com/">Terrorizer</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a> have a great write-up in the latest print issue of <a href="http://metalhammer.teamrock.com/">Metal Hammer</a>, plus an 8/10 review for <a href="http://mutoidman.com/bleeder-2015">Bleeder</a>.<br><a href="http://content.sitezoogle.com.s3.amazonaws.com/u/158408/23dc578448ebb82b8fed0b71276fc77b99b2ccc9/original/metal-hammer-272-page-24.jpg?response-content-type=image/jpeg&AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJUKM2ICUMTYS6ISA&Signature=/nEoKbmcXxEM8DA31VC6S9OGVWw%3D&Expires=1436392140">See a full size image HERE</a></p>
<p><a href="http://mutoidman.com/stores">Get your copy now</a> to see hear why it’s “an instantly infectious slab of heavy metal thunder”</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/39654362015-07-07T15:04:45-04:002021-02-11T01:53:34-05:00Interview with Stephen Brodsky<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="662" data-orig-width="868"><img src="https://40.media.tumblr.com/9abc73df7b0816a5e71f8cf0c283c717/tumblr_inline_nr4s2z4n9e1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure>
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<p>This was one of those interviews where it is a no brainer. You have a band that practically can write its own path as the playing, lyrics and vocals are all on the same page, and that page is lined with gold filters. This album had me at the first note, the first riffage assault, the first kick of the kick drum, come come with the kick drum.<br><a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a> is for reals my friends. I think this is by far one of the best things to delight my senses in a bit. It has everything you want in an album and then some, much like a wonderful buffet in the heavens, never too much and leaves you always wanting more, yum yum. Sit back and relax as <a href="http://mutoidman.com/stephen-brodsky">Stephen Brodsky</a> brings me from A to Z in the Mutoid Man camp, hell, put up a tent if you so dig it.<br><br>SL): Thanks a ton for doing this interview with us<br><br><b>Stephen: No problem at all.</b><br><br>SL): The new CD is fucking Killing, I really believe it is some of the best stuff I have heard in a while to be honest with you. Do you mind bringing me through what the process was with writing and coming up with the different songs?<br><br><b>Stephen: At the time we started writing the record, Ben was still living in LA. Our means of communication about song ideas was mainly through texting each other little video clip of riffs. I like to write in the morning when my brain is fresh - I have this theory that all the riffs and musical ideas that are meant to be written are just lingering in the air, so the earlier the start you get in the day to grab them and then claim them as your own, the better. Anyway, yeah, lots of videos of me in my pyjamas or my underwear playing riffs. That was our way of being creative while spread apart. When Ben and his family moved back to the east coast last fall, we started playing together again almost right away. Knowing that we wanted our record to come out in 2015, we had to submit something early in the year for that to happen. A lot of the writing took place at Best Rehearsal, which is a spot in Long Island City that doubles as a gear rental company. One of our good friends Jeff works there. He was really helpful and instrumental in making the writing process easy for us - he also had pro tools set up in there and he would record all of our jams. During rehearsals, we would try and come up with at least a couple solid ideas per day. Even after all of that, we went into God City feeling like there was a lot of room for spontaneity.</b></p>
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<p>SL): There’s writing music and then there is writing lyrics. Are you someone that sits down to write or when it hits you, you sit down and go at it?<br><br><b>Stephen: If something hits me then I'll try and make a note of it, whenever that may be. For fine-tuning lyrics, it's helpful to allocate some time just to make sure everything feels clear - to get my words in a place where I've gone as far as possible with them on my own. It's helpful to have discussions about lyrics - I'll read them very plainly to people and ask "does this make sense?" or "how can I say that better?" or "is this cheesy?" There was a lot of that with this record. I know it's not very common for some bands, and it wasn’t always easy for me. These days it’s different, thankfully. </b></p>
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<p>SL): Was there something lyrically that you made a decision where you could discuss lyrics and ask people for help? Did you feel as if you were confident enough or did it just happen because you truly wanted someone else’s input?</p>
<p><b>Stephen: I used to fear having discussions about lyrics. But at some point, I realized it can be highly productive. In many cases, I'll have what I consider a good start for a concept or a theme of a song, but maybe I only get as far as coming up with a single verse, with half a chorus or something. If I open a discussion to get people's input, it usually leads to creating more content and also defining a much clearer overall picture. </b></p>
<p>SL): Do you find that doing this helps everything sound way better than before? Also musicianship wise?</p>
<p><b>Stephen: I think so. Crappy lyrics can be a song ruiner. It's like stale icing on a cake. Sometimes it can be difficult to even understand what a vocalist is saying. But as long as you sense something positive, or that an effort was made, then I think it signifies some type of battle is being won. </b></p>
<p>SL): Arrangement wise and vocally, for me, it is your best work</p>
<p><b>Stephen: Aw, thanks man.</b></p>
<p>SL): You’re welcome! So are you a lover of the studio process or would you rather plug in and play live or is it all one big thing?</p>
<p><b>Stephen: I always underestimate the workload and the stress that come along with both. And it usually hits me only once I'm there. I find myself wishing I could have somehow better prepared in the studio - or if I'm out on the road, wishing I'd packed more socks. I've been in both scenarios many times in my life and even still, when I'm in the thick of it, there's always this feeling like I could've done better. </b></p>
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<p>SL): Are you pretty easy on yourself or your worst critic?</p>
<p><b>Stephen: I am a pretty harsh critic on myself. Part of it is playing with such great players - I don’t wanna feel like I'm holding anyone back or doing anything that embarrasses anyone.</b></p>
<p>SL): So how long was the actual recording, mixing and mastering process.</p>
<p><b>Stephen: We had 9 days to record and mix. Somehow we pulled it off.</b></p>
<p>SL): You hear a lot more bands now finishing everything in 9 days, do you feel that the pressure of knowing how many days you have is better? The dendrites get popping a little more and some better stuff comes out?</p>
<p><b>Stephen: I really prefer to work that way. If you're with your band 24-7 during the recording process, usually the productivity is going to be heightened and you'll definitely hear it in the end result. The three of us left NY and hunkered down inSalem, MA during the coldest part of winter this year, which only added to us having no good reason to leave the studio. Each night everyone was sleeping in the same quarters, listening to playbacks and discussing the day’s work. That’s how we pulled it off. </b></p>
<p>SL): So in terms of the studio, are you a gear head? You have your Les Paul and your Marshall stack, do you stick with that or do you like to experiment?<br><br><b>Stephen: We went through a series of amps to experiment with getting a tone that worked best for basic tracking. After trying 6 or 7 amps, Kurt disappeared and came back into the room with this old Gibson amp that I'd never seen before. It looks like something the Animals or the Sonics would've played. We plugged it in and instantly everyone just kind of looked at each other and knew that was the one. With gadgets and pedals, I love tapping into that surprise element of when you plug in, spin a few knobs, and suddenly you're reconnected to a song like there's some urgent mission to elevate it through the stratosphere. </b></p>
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<p><i>(C) Ben Stas</i><br><br>SL): What pedals do you prefer?</p>
<p><b>Stephen: My standard pedal board setup involves a lot of Boss pedals, as I've been playing them for years. So there’s some sentimental value when looking down at them. Kurt has a huge variety at the studio, equal parts old standards and modern boutique pedals. It's like a small music store in there. </b></p>
<p>SL): The editor wanted to know how did you get the tone on ‘Bridgeburner’?</p>
<p><b>Stephen: That song had several different effects that we sort of mixed together to dress up each part, but then there’s this synth pedal - I don’t even know who makes it, as I’ve got tape all over the thing. I also like to hide stuff on my board just to pretend there's some big mystery going on.</b></p>
<p>SL): Pedals are definitely a nice dressing, did you experiment with many guitars or just your Gibson?</p>
<p><b>Stephen: My Les Paul is nice to play for long studio sessions because its light and won’t kill your back. It's also a family heirloom - my dad bought it in the early 90s, it was sort of like his last hurrah for wanting to buy an instrument to keep him strumming, and it happens to be a much nicer guitar than the one he learned with as a kid. So yeah, the Les Paul is all over the basic tracking and then we used a bunch of Kurt's guitars for overdubs. His green Jazzmaster is on "Reptilian Soul" and a few of his GCI guitars are all over the place. </b></p>
<p>SL): What are you tuning to?<br><br><b>Stephen: We drop everything down a half step - it's a cheap trick to make it sound like I'm singing higher than I actually can. We write almost everything in drop b, aka ‘Rusty Cage’ tuning - actually I learned it from the song "Prison Sex" by Tool. When that came out in 1993, it was the first time I'd ever really noticed anyone playing in drop b. </b></p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/205916026&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe>
<p>SL): How’s the experience of working with Kurt? Everyone I speak with says it is probably the best experience that have had. Would you say he makes you a better musician in the studio?</p>
<p><b>Stephen: Definitely. When we went in, there was a lot of unfinished business with our songs. It left a lot of room for Kurt to be involved, and I think he likes that. Ben and Kurt have a long history, Kurt and I have a long history, so it was very comfortable right off the bat to work that closely together. Yeah, I don’t think this record would have been as good without his involvement, given the time constraint alone. Kurt is also very uninhibited about sharing his opinions. If you have a guy behind the board who is quiet and has something on his mind but he won’t say it, chances are it’s not gonna work out as well as someone who chooses to be more outspoken. </b></p>
<p>SL): So what is the next step?</p>
<p><b>Stephen: Summer tour in the US, then possibly more touring in the fall.</b></p>
<p>SL): Are there bands out the where you guys dig playing with, or is it just whatever?</p>
<p><b>Stephen: I think we fit in several different scenarios. Last winter we did a week of shows with Russian Circles - fast forward to spring this year and we just played some with Dillinger Escape Plan. We'll hold our own as long as the spirit of rock n roll is in the atmosphere. </b></p>
<p>SL): For me when listening to the new album, you guys have a nice underlying groove, which goes over so well, that lets you bob and weave many different styles. Is that something that was meant to happen, letting the groove bob and weave the heads?</p>
<p><b>Stephen: For me, it just comes out that way - I'm a 70's child, you know.</b></p>
<p>SL): Who is putting out the album and how’s the experience been?</p>
<p><b>Stephen: <a href="http://sargenthouse.com/">Sargent House</a> will be releasing it. Things have been great. Cathy is really attentive and enthusiastic, she has a great team where everyone is onboard pretty much all the time, and we feel very cared for. We're also in good company with a lot of awesome bands, especially this year, there is an awful a lot of excitement in their camp and we are just stoked to be a part of it. And it's nice to have a woman’s touch on things. </b></p>
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<p><i>(C) Yvonne Jukes</i><br><br>SL): Like I said, this album, you dig it, then you put on your headphones, then by the third time there is all this weaving of intricacies and tonality is what makes it pop, it has so many directions, which you guys truly should be commended for, it is top 3 for me now. It a nice ride of an album. Vocally it is the strongest thing you have done, do you work with anyone vocally?</p>
<p><b>Stephen: I know some tricks. Years ago I saw a vocal coach, he worked with </b><b>everyone: Chris Cornell, Axl Rose, Scott Weiland... aside from technique, getting good sleep the night before, eating a meal with high protein content at least an hour prior to doing a set, and drinking room temp water is very helpful. On tour, I try not to drink much alcohol, and definitely no smoking. When I see photos of a young Robert Plant and like every other one is of him holding a cigarette, I gotta wonder how that guy got onstage and just sang like a bird. Just different times, I guess. Plus he's almost 7 feet tall and probably part Viking. </b></p>
<p>SL): Overseas, is that something you are planning?</p>
<p><b>Stephen: It's in our periphery. Sargent House has a European set-up, so we'd have support over there, plus they work with some cool European bands that we could potentially tour with.</b></p>
<p>SL): Are you someone that likes playing the states or overseas, or do you love just playing in general?</p>
<p><b>Stephen: I've had both great and terrible times in both places. There is something exciting about bringing a new band somewhere we've never been, whether in the states or overseas. And right now there seems to be a growing interest in Mutoid Man in England, which could be a successful venture for us. </b></p>
<p>SL): Great, I think sky is the limit for you all right now and thanks again for putting out such a great album.</p>
<p><b>Stephen: Thank you so much.</b></p>
<p>During the chat I laughed a shit ton, which is the key folks. You can sense from the first words that these guys love playing and playing together. The first spin of the album conveys that in the utmost form. Also, the fact that these guys have been in bands that are so revered and are loving something newish, is a treat to hear and chat about. These 3 could ride on the heels of what they have done, however, they are hitting the note fresh and hitting it like John Henry up in the MF.<br>The pleasure was truly all mine during this chat and the listening has been a complete win for myself. <a href="http://mutoidman.com/stores">Get this album</a>, put it on, slip on your best jumpsuit and just strut the streets like Tony Manero did after a night out in Brooklyn catching Night fever.</p>
<p><a href="http://thesludgelord.blogspot.com/2015/07/mutoid-man-sum-of-3-parts-conversation.html">(via The Sludgelord)</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/39654372015-07-06T16:25:49-04:002015-12-16T21:01:22-05:00Staf Magazine // Interview<p> </p>
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<p><b>MUTOID MAN<br>STRONGER, FASTER, BETTER</b></p>
<p><b>Just when we have recovered from their surprising debut “<a href="http://mutoidman.com/helium-head-2013">Helium Head</a>”, <a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a> are back with “<a href="http://mutoidman.com/bleeder-2015">Bleeder</a>”, their second album, in which they make clear that this project goes beyond being a simple “superband”. For those who don’t know what we are talking about, Mutoid Man is the band formed in mid 2012 by Ben Koller (drummer for Converge) and Stephen Brodsky (guitar and vocalist for Cave In) together with the bass guitar player Nick Cageao. As we have previously mentioned, their first album “Helium Head” was a total surprise that managed to sneak in the best album of the year lists, and “Bleeder” has taken up the torch and taken it much further. The songs are faster, the plucking is heavier and Brodsky has let go on his vocal capacity for a band that mixes the best of Converge and Cave In. We’ve interviewed them coinciding with the release of their album, which we urgently recommend you to listen because it is not to be missed. Enjoy it.</b></p>
<p><b>How was the preparation and the production of this new album?<br>Steve Brodsky:</b> We were a bicoastal band when we started writing “Bleeder”. To work around it, we sent each other videos of song ideas. It wasn’t long before we amassed dozens of clips, including several of me riffing in my underwear.</p>
<p><b>In “Bleeder”, a heavier and faster album, we’ve noticed an evolution in the sound of Mutoid Man. Did you do it on purpose or did it just come out that way?<br>Nick Cageao:</b> I’d have to say it just sort of came out that way. Seemed like a pretty natural evolution when adding a third mangled brain to the mix. Nice and spazzy outcome.</p><!-- more -->
<p><b>Is there anyone in Mutoid Man who holds the creative reins or is it a teamwork-based process?<br>SB:</b> We’re all pretty good at coming up with our own parts to play. We also share a common suck filter, which helps keep everyone in check. For me that means putting less cheese in the lyrics, and overall more meat into people’s earholes.</p>
<p><b>Could you please explain how was the recording and production of Bleeder with Kurt Ballou?<br>NC:</b> Kurt is awesome. He’s really fast, has great input, and is a hell of a nice dude. I always like when someone tells me to play more like Michael Anthony. The whole album was tracked live with all of us in the same room and it captured the energy in a really sincere way. He also makes for a really comfortable chair.</p>
<p><b>With such busy schedules as you have, how did you manage to agree on writing and recording “Bleeder”?<br>SB:</b> Everything got a lot easier to coordinate in the fall of 2014 – that’s when the full band was living in New York again. Then Sargent House put the hammer down and said if we didn’t give them a finished record by winter 2015, they’d send a Balrog from Middle Earth to squash our nuts into oblivion. Needless to say, it lit a fire under our asses.</p>
<p><b>Do you intend to tour around Europe with Mutoid Man?<br>NC:</b> Everywhere and anywhere. Lars Ulrich if you’re reading this, Mutoid Man would like to “party” with you in space. And of course play on the moon with you. No one has done it yet. Let’s make it happen.</p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/209417410&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe>
<p><b>The artwork of your records is pretty remarkable. Could you tell us more about the artwork’s creative process?<br>SB:</b> We love the artwork for Torche “Harmonicraft”, and felt that something similar would be a great fit for Mutoid Man. So we got Santos onboard for “Helium Head” and he did an amazing job of bringing our lyrics to life with killer depictions of scavengers, vultures, and party turtles. With “Bleeder” he once again honed in on some lyrical stuff like sweet ivy and a bleeding heart with a touch of reptilian soul. Santos hand-draws everything, and I know for a fact that he painstakingly penned each and every one of those ivy leaves. He’s both a remarkable artist and warm human being.</p>
<p><b>Having released two records in two years you have reached a quite high production rhythm. Is Mutoid Man becoming one of your main musical projects?<br>NC:</b> We are dudes who love playing because we love playing. I think as long as we all have the time I don’t see why we wouldn’t continue to put out quality polished turds. The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing, or whatever that meme is.</p>
<p><b>Are you happy with the acceptance the band had from its beginning?<br>SB:</b> I feel pretty fortunate that Mutoid Man seemed to hit the ground running. It’s also validating for me on a personal level, as there was a point when I felt I had lost my ability to write heavy music, which lasted about 7 years. Now I feel like the creative young metalhead in me is having a bit of a resurgence, and for that I feel grateful.</p>
<p><b>What do you think of the status of the independent music at the moment?<br>NC:</b> It’s like that cool chick you meet at a party who doesn’t need anybody but you fall in love anyway. There’s a lot of cool bands out there that are like that cool chick, so I think it’s in pretty good standing.</p>
<p><a href="http://stafmagazine.com/news/mutoid-man-2/">(via Staf Magazine)</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/37633992015-07-02T13:02:13-04:002015-07-02T13:08:32-04:00Mutoid Man // Going Off Track podcast<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="266" data-orig-width="316"><img src="https://36.media.tumblr.com/2095ba06c2f6c63a87231f356709fbc7/tumblr_inline_nqvdnwIUch1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure>
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<p>Converge drummer Ben Koller, Cave In frontman Stephen Brodsky and Saint Vitus soundguy extraordinaire Nick Cageao stopped by Going Off Track to discuss their band <a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a>, who just released their latest album <a href="http://mutoidman.com/bleeder-2015">Bleeder</a>. Along the way we talked about Koller’s viral GoPro drumming videos, some of their favorite rock trios and how they push themselves to their technical limits in Mutoid Man. “When we’re writing new songs I always like to write parts I can’t really play yet,” Koller explains, citing scorching songs like “Friday the 13th/8,” which is in a 13/8 time signature. “Then you play it for a few months and you’re like, I can’t believe I ever thought it was so hard to play.” If this podcast doesn’t make you want to take your respective instrument and get in the practice room, nothing will.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.goingofftrack.com/2015/07/01/mutoid-man/">Click HERE to listen</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/37605192015-06-30T13:59:19-04:002018-03-08T04:11:33-05:00Bleeder is out NOW - Rave reviews already pouring in<figure data-orig-width="2000" data-orig-height="2000" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://40.media.tumblr.com/906769558a7868011731944c86c7baa4/tumblr_inline_nqqagwWMCB1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>The wait is over: you can get your copy of <a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a>’s <a href="http://mutoidman.com/bleeder-2015">Bleeder</a> NOW, available on all digital and streaming platforms. Order a physical copy on our online stores - <a href="http://hellomerch.com/collections/mutoid-man">US $ which ships worldwide</a> or <a href="http://sargenthouse.awesomedistro.com/artists/mutoid-man">UK £ which ships to the EU</a>.</p><p>We’ll also be announcing their headlining tour soon, so stay tuned for dates...</p><p>If you need more convincing, check out what everyone’s saying about the album below.</p><figure data-orig-width="445" data-orig-height="83" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://41.media.tumblr.com/445541c94af5d81a75c10b5f9cc75073/tumblr_inline_nqfb4pWNbQ1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>“Featuring Cave In’s Stephen Brodsky, Converge’s Ben Koller, and bassist Nick Cageao, Mutoid Man’s sound is that of a band having a blast dismantling and reassembling all of their influences. The galloping rhythm of opening track Bridgeburner is pure NWOBHM, whilst Beast fuses hardcore onto the insane guitar work of Megadeth’s Rust In Peace. Bleeder is far from simple homage however; there’s real invention at play here. Deadlock’s lightning quick shredding, blastbeats and shifts in pace are beautifully executed, highlighting the band’s dexterity and ability to straddle genres with aplomb. The slow-burn, emotional thrum of the title track shows a different side to the band, but when they get their heads down and concentrate on thrashing it out, as they do on Sweet Ivy, it’s unlikely anything will sound as much fun all year.” - Rock A Rolla, Issue 55 <br></p><figure data-orig-width="456" data-orig-height="111" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://36.media.tumblr.com/ec938b296889c8d29b08626a0612d592/tumblr_inline_nqf9ykG3aL1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>“Their first full-length, ‘Bleeder,’ is equal parts musical acrobatics and strong songwriting that strikes an off-kilter balance somewhere between Queens of the Stone Age and The Dillinger Escape Plan. After a couple listens to ‘Bridgeburner’ and ‘Sweet Ivy,’ listeners just might find themselves singing along—even as they marvel at the multitude of abrupt tempo shifts.” - 4/5, <a href="http://www.revolvermag.com/news/review-mutoid-man-bleeder.html">Revolver</a><br></p>[[MORE]]<figure data-orig-width="774" data-orig-height="155" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://36.media.tumblr.com/e26c5cad60fa5c1f24dfe129c8411399/tumblr_inline_nqq0e52Dpu1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>“Mutoid Man took the best of both of its forebears and parlayed it into an altogether new ethos - together with bassist Nick Cageao - producing a fiery, nasty, riff-filled metal and punk fest of unstoppable, unbeatable energy.” 8/10, Decibel July 2015 Issue</p><figure data-orig-width="184" data-orig-height="43"><img src="https://40.media.tumblr.com/4422c4c948965ca969b74cea7ee2b7b4/tumblr_inline_nqpy9yr1Gy1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>“At only 29 minutes and change, Bleeder goes by in a seeming blur the first time through. But there is simply so much going on in its ever-changing (never boring) musical landscape that it will likely take a dozen listens to fully absorb it all. Ballou's production adds to both the ambition and achievement of execution in Mutoid Man's attack. Bleeder is one of the best outsider metal albums of the year.” - 4/5, <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/bleeder-mw0002850691">All Music</a><br></p><figure data-orig-width="2000" data-orig-height="405" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://41.media.tumblr.com/d0ce860f29cade732b13db12886d5fc4/tumblr_inline_nqpxx1vuvt1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><i>“Bleeder</i>’s greatest strength, though, is in its wholehearted embrace of both numbskull hard rock and cerebral progressive metal, at a time when the two approaches have become almost mutually exclusive in heavy music. The album’s title track—which, at six minutes, is twice as long as any other song on the filler-free disc—simmers, lunges, and edges toward the dissonantly psychedelic, even as it throws off a chunky post-hardcore vibe. Like <i>Red</i>-era King Crimson after botched brain surgery, or the Mars Volta after the miraculous intervention of an impeccable editor, Mutoid Man merges highbrow fretboard architecture with immediacy, punch, and a merciless severity.” - <a href="http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20608-bleeder/">Pitchfork</a><br></p><figure data-orig-width="462" data-orig-height="108" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://40.media.tumblr.com/45cfb78d73231e84d5c08b8b46d82e3a/tumblr_inline_nqpzzvgZks1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>"More than just a handful of heavy songs, Bleeder relies on the experience and will to explore of its players. This is the sound of heavy rock in 2015. Another breath of fresh air in a genre that sometimes is more than happy with its own redundancy and stiffness." - 8/10, <a href="http://issuu.com/music_and_riots_mag/docs/issue_12/98?e=11400139/13734573">Music & Riots June 2015 Issue</a><br></p><figure data-orig-width="275" data-orig-height="67"><img src="https://41.media.tumblr.com/e8ca19b62e8bf893e937c35675117dd0/tumblr_inline_nqpzo3RVQy1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>“Conceived as an excuse for Cave In’s Stephen Brodsky and Converge’s Ben Koller to indulge in their wildest metal excesses, there’s a frazzled joy to be found in Mutoid Man’s ‘throw everything at the wall’ schtick – a surfeit of ideas that dazzle before quickly going supernova. Essentially, Bleeder is brutally smart, and pretty damn thrilling with it.” 4/5, <a href="http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/mutoid-man-bleeder">The Skinny</a><br></p><figure data-orig-width="276" data-orig-height="131"><img src="https://36.media.tumblr.com/8eac5e6cb824118591db1eb3b8388d7a/tumblr_inline_nqpygtwQdc1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>“The more songs Mutoid Man write, the more it seems that they are resolving their reckless youth and early punk and hardcore influences with their musical growth and maturity; where they succeed is retaining that vigour of youth. That sublime combination allows for a controlled burn in area that's probably end up as directionless chaos in the hands of someone who doesn’t see the parallels between The Who and Botch.” - 8.5/10, <a href="http://www.metalinjection.net/reviews/album-review-mutoid-man-bleeder">Metal Injection</a><br></p><figure data-orig-height="58" data-orig-width="295"><img src="https://40.media.tumblr.com/36040e30003cc8c5587a8b9465a093ff/tumblr_inline_ns5swgMnjE1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p>“Mutoid Man are definitely a supergroup, in all senses of the word. Formed by Cave In’s Stephen Brodsky and Converge’s Ben Koller, the trio (completed by Nick Cageao) not only have serious pedigree but also a claim to having made the best heavy debut album of 2015 to date. ‘Bleeder’, which follows ‘Helium Head’, last year’s EP, is only 29 minutes long and nothing goes to waste here. Brodsky’s work in Cave In was always dominated by attempts to refine progressive ideas in a concise, almost post-progressive musical setting, and it’s this that really comes to the fore on ‘Bleeder’. Everything is played at a hundred miles an hour – with Koller’s drumming as ferocious as ever – but there are ideas to spare: riffs that are only given a brief piece of the limelight, thrash breakdowns that dissipate into massive choruses and huge nods to classic rock. It’s brash, bold and, more importantly, one of the most enjoyable things you'll have heard in years.” - <a href="http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/192875/9">Stereoboard</a><br></p><figure data-orig-width="324" data-orig-height="48" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://41.media.tumblr.com/5c3fc325339d37c86ce29edd81317503/tumblr_inline_nqfabq6uvz1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><i>“Bleeder</i> is the sound of a band bottling everything fun and blissful about metal/hardcore/rock, shaking it up and let it spurt out all over the place. Not only have Mutoid Man pulled out one of the most jaw dropping and exhilarating metal/hardcore records released in a long, long time they’ve also put out a record that stands up to anything either of its more famous band members have ever put their name to. Given the names involved there can be no higher praise.” - <a href="http://echoesanddust.com/2015/06/mutoid-man-bleeder/">Echoes and Dust</a></p><figure data-orig-width="250" data-orig-height="250"><img src="https://41.media.tumblr.com/6e9596af4b634fe342d8fd3a42524ea8/tumblr_inline_nqq272ebc41sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>“Songwriting like that found on Bleeder is hard to come by. Mutoid Man perfectly balance heaviness with catchiness, succinctness and complexity, a formula that isn’t seen much in metal these days and frankly, is refreshing. Pop music is generally shat upon within metal circles, but if there’s one thing that pop artists do well, it’s the ability to write songs that aren’t easily forgotten, and more metal bands would do well to take a page from that book and apply it to their own music. Mutoid Man aren’t afraid to tastefully incorporate pop elements into their songs, and they thrive because of it. Songs such as “Sweet Ivy” and “Beast” are prime examples of this, ripe with hooks and memorable melodies, but never sacrificing any of the adept musicianship, shredding or insanity that’s such a prominent staple of Mutoid Man’s music.” - 4.5/5, <a href="http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2015/06/26/mutoid-man-bleeder/">Heavy Blog Is Heavy</a><br></p><figure data-orig-width="165" data-orig-height="170"><img src="https://40.media.tumblr.com/75d9c132446139394c5428895424d7d3/tumblr_inline_nraezpKdkC1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>“Move over arena alternative rock bands, Mutoid Man offers nothing but fiery guitar licks with a vast majority of influences to include in their repertoire of talent. Bleeder is an incredible album full of diverse tracks that prove being heavy does not need breakdowns. Instead, just the right amount of tenacity and chaos are fused together with vivacious passion to make one of the best albums to be released during the first half of 2015.” - <a href="http://www.yellmagazine.com/mutoid-man-bleeder-2015-album-review/101477/#">Yell Magazine</a><br></p><figure data-orig-width="415" data-orig-height="60" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://40.media.tumblr.com/9466acc55aab293c6d40aa9b33374ed6/tumblr_inline_nqq06xHbau1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>“Mutoid Man certainly harkens back to earlier eras in heavy metal history, with occasional Rob Halford-like screams for vengeance on “Surveillance” and guitar solos to make Adrian Smith proud, but they remain modern enough to avoid sounding dated, pushing them closer to the sonic terrain of the prog-metalheads in Mastodon and Kylesa. Each song balances that fine line between unhinged aggression and consuming chaos, the technical prowess of the musicians serving as the only thing keeping the fury reasonably contained. The hardcore ending of “1000 Mile Stare” is a perfect example – superb drumming and throbbing bass keep the tune from spiraling into pure noise with the guttural vocal delivery leading the listener down a terrifying wormhole that presumably leads to hell.” - <a href="http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/sound-fury-mutoid-man-debut-lp-bleeder/">Best New Bands</a></p><figure data-orig-width="465" data-orig-height="143" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://40.media.tumblr.com/54fe4329645035c3982466ccf0bd0fe4/tumblr_inline_nqpzq7umkY1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>“Bleeder sounds like putting on your coolest leather jacket and taking the bike for a spin. I never really thought that “technical, hardcore-tinged arena rock” could be a thing, but here I am trying to figure out how to headbang to the odd time signatures behind some of the catchiest guitar leads this side of Motley Crue.” - <a href="http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2015/06/upcoming-metal-releases-06282015-07042015/">Invisible Oranges</a><br></p><figure data-orig-width="749" data-orig-height="101" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://40.media.tumblr.com/46c5bba655c45a6bbb2297931c77c8ea/tumblr_inline_nraf2c43dj1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>“Bleeder is a celebration of everything we enjoy about the more aggressive fringes of our beloved heavy metal. It’s a crucible of prog, math, death, and thrash, with tantalising trickles of doom. This contorted musical ejaculation is marvellous and sticky, but also brash and abrasive, so for the love of Christ don’t get it in your eyes – but do remember the tissues.” - <a href="http://www.themonolith.com/music/review-mutoid-man-bleeder/">The Monolith</a><br></p><figure data-orig-width="214" data-orig-height="55"><img src="https://40.media.tumblr.com/fa858f7d4f35e5923b9f5b9706c6b616/tumblr_inline_nqq4ndUL6o1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>“I like to think that Koller’s drumming is what’s keeping Brodsky’s Rock rooted in the Metal, but the two sound so good together that you can’t help feeling like they are just simply feeding off all their history of crossing paths and being in the same music circles. Nothing exemplifies this more than ‘1000 Mile Stare’ which fuses and moulds rock and hardcore within moments of each other, juxtaposing the melodic singing with vocal screams with barely a moment’s notice. ‘Soft Spot in My Skull’ repeats this mixing and matching of styles, but the real standout is the title track at the end of the album, and by far the longest at 5:54 minutes. Taking almost two minutes to build up from a slow yet excruciatingly foreboding beginning, to a thunderous high pitch voice that sounds like it is being ripped from the depths of the soul yelling “Bleeder – I’m your open wound” before Brodsky comes in again singing “Leave you my blood, I broke my own damn heart/ endless love, boiling from the start/ Burning my love, until we drown again.” The heaviness of this track recalls the distorted bass from the opening of the first track ‘Bridgeburner’ only taking a slower tempo to smash all the accents into your skull.” - 8/10, <a href="http://soundblab.com/reviews/albums/7612-mutoid-man-bleeder-mutoid-man">Soundblab</a><br></p><figure data-orig-width="640" data-orig-height="237" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://41.media.tumblr.com/84364da2726c1e97d4cc1552f3abe849/tumblr_inline_nqpzwpINz81sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>“Collectively, there’s a fast flowing legerity that hurls the record’s quality skywards; by now these guys are seasoned pros and they make sure to dazzle you through the peppering of blistering instrumental breaks and anthemic singing all the while never allowing their music to be showmanship over necessity. It’s entertaining as hell and each member is damnably insane at their respective instrument, but everything you hear is driven by the desire and purpose for the song to be entertaining rather than a vehicle for flexing their muscles.” - <a href="http://thesludgelord.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/mutoid-man-bleeder-album-review.html?m=1">The Sludgelord</a></p><figure data-orig-width="349" data-orig-height="86" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://40.media.tumblr.com/91fb22282c4ff5251ae5aa4254b1cd6d/tumblr_inline_nqrq76Y3iD1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>“A kaleidoscopic array of technicolor sludge and huge hooks, <i>Bleeder </i>is the summer metal record your non-metal friends have been begging you to find, infused with just enough legacy status and manic, octave pedal-enhanced shredding to keep the TRVE heshers from complaining.” - <a href="http://freewilliamsburg.com/this-one-goes-to-eleven-weekly-metal-roundup-37/">Free Williamsburg</a><br></p><figure data-orig-width="587" data-orig-height="160" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://36.media.tumblr.com/430ce8f144d7c13b7550f581c9021c9e/tumblr_inline_nraf6yRVGw1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>“Brodsky makes his ax speak the language of Rush’s prog jams, Clutch’s funky doom, Skynyrd’s Southern heartache, Mastodon’s imposing sludge and Botch’s devastatingly efficient mathcore. Of course schizophrenic prog-metal bands are a dime a dozen these days. What makes Mutoid Man special isn’t even the speed at which Brodsky delivers all of these influences. No, what makes Mutoid Man special is actually Brodsky’s skill as a songwriter. Brodsky has a bit of a thing for trepanning (the act of drilling a hole in the skull); Cave In had a song with that title, and Bleeder features “Soft Spot in my Skull,” which makes a lot of sense given that Brodsky also has a knack for delivering unshakable earworms.” - <a href="http://metroland.net/2015/07/09/mutoid-man/">Metroland</a><br></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/37546372015-06-24T12:40:00-04:002015-06-25T15:38:34-04:00Bleeder // Full album stream up now on Noisey<figure data-orig-width="167" data-orig-height="59"><img src="https://41.media.tumblr.com/70938626a9711c26092ed8a6968a72d2/tumblr_inline_nqgl3jQwQd1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="640" data-orig-height="421" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://41.media.tumblr.com/10f07f74bf7b68781347417407dd1999/tumblr_inline_nqgl78BINQ1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="612" data-orig-height="140" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://41.media.tumblr.com/e6d37ec3b5458a61e060f44b776c28ff/tumblr_inline_nqgl63LASs1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a> is a supergroup. Mutoid Man defies all of the trappings that come with that. But more than anything Mutoid Man is fun. At a recent "surprise" gig at Brooklyn's St. Vitus, the trio boozily ran through selections from their <a href="http://mutoidman.com/helium-head-2013">debut EP</a> and forthcoming <a href="http://mutoidman.com/bleeder-2015">Bleeder LP</a> all while trading middle fingers in between complex instrumentation and covering Tom Jones's "She's a Lady." No furrowed brow seriousness, despite their hardcore-meets-math complexity, just a badass riff fest and a damn good time. </p><p>Their approach and the PMA that comes with it shines through on Bleeder, which hits on June 30 via <a href="http://sargenthouse.com/">Sargent House</a> (get it on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bleeder/id988609190?ign-mpt=uo%3D4">iTunes</a> or in <a href="http://hellomerch.com/collections/mutoid-man">physical formats</a>), and is streaming below for the first time. Check that out in full while you read an interview with Stephen Brodsky on the past and future of Cave In, the formation of Mutoid Man, and keeping it family. </p><p><a href="http://noisey.vice.com/blog/mutoid-man-interview-bleeder-stream">STREAM THE ALBUM AND READ THE INTERVIEW HERE</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/37546362015-06-23T12:40:00-04:002015-06-25T15:37:46-04:00Gear Gods // Learn the riff to "1000 Mile Stare"<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="95" data-orig-width="363"><img src="https://40.media.tumblr.com/daebdf47d4dc8795b76c9ac0b5a5e3a1/tumblr_inline_nqim354z9p1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="420" data-orig-width="630"><img src="https://41.media.tumblr.com/1b5f3bde5ec54a471f03d954819fc51d/tumblr_inline_nqim4p6YVf1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>Featured as <a href="http://geargods.net/weekly-riff/the-weekly-riff-mutoid-man-1000-mile-stare/">The Weekly Riff on Gear Gods</a>, Steve Brodsky of <a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a> teaches you how to play the guitar part for “1000 Mile Stare”. Read the original post on Gear Gods <a href="http://geargods.net/weekly-riff/the-weekly-riff-mutoid-man-1000-mile-stare/">HERE</a> or check out the video below.</p><figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-provider="youtube" data-orig-width="540" data-orig-height="304" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DrvFn0h6ZNnQ"><iframe width="540" height="304" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rvFn0h6ZNnQ?feature=oembed" frameborder="0"></iframe></figure><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/209417410&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false"></iframe>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/37507992015-06-22T17:35:34-04:002015-06-22T17:49:13-04:00Live Show Review - Boston @ The Royale<figure data-orig-width="224" data-orig-height="224"><img src="https://40.media.tumblr.com/8c5315c03b32c64894ad8086e8e9a028/tumblr_inline_nqd73g64BW1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="600" data-orig-height="600" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://41.media.tumblr.com/81530ac12a59ea63a442844ac10a7c25/tumblr_inline_nqd7t8diGI1sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="582" data-orig-height="127" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://41.media.tumblr.com/6bd4f98b5eab1f9526ffcf69a36e39b9/tumblr_inline_nqd84kancz1sdy2if_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>Mixing brutality with levity, Boston via NYC’s <a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a> stormed the Royale stage recently while supporting The Dillinger Escape Plan. With a new release almost here (<a href="http://mutoidman.com/bleeder-2015">Bleeder</a>, out through <a href="http://sargenthouse.com/">Sargent House</a> on June 30th), Mutoid Man treated fans to a slew of those new tracks which fit in seamlessly alongside tracks from 2013’s <a href="http://mutoidman.com/helium-head-2013">Helium Head</a>.</p><p><a href="http://mutoidman.com/stephen-brodsky">Steve Brodsky</a> brought it. <a href="http://mutoidman.com/benjamin-koller">Ben Koller</a> brought it. <a href="http://mutoidman.com/nick-cageao">Nick Cageao</a> brought it. In an unbelievable sync throughout frenetic time signatures and time changes, Mutoid Man laid waste to the Boston crowd with a smile on their collective faces. Nothing makes a live performance more enjoyable than actually seeing that the band in front of you is having fun and not just going through the motions. Whether Brodsky was playing around with some wonky feedback or Koller was going through drumsticks faster than he could finish songs, Mutoid Man delivered a scorching set that looked effortless from start to finish.</p><p>Powering through HH tracks like “Scrape The Walls”, “Gnarcissist”, and “Scavengers”, the set was broken up by what Brodsky called “Bleeder Blocks” which focused on the new album. Now Helium Head rocks, you guys. That’s understood. But the moment “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTdd4lg2Tq0">Bridgeburner</a>” (which opens Bleeder) started, any memory of Helium Head was eviscerated as Brodsky mixed a clean delivery with those unforgettable screams, Koller pummeled with vicious staccato attacks, and Cageao began the song with an unforgettable bass drone. Cageao also added some sweet low end to “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKh-Nf2NeEY">Sweet Ivy</a>” and complemented Koller’s controlled chaos on other new tracks “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcoTfcF86Jw">Reptilian Soul</a>” and “Beast”.</p><p>Oh, and you want diversity? How about a cover of the Eric Burdon/The Animals classic “Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” (Or “The Manimals” on HH) which showed off Brodsky’s croon despite the bombastic interpretation.</p><p>Bleeder is out on June 30th through Sargent House. Head over <a href="http://hellomerch.com/collections/mutoid-man">here</a> for pre-orders.</p><p><a href="http://rockandrollfables.com/mutoid-man-slay-bostons-royale-with-a-smile-on-their-face/">(via Rock and Roll Fables)</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/37480812015-06-19T13:55:26-04:002017-01-16T09:25:11-05:00New Noise Magazine #18 // Mutoid Man Feature<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="259" data-orig-width="700"><img src="https://40.media.tumblr.com/11127de283b7a04d05f155e9d304b772/tumblr_inline_nq7cifGwf91sdy2if_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure>
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<p>Read an interview with <a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a> guitarist/vocalist <a href="http://mutoidman.com/stephen-brodsky">Steve Brodsky</a> in the latest print issue of <a href="http://newnoisemagazine.com/">New Noise Magazine</a>, on sale now.</p>
<p>The band has one more show in NYC with <a href="http://www.dillingerescapeplan.org/">Dillinger Escape Plan</a> on June 20th, then their new album <a href="http://mutoidman.com/bleeder-2015">Bleeder</a> is out June 30th. Get your CD or Vinyl bundles <a href="http://hellomerch.com/collections/mutoid-man">HERE (US $ / ships worldwide)</a> or <a href="http://sargenthouse.awesomedistro.com/artists/mutoid-man">HERE (UK £ / ships to EU)</a>, and pick up the new repress of <a href="http://mutoidman.com/helium-head-2013">Helium Head</a> LP in translucent purple!</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/37352632015-06-09T14:58:38-04:002015-06-09T16:55:58-04:00Loudwire premieres new song // "1000 Mile Stare"<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="134" data-orig-width="438"><img src="https://41.media.tumblr.com/de714cd26bc863727e07a2eebcb306eb/tumblr_inline_npoxojaTNi1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure>
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<p>We’ve got an awesome exclusive song premiere from hardcore band <a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a>. Featuring Converge drum master Ben Koller, Cave In frontman Stephen Brodsky and live sound engineer Nick Cageao on bass, this new track “1000 Mile Stare” will leave your face looking like you’ve opened the Ark of the Covenant.</p>
<p>Mutoid Man released their debut EP, <a href="http://mutoidman.com/helium-head-2013">Helium Head</a>, back in 2013. Now, as the band promotes its first full-length album, <a href="http://mutoidman.com/bleeder-2015">Bleeder</a>, Mutoid Man want to introduce you to “1000 Mile Stare.”</p>
<p>Though “1000 Mile Stare” is just over two minutes long, it explores a huge range of sonic territory. It begins by mixing technical hardcore with bluesy guitar parts reminiscent of heavy metal’s pioneers. The song also gets into straight-up punk before the Converge influence really takes over. Even then, blistering solos take front-and-center in a very different way than Converge approach their music.</p>
<p>“It’s a song about being pissed that you can’t get through to someone,” says Brodsky. “Imagine trying to talk to one of those underwater corpses in the dead marshes from ‘Return of the King.’” Cageao adds, “’1000 Mile Stare’ is a heartboner-inducing nose breaker, with hooks that would make Kanye jealous.” These men speak the truth!</p>
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<p>Pre-orders are available for the album <a href="http://mutoidman.com/bleeder-2015">HERE</a><br><br>(via <a contents="Loudwire" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://loudwire.com/mutoid-man-1000-mile-stare-exclusive-song-premiere/" target="_blank">Loudwire</a>)</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/37199082015-05-28T18:35:30-04:002017-01-16T09:25:10-05:00The Farm Family - Feature<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">AN INTERVIEW WITH NICK CAGEAO<br>BASSIST OF <a contents="MUTOID MAN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://mutoidman.com/" target="_blank">MUTOID MAN</a> AND SOUND ENGINEER AT <a contents="SAINT VITUS" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://twitter.com/saintvitusbar" target="_blank">SAINT VITUS</a></span></div>
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<p><em><strong><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.thefarmfamily.com/nick-cageao" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/158408/768aa08a1d05d9eda32bf5987ae3795918c72750/original/screen-shot-2015-05-28-at-2-53-14-pm.png?1432852982" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></a><br>Have you been doing sound for Saint Vitus since it first opened? </strong></em></p>
<p>I've been over at Saint Vitus since day one! Or maybe day three? Since they were doing shows. I worked at a bar with David Castillo at the time when they were opening, and when I told him I was a sound engineer he made it happen. I'd known Arty and George from another local bar called Matchless, and had also played some music with Arty. </p>
<p><em><strong>I saw you post somewhere that you keep the tape strips from certain shows, which have you kept? </strong></em></p>
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<p>I keep some of the board tape from some of my favorite shows. I've got Nirvana, Converge, Harvey Milk, Weedeater, Saint Vitus, Pentagram, and a few others! </p>
<p><img src="//static1.squarespace.com/static/54ca8852e4b032a8995a9590/t/55663956e4b0f7971e5b5a05/1432762713643/?format=500w" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /><br><br><em><strong>How did that Nirvana show come together? Do those late night secret shows usually come together way ahead of time?</strong></em></p>
<p>Nirvana was fairly last moment. I was told it "might" happen about a week beforehand and was one of 3 people who knew about it. They (Nirvana) were looking for a place to do an after show for friends after their induction to the hall of fame. Vitus was chosen and it was all a blur after that! I managed to sneak Steve (Brodsky) in and my ex, Sarabeth, who sang on <a contents="Bleeder" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://mutoidman.com/bleeder-2015" target="_blank">Bleeder</a>. </p>
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<p id="yui_3_17_2_8_1432670978006_30511">Sarabeth and I wound up smoking a joint in the walk-freezer with Joan Jett. It was awesome! Best part was, I knew most of their crew from other gigs and wound up actually mixing the whole show. </p>
<p><em><strong>Did your involvement in Mutoid Man start from mixing Ben and Steve's other projects at Vitus?</strong></em></p>
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<p>It did, essentially! Steve was playing a solo show and at the end Ben came up and played what were the first Mutoid songs with Steve. I remember being pretty stoked on what I had just seen, and said something like "if you guys need a bass player, I'm your man!" A couple of weeks later Ben sent me helium head and told me to learn it, we had a rehearsal and it felt awesome. Two of the sweetest, most real, most talented dudes I've ever met.</p>
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<p><em><strong>What's the most annoying thing a band can do while you're running sound for them?</strong></em></p>
<p>Tell me they can't hear their vocals when their amp is on 11. At least in smaller clubs where there is less control, this gets pretty annoying. Also bodily fluids and throwing drinks around. Electronics and liquids don't mix.</p>
<p><em><strong>Advice for someone coming to a show at Saint Vitus for the first time?</strong></em></p>
<p>Just be respectful and enjoy the show! We are all there for the same reason, we love what's happening. Don't be a dick!</p>
<p><a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man is gearing up to release their debut album "Bleeder" on Sargent house June 30</a><br><br><a contents="(via The Farm Family)" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.thefarmfamily.com/nick-cageao" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/158408/a1b85657837a89b2b77d3279beeb4cff0dfcca87/medium/nick.jpg?1420929926" class="size_m justify_center border_" /><br><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/205916026&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false"></iframe><br>(via The Farm Family)</a></p>
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You hear some sick riffs, and you want to just throw a brick through the window of your dad's Volvo. It's a pretty natural reaction; when something kicks super hard and you can feel the rhythm and punch of a song, you want to become that song. Which is why <a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a>'s "Reptilian Soul" will unconsciously make you want to build some kind of small explosive while listening to it.</p><p>Mutoid Man is a spazzy yet technical supergroup featuring members of Converge, Cave In, and All Pigs Must Die. We've been down with the band since <a href="http://noisey.vice.com/blog/mutoid-man-scavangers-stream-stephen-brodsky-interview">the beginning in doing one of their first ever interviews</a>, so we're stoked to show you this new track off the album. Their new track "<a href="https://soundcloud.com/sargent-house/mutoid-man-reptilian-soul">Reptillian Soul</a>," off their forthcoming record <a href="http://mutoidman.com/bleeder-2015">Bleeder</a> is a nearly three minute crusher that blurs the lines between hardcore and rock. Usually when we think of "progressive rock," its 20 minute songs that are different perspectives of the half-elven experience during Lord of the Rings. But Mutoid Man take progressive to be something that really pushes the limits of their genre. From Stephen Brodsy's falsettos and incredible range to Ben Koller's insanely complex drum fills that he completes with a flick of the wrist. "Reptilian Soul" shows the band evolving from a showcase of the individual members raw abilities into a rock song that's as complex as however closely you want to listen to it.</p><p>Stream the track below, and pre-order Bleeder before it drops June 30 right <a href="http://smarturl.it/MMBleeder">here</a>. Check out their tour dates with The Dillinger Escape Plan as well:</p><p>June 16 Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel *<br>June 17 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer *<br>June 18 Boston, MA @ Royale *<br>June 20 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza *<br>August 8/9 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade ^<br>August 15 - Richmond, VA @ Gwar-b-q</p><p><i>* w/ Dillinger Escape Plan<br>^ Wrecking Ball 2015</i></p><p><a href="http://noisey.vice.com/blog/mutoid-man-reptilian-soul-premiere">STREAM “REPTILIAN SOUL” HERE</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/36733302015-04-23T13:23:19-04:002015-04-27T13:21:39-04:00Rolling Stone announces new Mutoid Man album Bleeder, premieres “Sweet Ivy”<figure data-orig-width="2000" data-orig-height="424" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://36.media.tumblr.com/23d2bc711b3314dd8bb386680e3e3322/tumblr_inline_nn9rm7H9qh1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="1029" data-orig-height="188" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://40.media.tumblr.com/e04d3e1b181a0a223d0c9f87f34c6f9e/tumblr_inline_nn9rmxFOGF1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="664" data-orig-height="435" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://41.media.tumblr.com/d3d2a071d087575e45b79d5c9d1891bd/tumblr_inline_nn9ro0f9tK1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-provider="youtube" data-orig-width="540" data-orig-height="304" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DMKh-Nf2NeEY"><iframe width="500" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MKh-Nf2NeEY?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe></figure><p>Converge and Cave In have a long "incestuous musical relationship," as the latter's singer-guitarist <a href="http://mutoidman.com/stephen-brodsky">Steve Brodsky</a> puts it. Growing up together in the Nineties New England metal/hardcore scene, the two outfits have shared band members and overlapped in supergroups like Old Man Gloom. Their latest crossover is <a href="http://mutoidman.com/">Mutoid Man</a>, a swaggering riff monster that Brodsky and Converge drummer <a href="http://mutoidman.com/benjamin-koller">Ben Koller</a> Frankensteined together a few years ago out of beloved scraps of Seventies hard rock, mathy Aughts metal and old-school video games like Smash TV, whose virtually unkillable boss lent the band its name.<br></p><p>When the group – originally a two-piece, now a trio with the addition of bassist <a href="http://mutoidman.com/nick-cageao">Nick Cageao</a> – dropped its debut EP, <a href="https://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/">Helium Head</a>, in 2013, it was unclear if the band would be a one-and-done phenomenon or if it'd be around for the long haul. Mutoid Man's raucous new full-length, Bleeder, set for release on June 30th, suggests the latter. Fusing Cave In's high-flying melodicism to Converge's knotty riffage, the album rumbles and soars like Mastodon stomping Queens of the Stone Age in a prehistoric Soundgarden.</p><p>You can stream the song "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKh-Nf2NeEY">Sweet Ivy</a>," which according to Brodsky was inspired both by level two of the video game Contra and a female acquaintance named Ivy, and read our chat with the jocular trio, touching on everything from the musical joys of Nintendo to the gruesome dangers of drum stools.<br></p><p><b>Are you guys all big gamers?</b><br><b>Nick Cageao</b>: I grew up watching my brothers destroy video games. I was OK at some but they were amazing. Ben and Steve are light years ahead in the being good at games department. Ben's Tetris skills are phenomenal.<br><b>Ben Koller</b>: I was completely obsessed with Nintendo when I was a kid. I've played games here and there pretty consistently but not in the past few years. Being married with two kids and playing in four bands [Mutoid Man, Converge, All Pigs Must Die and Killer Be Killed] pretty much occupies 100 percent of my free time. I still have pretty sick Tetrischops though. I encourage anyone to bring an 8-bit Nintendo console and a copy of Tetris to the Mutoid Man merch table. If you can beat my score, you can have a free shirt. <br><b>Steve Brodsky</b>: Not only is Ben a savage drummer, he's like Fred Savage in The Wizard. </p><p><b>Do video games influence the band musically as well as thematically?<br>Koller</b>: I've been pretty obsessed with classic 8-bit Nintendo game themes lately. Playing along on drums to those songs is an interesting way to get inspired musically. Some of the weird rhythms I've found in the games have bled over into what I play in Mutoid Man. </p><p><b>When Mutoid Man started, it seemed like it might just be a fun, one-off project. Are you guys surprised that the band made it to a second record? <br>Cageao</b>: Every day.<br><b>Koller</b>: Not at all. Our momentum after the first record was too massive to silence. We're like a dick pic on the Internet. You can try to hide us and delete us all you want, but the fact of the matter is we're here to stay and eventually we'll surface somewhere.<br><b>Brodsky</b>: I'm mostly surprised at how quickly it came together. We finished in nine days – some people take that long just to map out click tracks. </p><p><b>How would you describe the band's sound to someone who's never heard Mutoid Man? <br>Cageao</b>: Meth addiction? <br><b>Koller</b>: Combine every leg split Jean-Claude Van Damme has ever done in a movie and imagine what that would sound like musically in your brain.<br><b>Brodsky</b>: The ghosts of Sir Lord Baltimore and Captain Beyond on a sonic pub crawl. </p><p><b>Did you try to do anything in particular differently between Helium Head and the new one?<br>Koller</b>: Not really. We still sound like Van Damme doing splits, except maybe a little deeper and more influenced by classic thrash metal. </p><p><b>How did Nick come to be part of the band? What has he brought to it? <br>Cageao</b>: Nothing. He's a loser.<br><b>Brodsky</b>: Nick actually mixed the very <a href="https://youtu.be/DHZ0wPFt1-w">first [Mutoid Man] show</a> [in 2012 at NYC metal club Saint Vitus, where Cageao serves as sound man] when we were a two-piece called Narcoleptic Beagle. <br><b>Koller</b>: He pays us $100 per day to play in the band. He brings a huge package, ferocious slap bass and tarantula-like fingers blasting on the frets.</p><p><b>Steve, would you say that Mutoid Man has become your main band at this point, rather than a Cave In side project?<br>Brodsky</b>: Mutoid Man is taking on a life of its own and I'm excited to see how far we go. And there's plenty of love for Cave In within this band – I think at one point we were covering almost three Cave In songs in our set, so it's not a matter of choosing one over the other. </p><p><b>Since the new album’s called Bleeder, when’s the last time you guys bled for music?<br>Cageao</b>: I'm very clumsy. Always bleeding.<br><b>Koller</b>: I like to think that all three of us have literally and figuratively bled for our music ever since we picked up our instruments. A good amount of the music I've played in my life has very much been a labor of love, and I've been in plenty of bands that have put in countless hours of work with little or no financial gain. I would never change a thing, though, since music is one of the only things on this planet that can stay completely pure, if you so choose.</p><p>As far as literally bleeding, I've done plenty of that too. At the last Mutoid Man show my drum seat completely broke off the stand and the throne hardware entered me about six inches. I had to go to the emergency room to have it surgically removed.</p><p>Not really. That would have been cool though. </p><p>(via <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/hear-converge-and-cave-in-supergroup-mutoid-mans-face-melting-sweet-ivy-20150423">Rolling Stone</a>)</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/36184932015-03-23T14:51:08-04:002015-03-25T14:38:19-04:00Brooklyn Vegan and Invisible Oranges announces Mutoid Man tour with Dillinger Escape Plan & Primitive Weapons<figure data-orig-height="64" data-orig-width="224"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/03/dillinger_escap_9.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://40.media.tumblr.com/5975cf2ca57178c34812f2958878fa1a/tumblr_inline_nlohcdHMF61sdy2if_500.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a></figure>
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<p><a contents="Brooklyn Vegan" data-link-label="" data-link-type="" href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com" target="_blank">Brooklyn Vegan</a>, <a contents="Invisible Oranges" data-link-label="" data-link-type="" href="http://www.invisibleoranges.com" target="_blank">Invisible Oranges</a>, and<a href="http://www.partysmasherinc.com/"> Party Smasher Inc</a> is proud to be co-presenting an upcoming run of <a href="http://www.dillingerescapeplan.org/">Dillinger Escape Plan</a> dates with Mutoid Man and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PrimitiveWeapons">Primitive Weapons</a>. <a contents="Rosetta" data-link-label="" data-link-type="" href="https://www.facebook.com/rosettaband" target="_blank">Rosetta</a> also plays the Philly show. As you an see in the poster above, the dates are:</p>
<p>June 16 @ Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington DC (<a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?u=460163&b=234786&m=27601&afftrack=&urllink=www%2Eticketfly%2Ecom%2Fpurchase%2Fevent%2F814997">tickets</a>)<br>June 17 @ Union Transfer, Philadelphia (<a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?u=460163&b=234786&m=27601&afftrack=&urllink=www%2Eticketfly%2Ecom%2Fpurchase%2Fevent%2F805685">tickets</a>)<br>June 18 @ Royale Nightclub, Boston (<a href="http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=141047&clickref=bv&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/The-Dillinger-Escape-Plan-tickets/artist/722490?tm_link=search_act_1_name">tickets</a>)<br>June 20 @ Irving Plaza, NYC (<a href="http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=141047&clickref=bv&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00004E6912E29B84?crosssite=TM_US:722490:47">tickets</a>)</p>
<p>Your first chance to get tickets for these shows will be via a BrooklynVegan/Invisible Oranges presale which starts Tuesday (3/24) at 10 AM. Check back <a href="http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2015/03/io-presents-dillinger-escape-plan-mutoid-man-primitive-weapons-on-tour-dates-presale/">HERE</a> Tuesday morning for the password.<br><br>(via <a contents="Brooklyn Vegan" data-link-label="" data-link-type="" href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/03/dillinger_escap_9.html" target="_blank">Brooklyn Vegan</a> and <a contents="Invisible Oranges" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2015/03/io-presents-dillinger-escape-plan-mutoid-man-primitive-weapons-on-tour-dates-presale/" target="_blank">Invisible Oranges</a>)</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35899242015-03-09T10:15:00-04:002017-01-16T09:25:10-05:00Decibel Premieres Bridgeburner video, Mutoid Man Interview<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/158408/6dd1de74d395fbda41362644f5e5cc0376c2de36/medium/screen-shot-2015-03-09-at-10-14-05-am.png?1425921275" class="size_m justify_left border_" /><br><br><br><br><br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/158408/4a6c06c4dca5ba97d735175229c3d54ce2d491e4/original/screen-shot-2015-03-09-at-10-49-16-am.png?1425923914" class="size_l justify_left border_" /><br><br><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kTdd4lg2Tq0" width="560"></iframe><br>Last year, <a contents="Mutoid Man" data-link-label="Home" data-link-type="page" href="/home" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> slammed our faces into various solid objects by blasting on to the scene with their <a contents="Helium Head" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Helium Head</a> EP. The quality of high-octane punky, rocking prog metal quickly saw them outgrowing their selling point as a simple side project of <a contents="Stephen [Cave In] Brodsky" data-link-label="Stephen Brodsky" data-link-type="page" href="/stephen-brodsky" target="_blank">Stephen [Cave In] Brodsky</a> and <a contents="Ben [Converge] Koller" data-link-label="Benjamin Koller" data-link-type="page" href="/benjamin-koller" target="_blank">Ben [Converge] Koller</a> to become a propulsive force ignited by the sum of their parts, fucked up time signatures, manic drumming, infectious riffs and enough stupid humour to half-fill a comedy club. And old-school video games. Coming this summer will be the band’s debut full-length, courtesy of <a contents="Sargent House" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.sargenthouse.com" target="_blank">Sargent House</a> and below we have a video of the band – rounded out by bassist <a contents="Nick Cageao" data-link-label="Nick Cageao" data-link-type="page" href="/nick-cageao" target="_blank">Nick Cageao</a> – playing a new song (“Bridgeburner”) in the cavernous confines of God City, a short interview with the band about everything and nothing and a bunch of exclusive photos taken during the recording process. They’re playing at <a contents="St. Vitus in Brooklyn on March 11th" data-link-label="Shows" data-link-type="page" href="/shows">St. Vitus in Brooklyn on March 11th</a>. So, unless you have some lame excuse like not living anywhere near Brooklyn, we highly recommend going and checking ‘em out.<br><!--more--><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/158408/df09c1ff020298e223729c0601e1cfb14c47f8e9/original/deciblog-mutoid5.jpg?1425922094" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><br><strong>What was the original motivation for starting Mutoid Man and was there room in the initial plan for recordings, shows and more recordings? Or was there even a plan at all?</strong><br><strong>Stephen Brodsky [guitar/vocals]: </strong>Ben and I have had some great musical collaborations over the years. In 2012 we were both living in Brooklyn so it was pretty much a no-brainer to jam together. Only when Ben and his family decided to move to LA did we think to record it before he left, which later became the Helium Head EP.<br><strong>Ben Koller [drums]:</strong> I was really bitter about Steve kicking me out of Cave In and so my plan was to use him to write Mutoid Man songs, copyright the band name, then kick him out of the band.<br><strong>Nick Cageao [bass]:</strong> The original motivation from an outside perspective to me is, two long time compadres with a ton of mutual respect wanting to jam. I think the plan all along is to just have fun. Steve and Ben are two of the most positive, intelligent and real people I’ve been lucky enough to meet.<br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/158408/a4f3981e5240d72586c2c40ecaff4cda98e3b6e3/original/deciblog-mutoid.jpg?1425921660" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><br><strong>What aspects of the response to the band and first record surprised you the most? </strong><br><strong>Brodsky: </strong>People thought it was too short. I took that as a sign they might want to hear more.<br><strong>Koller:</strong> I was very surprised that Eric Burdon didn’t like our Animals cover. Now it’s our goal to record at least three Animals covers on every single record we do in the future to make him even more mad.<br><strong>Cageao:</strong> People who like it really like it. “Projects” for the most part seem to fall flat a lot of the time, and I think when an audience sees sincerity in something it is easier to get behind it. I’m surprised that I get to be part of it. *smiley face emoji*<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/158408/50ea30afe580e9b14b857f6191caf97d920dd7f3/original/deciblog-mutoid1.jpg?1425921747" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><br><strong>How has going from part-time project to full band impacted not only how and what you do with Mutoid Man, but also the balancing act you’ve had to do with your other bands and the rest of your lives? What has been the most surprising aspect of this adjustment? What’s been most difficult? </strong><br><strong>Brodsky:</strong> Cave In rarely plays live these days and so far there hasn’t been a scheduling conflict. For me, the most surprising thing is feeling like there’s a chance to do something with Mutoid Man that reaches beyond my expectations. And probably most difficult is keeping up the energy to learn new tricks, so I don’t risk repeating myself.<br><strong>Koller:</strong> We will never be a complete band until we get Slash a.k.a. “Slush” on guitar.<br><strong>Cageao:</strong> For me it has been a really sweet ride, as I joined after Ben and Steve created this monster. I look forward to everything that we are all able to take part in with a big smile on my face. For me, I’ve been able to focus on this project almost exclusively as other projects I had been part of were with friends and eventually became less of a priority to all involved as most/all of them had many really exciting things going on. The most surprising thing has just been that this is actually happening for me. Ben and Steve have been huge heroes of mine for a long long time. Not much difficulty on my end.<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/158408/4802fbaa4fb7b52d45e1dc1db3de486727136430/original/deciblog-mutoid2.jpg?1425921869" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><br><strong>How different was the process of the writing and recording the new album when compared to the first record? In what areas did you feel the difference the most?<br>Brodsky:</strong> <em>Helium Head</em> was written and recorded as a two-piece, just me and Ben. That changed when Nick came onboard, as he was pretty gung-ho with writing riffs from the start. I remember Ben mentioning that he wanted to hear something like the music from the NES game Wizards And Warriors, and Nick’s response to that was sending us a video of himself playing what later became “Bridgeburner.”<br><strong>Koller:</strong> The area I felt most different was definitely in my butt cheeks and taint, because I played such long studio sessions that I got saddle rash and hemorrhoids.<br><strong>Cageao:</strong> Wasn’t part of the first recording experience. This new record was something so unique I don’t think I can aptly use words to describe it. Three dudes in a room sharing riffs and making each other smile.<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/158408/eb7f63bc93eafadfcb6615afcb802ebe6022188d/original/deciblog-mutoid3.jpg?1425921855" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><br><strong>Obviously, with a second release in the pipeline, you’re into, and enjoying, what you do in Mutoid Man. What does this band do for you or allow you to do that your other projects don’t?<br>Brodsky: </strong>Well, we’re a young band. Bands that stay together for a while are prone to struggle at times with being prolific. So I feel very fortunate that Mutoid Man is catching lightning in a bottle – hopefully there’s room for more.<br><strong>Koller:</strong> Whenever I release something from my pipeline, the second release always feels way better than the first. Better call the plumber this time, this one’s gonna be a bowlchoker.<br><strong>Cageao:</strong> This band allows me to be happy and hang with some really special people. It’s also a cool challenge. Always pushing each other to barely being able to keep up!<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/158408/818b0849c325fafff287a9e0cbed8ed228403f29/medium/deciblog-mutoid4.jpg?1425922027" class="size_m justify_center border_" /><br><strong>Having the new album due out on Sargent House and being a band that’s developing its own name and pedigree in conjunction with the label, are things going to be ramped up to a greater degree of activity once the album is released?<br>Brodsky: </strong>Everyone’s up for doing as much as they can whenever possible. As a longtime Sargent House fan, I’ve seen the heart and soul that goes into their work. Pretty stoked for what’s to come now that we’re on the inside.<br><strong>Koller:</strong> In the words of Liam Gallagher, what the fuck does that mean?<br><strong>Cageao:</strong> I would definitely like to think so. Ready for anything that comes our way that we can do. 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<p>In 2013, <a href="http://mutoidman.com/stephen-brodsky">Steve Brodsky</a> (Cave In) and <a href="http://mutoidman.com/benjamin-koller">Ben Koller</a> (Converge) debuted their two piece experimental, prog rock band, <a href="mutoidman.com">Mutoid Man</a> with the album <a href="mutoidman.com/music">Helium Head</a>. The sounds created by the pair show a departure from previous work, breathing life into new territory. For Brodsky, the guitar and bass riffs are some of the heaviest, quirkiest and sludgiest of his career. Koller lets loose and absolutely kills the drums throughout the whole album. Once the two realized they had something special, they found a helping hand and soon found their third member in form of <a href="http://mutoidman.com/nick-cageao">Nick Cageo</a>.</p>
<p>Both Brodsky and Cageo know their gear. Brodsky’s pedalboard has maintained a similar look throughout his career consisting of mainly Boss pedals, including the OS-2, PS-3 and a rare PN-2 Trem/Pan pedal. However, while recording Helium Head, Brodsky employed the use of a pedal not seen on his board. As he explained, “there’s a fuzz pedal call the Flying Tomato which sounds great for distorted vocals - that’s what I used for most of Helium Head and it also sounds killer mixed with bass.”</p>
<p>Speaking of bass, Cageo’s beefed up low end has assistance from a few friends: the Fairfield Circuitry Four Eyes Crossover Fuzz (with a Moog expression pedal controlling the FREQ knob) going through a custom Fuzzrocious A/B switch which then splits his signal to a “dirty” and “dry” amp signal. Sitting not-so-quietly behind the amps, Koller’s kit features his Trick drum set and Meinl Cymbals.</p>
<p>We recently caught up with Mutoid Man to get a glimpse at their gear they're using on the new project.</p>
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<p><b>Members / other acts</b></p>
<p>Stephen Brodsky: Cave In, Pet Genious, Octave Museum, Converge, Solo<br>Ben Koller: Converge, Acid Tiger, All Pigs Must Die, Cave In<br>Nick Cageao</p>
<p><b>Gear</b></p>
<p>Brodsky: Boss Tuner, PS-3 Pitch Shift/Delay(x2), DD-6 Digital Delay, BF-2B Bass Flanger, PN-2 Tremolo/Pan, OS-2 OverDrive/Distortion, Digitech Synth Wah, Fuzzrocious Custom Heliotropic Fuzz, Akai Headrush (looper). Sunn Model T head in to two Sunn 4x12 cabs.</p>
<p>Cageao: tc electronic polytune mini, Fairfield Circuitry Four Eyes Crossover Fuzz (with Moog expression pedal to control frequency), MXR bass d.i. +, Henretta Engineering Purple Octopus, Boss Metal Zone, Fuzzrocious A/B with independent boost, Ampeg Sub-Blaster. Sound City x188 through two Marshall 4x12 cabs (with a Marshall JMP-1 Preamp and Peavey Power amp for split signal).</p>
<p>Koller: Trick drums - 24” Kick, 13” and 16” toms. Meinl Cymbals.</p>
<p>Be sure to check out Mutoid Man’s <a href="http://mutoidman.com/music">Helium Head</a> and yet to be released untitled album due in 2015.</p>
<p>(via <a href="http://reverb.com/blog/gear-spotlight-mutoid-man">Reverb</a>)</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35975662015-03-09T09:30:00-04:002015-03-16T13:41:36-04:00Unartig captures Mutoid Man at Saint Vitus<iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="A89z1JP-PxQ" data-video-thumb-url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/A89z1JP-PxQ/0.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/A89z1JP-PxQ?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="315" width="500" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe><br>Check out nearly 40 minutes of face-melting <a contents="Mutoid Man" data-link-label="Home" data-link-type="page" href="/home" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> from legendary concert filmer <a contents="Unartig" data-link-label="" data-link-type="" href="https://www.facebook.com/UnartigOfficial" target="_blank">Unartig</a> at the sold out Saint Vitus show on March 11th. Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35899232015-02-25T16:55:00-05:002015-03-10T19:56:07-04:00Metal Is Inherently Absurd - Mutoid Man Profiled by Brian Cook<figure><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/e0f5565cecdb788c6c49328ac8cdb057/tumblr_inline_nkccjqOnU01sdy2if.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure>
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<p>While Beck was subjected to the most high-profile criticism regarding the legitimacy of 2015's Grammy winners, there was a large contingent of armchair Kanyes who were even more irate over the best metal performance award going to rock lampooners <b>Tenacious D</b>. Heavy metal is serious business, so why would a comedy duo deserve to win over luminaries like <b>Motörhead</b>, <b>Mastodon</b>, and <b>Anthrax</b>? Granted, most metal fans would concede that their favorite bands can veer into dubiously campy realms, but there is a hard line between theatrics and irony. Theatrics are at the heart of metal; irony is for suckers. But some heavy bands manage to find a self-aware middle ground where they can acknowledge the absurdity of metal while still taking the music seriously. Cheeky heavyweights like <b>Torche</b> and <b>Big Business</b> may not be overtly menacing, yet they seem far more earnest than the legions of longhairs with spiked gauntlets and witchy motifs. We need more <b>Fucking Champs</b>, less <b>Steel Panthers</b>.</p>
<p><b><a href="mutoidman.com">Mutoid Man</a></b> also occupy this self-aware middle ground, and they've fortified the territory. Originating as a duo comprising Ben Koller and Steve Brodsky, the project was far less serious than either member's more established bands. Koller has drummed for Boston hardcore legends <b>Converge</b> ever since their vitriolic, betrayal-themed 2001 album <i>Jane Doe</i>. Brodsky is the guitarist and vocalist for the ever-evolving space-rock/art-metal juggernaut <b>Cave In</b>. It was actually during Cave In's tour cycle in support of <i>Perfect Pitch Black</i> that Brodsky and Koller first jammed together, with the Converge drummer filling in after the temporary departure of Cave In's J.R. Conners. Seven years later, both Brodsky and Koller wound up living in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Greenpoint and began playing together again. "In the beginning, we were sending demos back and forth under the name Narcoleptic Beagle," says Brodsky. "So it was kinda silly to start with, and I think that's because it was just the two of us and we didn't know what was gonna happen. Was this a band? Was this a project? What were we even gonna do with these songs we were writing?"</p>
<p>There was little preliminary discussion about Mutoid Man's direction, other than the two friends wanted to build upon the playfully frantic musicianship of bands like <b>Lightning Bolt</b> and <b>Mastodon</b>. "And of course, I was a fan of Converge," Brodsky adds, "and Ben was a fan of Cave In, and I think we both try to extract our favorite parts from each other's bands." But the development of Mutoid Man was a gradual process. The duo recorded their debut album, <a href="http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/"><i>Helium Head</i></a>, in their practice space, eventually recruiting bassist Nick Cageao to round things out for their first batch of shows. "Every step along the way it became a bit more actualized, but we also never took it too seriously." This attitude is evident in the band's live set, where Brodsky peppers between-song banter with impromptu guitar solos, Koller tosses in gratuitous stick tricks in the middle of 300 bpm drum fills, and Cageao gleefully hammers on one of his gaudy '80s hair-metal basses—all three members look uncharacteristically ecstatic while they try to keep up with each other. "I'm just trying to make sure my hands are doing the right thing and my mouth is making the right words. Especially playing with Ben—once he starts, you just grab the ropes and try to hold on. The whole thing is so ridiculous that the only way to get through it is with a smile on my face."</p>
<p>The absurdity of Mutoid Man's chops was enough to elevate the side project into a real band. <i>Helium Head</i>—with its cartoonish cover art of stoned turtles and a vulture rock band playing on a bed of psychedelic mushrooms—landed on numerous year-end lists. Heavy-metal fans were impressed; record labels were interested. And while things have gotten serious for the trio, the band itself is still casual. "I'm always interested in seeing the human side of a musician peek through. I need more than just dark images, unreadable band logos, and scowling faces. The older I get, the harder it is for me to buy into that pose." So while Seattle audiences should be braced for some serious frenzied riffage at their Sunset Tavern show, they shouldn't expect any bleak theatrics. "If I'm playing a Mutoid Man show, it's the best part of my day," says Brodsky. "Why hide it?"</p>
<p>Mutoid Man will be playing Sunset Tavern in Seattle on March 4th with Wild Throne and a special guest as a part of <a href="www.redbullsoundselect.com">Red Bull Sound Select</a>. Tickets are only $3 with RSVP <a href="https://www.redbullsoundselect.com/events/2015/03/red-bull-sound-select-presents-seattle">HERE</a>.<br><br>(via <a contents="The Stranger" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.thestranger.com/music/features/2015/02/25/21776646/metal-is-inherently-absurd" target="_blank">The Stranger</a>)</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35899222015-02-25T16:55:00-05:002015-03-10T19:52:08-04:00Mutoid Man Announces Shows in Seattle, NYC<figure><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/774f2c7db35788166622cac6722b9e3d/tumblr_inline_njbl4zhe8o1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure>
<p>With a new album coming out later this year on <a href="www.sargenthouse.com">Sargent House</a>, <a href="www.mutoidman.com">Mutoid Man</a> has announced two shows: one part of <a href="https://www.redbullsoundselect.com/events/2015/03/red-bull-sound-select-presents-seattle">Red Bull Sound Select</a> in Seattle, and another in the famous <a href="http://www.saintvitusbar.com/">Saint Vitus Bar</a> in NYC. Details and tickets can be found below.</p>
<p>March 4 - Red Bull Sound Select: Sunset Tavern - Seattle, WA<br>w/ special guests and Wild Throne<br><a href="https://www.redbullsoundselect.com/events/2015/03/red-bull-sound-select-presents-seattle">Tickets</a></p>
<p>March 11 - Saint Vitus Bar - Brooklyn, NY<br>w/ Primitive Weapons and Meek Is Murder<br><a href="https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/mobile/index/781213?utm_medium=bks">Tickets</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35899202015-02-25T16:55:00-05:002015-03-10T19:51:14-04:00Brooklyn Vegan Announces Mutoid Man's Saint Vitus Show<figure><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/a10853d58842e3b330aeb89c20d16327/tumblr_inline_njd94psZnl1sdy2if.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" alt="image" /></figure>
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<p>Cave In/Converge-related power trio <b><a href="mutoidman.com">Mutoid Man</a></b> are releasing their new album on <a href="www.sargenthouse.com">Sargent House</a> this year. Meanwhile, they've announced a show happening in NYC on <b>March 11 at Saint Vitus</b> with <b>Primitive Weapons</b> and <b>Meek Is Murder</b>. <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?u=460163&b=234786&m=27601&afftrack=&urllink=www%2Eticketfly%2Ecom%2Fpurchase%2Fevent%2F781213"><b>Tickets</b></a> are on sale now.</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35899192015-01-27T16:50:00-05:002017-01-16T09:25:09-05:00Mutoid Man pleases the Gear Gods in their Top 5 Bands to get Stoked for<a href="http://geargods.net/top-5-2/top-five-in-studio/"><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/f5a192d72782309208174acf4c726e73/tumblr_inline_niukfyIuU71sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a>
<p><a contents="Mutoid Man" data-link-label="Home" data-link-type="page" href="/home" target="_blank"><b>Mutoid Man</b></a></p>
<p>"We’re cheating here a bit since this band <i>just</i> finished basic tracking with Kurt Ballou at God City studios in Salem, Massachusetts, but let’s go ahead and sneak ‘em in. <a href="http://mutoidman.com">Mutoid Man</a> are just like, a rad band. Their 2013 debut <a href="http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com"><i>Helium Head</i></a> – the result of a collaboration between Converge’s drummer, Cave In’s guitarist, and Saint Vitus Bar’s sound dude – kind of came out of nowhere to just like, rock. It also felt too brief, and not just in terms of length, but also in terms of how spontaneous some of the ideas and riffs felt. But now with a bit of touring legs and a little over a year’s distance from their debut, Mutoid Man seem poised to really kick it into high gear this year." </p>
<p>Ben Koller also made the following post on Instagram a few weeks back, which is pretty exciting:</p>
<p> </p><a href="http://instagram.com/mutoidman"><img src="//geargods.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/shroom-690x372.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="shroom" /></a>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35899182015-01-16T16:50:00-05:002017-01-16T09:25:09-05:00Empty Lighthouse Magazine Interview: Steve Brodsky<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/158408/e3579d359753f0e0530d7c765998e97fbc3bc9eb/original/top.jpg?1421428013" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /><br>You probably know <a contents="Stephen Brodsky" data-link-label="Stephen Brodsky" data-link-type="page" href="/stephen-brodsky" target="_blank"><b>Stephen Brodsky</b></a> as one of the most prolific musicians in the underground scene. He was a member of <b>Converge</b> during the band’s early days, and he founded<a href="https://www.facebook.com/CaveIn.Official"> Cave In</a>.
<p>Cave In alone is enough to show Brodsky’s dynamic approach to music: No two albums sound the same. His most recent project is the sludge-laden punk trio, <a href="http://mutoidman.com">Mutoid Man</a>. The time signatures on <a href="http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com"><i>Helium Head</i></a> are something you’d expect from a progressive band, but that doesn’t compromise the band’s punk roots: The sound is ultimately relatable, and not soaked in the academic pretentions of other bands looking to explore unorthodox rhythms.</p>
<p>I got a chance to talk with Brodsky recently. He told me what I can expect from the upcoming Mutoid Man full-length, as well as some of his musical inspirations.</p>
<p><b>What inspired you to start playing guitar and writing music?</b><br>I guess I just wanted to be good at something. I played sports when I was younger but never felt like I was competitive enough for the team. With music, I could be competitive with myself, and that was more my speed.</p>
<p><b>What was the hardest thing you had to overcome during your development as a musician?</b><br>I'm very impatient by nature. Not always the best quality when you're starting out. The first song I learned to play on guitar? "Patience" by Guns N' Roses.</p>
<p><b>Your music ranges from indie rock to metal. Is it ever difficult to channel such an eclectic background? </b><br>Well, it's all within the realm of rock n' roll. But yeah sometimes I suffer a bit from option paralysis, being able to conceptualize the same song in different styles. I guess it all depends who I play with. Then I can weigh heavier on certain aspects and back off with others.</p>
<p><b>What inspired the drastic change in Cave In’s sound?</b><br>From the start, I never wanted Cave In to be a straight-up hardcore band. And it took some time for us to figure out how to do that successfully. All the trial and error wouldn't have been possible without a group of willing participants. It takes more than just plugging in a delay pedal.</p>
<p><b>Would there be any genre of music you’d be opposed to exploring?</b><br>I can't say that I'm against any particular genre of music. But I draw the line with anything that's lyrically homophobic, sexist, racist, or generally hateful.</p>
<p><b>What’s the process of writing music like for you?</b><br>There needs to feel like a certain level of invention. That usually permits me to open myself wholly to an idea. Then vocal patterns, maybe a lyric, and finding the right sense of conviction to sing it. Lastly, leaving some room for spontaneity.</p>
<p><b>What can we expect from the upcoming Mutoid Man full-length? How will it compare to <i>Helium Head</i>?</b><br>Sonically there's a bit more breathing room with the LP than Helium Head, which was pretty much balls to the wall. And since Nick joined the band, we wrote everything as a 3-piece, which had a huge impact on our songwriting. Plus our producer Kurt Ballou had some great input, and overall I'm very pleased.</p>
<p><b>What’s the biggest change you’ve noticed in the underground music scene since the rise of social media?</b><br>The level of archiving online seems to have taken a massive leap. On a weekly basis, I get tagged in all sorts of videos, flyers, artwork, photos and things relating to my music. Some of it's new to me, other stuff I haven't seen in years... mostly it's endearing, sometimes a little embarrassing, and always interesting.</p>
<p><b>What albums/bands are you currently getting into?</b><br>I'm still reeling from Earth's "Primitive And Deadly." From the Cave In camp, both Old Man Gloom and King Duane Sunnapee released some great stuff recently. And I'm always making up for lost time - just now getting into stuff from Pig Destroyer, Baroness, OM, Gospel, Rainbow... oh, and the new Smashing Pumpkins has a few good tunes - is that a guilty pleasure?</p>
<p><b>2014 was the first year without a platinum selling record. What do you make of the current state of the music industry?</b><br>I have mixed feelings. For me, the only thing that stays the same is wanting to put my head down, plow forward and strive to do better. There's no reason to stop until I come as close as possible to perfection. If you can get into that mindset, then the music industry is nothing but wallpaper.</p>
<p><b>Is there anything else you would like to add?</b></p>
<p>Thanks for your support.</p>
<p><a href="http://emptylighthouse.com/interview-stephen-brodsky-talks-cave-mutoid-man-and-his-beginnings-1414376409">Reposted from Empty Lighthouse Magazine</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35898422015-01-09T16:50:00-05:002017-01-16T09:25:09-05:00Invisible Oranges reviews show at Cambridge, MA's Sinclair with photos<img src="//40.media.tumblr.com/0af04e4286b4666ac7fab2298b97d119/tumblr_nhxzdrYQ3e1ty3alfo1_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//41.media.tumblr.com/4b38c97eb0d908eed4edc90407c53afe/tumblr_nhxzdrYQ3e1ty3alfo2_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//36.media.tumblr.com/19b455032509aebc06248c23e258b814/tumblr_nhxzdrYQ3e1ty3alfo3_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//41.media.tumblr.com/c5125200f0e9d1062525a03584afd3f1/tumblr_nhxzdrYQ3e1ty3alfo4_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//40.media.tumblr.com/bb67bac8f34462595add8f5b86174dfb/tumblr_nhxzdrYQ3e1ty3alfo5_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//41.media.tumblr.com/3bbf38641db96f9e061d09cea237104a/tumblr_nhxzdrYQ3e1ty3alfo7_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//media.tumblr.com/caeabffcf3cf3b06777324073e23259e/tumblr_inline_nhxypq5Y1q1qbab62.jpg" class="size_orig justify_none border_" alt="image" /><p>Chicago instrumental outfit <b><a href="http://sargenthouse.com/Russian_Circles">R</a><a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://russiancirclesband.com" target="_blank">ussian Circles</a></b> spent much of the final month of 2014 celebrating their 10th anniversary on the road, with a series of East Coast shows accompanied by the <b>Converge/Cave In</b>-affiliated trio <b><a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a></b>. While their recorded output is worthy in its own right, Russian Circles have long shined brightest as a live act, and a run of packed club shows felt like the perfect way for them to mark a decade together. The two trios brought their disparate-yet-complimentary live acts to Cambridge’s The Sinclair on December 10, 2014.</p>
<p>Mutoid Man, the brainchild of Cave In singer/guitarist Stephen Brodsky and Converge drummer Ben Koller, offered less in the way of ambience, but made up for it with plenty of unhinged personality. Rounded out by bassist Nick Cageao, the band ripped through a breathless opening set comprised of much of their debut LP <i>Helium Head</i>, a handful of new songs and a show-stopping cover of Sabbath’s <i>Mob Rules</i> cut “Falling Off the Edge of the World” with a guest vocalist. Mutoid Man transpose Koller’s frenetic drumming and Brodsky’s guitar and vocal talents to a more lighthearted project than either’s primary gig, and they’re undeniably a blast to watch.</p>
<p>The bill was perhaps an odd match up of bands, but with so much talent involved, it was hard to find fault with it. Mutoid Man got us psyched up and Russian Circles kept us riveted, celebrating their 10 years with a set that perfectly summarized their strengths. Here’s to hoping the first decade won’t be the last.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2015/01/russian-circles-live-at-cambridge-mas-the-sinclair/"><i>—Ben Stas - Click here to see full show review and all photos </i></a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35897692014-12-23T16:45:00-05:002015-03-10T19:41:40-04:00Watch Mutoid Man be interviewed by a 10-year old for PartySmashersInc.com<img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/b491bcafdefdc3a869bb2ace72a5ddaf/tumblr_inline_nh294bCDWj1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_none border_" alt="image" /><br><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/7cb092b6d7c15196c563288b1f098f2b/tumblr_inline_nh2952UR0s1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_none border_" alt="image" /><p>Converge/Cave In side project <a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank"><b>Mutoid Man</b></a> recently wrapped up a short <a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2014/10/russian_circles_13.html">Northeast tour with <b>Russian Circles</b></a>, which hit NYC on December 11 at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Backstage at that show, they were interviewed by <b>Little Punk People</b>'s Elliott Fullam, the 10-year old punk enthusiast who tends to interview musicians much older than him (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At2YCxa_kEw">like J Mascis</a>). As you'd expect if you've seen videos of Elliott's before, it gets pretty funny, and Elliott's questions are A+ ("martians or humans?" is an especially great one). Watch the interview from <a href="http://www.partysmasherinc.com/media/mutoid-man-vs-elliott-punk-attitude-metalheads">partysmashersinc.com </a>below...</p><iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/wAITOpX4SoY?rel=0" width="500"></iframe><br><br><a contents="Brooklyn Vegan" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2014/12/mutoid_man_play.html" target="_blank">Brooklyn Vegan</a>(via Brooklyn Vegan)Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35897672014-12-15T16:40:00-05:002017-01-16T09:25:09-05:00Live Show photos from Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY<img src="//41.media.tumblr.com/7d68340ddbd0ee0520184367f0876d13/tumblr_ngn9hlvUWr1ty3alfo1_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//36.media.tumblr.com/408205bc4be4d9fa77585d1b33991c8a/tumblr_ngn9hlvUWr1ty3alfo2_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//41.media.tumblr.com/c3ada910e27f0ef7b24ec5cce88a5c55/tumblr_ngn9hlvUWr1ty3alfo3_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//41.media.tumblr.com/0807b5623c795f03277aaf2c4bd42f9e/tumblr_ngn9hlvUWr1ty3alfo4_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//40.media.tumblr.com/dcb41e62b7143fd195fad78d0bed2494/tumblr_ngn9hlvUWr1ty3alfo5_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//40.media.tumblr.com/2a78979d7298788dfc1bf1d1d2f53a92/tumblr_ngn9hlvUWr1ty3alfo6_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//41.media.tumblr.com/0d1c241ed7a406ecff50c803748316a4/tumblr_ngn9hlvUWr1ty3alfo7_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//41.media.tumblr.com/2e5e349cae40a9ace669d692df0e7cdc/tumblr_ngn9hlvUWr1ty3alfo8_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//41.media.tumblr.com/d41add971be2588cb772687b49f009b5/tumblr_ngn9hlvUWr1ty3alfo9_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" />Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35897652014-12-15T16:35:00-05:002015-03-10T19:34:32-04:00New Noise reviews Mutoid Man with Russian Circles at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn<a href="http://newnoisemagazine.com/show-review-russian-circles-mutoid-man-music-hall-williamsburg-brooklyn/"><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/ce28e9df684daee5eccf1c09fe9563ce/tumblr_inline_ngn925LR0z1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_none border_" alt="image" /></a><br><strike><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/e2d7f5fa9230e6f016b80d338a15181a/tumblr_inline_ngn92cKLal1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_none border_" alt="image" /></strike>
<p><b>See full show review with all photos by Jess Rechsteiner at <a href="http://newnoisemagazine.com/show-review-russian-circles-mutoid-man-music-hall-williamsburg-brooklyn/">New Noise Magazine here </a></b></p>
<p>I have seen <a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://russiancirclesband.com" target="_blank">Russian Circles</a> at least three times in the past, however never at a show with only two bands playing one of which being the up-and-coming super group <a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a>. Around two or so years ago Nick [Cageao] had told me that he was working on a new project with Ben Koller (<b>Converge</b>) and Stephen Brodsky (<b>Cave In</b>). He showed me some demos of the soon to be Mutoid Man and based on their demos I could tell immediately that this band would be special.</p>
<p>Mutoid Man played for about forty-five minutes, and refused to spare even the slightest moment. Knowing that each of these individuals are seasoned musicians and watching it be on display in their stage presence was my personal favorite part of watching their set. Brodsky had an intense energy on the stage that poured out through his bodily movements, facial expressions, and guitar playing. Every time I watch Ben Koller play drums, he reminds me of a fierce animal with an unquenched appetite. His hits are both precise and hard. Nick Cageo, the bassist of Mutoid Man, was holding up the low end of things with a classic Black Sabbath-Iron Maiden type influence. My favorite part about Mutoid Man is that their style ranges anywhere from groove, to metal, to outer space. I am very eager to see where this band goes next. To my understanding they are currently working on their next full length to be released via <a href="http://sargenthouse.com">Sargent House</a>.</p>
<p>As Mutoid Man was wrapping up and leaving the stage the crowd was filled with excitement for Russian Circles to do what they do best. As I mentioned earlier, this was not the first time I had seen Russian Circles, and I knew going into it that I most likely would not be disappointed.</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35897572014-12-09T16:35:00-05:002017-02-04T15:25:55-05:00Blow the Scene talks to Mutoid Man about East Coast tour dates, recording at God City Studios<a href="http://blowthescene.com/quick-news/mutoid-man-launch-east-coasts-dates-w-russian-circles-week-recording-god-city-studios-w-kurt-ballou.html"><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/b3a802ea30f2c5083ddc5842a7bb3fbe/tumblr_inline_ngcm75ZNBk1qbzv4w.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a><a href="http://blowthescene.com/quick-news/mutoid-man-launch-east-coasts-dates-w-russian-circles-week-recording-god-city-studios-w-kurt-ballou.html"><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/7fd2c98be03493a8d429260375ccbdf0/tumblr_inline_ngcm7iUkqF1qbzv4w.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/86f6ec3a8e690e7fd37a8e2b91ce0183/tumblr_inline_ngcm96HPda1qbzv4w.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /><p><b><a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank" title="Mutoid Man">Mutoid Man</a></b>, the relatively new trio of <b>Stephen Brodsky</b> (Cave In) on guitar and vocals, <b>Ben Koller</b> (Converge, All Pigs Must Die) on drums and <b>Nick Cageao</b> on bass, have just kicked off a string of East Coast dates as direct support to new <a href="http://sargenthouse.com"><b>Sargent House</b></a> label mates <a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://russiancirclesband.com" target="_blank"><b>Russian Circles</b> </a>. <b>Mutoid Man</b> were tapped to play this short run of <i>Tenth Anniversary of Russian Circles</i> shows but will also play their own headline date on December 13th in Chapel Hill, NC. Check out the full tour routing <a href="http://bandsintown.com/mutoidman">here</a> and below.</p>
<p>Following the shows, in January 2015, <b>Mutoid Man</b> will head to <b>God City Studios</b> in Salem, MA to record their debut full-length album for <b><a href="http://sargenthouse.com" title="sargent house">Sargent House</a></b> with <b>Kurt Ballou</b> (Converge,Torche, High on Fire). The new album is the successor to 2013’s critically acclaimed EP <a href="http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com"><i>Helium Head</i></a>, which was hailed as “a seriously off the hook brilliant debut” (Decibel Magazine) and “teeming with bluesy riffs, firing-quad drumming and chaotic time signatures” (Exclaim).</p>
<p><b>Mutoid Man </b>vocalist <b>Stephen Brodsky </b>says of the new songs: “These tracks are still riding the high of Helium Head; there are even a few unfinished pieces from that period we might revisit on this record. Writing with Nick is spinning our brains in new directions, too.”</p>
<h2>MUTOID MAN LIVE 2014</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.bandsintown.com/Mutoid%20Man">Mutoid Man Tour Dates</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35897502014-11-03T16:30:00-05:002017-02-04T15:25:55-05:00Mutoid Man to support Russian Circles on December tour dates<img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/30756fc61215eb8d75a1c112442885b5/tumblr_inline_nehdn5xxEK1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /><p>Time to rock some new tunes for all of you. <a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man </a>will be joining <a href="http://sargenthouse.com">Sargent House</a> label mates <a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://russiancirclesband.com" target="_blank">Russian Circles</a> for their 10 Year anniversary shows in December - All dates below - and make sure to start <a href="https://www.bandsintown.com/MutoidMan?came_from=203">TRACKING Mutoid Man on Bandsintown</a> so you never miss them in your area when they come to town.</p>
<p>Dec 10 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair w/ Russian Circles<br>Dec 11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg w/ Russian Circles<br>Dec 12 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts w/ Russian Circles<br>Dec 13 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 w/ Bedowyn & Dogs Eyes<br>Dec 14 – Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel w/ Russian Circles</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35896132014-11-01T15:55:00-04:002015-03-10T18:53:40-04:00The PRP Helium Head Review - 4.5/5<a href="http://www.theprp.com/2013/10/30/reviews/mutoid-man-helium-head/"><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/799d877cd23e1b70ed250f1cf38423cc/tumblr_inline_n5dmx6AssX1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_none border_" alt="image" /></a><br><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/cfdbe5af38e1df00d6dfd8d9ce07aea1/tumblr_inline_n5dn2777R31sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_none border_" alt="image" />Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35897492014-05-28T16:25:00-04:002015-03-10T19:24:48-04:00Gear Gods: This is what it's like to be Ben Koller in Mutoid Man and Converge<img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/df9993ea22307c5a5983536aac9a3c55/tumblr_inline_n6b2ft65Fn1qbzv4w.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/1a240a9372ca4e5feeaa8e42da35d667/tumblr_inline_n6b2gc6Glv1qbzv4w.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /><br><iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_SinlX8guLM?rel=0" width="500"></iframe>
<p>We post a lot of drum cam videos on <a href="http://geargods.net/">Gear Gods</a>, but getting to actually see <a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> & <a href="https://www.facebook.com/converge">Converge</a> drummer <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BenKollerOfficial">Ben Koller</a> do his thing, from his perspective, instantly makes this one the most impressive and simply interesting. It helps that Koller’s signature playing style is so frantic and perfectly suited to this style of filming.</p>
<p>I caught Mutoid Man at South By South West, specifically at “Metal Sucks’ 4th Annual <a href="http://www.metalsucks.net/2014/02/04/announcing-metalsucks-fourth-annual-south-south-death-sxsw-showcase-starring-animals-leaders-burial-ringworm-iron-reagan-mutoid-man-east-wall/">South By South Death Showcase</a>,” and they were the height of the show.</p><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/4bea608b9eb77bcdeafdf3c0e8e57572/tumblr_inline_n6b2nm16de1qbzv4w.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /><br><iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/OKYazcINca8?rel=0" width="500"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/converge">Converge</a> & <a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a>'s drummer <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BenKollerOfficial">Ben Koller</a> loves his <a href="http://gopro.com/">GoPro</a>, and we love Ben’s-eye drum footage, so it’s high fives all around. I don’t know if you caught the <a href="http://geargods.net/playthrough/mutoid-man-drum-cam/">helmet cam Mutoid Man footage</a> that he posted a while ago, but it was a hoot and a half to watch, maybe fantasizing that those were actually your limbs and then flexing in the mirror afterwards with a warm attractive sensation slithering down your sides.</p>
<p>Now Ben has upped the ante and brought you behind the Jacob Bannon-illustrated curtain of a Converge rehearsal. I’m assuming there’s a lot of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCZ2cl0CjMk">distress</a> on that curtain. Go sit in the throne and watch the band run through part of “All We Love We Leave Behind” in the video above.<br><br><a contents="Gear Gods" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://geargods.net/playthrough/mutoid-man-drum-cam/" target="_blank">Gear Gods</a>(via Gear Gods)</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35897472014-05-27T16:20:00-04:002015-03-10T19:21:07-04:00Mutoid Man Signs To Sargent House<img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/9c46708e2519d5ec8158c479d2ee801a/tumblr_inline_n68z9tjwAx1qbzv4w.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /><p>Reposted from <a href="http://sargenthouse.tumblr.com">Sargent House </a></p>
<p>"All it took was seeing them play live once.... and the house had to have them. We are so delighted to welcome <a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> to our management and label worldwide. We even got a press release below about it.. "<br> </p>
<p>For Immediate Release<br>May 27, 2014</p>
<p><a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> is a rock trio with a stellar lineup featuring Stephen Brodsky (<b>Cave In</b>), Ben Koller (<b>Converge</b>, <b>All Pigs Must Die</b>), and Nick Cageao (<b>Brohammer</b>, and the man behind the soundboard at Brooklyn's Saint Vitus bar). The band's accidental birth happened in 2012, when the three decided to simply "get together and jam" in a Brooklyn practice space. These good times resulted with the trio laying down a few tracks that would become their stunning debut EP entitled <a href="http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com"><i>Helium Head</i></a>. In late November 2013, the EP saw a limited released through old friends over at Magic Bullet / Nonbeliever, as well as a small and quickly sold out cassette run through friends at Robotic Empire. At that time <i>Helium Head</i> was praised by music critics as "a seriously off the hook brilliant debut" (<a href="http://mutoidman.tumblr.com/post/82319466533/decibel-magazine-album-review-9-10">Decibel 9/10 album review</a>) and "a testament to the musicianship and songwriting abilities each of them display in their respective bands" (Heavy Blog). </p>
<p>Following that release of <i>Helium Head</i>, Mutoid Man played a handful of shows on the West Coast, including an absolutely mental in-store at <a href="http://t.ymlp251.net/ubjmaiaujywhaoaubqavaybj/click.php">Vacation Vinyl</a>, and made their <a href="http://t.ymlp251.net/ubjjadaujywhavaubqavaybj/click.php">SXSW debut at the Metal Sucks showcase</a>. Now, the band that never intended to be a band is excited to announce that they will start touring and that they've begun writing their debut full-length album that will be released via their new label and management home, <a href="http://t.ymlp251.net/ubjbapaujywhaxaubqanaybj/click.php">Sargent House</a>.</p>
<p>Sargent House will be announcing a date for the re-issue of <i>Helium Head</i> on CD and vinyl, but in the meantime you can stream it in full or download it in any file type desired at <a href="http://t.ymlp251.net/ubjhafaujywhadaubqagaybj/click.php">mutoidman.bandcamp.com</a>.<br><br>Go make friends with MUTOID MAN here:<br><a href="http://mutoidman.tumblr.com">News Tumblr</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mutoidman">Facebook</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/mutoidman" title="twitter">Twitter</a><br><a href="http://emmaruthrundle.bandcamp.com">Bandcamp</a><br><a href="http://instagram.com/mutoidman" title="instagram">Instagram</a></p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35895892014-04-08T15:35:00-04:002015-03-10T18:35:09-04:00Mutoid Man - Full live set from Metal Sucks show SXSW 2014<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8cqp4X_OP8I" width="500" height="315" frameborder="0"></iframe>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35896432014-03-14T16:15:00-04:002021-01-21T11:44:54-05:00Heavy Blog Is Heavy Helium Head Review - 4.5/5<a href="http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2014/03/11/rapidfire-reviews-lorna-shore-mutoid-man-adrenaline-mob/"><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/053ead66d4a3a6c0a6d210aca9c3942e/tumblr_inline_n5dnrtLMCr1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a><a href="http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2014/03/11/rapidfire-reviews-lorna-shore-mutoid-man-adrenaline-mob/"><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/fda0a42d40fafc24b0654ab341858eaf/tumblr_inline_n5dnsdMcTA1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35896422014-03-12T16:15:00-04:002015-03-10T19:12:13-04:00Metal Insider covers Vacation Vinyl performance video<a href="http://www.metalinsider.net/video/watch-mutoid-man-decimate-a-record-store"><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/d46bdced824521b6fb4f0cae1b1b3cc2/tumblr_inline_n5dnk7xkbh1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a><a href="http://www.metalinsider.net/video/watch-mutoid-man-decimate-a-record-store"><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/cec5efbd9c44b9093a9c6942710aee94/tumblr_inline_n5dnkjFmrn1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a><br><iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/V5O_eusnfDE?rel=0" width="500"></iframe>
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<p><a href="http://facebook.com/mutoidman">Mutoid Man</a> blew our minds last year with their debut EP. If you haven’t gotten a chance to see the trio, which consists of <b>Cave In</b> mastermind <a contents="Stephen Brodsky" data-link-label="Stephen Brodsky" data-link-type="page" href="/stephen-brodsky">Stephen Brodsky</a>, <b>Converge</b>’s <a contents="Ben Koller" data-link-label="Benjamin Koller" data-link-type="page" href="/benjamin-koller">Ben Koller</a> and <a contents="Nick Cageao" data-link-label="Nick Cageao" data-link-type="page" href="/nick-cageao">Nick Cageao</a>, you’ll get a chance tonight in Tempe AZ at the Yucca Taproom and at the Metal Sucks showcase at SXSW this Friday. If you’re not going to Texas or don’t live in Arizona, here are the final two songs of their set at Los Angeles’ Vacation Vinyl. The band played their own “Gnarcissist” and then Cave In’s “Big Riff.” Cave In fans in particular should enjoy the extra shred of heaviness that Koller brings to the melodic song.<br><br>(via <a contents="Metal Insider" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.metalinsider.net/video/watch-mutoid-man-decimate-a-record-store" target="_blank">Metal Insider</a>)</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35896442014-03-07T16:15:00-05:002017-01-16T09:25:09-05:00The Horn SXSW 2014 Artist Interview: Mutoid Man<img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/3b3e5b2a4b958412690c852264e8d582/tumblr_inline_n5do09ITC51sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_none border_" alt="image" /><br><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/69a4901bf40fe5f88a1a142d0e6a89d0/tumblr_inline_n5do0kq73a1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_none border_" alt="image" /><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/af64e57cf054456349f7e11f4316caec/tumblr_inline_n5do0xcA201sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_none border_" alt="image" /><p>Brooklyn band <a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a> is what most would call a supergroup, as it is composed of guitarist Steve Brodsky from <b>Cave In</b>, drummer Ben Koller from <b>Converge</b> and <b>All Pigs Must Die</b>, and bassist Nick Cageo from the up-and-coming power thrash group Bröhammer. Cageo also happens to be the main sound guy at the notorious Brooklyn metal venue Saint Vitus Bar.</p>
<p>As a trio the members of Mutoid Man take elements of all of their previous bands and inject a healthy dose of psychedelic rock and roll to create a sound that is at once heavy as hell and highly technical. Their recent EP 'Helium Head' features seven catchy songs that are as danceable as they are moshable. If that sounds strangely awesome that's because it is, which is why Mutoid Man is a must-see act at SXSW. Their appearance at the festival is part of a brief tour that includes a small handful of West Coast shows, so consider yourself lucky if you get the opportunity to have your face melted by Mutoid Man this coming week. </p>
<p><b>Neil Ferguson: How did the members of the band connect and what made you want to start the band?</b></p>
<p>Ben Koller: Steve [Brodsky] and I had been playing together off and on for years. Converge and Cave In have played many shows together over the years and I filled in for Cave In around 2005-2006. Steve moved to Brooklyn a few years ago while I was still living there and it was only natural that we would start jamming together. Everything started moving really fast so we just decided to throw up a recording rig and get down to business. </p>
<p><b>Talk about some of the musical styles you incorporate and if they are inspired by any particular bands.</b></p>
<p>Ben Koller: Steve and I have both been in touring bands for many years and have picked up lots of influences along the way. We don't just listen to metal, punk, hardcore, etc. On any given day I'll listen to anything from Elvis to Pig Destroyer. The range of our musical influences is pretty wide, but if you're a fan of heavy music from the 60's to present day you can probably get a pretty good idea of where we're coming from. For me personally my influences for this band are a mix of 70's prog/heavy rock and more modern weirdness like Botch, Mastodon, Dillinger Escape Plan, etc...</p>
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<p>Steve Brodsky: Well, I'm about to turn 35 this year, which makes me a 70's child. I guess it's in my blood to inject the feel of that decade into music I write. The initial target was us trying to imagine a hybrid of Motörhead and Lightning Bolt. On <i>Helium Head</i> there were definitely some moments of inspiration taken from Botch, old Soundgarden, you know, all that awesome Northwestern noise that's lacking in vitamin D. And, of course, drawing upon things we love about the other bands we play in.</p>
<p><b>Can you describe Mutoid Man to someone who has never heard the band?</b></p>
<p>Ben Koller: Capture a gorilla from the zoo. Shoot him up with methamphetamine, put him in a spacesuit and take him to Mars. Let him walk around on the surface for a while, smash the glass covering his face then watch him have an Arnold Schwarzenegger-esque <i>Total Recall</i> freakout where his eyes bulge out of his skull. We sort of sound like that. </p>
<p><b>The band added Nick Cageo to the mix a while ago. What does he bring to the table creatively and how does his presence effect the dynamic of the band?</b></p>
<p>Steve Brodsky: Ben and I did what I guess you could call the first Mutoid Man show as a duo a couple years ago at <a href="http://www.saintvitusbar.com/">Saint Vitus Bar</a>. We ran through about 5 or 6 songs together, including some early versions of what later became Mutoid Man songs. Behind the soundboard that night was Nick. I remember he seemed genuinely stoked for the set. Ben had a hunch that he'd be a great fit for the group - and the dude can really play. Nick's a genuine youthful spirit, and probably smarter than most people twice his age.<br> </p>
<p><b>On your album you have a unique rendition of “Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood.” How did the band decide to include that on the album? How does the band go about translating a song like that into a Mutoid Man version?</b></p>
<p>Ben Koller: If I remember correctly Steve and I had learned an acoustic version of that song to play at a wedding at first. When we had finished tracking <i>Helium Head</i> we decided to play a heavy version of it for a potential bonus track as a goof. We did a couple takes and it sounded awesome so that's what you hear on the record. </p>
<p><b>Have you played SXSW before? What is your personal secret to surviving a festival like SXSW?</b></p>
<p>Steve Brodsky: Yes, several times! I will be traveling with a tall bottle of Advil, because music is usually blasting from everywhere and anywhere. Also, you should anticipate running into people you know, which I think helps to harness the chaos a bit, you know, seeing some familiar faces amongst the swarms of strangers. What else? For every adult beverage you consume, counter it with a glass of water. Stay sharp!</p>
<p><b>Mutoid Man at SXSW:</b></p>
<p>3/13 - Invisible Oranges Showcase at Quantum Lounge (303 W 5th St.)</p>
<p>3/14 - MetalSucks Showcase at The Dirty Dog (505 E 6th St.)</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35896112014-03-01T15:50:00-05:002021-01-09T05:58:16-05:00Mutoid Man March Tour // SXSW 2014<img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/8a1e65503ab27d842881888f6b787abf/tumblr_inline_n5dlulmZTv1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /><p>For tickets and info, <a contents="click HERE" data-link-label="Shows" data-link-type="page" href="/shows" target="_blank">click HERE</a>.<br><br>Mar 7 - San Francisco, CA @ Sub-Mission Art Space<br>Mar 8 - San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe<br>Mar 9 - Los Angeles, CA @ Vacation Vinyl<br>Mar 10 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room<br>Mar 11 - Tempe, AZ @ Yucca Taproom<br>Mar 14 - Austin, TX @ MetalSucks SXSW Showcase</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35895942014-02-02T15:40:00-05:002015-03-10T18:40:15-04:00MUTOID MAN First live show at Saint Vitus - Brooklyn, NY<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/24s6yFy6RMM?rel=0" width="500" height="315" frameborder="0"></iframe><p></p><p>The first ever Mutoid Man show has been captured and posted shot on - September 23, 2013</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35895912014-01-23T15:40:00-05:002015-03-10T18:38:30-04:00Decibel Magazine Album Review 9/10<img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/1b6955abd7ae580979ab6eaef8a2a0a3/tumblr_inline_n3u1uvmDt11sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/d4b9a5abdeaced33df47f5225cf827ba/tumblr_inline_n3u1v7BlC11sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" />Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35895962013-12-01T15:45:00-05:002020-12-05T02:13:29-05:00Exclaim.ca Interviews Stephen Brodsky<a href="http://exclaim.ca/News/stephen_brodsky_talks_mutoid_mans_rise_to_helium_head"><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/1eef8cc44b03c99aa17b9c680cbe765b/tumblr_inline_n5dlnjl80r1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a><a href="http://exclaim.ca/News/stephen_brodsky_talks_mutoid_mans_rise_to_helium_head"><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/ce20d02dcd64ed7936cd9275cb15fc21/tumblr_inline_n5dlnyO4Dv1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a><br><img src="//exclaim.ca/images/mutoid.jpg" class="size_orig justify_none border_" alt="Stephen Brodsky Talks Mutoid Man's Rise to 'Helium Head'" /><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mutoid-Man/565982076754955">Mutoid Man</a>, a new group featuring <b>Cave In</b>'s <a contents="Stephen Brodsky" data-link-label="Stephen Brodsky" data-link-type="page" href="/stephen-brodsky" target="_blank">Stephen Brodsky</a> and <b>Converge</b>'s <a contents="Ben Koller" data-link-label="Benjamin Koller" data-link-type="page" href="/benjamin-koller" target="_blank">Ben Koller</a>, came about through mutual respect. After sharing a tiny rehearsal space in Brooklyn, the two veterans of the Boston metalcore scene decided to continue what Brodsky refers to as a "cool chemistry" when Koller toured and recorded briefly in Cave In and when the two full bands worked on a side-project called Verge-In.<br><br>As Brodsky explains in a recent Exclaim! interview, "Having the Cave In experience with Ben and also the Verge-In experience, where Cave In and Converge wrote and recorded some stuff together, all of that was really positive, and Ben and I have just always had a mutual musical respect for each other. And we felt like once we were living in Brooklyn together and sharing a practice space, well, why not just get weird at the rehearsal space and see what happens?"<br><br>The result is <a contents="Helium Head" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://mutoidman.bandcamp.com" target="_blank"><i>Helium Head</i></a>, a seven-track album being released Friday (November 29) on Magic Bullet Records and streaming now below. Teeming with bluesy riffs, firing-squad drumming and chaotic time signatures, the album was the result of two like-minded high-volume dudes challenging each other in a tiny rehearsal space.
<p>"We just went down to the rehearsal space and started throwing ideas at each other. We both like to play very loud, so that part was easy to coordinate," laughs Brodsky. "So the material is meant for that environment and that vibe, and it was just really fun and quick, too, because when you're just working with two people there's a back and forth that happens very quickly."</p>
<p>Both busy musicians, and with Koller touring with Converge and his other band All Pigs Must Die, the two came up with the Mutoid Man material casually over the course of a year. The basic recordings were done on Brodsky's four-track, with all the remaining tracking done in the small rehearsal space in less than two weeks, then mixed in four days.</p>
<p>Surprisingly, drummer Koller was the driving force behind the songwriting process rather than guitarist/vocalist Brodsky, something that was a welcome change for the prolific songwriter who has recorded several solo albums under different monikers.</p>
<p>"Ben is really intuitive with songwriting, so his creative direction with the songs was very heavy-handed, all the way down to the vocals and the artwork, so it was good," explains Brodsky. "I just brought the riffs and tried to keep up with all the curveball ideas that he was throwing at me and if a riff was too standard, we'd decompose it and snap it out in a different time signature, and I'd feel like parts of my brain were being rewired as I was trying to understand and do what I can with my fingers to make that kind of stuff happen. It was challenging and really fun and that was the working environment for a year."</p>
<p>Able to follow Koller's lead, Brodsky says the process was a welcome change from his other bands and projects, where he normally does the lion's share of the writing.</p>
<p>"It was kind of a relief, actually. Just being more of a transmitter for someone's ideas than actually trying to create the transmissions myself," he says. "It was actually a really enlightening process in that way. I think because I'm 35 and I've done as much as I've done for someone my age, so I tend to either burn out or I repeat myself… or, I'm a guitar player! Guitar players are lazy, man [laughs]. I'm no different. When I write songs I like to get the ideas that are very basic to the song and sometimes I'm content with that, for better or worse. So someone like Ben pulls me out of that comfort zone."</p>
<p>The duo recently added another element to the Mutoid Man equation, bringing in bass player <a contents="Nick Cageao" data-link-label="Nick Cageao" data-link-type="page" href="/nick-cageao" target="_blank">Nick Cageao</a>, head soundman at Brooklyn club Saint Vitus Bar and bassist for Bröhammer, to play live shows and write new material with them.</p>
<p>"He's really the perfect, mutant-minded individual for this kind of stuff because he's very easily wrapped his head around what was going on. We played our first show with him and he's definitely on board to do more," says Brodsky. "And we've actually started writing some stuff together, too, which is very cool. He has a music school background as well, so I'm around these two people, and for lack of a better word, I feel like the Neanderthal in the creative equation. But everyone is excited about the idea of where to take the sound that we've started with and trying to push it a little bit more, especially having other people in the mix."</p>
<p>Brodsky says that he and Koller, both children of the '70s and big fans of classic rock, let a lot of those undertones creep into the Mutoid Man songs. In fact, the last track on the album, cleverly titled "The Manimals," is the duo's interpretation of the Animals' '60s hit song "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."</p>
<p>"Well, if the Animals were into drop-tuning or something," laughs Brodsky.</p>
<p>As for his main gig in Cave In, Brodsky's unsure right now what the future will hold for the band who last released 2011's <i>White Silence</i>, although all of the band members remain in close contact.</p>
<p>"I live in New York now and those three guys are living in Boston, so it's been hard to coordinate everyone getting on the same page, for one reason or another. Sometimes life takes over, for instance [Cave In drummer] JR [Conners]' family just had baby number two so they've got their hands full… But, yeah, there's nothing on the docket anytime soon, but we still remain very close with each other as friends, so that's kind of where it's at right now."</p>
<p><a href="http://exclaim.ca/News/stephen_brodsky_talks_mutoid_mans_rise_to_helium_head">By Jason Schreurs</a><br> </p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35895902013-11-23T15:40:00-05:002019-03-11T04:48:24-04:00Noisey Interviews Mutoid Man<a href="http://noisey.vice.com/blog/mutoid-man-scavangers-stream-stephen-brodsky-interview"><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/db4e9aa63cfafb472b6476ee41416c0b/tumblr_inline_n3u1b78Nta1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a><a href="http://noisey.vice.com/blog/mutoid-man-scavangers-stream-stephen-brodsky-interview"><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/cde49fa4258863580e7a7d3e4cfca082/tumblr_inline_n3u1bie4Od1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a><a href="http://noisey.vice.com/blog/mutoid-man-scavangers-stream-stephen-brodsky-interview"><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/6c7259c7e728297b253c1237ed8245e5/tumblr_inline_n3u1bvH0uD1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a><p></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mutoid-Man/565982076754955">Mutoid Man</a> is the best band you might never see. The three-piece is made up of Stephen Brodsky of <b>Cave In</b>, Ben Koller of <b>Converge/All Pigs Must Die</b>, and Nick Cageao aka the best soundman in all the land at Brooklyn metal bar, Saint Vitus. The band has played exactly one show and recorded one album. Then Ben moved to California and their future is ??????. We tried to get an answer to some of those many question marks from Stephen Brodsky. We also talked about the band’s weird, fucked up timing changes, Super Nintendo, and angry Cave In fans.</p>
<p>Mutoid Man’s debut/possibly final album, <i>Helium Head</i>, is out on November 29 from Magic Bullet Records. You can stream a brand new song from it, “<a href="https://soundcloud.com/user3105090/mutoid-man-scavengers">Scavengers</a>,” below.<br><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user3105090/mutoid-man-scavengers"></a></p><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user3105090/mutoid-man-scavengers"><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/6e97d8deb00797de5a223ac5071a1aa3/tumblr_inline_n3u1fahinZ1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a><p></p>
<p><b>Noisey: So, Mutoid Man. It’s kind of a supergroup of sorts.</b><br> <b>Stephen Brodsky: </b>That’s flattering, yeah.</p>
<p><b>It’s you from Cave In, Ben from Converge, and Nick. Has Nick been any bands that I’d know?</b><br> He did play bass for Ace Frehley’s band.</p>
<p><b>I’m assuming not KISS.</b><br> Yeah, maybe it’s Frehley’s Comet? You might have to do a little research on that.</p>
<p><i>[Note: A little research on that turned up no such thing. It was his solo tour, where he got to play a few dates.]</i></p>
<p><b>But it seems that right after you started up, Ben moved to California. So what the hell? Are you guys still gonna play?</b><br> Well, we’ve just got a pricier guarantee, that’s all. [laughs]</p>
<p><b>Do you plan on touring?</b><br> I think maybe the idea would be to get some shows on the west coast which would be fun and everyone is down to play. It’s just a matter of logistically working out. Because we had that one show at Saint Vitus at the end of September.</p>
<p><b>How many shows have you played total?</b><br> Just that one as a full group. But then Ben and I actually played some of the Mutoid Man songs at a solo show I had at Saint Vitus last year as a two-piece. It was like, three or four of the songs that ended up on the record.</p>
<p><b>How did the project start in the first place?</b><br> Well, Ben was playing in Cave In for a few tours that we did. And this was in ‘05, ‘06 when Cave In was touring on <i>Perfect Pitch Black</i>. J.R. at the time was living in Germany and he was just kind of off the grid. The record came out and the band decided that we wanted to do something to push the album. Ben was on board to play with us. So that’s kind of how the musical chemistry between he and I started. And then two years ago, I moved to Brooklyn. He was living in Brooklyn at the time. We both shared a rehearsal space. We were like, “Man, why don’t we get together and jam and throw some riffs at each other?’ That was it.</p>
<p><b>And you guys made your “debut” on <i>Jimmy Kimmel Live</i>.</b><br> Oh yeah.</p>
<p><b>Congratulations.</b><br> Thank you.</p>
<p></p><img src="//assets.noisey.com/content-images/contentimage/19861/BW1hlEcCAAE8LT-.jpg-large.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" /><br> <i>Mutoid Man "performing" on Jimmy Kimmel Live. (Claps count as performing, right?)</i><p></p>
<p><b>How did that come about?</b><br> Exactly in the opposite way that it was intended. Basically, we got invited to the show by Chris Maggio who’s playing in the band Sleigh Bells. He gave us the invite. I was out in L.A. Ben and I had nothing else going on that night and just thought it’d be a fun, cool experience to hang out with Chris and see what it was all about. So when it came time for the actual taping of the performance, we were like, “Man, the last thing we want is to be on camera right now. We’re gonna stand in the back.” So we’re in the back of the performance area and these people come around and they’re like, “OK so just so you know, this is where Jimmy’s gonna come out and introduce the band and talk a little bit.” And it happened to be right where we were standing.</p>
<p><b>What would you describe your sound as?</b><br> It’s like mutant thrash punk with a love for twisted numbers and time signature warpings. If I would come up with a riff, Ben would be like, “Can we fit that into 13/8?” OK, let’s try it! We’d stretch and mess with riffs until they were in a time signature that was messing up my brain in a good way. And that was the great thing about writing the stuff with him. He’s got a very strong songwriting sensibility. He would just twist and tie my brain into knots and I’d think over these riffs and song ideas until they felt like second nature.</p>
<p><b>So now that Ben moved, how seriously are you guys gonna take this project?</b><br> I think we’d like to do the group as much as possible. Realistically speaking, yeah, there’s a logistic factor involved where we’re a bicoastal unit and Ben is the drummer of Converge. Converge is his number one thing at this point. He’s been with those guys for ten years so it’s understandable.</p>
<p><b>Why’d he move out again?</b><br> I think he and his lady just wanted a change. He loves Vegas. He’s actually really good at gambling. He’s a solid gamer.</p>
<p><b>Is he like Rain Man?</b><br> [laughs] He’s just got...All right, so me, Ben, and Kurt from Converge shared an apartment in Watertown, Massachussetts at one point. That was when I first met Ben. This was when Drowningman were recording their “worst album ever” on purpose as a way of getting out of their contract with, I think Equal Vision, at the time. I’m not exactly sure. But whatever the case, they were signed to a label, they weren’t happy about it, so they were recording their worst album ever so it was this total mindfuck shitshow of a recording. Ben and I did a cover of “Ziggy Stardust” and “The Spider from Mars.” We covered that song but changed all the lyrics around to reflect the history of Drowningman and Kurt recorded it on his Pro Tools rig which was set up at the apartment at the time. So that was our very first recorded collaboration.</p>
<p>So another thing I remember about that time was I was really wrapped up in playing these old Super Nintendo games and trying to go back and beat Zelda and Metroid and I remember Ben was living across the hall from me. So I would hit him up for like, “Hey, do you have any tricks to get past this level? I can’t warp to this mountain or whatever.” So he’d be like, “Oh yeah, yeah. You just do this.” Or he’d look through an old <i>Nintendo Power</i> and hook me up. So I was like, “Oh man, this guy’s got a brain for video games.” He’s just a natural gamer is what it comes down to. So I think Vegas is a good place for him to be close to.</p>
<p><b>What’s his game?</b><br> He’s big into poker.</p>
<p><b>Your projects have a reputation for scrapping everything and starting all over again for each release. Is that deliberate?</b><br> Yeah, like a destructive nature, kind of.</p>
<p><b>Right. Almost like a phoenix rising from the ashes.</b><br> Well, it’s funny. My girlfriend’s got this book of—it’s like an astrology book. And for every day of the year, there’s a description of a person’s personality, their astrological signs, and other notable humans who were born on the same day. So I was doing a little reading up on mine, which is April 9.</p>
<p><b>Who was born on your birthday?</b><br> I wanna say Charles Dickens, but I’m not sure.</p>
<p><i>[Note: A little research turned up that Charles Dickens’ birthday is February 7.]</i></p>
<p><b>OK.</b><br> Yeah, so I’m a fire sign by nature. So fire tends to be a very destructive element. So I think just from what I read about this day in general and all the sort of coordinates surrounding it, it described me as having a very destructive side. So it kind of goes along with what you were saying.</p>
<p><b>This genre has a super easy fanbase to piss off. You try something new and people just want the first record over and over again. Obviously Cave In was a band that went all over the place. What were your dealings with fans? Did people come to your <i>Jupiter</i> tours wanting to hear <i>Until Your Heart Stops</i> material?</b><br> There was a degree of that. And to be fair, if somebody loves a record and they go to see the band that made that record and that band’s not playing anything from said record, they have a right to be upset.</p>
<p><b>Right, but also, audiences aren’t entitled to anything.</b><br> Yeah, I think at the time, Cave In was in a position where artistically, we were just trying to go forward and push ourselves as artists and as a group because when we finally settled on the lineup that we‘ve been for the past 15 years, we just felt like, “Oh man, this is great. We’re all comfortable with each other, musically and as people and the musical world is our oyster.” So it was a very forward-thinking time. And I think maybe we got a little caught up in how intensely, in how far we could take the reinvention of our sound and what we could do with our instruments.</p>
<p><b>Was it a deliberate choice? Were all the members of the band comfortable shifting sounds?</b><br> It was pretty unified because our lives were becoming more intertwined. We started spending more time together, doing more tours, and the band started to attract more attention. So as a result, our listening tastes tended to merge together and we were discovering new records together and really vibing out on older stuff we’d loved for a long time. It had a lot to do with finding the right personal chemistry. We were also young and sponge-like, taking in all these different musical influences. And in hardcore and metal, you watch a band like Dillinger play, or Botch, and these guys would just blow people’s minds with what they were doing with heavy music. It was humbling. It was like, man, I don’t know if we can top <i>Until Your Heart Stops</i> when it comes to that particular sound. Maybe we should just cut our loses and trip out a little bit.</p>
<p><i>[Note: A little research turned up that yes, Botch did in fact fucking rule.]</i></p>
<p></p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/24s6yFy6RMM?rel=0" width="500" height="315" frameborder="0"></iframe> Mutoid Man’s first show ever. Uhhh...yeah, do yourself a favor and watch this.Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35896412013-09-30T16:10:00-04:002020-12-22T10:17:19-05:00Decibel Premieres 'Scrape The Walls'<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/158408/6dd1de74d395fbda41362644f5e5cc0376c2de36/original/screen-shot-2015-03-09-at-10-14-05-am.png?1425921275" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><br><img src="//www.decibelmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/mutoid-man1.jpg" class="size_m justify_none border_" /><br>Christ on a motherfucking crutch do we have a treat for you this morning, loyal readers: An exclusive premiere of a churning, kinetic track off what promises to be a seriously off the hook brilliant upcoming debut album from <a contents="Mutoid Man" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://mutoidman.com" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a>, the new collaboration between <a contents="Stephen Brodsky" data-link-label="Stephen Brodsky" data-link-type="page" href="/stephen-brodsky">Stephen Brodsky</a> (CAVE IN) and <a contents="Ben Koller" data-link-label="Benjamin Koller" data-link-type="page" href="/benjamin-koller">Ben Koller</a> (CONVERGE).
<p>We asked Brodsky for a little background info on the song — “Scrape the Walls” — as well as a thumbnail sketch of the Mutoid Man origin story, and here is what he sent along:</p>
<p>“[This is] the first Mutoid Man song we wrote! It’s about people who lose their minds worrying over money. To come up with all this stuff, Ben and I riffed-out at a rehearsal space in Brooklyn for about a year. The material picks up from where we left off with the Cave In <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYZWlnV44ko">Shapeshifter/Dead Already</a> cassingle, written with Ben in the band. The two of us ran with that sound and formula and took it as far as we could go.”<br><br>(via <a contents="Decibel" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/mutoid-man-scrapes-the-walls/" target="_blank">Decibel</a>)</p>Mutoid Mantag:mutoidman.com,2005:Post/35896122013-08-29T15:55:00-04:002017-02-04T15:25:38-05:00Brooklyn Vegan covers new track, St. Vitus and Union Hall shows<a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2013/08/mutoid_man_cave.html"><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/c7adef9210e1f3880a680366ac072f5d/tumblr_inline_n5dm1r9Qwu1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_none border_" alt="image" /></a><br><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/dbc328bd4f2f729406806061b938ee4f/tumblr_inline_n5dm2jbUpD1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_none border_" alt="image" /><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/5731221ec8aba02bf76ec37acedc7021/tumblr_inline_n5dm2ypuZf1sdy2if.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=710337080/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://magicbulletrecords.bandcamp.com/album/magic-bullet-records-free-digital-sampler-vol-1-various-artists">MAGIC BULLET RECORDS FREE DIGITAL SAMPLER VOL. 1 (Various Artists) by Various Artists</a></iframe>Mutoid Man