{"id":17406,"date":"2025-12-10T07:52:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T12:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=17406"},"modified":"2025-12-10T07:52:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T12:52:26","slug":"seattles-industrial-artist-mortal-realm-demolishes-us-administration-with-new-single-rot-and-decompose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=17406","title":{"rendered":"Seattle\u2019s Industrial Artist MORTAL REALM Demolishes US Administration With New Single \u201cROT (And Decompose)\u201d!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MORTAL-REALM-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17408\" style=\"width:504px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MORTAL-REALM-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MORTAL-REALM-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MORTAL-REALM-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MORTAL-REALM-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MORTAL-REALM-1-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MORTAL-REALM-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Seattle-based industrial artist\u00a0<strong>MORTAL REALM<\/strong>\u00a0has released the new single\u00a0<strong>\u201cROT (And Decompose)\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>December\u00a05th<\/strong>\u00a0via\u00a0<strong>Negative Gain Productions<\/strong>. The song &#8211; available on Bandcamp and on the main digital streaming services &#8211; is a critique of the current administration and a challenge to those who supported it in the past or present to confront the greed and malice hidden beneath its promises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opening sample comes from a character whose misplaced confidence (arguably a smokescreen to their own insecurities) destroys them. They ultimately suffered at the hands of the leader they served. It&#8217;s a parallel to what happens when blind confidence replaces empathy and awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The production draws heavily from Nine Inch Nails, Bile, Ministry, and the general sense of unease I feel about where things are. The serene moment toward the end represents the version of our world that could exist if we acted with intention. The final chorus returns to the urgency of the message: we can&#8217;t afford complacency anymore, and to actually do something instead of just accepting the damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MORTAL REALM is the multi-genre, industrial-driven project of Adam V. Jones, known for his work in Haex and Sterling Silicon. Following the debut album \u201cStab In The Dark,\u201d the project expands on Jones\u2019s blend of heavy electronics, melodic textures, and esoteric atmospheres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Song recorded &amp; mixed by Adam V Jones. Mastered by Krischan Jan-Eric Wesenberg at Studio-600. Photos by Motornerve Photography. Artwork by Adam V Jones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"MORTAL REALM - ROT (AND DECOMPOSE) (Official Visualizer)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cZAnKPlus-E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Discography:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ROT (And Decompose) (Single, Negative Gain Production, 2025)<br>With A Heavy Heart (Single, Negative Gain Production, 2025)<br>Stab In The Dark (Full-Length, Negative Gain Production, 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Follow MORTAL REALM:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortalrealmband\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mortalrealmband\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mortalrealm.bandcamp.com\/\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ngpofficial.bandcamp.com\/\">Negative Gain Productions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedarkchannel.net\/\">The Dark Channel PR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle-based industrial artist\u00a0MORTAL REALM\u00a0has released the new single\u00a0\u201cROT (And Decompose)\u201d\u00a0on\u00a0December\u00a05th\u00a0via\u00a0Negative Gain Productions. The song &#8211; available on Bandcamp and on the main digital streaming services &#8211; is a critique of the current administration and a challenge to those who supported it in the past or present to confront the greed and malice hidden beneath its&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=17406\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Seattle\u2019s Industrial Artist MORTAL REALM Demolishes US Administration With New Single \u201cROT (And Decompose)\u201d!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17409,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17406\/revisions\/17409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}