{"id":9511,"date":"2024-11-27T08:01:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T13:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=9511"},"modified":"2024-11-27T08:01:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T13:01:09","slug":"melter-liquefy-gary-numans-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=9511","title":{"rendered":"[melter] liquefy Gary Numan\u2019s \u2018Metal\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-1-1024x439.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-1-1024x439.png 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-1-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-1-768x329.png 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-1-1536x658.png 1536w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-1-2048x878.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chicago dark-alt. \/ industrial duo [melter] share their latest single and video, lending their trademark molten fusion of visceral-meets-mechanical to a cover of Gary Numan\u2019s \u2018Metal\u2019.<br>Premiering exclusively with Side-Line Magazine yesterday (Tuesday 19 November), the new single and video comes on the heels of previous video-singles \u2018Catwalk\u2019 (September 2024) and \u2018blacklist\u2019 (July 2024), coupled with extensive touring throughout the US Midwest and East Coast during that time. \u2018Metal\u2019 is mixed and mastered by William Faith at 13 Studio; while the [melter]-produced video combines live footage by Rishi Productions and a video installation by Video Waste, from a performance at Chicago\u2019s Liar\u2019s Club on 30 October 2023.<\/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=\"[melter] - Metal (Gary Numan cover) - Official Music Video\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0QNzalnpyFc?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>\u2018Metal\u2019 has been a regular live favourite of [melter] for quite some time, as frontwoman Jax Allos explains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026\u2018Metal\u2019 was one of the first songs in our set when I first joined [melter] that set the tone for the [melter] sound \u2013 bass and synth heavy with the drums and vocals front and center. I have so much fun performing our version \u2013 it lets me channel my inner robot!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On setting the template for the [melter] sound, founder, drummer, and multi-instrumentalist Rob Hyman agrees:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI love that it has noguitars on it. That decision became a blueprint for [melter] \u2013 drums, bass, synths and vocals \u2013 it\u2019s not missing a thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rob goes on to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI discovered Gary Numan\u2019s The Pleasure Principle album with the 30th Anniversary Edition in 2009. Since then, it has become one of my favorite albums of all time. It has some of the best synth sounds ever created on it. They are just clean and full yet powerful and epic. Just so simple and yet so good. \u2018Vox Humana\u2019 is perfection. The bass-and-drum groove is what drew me to \u2018Metal\u2019 \u2013 the way they lock in. The synths are very atmospheric. And the lyrics are perfect \u2013 a great juxtaposition for the human vs. machine conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conversely, Jax approached the song from a very different perspective:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was aware of a cover version of the song, but not the original. I listened to the original only a few times, so that it didn\u2019t keep me from my own interpretation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago dark-alt. \/ industrial duo [melter] share their latest single and video, lending their trademark molten fusion of visceral-meets-mechanical to a cover of Gary Numan\u2019s \u2018Metal\u2019.Premiering exclusively with Side-Line Magazine yesterday (Tuesday 19 November), the new single and video comes on the heels of previous video-singles \u2018Catwalk\u2019 (September 2024) and \u2018blacklist\u2019 (July 2024), coupled with&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=9511\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[melter] liquefy Gary Numan\u2019s \u2018Metal\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9512,"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-9511","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\/9511","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=9511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9513,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9511\/revisions\/9513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}