Metropolis is proud to welcome the legendary 16volt home. The new release More of Less sees the band expanding on it's guitar and electronics-heavy machine rock further than ever, creating a fresh take on its signature American guitar-industrial sound. One of the best albums to date from this influential, genre-defying, musical juggernaut.
More of Less marks the explosive return of 16Volt, the pioneering industrial rock outfit helmed by Eric Powell, after a seven-year hiatus. Released by Metropolis Records, this long-awaited full-length album reasserts 16Volt's place at the forefront of genre-defying heaviness, welding the raw aggression of early industrial metal with sleek, modern production.
The album's lead single "White Noise" sets the tone with grinding guitars and a defiant vocal performance about invisibility and disconnection - "you become just white noise," Powell explains, "that static sound of nothingness." More of Less channels that angst through precision-engineered riffs, surgical synths, and relentless percussion, echoing the tension and decay of a world in collapse.
This release follows the sold-out vinyl debut of 1993's Wisdom and the 2024 archival compilation NegativeOnArrivals. But More of Less is no retrospective - it's a forward-thrusting beast, born of Powell's sharpened songwriting and vision honed over decades, bolstered by past collaborations with genre luminaries like David Ogilvie, Paul Raven, and Chris Vrenna.
For fans of Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, KMFDM, Stabbing Westward, Chemlab, Front Line Assembly, Gravity Kills, Orgy, Marilyn Manson, Nitzer Ebb, Filter, Skinny Puppy and early Pitchshifter.