MASTER BOOT RECORD overlord Vittorio D’Amore says COMPUTER METAL is his definitive release. On the Italian computer wizard’s 12th studio album, he joins forces with guitar virtuoso Edoardo Taddei and tech-death drummer Giulio Galati (ex-Hideous Divinity) to fuse computer-based music with human musicians. Each of the retro-futuristic tracks on COMPUTER METAL represents a different metal subgenre, while song titles “DOT MATRIX”, “PLUG AND PLAY” and “CTRL + ALT + DEL” conjure specific computer-based human experiences. Throughout the album, D’Amore incorporates old-school video game sounds from popular ’80s home computers like the Commodore 64 and Amiga 500 while Taddei goes full Yngwie Malmsteen on the shred showcases “TURBO BUTTON” and “BOOT SECTOR”.