MASTER BOOT RECORD – new video and single
- Posted on 15-10-2026
Photo by Francesco Esposito
“PLUG AND PLAY” is the newest single from Italy’s MASTER BOOT RECORD. The track comes off the band’s impending new Computer Metal full-length, set for official unveiling on October 30th via Metal Blade Records.
Comments band mastermind and multi-instrumentalist, Vittorio D’Amore, “Every MASTER BOOT RECORD album ships with one melodic anthem. “PLUG AND PLAY” is the purest build of that code: no drivers, no setup, it just runs and its melodies will stick in your memory.“
Watch/Stream “PLUG AND PLAY” HERE & Pre-Order “Computer Metal” HERE
The single comes accompanied by a video and game demo. D’Amore comments, “The video for ‘Plug and Play’ is not just a music video: it is the trailer of ‘No Trace Back,’ a racing game we are developing at Theta Division Games, the team behind VirtuaVerse. Elder0010 codes it in Unity, I write the music, and we shape the concept and game design together. It is a racer in pure vector graphics, in the line of the early arcade classics like Star Hawk, Tempest, and Cosmic Chasm: fast, high framerate, set in a virtual world where you compete for the prestige of your house. The free demo already runs on several mechanics, and the full version will go further, adding narrative and strategy elements and VR support. Computer metal has always come with code attached: crypto puzzles, ARGs, a whole server, a video game. This time the code is a racer. The demo is free at thetadivision.com.”
Watch MASTER BOOT RECORD‘s “PLUG AND PLAY” and download the game at: thetadivision.com & pre-order the new album at: metalblade.com/masterbootrecord
Stream MASTER BOOT RECORD‘s previously released single, “DOT MATRIX,” HERE.
Computer Metal makes a bold statement across its ten songs. The follow-up to 2024’s Hardwarez, Computer Metal was written via MIDI in Cubase, with the computer as the main instrument. The record shifts from hardcore to progressive metal, thrash metal, melodic metal, death metal, symphonic classical metal, industrial metal, and so on. On Computer Metal, while the synth can do almost everything a metal guitar does, it cannot replicate some things, like palm muting. So, while the synth remains the identity of the sound, adding guitars brings in the human variations that make it feel alive.
D’Amore took a new approach to writing Computer Metal. “Most of my records were written live on stream quite instinctively. This time I didn’t stream, because I needed a more meditative process.” Working offline gave him time to write, experiment, and hone in.
The album’s concept is, “sensory memory.” D’Amore elaborates, “Every title is a piece of hardware or a command that anyone who lived through that era of computing carries in their body: the sound of a dot matrix printer, the click of a turbo button, the glow of a CRT, the ritual of Ctrl+Alt+Del or the mythical Socket 7.“
Since 2016, MASTER BOOT RECORD has released 16 albums, joining Metal Blade Records in 2020. MASTER BOOT RECORD produced the video game VirtuaVerse, released on all major gaming platforms, as well as its original soundtrack.
“Computer Metal” is not a genre tag D’Amore picked; it is a genre he built, and Computer Metal is its definition. Ten tracks, 42 minutes, a single LP, old-school. Everything you hear was written note by note by a human with a keyboard and a mouse controlling a machine. Everything you see in the artwork was typed character by character. No generated content, no shortcuts. If you lived that era, this album will read your memory. If you didn’t, it will install it. SPREAD THE CODE.
MASTER BOOT RECORD‘s Computer Metal will be released on CD and digitally as well as vinyl in the following color variants:
Onyx (US)
Electric Blue Smoke (US)
180g Black (EU)
Grey/Black A Side B Side (EU – Ltd. 500)
Terminal Green Smoke (EU – Ltd. 300)
Find all pre-orders at: metalblade.com/masterbootrecord
Computer Metal Track Listing:
01. DOT MATRIX
02. COMMAND PROMPT
03. PLUG AND PLAY
04. FIRMWARE
05. SOCKET 7
06. BOOT SECTOR
07. TURBO BUTTON
08. VOODOO2
09. CRT
10. CTRL + ALT + DEL
EUROPE/UK TOUR 2026
MBR + FULCI
[co-headliner]
arottenbit
[support]
Tickets: mbrserver.com
05.11 Lyon (FR) – Ô Totem Live
06.11 Marseille (FR) – Le Dodu
07.11 Barcelona (ES) – Sala Razzmatazz 3
08.11 Toulouse (FR) – Le Rex
10.11 Paris (FR) – La Machine du Moulin Rouge
11.11 London (UK) – The Underworld
12.11 Sheffield (UK) – Corporation
13.11 Dublin (IE) – The Academy
14.11 Glasgow (UK) – SLAY
15.11 Leeds (UK) – Brudenell Social Club
17.11 Brussels (BE) – Botanique
18.11 Amsterdam (NL) – Melkweg
19.11 Nijmegen (NL) – Doornroosje
20.11 Cologne (DE) – Gebäude 9
21.11 Hamburg (DE) – Logo
22.11 Copenhagen (DK) – Pumpehuset
24.11 Gothenburg (SE) – Monument
25.11 Oslo (NO) – John Dee
26.11 Stockholm (SE) – Kollektivet Livet
28.11 Tampere (FI) – new venue TBA
29.11 Helsinki (FI) – Tavastia
01.12 Tallinn (EE) – Rockclub Tapper
02.12 Riga (LV) – Melna Piektdiena
03.12 Warsaw (PL) – Hydrozagadka
04.12 Berlin (DE) – SO36
05.12 Prague (CZ) – Futurum
06.12 Munich (DE) – Backstage
07.12 Vienna (AT) – Szene
08.12 Budapest (HU) – A38
09.12 Bratislava (SK) – Randal Club
10.12 Ljubljana (SI) – Orto Bar
11.12 Lindau (DE) – Club Vaudeville
12.12 Aarau (CH) – KIFF
MASTER BOOT RECORD are:
Vittorio D’Amore – Music, Guitars, Computers
Edoardo Taddei – Lead Guitar
Giulio Galati – Drums