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Hi there,

 

I am wondering if there are any metal/punk ands that have a "digital" or "techy" influence to them - either in their lyrics or their sound. I am basically a programmer and wondered if any bands have been influenced by this in any way? Sorry it's a bit of a random question!

 

Thanks!

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I don't listen to a ton of stuff along those lines, and I'm certainly not well-versed in it, but I enjoy overtly digital-sounding metal sometimes. If you're into grindy stuff, I dig Gigantic Brain's "The Invasion Discography":

 

In a more listenable vein, Igorrr has some really cool stuff going on, here's their latest album "Spirituality And Distortion" - some parts of it feel a little shallow and glitzy to me but overall I thought this album was pretty impressive:

 

Also check out Khonsu's "The Xun Protectorate". Youtube doesn't have the full album up, but I recommend listening to it in full if you like this, it goes all over the place and the range of it can't be captured by one track. Definitely one of my favorite recent blends of electronic music and metal.

 

And here's an odd but great album from Ulver, whose older black and folk metal stuff I really love - "Themes from 'The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell'", using text from William Blake. This one was a complete left turn for them and it really caught my ear when it came out. It's oddly paced and there aren't any "singles", so it can be kind of difficult to approach, but I think it's worth the work. 

 

No idea if any of that will appeal to you, let me know what you think. Maybe someone with some more knowledge of this kind of thing will chime in.

 

 

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Italian industrial metal band Dope Stars Inc defiantly do.The song Digital warriors has the lyrics

We are the ones who ride the edge
We have no boundaries to defend
We are a nuclear drive of viral strength

We are the offspring of a dream
We have to fight and we can win
We own the sharpest weapons of the grid
We are the punks
We are the first
We are the drill
And thousands are the holes
Where we can find a trick
Because we are
We are the digital warriors
We are the children of the zero and one
We are the ones who rule the web
We have nobody who commands
Among the bits and bytes we roam we dwell
We are the core we are the stream
In endless bytes we own light speed
We have the fastest weapons of this eve
We are the punks
We are the weird
We are the shit
And all around the globe
We are gonna make a blitz
Because we are
We are the digital warriors
And underground we are gonna kill the sys
We are the punks
We are a twist
We are a kiss
Who's gonna make a blitz
And win the rights we need
If a film is ever made about the computer hacker group Anonymous then this song has to be it's main theme song.
 

    

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