Decent News release five-track EP ‘Computer’ with protest, media, and self-harm themes
Connecticut industrial metal/hardcore band Decent News have released the digital EP “Computer“. The band described the release as being inspired by “the current state of the world” and misinformation shared online. At Side-Line we previously covered the band’s split EP with Chrome Corpse for Brutal Resonance Records in 2021.
“Computer” includes five tracks: “Flesh for the Feast”, “Drowned in Power”, “Help Computer”, “Bloated & Blue”, and “Valueless Trade”. To explain the thematically approach, While “Flesh for the Feast” addresses being “brutalized” while protesting, and “Drowned in Power” centres on violence and witnessing a live execution. “Help Computer” then again is an instrumental using news-media samples, with the closing pair (“Bloated & Blue” and “Valueless Trade”) handling around isolation and self-harm themes.
Decent News consists of Laken Stokes (vocals, guitar, programming), Eddie LaFlash (vocals, guitar, synth, programming), and Dominic Famiglietti (synth, programming). The EP was mixed by Eddie LaFlash and Dominic Famiglietti, mastered by Colin C. at The Cell Studio, and recorded at The Opium Den.
About Decent News
Decent News are a Connecticut, USA industrial metal/hardcore act. The band consists of guitarist/synth player Eddie LaFlash who formed the band around March 2016 together with drummer Collin Maynard, and bassist Laken Stokes, before later adding vocalist Caleb Moore.
The band’s debut album “Filth” was released on March 24, 2018 via Machine Man Records. “Monolith” followed on August 30, 2019, again on Machine Man Records.
In 2021 Decent News released a split EP with Chrome Corpse for Brutal Resonance Records followed by “Pushed Away / The Clush” in October 2023, again on Brutal Resonance Records.
The 16-track album “Who Would Even Believe You” was released three years later on January 26, 2024. Out now is the “Computer” EP (2026).
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