MASTER BOOT RECORD

**Master Boot Record** (MBR) is the brainchild of an anonymous Italian composer who fuses chiptune, synthwave, and heavy metal into a retro-futuristic soundscape. Operating under the persona of a sentient computer system, MBR’s music is steeped in tech nostalgia, with tracks named after old-school PC components (like “80386” and “Floppy Disk Overdrive”) and concepts ripped straight from ’90s computing culture. Their sound blends blistering guitar riffs with 8-bit synth melodies, creating what fans jokingly call “cybermetal”—a perfect soundtrack for hacking the mainframe or reliving your DOS gaming days.

MBR’s releases, including *VIRTUAVERSE.OST* (a soundtrack for the cyberpunk point-and-click game *VirtuaVerse*) and *Personal Computer*, lean heavily into retro-tech aesthetics, often accompanied by glitchy visuals and cryptic coding references. Live performances feature the artist (hooded and masked) triggering MIDI sequences on vintage hardware, making every show feel like a fusion of a metal concert and a nerdy computer lab session. If you’re into headbanging to the sound of dial-up modems or pretending your keyboard is a guitar hero controller, MBR’s your digital-age rockstar.

Genres

Darksynth

Synthwave

Industrial

Electronic

Metal

Electronic Rock

Electro-industrial

Cyberpunk

Heavy Metal

Chiptune

8-bit

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Latest Release

Hardwarez

MASTER BOOT RECORD

Album - 9 Tracks - Released October 11, 2024