Metal Machine Music: Power To Consume Vol.1 – RSD Black Friday 2025

This is a Record Store Day Black Friday title and is available to buy in stores from 28th November 2025, and online from 29th November 2025 (8am). Click ‘Notify Me’ to receive a notification when it is available to buy online. Inspired by Lou Reed’s groundbreaking 1975 noise opus Metal Machine Music, this collection assembles a formidable lineup of sonic provocateurs-Aaron Dilloway, Drew McDowall, Thurston Moore, Pharmakon, The Rita, and Mark Solotroff-to explore the outer edges of distortion, feedback, and raw electronic texture. Each artist channels the spirit of Reed’s original manifesto of anti-music, pushing their own boundaries through modular synthesis, tape manipulation, harsh noise, and industrial decay. The result is a visceral, immersive experience that celebrates chaos, confronts structure, and redefines what music can be.