Dome Runner are a complete old school Industrial Metal throwback. For those of a certain age and disposition the cover art for their debut album Conflict State Design immediately evokes comparisons to Fear Factory’s Soul Of A New Machine, Godflesh’s Streetcleaner and mid-nineties classic Roadrunner Records output like Nailabomb. Which is fitting, as that is exactly how they describe the influence on their sound and their mission seems hellbent on reminding us just how good that period of industrial music was.
“If the thought of more recent modern introductions to the genre of dub beats, techno/EDM and the embracing of dance music culture bring you out in hives, then Dome Runner, the sludge heavy industrial metal act from Tampere, Finland are ready for you to declare them your new favourite band.”
– The Sleeping Shaman
“Dome Runner is an utterly outstanding industrial metal unit from Tampere, Finland whose approach boasts one hell of an early-’90s influence—bringing to mind Pitchshifter, Godflesh, Dead World, etc. Think crushing heaviness, mechanically thudding percussion, and just the right amount of dissonant atmospheric texture or subtle melody that at its best—which is often—exhibits similarities to the masterful aesthetic force of scarce Napalm Death tracks such as “Contemptuous,” which is a huge compliment as far as I’m concerned! This might well be the most dead-on ’90s industrial metal rerun that I’ve heard in the last 10 – 20 years. So fucking good.”
Recorded & mixed by S.P. at Nekala Slaughterhouse Dungeon
Mastered at Holistic Audio Mastering