New Wave (Powerman 5000 album)

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New Wave
Powerman 5000 - New Wave.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 27, 2017 (2017-10-27)
StudioClearlake Studios (Burbank, California)
Genre
Length31:00
Label Pavement
Producer Greg Johnson, Spider One
Powerman 5000 chronology
Builders of the Future
(2014)
New Wave
(2017)
The Noble Rot
(2020)
Singles from New Wave
  1. "Sid Vicious In a Dress"
    Released: August 25, 2017 [3]
  2. "Cult Leader"
    Released: October 13, 2017 [4]
  3. "Footsteps and Voices"
    Released: June 27, 2018 [5]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blabbermouth.net 8/10 [6]
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Cryptic Rock4/5 [1]
Metal Hammer Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

New Wave is the ninth studio album by American industrial metal band Powerman 5000. It was released on October 27, 2017, through Pavement Entertainment. [8] To support the album's release, Powerman 5000 toured the United States through the end of 2017 on the New Wave Tour. [9] [10]

Contents

Reception

Blabbermouth.net gave the album a rating of 8 out of 10, calling it "a lot of fun". [6]

Metal Hammer / Team Rock named it one of the 10 worst albums of 2017, referring to it "at best, is all a bit dated and trite, and at worst is desperately dunderheaded cack that makes Five Finger Death Punch sound like Devin Townsend." [11]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Spider One

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Footsteps and Voices"Greg Johnson3:21
2."Hostage"Spider One, Ryan Hernandez2:44
3."Sid Vicious in a Dress"Greg Johnson3:39
4."David Fucking Bowie"Spider One, Ryan Hernandez3:13
5."Cult Leader"Spider One, Greg Johnson3:18
6."No White Flags"Ryan Hernandez, Greg Johnson4:20
7."Thank God"Spider One, Greg Johnson1:11
8."Die on Your Feet"Ryan Hernandez, Greg Johnson2:31
9."Get a Life"Ryan Hernandez, Greg Johnson2:51
10."Run for Your Life"Spider One, Greg Johnson3:05
Total length:31:00

[12]

Personnel

Members

Additional musicians

Production

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