Italy-based computer metal project Master Boot Record (MBR) will return to US and Canadian shores in Spring 2026 for an extensive North American headlining tour after completing their very successful European tour with labelmates Igorrr plus openers Imperial Triumphant!
The group’s North American journey begins on April 24th in Cambridge, Massachusetts and runs through May 30th in Queens, New York.
Master Boot Record outputs: “Computer metal strikes back in North America with a full coast-to-coast tour. We’ll return to many of the cities we’ve played before, while finally hitting several cities for the first time. The show will feature brand-new synced visuals and a full set, including ‘Tenebre Rosso Sangue’ by Keygen Church, as already performed during our European tour supporting Igorrr. We can’t wait to see you all. SPREAD THE CODE”.
Tickets are on sale now here. See all confirmed dates below.
North American Tour Dates 2026:
4/24/2026 Sonia – Cambridge, MA
4/25/2026 Piranha Bar – Montreal, QC
4/27/2026 Lee’s Palace – Toronto, ON
4/28/2026 Sanctuary – Hamtramck, MI
4/29/2026 The Foundry – Columbus, OH
4/30/2026 Reggies – Chicago, IL
5/01/2026 X-Ray Arcade – Milwaukee, WI
5/02/2026 Zhora Darling – Minneapolis, MN
5/03/2026 Slowdown – Omaha, NE
5/05/2026 HQ – Denver, CO
5/07/2026 Metro Music Hall – Salt Lake City, UT
5/09/2026 Rickshaw – Vancouver, BC
5/10/2026 Star Theater – Portland, OR
5/12/2026 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
5/14/2026 Café Colonial – Sacramento, CA
5/15/2026 DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA
5/16/2026 Zebulon – Los Angeles, CA
5/17/2026 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
5/19/2026 The Rosetta Room – Mesa, AZ
5/22/2026 Empire Control Room – Austin, TX
5/23/2026 Siberia – New Orleans, LA
5/24/2026 Garden Club – Atlanta, GA
5/26/2026 Chapel Of Bones – Raleigh, NC
5/27/2026 Richmond Music Hall – Richmond, VA
5/28/2026 Metro Gallery – Baltimore, MD
5/29/2026 Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA
5/30/2026 TV Eye – Queens, NY
Master Boot Record will be touring in support of their “Hardwarez” full-length, released last month via Metal Blade Records.
“Hardwarez” explores the duality of technology. The LP, which follows 2022’s “Personal Computer” and 2020’s “Floppy Disk Overdrive”, comes from the expansive mind of multi-instrumentalist and MBR mastermind Vittorio D’Amore (aka Victor Love), an Italian producer who emerged from the underground as an anonymous project in 2016 to create the soundtrack for the cyberpunk point-and-click adventure game VirtuaVerse. The project seamlessly evolved into a standalone entity, releasing over fourteen albums in just a few years.
To create “Hardwarez”, the technologist worked by live streaming his desktop on YouTube while composing new music. Everything is programmed via MIDI. Intensive touring augmented with live musicians helped Love make the decision to include real guitars to achieve a massive sound and boost the enhanced frequency spectrum of the instrument. Additionally, the tracks feature sections without overdubs and with updated drum samples and a new mixing approach, creating a more vibrant and punchy drum sound.
“Hardwarez” earned the #3 spot on Billboard’s Current Electronic Albums chart upon its first week of release. Elsewhere, the record took the #11 position on the Current Hard Music Albums chart, #17 on the Top New Artists Albums chart, and more! See additional chart positions below.
Preview and purchase “Hardwarez” here.
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