Coming straight out of Brooklyn, it’s Mutoid Man with Call of the Void. According to the internet, they’re either stoner metal, sludge metal, or math rock. They seem kind of proggy with their music so maybe there’s that too. Who knew a band that got started in Brooklyn in 2012 would be quasi hipster in their genre stylings! Their themes are humanities, sociopolitical, and personal. Personal what, I don’t know, but Enclyclopaedia Metallum had those in the listing.

The song kicks off with a very dissonant guitar melody. It almost sounds like the guitar is going through too many effects pedals, but once the song gets going, it fits in really well. It kind of reminds me of Muse or similar bands. The drums are pretty frenetic and badass, keeping the song moving at a good clip. The vocals are clean, reminding me of some of the like At the Drive In kind of era bands. At the three minute mark we get a solid solo, which is good. He’s playing on a flying v, I’m pretty sure they take away your flying v if you don’t have at least one solo per song.

The video starts out with a weird presenter at the mutant mission introducing the band. They look like a creepy Charles Entertainment Cheese band. As the song progresses, they get more and more melty, and start to move less like robots. Before long they turn into static and get eaten by what appears to be a giant “We have Ed at home.” It’s a fun premise, also they’re good at being robots. Maybe they went to college for performing arts or were breakdancers in their youth.