Massimo Pupillo: dark drone debut album of ZU's bassist

Rome's boundless occult experimentalist MASSIMO PUPILLO announces the release of his very first solo album after more than 70 releases with numerous prestigious collaborators. 'The Black Iron Prison' will see the light in November 6th through Subsound Records.

Well known for his experimental jazz metal project ZU, MASSIMO PUPILLO also collaborated with heavyweights such as Mike Patton (Faith No More), Buzz Osborne (The Melvins) or Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Jim O' Rourke, all impressed by his talent and overflowing creativity.

Matching live instruments and machines to perfection, MASSIMO PUPILLO's ambient drone sound will drive you to the abysses of mankind. 'The Black Iron Prison' is remarkably obscure and mystic: it’s a dark philosophical and esoteric record, distilling a lifetime of extra-musical experiences and readings, in particular Gnostic texts, sci-fi novels and alchemy's basics and fundamentals — the latter have been chosen to illustrate the artwork. The title was drawn from writer Philip K. Dick's concept of an all-pervasive system of social control, a description particularly apt and meaningful in 2020.

Massimo Pupillo describes his record: "The Black Iron Prison is a somber meditation and rumination inspired by the Gnostics, Philip K. Dick, and the alchemical maps of Nigredo. As the world is unveiled, and the Storm is upon us."

'The Black Iron Prison' was recorded in complete solitude at Thighpaulsandra's Aerial Studio in Wales, using a heavily processed electric bass, synthesizers, sampler and, of course, mixer, and recorder. Mixed and mastered by Lorenzo Stecconi (Ufomammut, ZU) at Triple Sun studios, Rome. Artwork by Francesco Russo.

MASSIMO PUPILLO New album 'The Black Iron Prison' Out November 6th on Subsound Records

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