DEAD ANIMAL ASSEMBLY PLANT, out of Portland, Oregon, releases a new single, “The Only Good Dictator is a Dead Dictator.” Recorded at Primal Studios and produced, mixed, and engineered by Fernando Ruiz, “The Only Good Dictator Is a Dead Dictator” captures DEAD ANIMAL ASSEMBLY PLANT at their most intense and focused. The single was mastered by Nicky Howard, with cover art by guitarist Rebecca Wager. A one-shot live performance video filmed at Wasteland Weekend released on YouTube in November.
Zach “Dead” Wagner explains the song as follows: “This song is aggressive from tonality to message. The song underlines society’s complicity towards totalitarianism and how we are controlled through fabricated fears and toxic vitriol spewed by those in power. The cyclical nature of humans falling for the lies and promises of dictators. It’s a tale we’ve spun over and over and yet it continues to happen. Doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. In the end – the only good dictator no matter who or where – is a dead dictator. Anyone who desires that much abusive power is a blight on humanity and the world is better off without tyrants.” Dead Animal Assembly Plant returns with one of their most ferocious and politically charged tracks to date, blending crushing industrial metal, seething electronics, and the band’s signature horror aesthetic into an unflinching statement about power, fear, and human complicity.
Last year I had the opportunity to capture their show when they toured through El Paso, Texas. Zach and Rebecca Wagner are such great people; they are deep thinkers and want everyone to be aware of what is going on around them and to question anything that just doesn’t seem right. Their elaborate makeup and dress is not to hide themselves but to put you in a mood, create an environment that places you into their world to help you understand their music message.
Formed in 2007 as a solo project of Zach Wagner’s, the band grew to a full band by 2011, and drawing inspiration from the likes of SLIPKNOT, PIG, NINE INCH NAILS, and ROB ZOMBIE. DEAD ANIMAL ASSEMBLY PLANT allows themselves to be experimental with their creative direction. The bands use these influences along with a wide array of instruments and styles to create a distinctive sound.
If you want to know more about Dead Animal Assembly Plant, check out these following links along with the link to the song, “The Only Good Dictator is a Dead Dictator.”
https://www.facebook.com/deadanimalassemblyplant
https://www.instagram.com/deadanimalassemblyplant
https://deadanimalassemblyplant.bandcamp.com/album/bring-out-the-dead-2
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