Sounds | Moodring - Masochist Machine

Wat mij vooral opviel en eigenlijk ook meteen beetpakte wanneer ik deze track hoor, zijn de 90's rapmetal vibes in de trend van Senser en Clawfinger en vroege nu-metal ingrediënten. En toch is dit zeker geen nostalgia trip, want Moodring steekt er ook nog heel wat eigentijdse metalcore en industrial elementen in. Dat maakt van deze Masochist Machine een felle, knallende track die kan tellen als visitekaartje voor hun aankomende album death fetish dat op 27 maart verschijnt via SharpTone Records.

Moodring is het geesteskindje van ene Hunter Young en eigenlijk ook meer een eenmansproject dan een band. Maar volgens Young heeft hij het zelf zo het liefst.

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The Moodring origin story puts the timber and tone of the music in clear view.

Young conceived Moodring alone, in his bedroom, an exercise in catharsis through art. The resulting debut EP, 2021's "Showmetherealyou", resonated with a surprising number of diverse listeners. That connection inspired Moodring to evolve into a creative outlet that transcended its simple origins. Both sensual and suffocating, the "Stargazer" album followed in 2022. In a glowing review, Kerrang! praised the full-length as "hefty from the get-go" and likened it to "a cool wave of water lapping over you." The album's "vivacious" vocal work and vibe made new Moodring fans around the world.

The following year's EP, "Your Light Fades Away", expanded the palette further, fusing ferocity, shimmering melody, and nü-metal groove into something equally cinematic and claustrophobic. The "black-velvet nu-metal melodies and bleak-booming breakdowns" (Revolver) of 2025's "half-life" were, sadly, inspired by a life-changing medical diagnosis that left Young unable to tour with Moodring or his accomplished deathcore outfit, SharpTone Records labelmates PSYCHO-FRAME.

Unable to tour and unwilling to compromise, Young focused on writing and recording new music. "death fetish" is the sound of transcendence—an artist refusing to disappear, even as the light fades.

For all its darkness, "death fetish" is not a surrender. It's a reclamation. It’s Young taking back control of his narrative — body failing, mind racing, still creating, still here. "I just wanted to make a dark, honest record," he says. "And if people don't like it, I don't really care. I had to do it for myself."

Moodring, once a more traditional "band," now exists as something far more elusive and infinite: A vessel for transformation, a mirror for mortality, and a living testament to pain and creation.