"When I listen to bands like BMTH and Architects it’s very powerful, but everything is focused on the vocals, like boy bands!" A synthwave pioneer has written a Sci-Fi concept album fighting back against "the boy band-ification" of metal... and Elon Musk

Carpenter Brut 2026.

The final entry in Carpenter Brut’s Leather trilogy will be more electronic, but no less heavy than what came before. Mainman Franck Hueso is pulling influence from current events this time around, with Elon Musk as the basis for his new baddie, Iron Tusk.

He’s also taking a stand against what he sees as the boy band-ification of metal.