Spent an hour playing with this crazy contraption. Metal Fetishist by Body Synths is a fun creative beat machine that encourages experimentation & expression. Lots of noise & aggression & weirdness - slams hard but also gets tight & quirky. I 🖤 this thing! #ElectronicMusic #SynthSky #MusicProduction

I’m using CDBaby for my streaming distribution. After extensive research & convos with other bands, I’m convinced they meet my needs. Great. But holy hell, they REALLY push the upselling. My dudes, here’s the $14, just get my shit online. I don’t need ANYTHING else. Good gravy.

See that blue cartridge in the Ensoniq ESQ-1? That thing’s got 1280 patches across 32 banks (16 x A & B). It’s a bonkers mix of the great, the terrible, and the weird. All on RAM so I can overwrite the garbage. Totally worth it. 1/ #Ensoniq #Synthsky #Synthesizers #ElectronicMusic #ESQ1

Just a reminder that while Valentine’s Day is a corporate holiday designed to sell greeting cards, plugin companies DO use it as an opportunity to put things on sale. So if there’s a VST that you’ve been holding out for, check to see if the price has been slashed! #MusicProduction #ElectronicMusic

As a looooong-time D&D player, I support this message. ⚔️🦉🐻🤘

Ordered Body Synths’ Metal Fetishist a couple days ago. Maximum sonic insanity. I feel like this is great for ppl who like what Eurorack can do but who are intimidated by Eurorack. (Me. I’m talking about me.) youtu.be/dObTzEAO6eo?... #Synthsky #ElectronicMusic #EBM #IndustrialMusic #DrumMachines

Steve (@neastwizardtyrant.bsky.social) played the solo on the Terminal Days track “Mind Wipe” and now he’s got a new badass black metal project called Eveale! This’ll be great! @eveale.bsky.social #BlackMetal #Metal

Always read the manual. That way you won’t spent 40 minutes creating a new patch and then accidentally delete it. Lol. Good times! #IndustrialMusic #synthesizers #ElectronicMusic #MusicProduction #VintageSynths #Ensoniq #Synthsky #ReadTheDamnManual

Picked this up to thicken the sound on the Ensoniq ESQ-1. I like the Dimension C because it doesn’t do that warmly, tremolo thing that other chorus pedals do. It only thickens things up. I forget the tech behind it, but it’s based on a vintage Boss pedal & old rack unit. #MusicProduction #Synthsky

So these showed up! CDs full of industrial metal madness! It never feels real until you hold it in your hands. Pre-order the Terminal Days CD (or tape or download) now! Stream 3 singles for free! negativeagent.ampwall.com/album/terminaldays #IndustrialMusic #Metal #OnAmpwall #AntifascistMusic

Thanks to @judekerr.com & @untidyradio.com for spinning the track “Terminal Days” on Early Sunsets Over Glasgow! Bringing some industrial metal to internet radio! Snag the album: negativeagent.ampwall.com/album/terminaldays! Tune into the show: untidyradio.com/early-sunsets-over-glasgow!

I’ve figured out how to program the ESQ-1 & I thought I figured out how to save patches. But… I did not. So the last 30 minutes have been educational but I’m never seeing the patch I designed again. I have since downloaded a copy of the manual. (Meh. It wasn’t that great a patch anyway! 😄)

Look, I don’t want to tell you how to live your life but the Special Limited Edition Tape of Terminal Days is ALMOST SOLD OUT! I’m not making any more - those hand-wrapped cases are a pain in the ass! Score your copy now! negativeagent.ampwall.com/album/terminaldays #OnAmpwall

Happy Bandcamp Friday! Our labelmates Ashbringer over at @bolverkcollective.bsky.social have an incredible new album releasing soon! Consider preordering the album today during Bandcamp Friday We also still have second pressings of the Spectrum vinyl (pink)! bolverkrecords.bandcamp.com/merch

It's Bandcamp Friday, if you want to support the artists on the label today is the day that bandcamp holds their fees and more money goes to the artists. Come check out our catalog! shiftctrlmusic.bandcamp.com

New (old) synth day! I picked up this Ensoniq ESQ-1 from Rogue Music in NYC. It’s a 1987 hybrid synth that features three digital oscillators and an 8-pole analog filter. It excels in grungy, textured pads and strings, as well as punchy basses. 🧵1/ #IndustrialMusic #Synthsky #EnsoniqESQ1

Pre-Order TERMINAL DAYS for Bandcamp Friday! ⚙️Antifascist Industrial Metal⚙️ New singles: “Fascist Beatdown,” “Mind Wipe,” & “Annihilation Kick!” Album Drops April 8! negativeagent.bandcamp.com/album/terminal-days #IndustrialMusic #Metal #InsustrialMetal #BandcampFriday #AntifascistMusic #Goth

Back in the day, CDs were always the dream. For bands, CDs were a luxury. Even though they’re not experiencing the same resurgence as cassettes, I still wanted them for Terminal Days. 🧵1/ Pre-Order: negativeagent.ampwall.com/album/terminaldays #Metal #IndustrialMusic #OnAmpwall

I love Girl Scout Cookie season because I get to post my favorite meme.

Two nieces who are Girl Scouts = 32 boxes of cookies. That’s just math.

You can pre-order Terminal Days, the new Negative Agent album, in Digital, CD, Tape & Limited Edition Tape formats. The LE tape is an homage to the Wax Trax! Records Black Box industrial music compilation. Wax Trax bands had a huge influence on me! 🧵1/ negativeagent.ampwall.com/album/terminaldays

Pre-order the album TERMINAL DAYS Now! ⚙️Anti-Fascist Industrial Metal Madness!⚙️ NEW SINGLES “Mind Wipe” & “Annihilation Kick” Digital, CD & 2 Versions of Cassette! Album drops April 8! negativeagent.ampwall.com/album/terminaldays #IndustrialMusic #IndustrialMetal #Metal #AntiFascist #OnAmpwall

Thanks @judekerr.com ! I appreciate the support! If you wanna know what he’s talking about, check out my new album Terminal Days, up for pre-order now! negativeagent.bandcamp.com/album/terminaldays

First review, this one from Metal Eclipse Archives! It’s way outside their normal coverage & I appreciate them giving it a chance! “Terminal Days offers something authentic and purposely controversial, which is always valuable.” NegativeAgent.Ampwall.com #IndustrialMetal #Industrial #Metal

Breaking in the first pair of Docs I’ve bought since 1992 or so… The last pair I owned, I wore them to a club the very first day I got them. My feet were hamburger the next day. Good times! #DocMartens #Docs #IndustrialMusic #Owwwww

Lace up those boots, screw the spikes into your leather jacket, and open up that pit. Big Negative Agent announcement coming tomorrow! #IndustrialMetal #Industrial #Metal #Goth #AntiFascistMusic #NegativeAgent

You know that album I’ve been working on? Huge announcement coming Monday. #NegativeAgent #IndustrialMusic #IndustrialMetal #Metal #ElectronicMusic

New Gear Day: Oberheim TEO-5 polyphonic analog synth module. Just picked this up and already I’m in love with it - can’t you tell? (I look unhinged. lol) #Oberheim #Synthsky #IndustrialMusic #IndustrialMetal #ElectronicMusic #AnalogSynth #SynthFetish #NegativeAgent

Yeah. I like the cold but this is just stupid.

Voidscan’s remix of my song “Fascist Beatdown” is intense! I’m so psyched to have it on the new album! Announcement coming in less than a week!

Oof. Native Instruments has been around in one form or another for ages. www.musicradar.com/music-tech/n...

You should go follow @negativeagent.bsky.social Almost a year ago (whoa!) I had the honor of recording a guest guitar solo for their upcoming debut full-length I finally got to hear the album today, and it is a joy to listen to. Stompy, high-energy industrial metalpunk negativeagent.ampwall.com

Mastering on the new album is done! I love how all these songs sound - it makes such a huge difference, giving everything more power, clarity, size. Kind of amazing. Anyway, big announcements are coming in just over a week! #NegativeAgent #TerminalDays #IndustrialMusic #Metal #IndustrialMetal

Ministry dropped this amazing promo for “Jesus Built My Hotrod,” off 1992’s Psalm 69. It’s an actual bottle of motor oil! Psyched to finally have one. Now there’s only one thing I can do, and that’s Ding-a-ding dang my dang-along ling-long! #Ministry #IndustrialMusic #Metal #IndustrialMetal

Snagged mezzanine seats to Human League w/ Soft Cell & Alison Moyet at Radio City Music Hall. I’m psyched about the show, but is it weird that I’m equally excited about having seats LITERALLY NEXT TO THE SOUND BOARD? Total gear nerdvana. #Synthpop #HumanLeague #ElectronicMusic #80sMusic

Putting the album together is quite a journey. 3 rounds of mastering to dial in the sound. At the same time, I’m designing tape + CD + merch art, planning some release surprises, prepping press outreach… It’s a lot! But almost there. Announcement coming soon! #MusicProduction #IndustrialMusic #Metal

Got the 2nd round back from mastering & the new album sounds really good! Gonna let it sit for the evening & listen fresh tomorrow before sending back any final notes. It’s wild hearing these songs in this context - so much oomph! #MusicProduction #IndustrialMusic #Metal #Mastering #Recording

Saw some local NYC bands tonight. They were great but the venue sucked. Non-working mics, missing cables, backline amps that had no power cords, etc. It caused delays for the bands, who all had their sets cut short by a couple songs. No band deserves that shit. (Not gonna name the venue, don’t ask.)

Today’s a good day at Voidcat Studios. I just scored my holy grail of drum machines, the Kawai R50 III. This is the rarest of 1987’s R50 series - the R50 (acoustic drum sounds), R50e (electronic) & the III (both sets + a 3rd). 🧵 1/ #IndustrialMusic #ElectronicMusic #MusicProduction #Synthsky #EBM

I don’t need an audio interface, but a $269 stand-alone analogue filter (modeled on Korg’s miniKORG 700S) w/ LFO & envelope follower that’s ALSO bundled w/ a VST plugin that emulates classic synth filters has my attention. www.musicradar.com/music-tech/k... #MusicProduction #ElectronicMusic

I would 100% buy a T-shirt that said “Ministry, A Synthesized Dance Band from Chicago.” Lol. This is apparently a clipped newspaper ad from 1982. #Ministry #IndustrialMusic #IndustrialMetal #ElectronicMusic #WaxTrax

This is good. Bandcamp is unequivocal in its rejection of generative AI-generated music. blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/k...

New Negative Agent stickers are in! #IndustrialMusic #IndustrialMetal #Metal #MusicMerch #BandStickers #Stickers

I love finding where samples come from. Here’s a fave, from @thrillkillkult.bsky.social’s “Kooler Than Jesus.” TKK swapped some of the words for use in the song; no idea if this was done w/ tape-cutting or a sampler. youtu.be/FimvlxHfVys #IndustrialMusic #ElectronicMusic #MusicProduction #WaxTrax

At the Fuck ICE rally in NYC today. Lots of people out in the streets today, which was great to see. Um… ignore the unintentional symbolism of the Times Square billboard. Yikes. #FuckICE #FuckTrump #NoKings #NoFascists

It’s been two days since I finished & locked the design for the album packaging & I’m just now realizing that I left off all the song titles. 🤦‍♂️😆 Nothing’s sent to the manufacturer yet so no harm done. But I feel kiiinda dumb. Ha. “NegativeAgent_AlbumArt_FinalFINAL_v5.tif,” amiright?

Album: At mastering Packaging Art: Designed Stickers: Ordered Pins: Ordered Getting close…

Latest pickup + story time! On March 14, 1994, when I was a wee goth of only 18, I went to my first Nine Inch Nails show at the venerable & long-gone Roseland Ballroom. It was also, near as I can remember, my first real industrial show. #NineInchNails #NIN #IndustrialMusic #ElectronicMusic #Goth

I may have clawed back a few tracks from mastering to tweak mixes. But this is the last time I touch the faders. Really. I swear! Although… “Sir, we’re gonna ask you to step away from the mixing board. Sir? Sir!“ *Sounds of Brian getting tackled* #MusicProduction #Metal #IndustrialMusic

Started up the band blog, and I’ll update it sort of regularly with music news. First post is up! Ampwall.com/a/negativeagent/news #Metal #IndustrialMetal #IndustrialMusic #ElectronicMusic